Today I want to talk about confidence, and sometimes the lack of it.
art
Category: art
Hello Canada,
Publishing a first book takes a long time. It was over a year ago that Dundurn accepted Evie of the Deepthorn for publication, a figure that doesn’t include years of writing, revising, and submitting, and we still aren’t quite there yet. As I write this, the upcoming release seems both too soon and too far away, like getting there requires a leap of incredible faith. In some ways I feel as if I’m Achilles shooting an arrow towards a target in one of Zeno’s famous paradoxes, watching the arrow halve the distance endlessly, never quite advancing. But I know that one day—and soon—the arrow will inevitably hit its mark, the book will be released, it will find its audience, and I’ll feel that strange mixture of excitement, relief, and disappointment that comes with hitting a major milestone and inevitably wondering—when you’re allowed a minute to breathe—what comes next.
Artists at War: The Beaver Hall Group
Posted on November 8 by Evelyn Walters in Non-fiction
On this hundredth anniversary of the end of the First World War, let us not forget the many artists who served our country. With photography and cinematography in its infancy, artists covered the battlefront creating maps, diagrams, and sketches used to plan strategy. Moreover, their recruitment posters, military portraits, and depictions of battle fields and human suffering were used to publicize Canada’s significant contribution.
On Writing an Art Book
Posted on October 10 by Stephen Grant
The thought of writing an art book, of any description, never really occurred to me until Julian Porter came along. I had known Julian for years, of course, as one does practising law in one community for any length of time. But when Dundurn published Porter’s 149 Paintings You Really Need to See in Europe, I thought, what a great way to share one’s enthusiasm and knowledge. Still, I really didn’t think anything more of my own involvement.
Coast-to-Coast Gallery Highlights
Posted on September 22 by Kyle
The Art of Charles Pachter: A Q&A with Leonard Wise
Posted on June 30 by Kyle in Interview
Charles Pachter, one of Canada’s most celebrated artists, is the creator of such iconic works as Queen on Moose and The Painted Flag. In this Q&A, we speak to the author of Pachter's biography.
The Crucible of Art: Indigenous Writers and Cultural Appropriation
Posted on June 8 by Alexandra Shimo in News
Unless you’ve spent the past few weeks living in an internet-free cave in Afghanistan, you are probably aware of the “cultural appropriation prize” fiasco. In short, attempting to explain the expansive creativity of contemporary indigenous writers, Write magazine editor Hal Niedzviecki suggested a learned ability to appropriate. “Buffeted by history and circumstance,” he wrote, indigenous writers must borrow and engage with cultures not their own, and “so often must write from what they don’t know.” As a joke, he suggested a “cultural appropriation prize.”
An Intro to The Many Deaths of Tom Thomson
Posted on May 19 by Gregory Klages in Non-fiction
“Over the course of a century… facts, errors, and myths regarding Thomson’s life and death have become jumbled into provocative, entertaining, but ultimately untrustworthy stories.”
Introduction, The Many Deaths of Tom Thomson
The renowned Canadian landscape painter Tom Thomson likely died on July 8, 1917. We don’t know for sure.
Just like we don’t exactly know how he died.
Publishers vs. People of Colour Who Write
Posted on February 18 by Pamela Mordecai
The burning issue of the moment is access for black artists and writers, from Oscar nominations to their presence on stage and between the pages of books. So who am I to ignore it?