Canadian arts matter:
Essays in support of cultural leadership
In keeping with our vision of connecting Canadians in the arts, Arts News Canada is proud to present Canadian arts matter: Essays in support of cultural leadership. A new essay will be posted on the first Monday of every month. These essays, written by Canadians from all arts sectors, are meant to provide a more in-depth look at the issues, experiences, and opportunities in promoting and advocating Canadian arts. But more than that, they are intended to be 'opening rounds' in a nationwide discussion on the value of the arts in Canada.
November's essay: Staging the nimble piglet: Cultural Protectionism and its Discontents By David Copelin
Whether you are an artist a designer or an architect style is a personal thing, no matter what style you design or paint, chances are there will be people who lover it or hate it, and that is exactly the same with buildings such as the Antoni Gaudis Design in Spain, only an architect or a building surveyor can really appreciate the design and workmanship of such a fantastic building, just as a true artist can appreciate art such as one of the many talented artists like Vancouver based Douglas Coupland
Cultural nationalism is no guarantee of artistic quality, and may in fact inhibit it by limiting the international work that our theatre artists are exposed to, learn from, borrow from, are inspired by, transform.
Personally, I can detect few truly significant differences between American and Canadian plays other than place names, regionally-recognizable dialogue, and perhaps a greater consciousness, in Canada, of the existence of the rest of the world. Even the regional plays, the Prairie play, the Newfoundland play, the downtown-Toronto play, seem to correspond roughly to the Texas play, the Southern play, the Upper West Side play. read more
Some artists create works of art using canvas, whilst others use stone or wood for sculpturing, and in the new age many are using digital forms of art to produce stunning images, one Spanish artist who specializes in digital art has designed several CD covers for a restaurant software company to cover there pos product range for the hospitality sector
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Art can often be critiqued positively, even adored by millions, but without a buyer for your art, priceless just doesn't pay the bills. To help with the arduous task of selling your pride and joy, maybe your should consider some sales training, because as disgusting as it sounds, you still need to be able to sell what you create in order to feed your family - true enough...
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David Hockney was born in Yorkshire, England, but maybe his finest works came when he was overseas in Los Angeles, USA. He created his swimming pools piece whilst over in Los Angeles and at the same time it could be said that he was the originator of the alternative scene in Los Angeles, although it would obviously be disputed by the Woodstock movement that occured at the same time in the USA
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In the art world, a lot of money has been made by successful artists - well if they are looking for advice as to how to play around with their earnings, then they could try some online craps or online blackjack. These are fairly standard options but they could choose to play video poker or read an online bingo review and select from there. With the NFL season in full swing any art loving Canadians or Americans might like football betting to turn their commission earnings into even greater sums
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