I wasn’t a mean girl in school. That automatically made me a target. I didn’t solve this by auditioning to join the girls on their power trips. Rather, I tried to exist in the world despite them. My refuge was drawing. Trays of rainbow markers thrilled and distracted me most of the time. But sometimes the girls’ […]
Kidd Stuff
Originally published in November 2014 in Blog
CanCon in the digital age
Originally published in May 2014 in Blog
Task Canadians with making a documentary and the world tunes in. Task us with creating a primetime TV show and the majority tune out. Threaten to take away our favourite American TV shows and it’s pitchforks. Now groups like the Canadian Media Production Association (CMPA) are arguing that the Canadian Radio & Television Commission (CRTC) should […]
The Wall
Originally published in May 2014 in Blog, Uncategorized
Street smarts
Originally published in April 2014 in Blog
A version of this post appeared in the April issue of Applied Arts Magazine. “Electric City”: The author at the Shibuya Crossing, Tokyo, Spring 2014. Partnerships with big-name brands are the bread and butter of most multinational ad agencies. They are what built Tokyo’s “Electric City,” New York’s Times Square and Toronto’s rapidly expanding Dundas Square — all […]
Hall of Fame
Originally published in March 2014 in Blog
Talent crush
Originally published in March 2014 in Blog
Appearing on the same Contributors’ Page as Wendy MacNaughton feels like an arrival. Seriously. This clip is from a forthcoming issue of The Block, a cool new mag that focuses on the workspaces of Canada’s brainiest tech and design innovators. Details to follow next week. Do you guys know about MacNaughton? I’ve culled together some […]
Artchivist
Originally published in January 2014 in Blog
Sara Angel is one of Canada’s leading visual arts journalists. Her latest vision, an online art museum, re-imagines Canada to the world through the works of our best painters and photographers. I sat down with Angel last fall to to find out how she coaxed Canada’s top museum directors to finally crack open their vaults and […]
