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Category: Arts

  • Gods in My Home gives an in-depth look at Chinese Lunar New Year traditions

    By Chloe Cook A shrine meant for holding spirit tablets or tablets of ancestors used for worship, 1644 – 1911. (CanCulture/Chloe Cook) With the 2019 Chinese Lunar New Year festivities just beginning, the Royal Ontario Museum has installed a new exhibit that looks at the long-standing traditions of the festival. Gods in My Home displays…

  • Artscape creative hubs allow Toronto artists to flourish through creative expression

    By Serena Lopez If you’re not an up and coming artist in the Toronto area, you probably haven’t heard of or used a space in the city called a creative hub. Creative hubs, also known as cultural hubs, are on the rise in the arts community in Toronto and have become staple additions to the…

  • Inkdigenous Tattoo studio: Embracing Indigenous art and culture through tattoos

    By Bree Duwyn Inkdigenous Tattoo studio offers a safe place for Indigenous and non-Indigenous people alike to share their passion for art. Métis activist and tattoo artist, Toby Sicks, created the Toronto-based studio in 2017 with the aim to promote Indigenous artists while raising awareness and breaking down the stigmas that surround their communities. “We…

  • Museum of Illusions offers picture-perfect educational experience

    By: Severina Chu Ready to have your mind blown? The newly established Museum of Illusions offers intriguing exhibits and installations that you have to see to believe. With 13 other locations across the globe, the famous museum’s first Canadian location opened on Nov. 7 and is located in Toronto (132 Front Street). The museum invites…

  • Need a little happiness in your life? This Toronto exhibit has you covered

    By: Nadia Brophy If you’ve been searching for some encouragement, inspiration or simply a reason to crack a smile, you won’t have to look too far – an art exhibit jam-packed with joy has arrived in Toronto with the mission to brighten your day as much as possible. Welcome to Happy Place, an immersive, world-touring…

  • The Power Plant’s fall exhibition features engaging multi-medium art

    By Natalie Michie The Power Plant is known for their seasonal exhibitions of Canadian contemporary art. This fall, they featured five artists who presented a variety of unique multi-medium art. Visitors were lined up around the building at the Power Plant Contemporary Art Gallery on Friday, Oct. 19 for the Fall 2018 Opening Party. Each…

  • Buffer Festival: A Creative Safe Space

    Filmmaker Anna Akana walks the Buffer Festival short films red carpet. She is the winner of the Excellence in Production award for her stop-motion animation dolor. (CanCulture/Will Lofsky) By Will Lofsky   The Short Films screening at Buffer Festival moved audiences with messages about mental health, pursuing dreams, transparency, love, and women’s leadership. During the…

  • The Walls That Tell Stories

    By Madison Wong De Araujo’s Queen Street West Mural Project tells the history behind Queen Street West. His mural consists of real musicians, magicians, artists and more who have performed and roamed the street. (Photo courtesy of christiano_artist via Instagram) Mural art illuminates buildings, alleys, and public spaces in Toronto. They are unique in their…

  • ‘Made for Lounging, Styled for Life’ – Take a look inside Soft Focus

  • June Clark: Turning scraps into art

    Photo courtesy of June Clark. By: Julianna Perkins “It chose me – the art chose me.” As a child, June Clark never considered the arts as a profession she might pursue. As a woman, now age 76, the Toronto-based visual artist reflects on a lifetime spent translating the world from thoughts and ideas to complex…

  • Rachel Rawlins: painting a passion

    By: Madi Wong Toronto artist and illustrator, Rachel Natalie Rawlins (CanCulture/Madi Wong) Rachel Natalie Rawlins is a Toronto artist and illustrator who brings life to music and her muses with her paintbrush. Inspired heavily by photography and music, Rawlins has created many unique portraits of singers and other pop culture figures. She says that collecting…

  • Michael Chambers: Black, white and silver

    Photo by: Dagmawit Dejene By: Dagmawit Dejene It’s not about being black. This is the point that Michael Chambers is trying to convey with his latest show, Michael Chambers: Shadows to Silver – A 25 Year Retrospective. The exhibit, which is running from January 25th – March 18th at the BAND (Black Artists’ Network in Dialogue)…

  • BAND: Black artists breaking barriers

    BAND’s co-founder Karen Carter wants to start important conversations through the group’s art. (Photo by Dagmawit Dejene/CanCulture).  By: Dagmawit Dejene The first thing you notice about BAND (Black Artists’ Network in Dialogue) is the black. Their gallery, housed in an old Victorian house in Toronto’s Parkdale neighbourhood, is painted completely black. Inside, most of the…