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Go behind the scenes with Toronto-based photographer, Joshua Jensen-Nagle. The in-depth interview explores the artists series from Dreams and Journeys to his most recent body of work, Sunsets and Fireworks, debuted by Bau-Xi Gallery at Art Toronto 2022! We invite you behind the lens of this incredible artist to explore breathtaking destinations from his perspective.

To accompany her new solo exhibition, Michelle Nguyen offers a full artist statement essay below, in which she identifies and discusses six concepts which contributed to the Victorian aesthetic of horror vacui (Latin for fear of empty space): a direct social reckoning and acknowledgment of death and the unknown of the afterlife.

艺术家芭芭拉·科尔（Barbara Cole）的作品介于摄影和绘画之间，揭示了一个关于胜利、生存和自我实现的寓言。科尔镜头下的女性被一道道光影、波浪和涟漪环绕，柔美中蕴含一种力量，试图冲破眼前的桎梏。

"The work of artist Barbara Cole lies somewhere between photography and painting, revealing an allegory of triumph, survival and self-realization. The women in Cole's lens are surrounded by light and shadow, waves and ripples, and there is a kind of power in the soft beauty, trying to break through the shackles in front of them."

BC artist Sheri Bakes reflects on her latest collection The Company of Stars, inspired by her dear friend’s six-month solo thru-hike of the Pacific Crest Trail and the photos she took along her journey.

Artists Ted Fullerton and Dazaunggee (Paul) Shilling befriended each other in the early nineties based on their mutual respect and shared work in the arts. In 2018, the artists met again after years apart. Naturally conversing on
themes such as colonial domination, oppression, aesthetic sensibilities, as well as their personal life experiences, the artists decided to continue their conversation in visual form.

A new online art auction supporting old-growth forests launched on September 22nd and there are 16 artists involved, including many Emily Carr University instructors and alumni. Artist and organizer Kyle Scheurmann joins CBC to tell us more.

Led by Kyle Scheurmann, the Art Auction for Old Growth has been featured in The Vancouver Sun. "This auction came from the desire to bring eastern awareness, support and fundraising to what many perceive as a B.C.-only problem." Scheurmann said in a statement "Old-Growth logging affects everyone globally."

Composed of many leaf-like metallic looking foils, Eric Louie’s works have a digital aesthetic despite being an analogue medium. They possess a chameleonic ability to exist comfortably among a multitude of aesthetics, from 1920s Art Deco and Mid-Century Modern into the forefront of contemporary design. He explores his ideas for the compositions through the program Procreate on the iPad, drawing on images of half-finished paintings and finding the next move. “Sometimes the choice is instantaneous”, explains Louie, “but often the search meanders down various rabbit holes of potential”.