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Manitoba artists take home Western Canada Music Awards – Winnipeg

Descrease article font size Increase article font size A number of Manitoba artists will be coming home from Kelowna, B.C., with some new hardware after big wins at the Western Canada Music Awards on Wednesday. The annual award ceremony, part of the four-day BreakOut West conference, celebrates creative and industry …

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Winnipeg’s Begonia among 10 artists up for Polaris Music Prize on Tuesday – Winnipeg

Ten Canadian musicians and bands will compete for the Polaris Music Prize on Tuesday night. The $50,000 award for the year’s best Canadian album will be handed out during a concert event held at Toronto’s Massey Hall. Among the contenders is Calgary-raised pop singer-songwriter Leslie Feist, Toronto R&B singer Daniel …

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‘The intimacy is really motivating’: Saskatoon Bunkhouse looks for new artists – Saskatoon

The city of Saskatoon is looking for new artists to take up residence in the Bunkhouse located in the Forestry Farm Park and Zoo. Aarin Rinas is a painter and currently one of six artists in residence. Read more: Marking 50 years at the Saskatoon Forestry Farm Park and Zoo …

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Indigenous artists paint special hockey sticks to be awarded to world junior players at tournament

Four Indigenous artists from the Maritimes were selected to paint hockey sticks for the IIHF World Junior Hockey Championships taking place in Moncton and Halifax. For Mi’kmaw artist Lorne Julien from Millbrook First Nation, the opportunity has been a dream come true. The call went out about a month ago …

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Calgary artists donate work to brighten new homes for city’s vulnerable

Residents moving into the once-vacant Neoma building in downtown Calgary are receiving a special house warming gift — art, donated by local artists, to hang on the wall and to keep when they move on. It’s part of a project called Art is the Heart of a Home, an initiative that aims to …

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Calgary artists making art more accessible with Halloween display at CrossIron Mills

Calgary visual artist Billie Rae Busby has showcased her work across the country. Her abstract paintings of the northern lights are now on display at the Leighton Art Centre in Millarville, about 50 kilometres southwest of Calgary. But, she admits, art galleries aren’t always the best spaces to engage with the …

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‘Concrete and grey’ no more: How mural artists are beautifying Scarborough’s ‘Golden Mile’

Every Saturday afternoon, the room inside O’Connor Community Centre in Toronto’s Scarborough neighbourhood fills with chatter as artists enter one by one and greet each other. They are part of the VIEWS: Golden Girls mural project, an intensive training program in mural painting and community arts initiative. The mural is part of the City of Toronto’s …

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