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With his street murals and wood-soaked interiors, Ottawa artist Arpi lets nature bloom everywhere

From painting street art to re-purposing materials to design interiors full of natural elements, Arpi is trying to focus our eyes on the beauty of nature.
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He's making a movie for every letter of the alphabet...and here's where to A-B-C one

Sure, it's a gimmick. But Josh Owen's serious about seeing it through. Watch clips from "Billy's Behemoth Blast" and "Ghoulish Galactic Grievances."
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Whitney Lewis-Smith wants you to see magic in nature — so she's bringing it to you

From her Ottawa home to the Quebec countryside, Lewis-Smith is using nature to create alternate worlds and encourage people to protect the planet.
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Most of them had never made a mural before. Now this Youth Cabinet has a permanent piece at the ROM

Amanda Parris gets a sneak peek at the ROM Youth Cabinet's stunning project.
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Ally Gonzalo is reclaiming 'bakla' identity in Winnipeg's Filipinx community

The Winnipeg photographer has assembled a project dear to his own heart: hearing the stories and showing the faces of people from the Filipinx queer community.
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How Meryl McMaster takes the vast Canadian landscape and makes it very personal

McMaster has become renowned for her dreamy photographs of the landscape, wearing her signature mesmerizing costumes. Here, she breaks it down.

A sci-fi date gone wrong inside Toronto's Funhouse

Amanda Parris explores the trippy immersive art experience in this week's episode of CBC Arts: Exhibitionists.
EXHIBITIONISTS

Stream the CBC Arts: Exhibitionists Indigenous Icons season premiere now!

Amanda heads to Ottawa to celebrate the launch of the Indigenous Theatre at the National Arts Centre.

Why Canada's new Indigenous Theatre is launching with a heartbreaking play on MMIWG

CBC Arts: Exhibitionists goes behind the scenes of The Unnatural and Accidental Women in our Indigenous Icons season premiere.
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Battle of the Birds tells a mighty story of epic struggle (and very human realities)

Kevin Loring is the Artistic Director of Indigenous Theatre at the National Arts Centre of Canada. And on vacation at home in Lytton, B.C., he staged a stunning play.
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Why Marc Adornato is painting ruined landscapes and mass shootings

Adornato isn't just playing around with heavy subject matter - he's trying to start a conversation and, maybe, make a difference.
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KC Wilcox transforms the things we left behind on beach day into luminous sculptures

From pop cans to chocolate bar wrappers, KC Wilcox treats each piece of trash like a treasure - and points to our own responsibility to the land.
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Women are underrepresented in sports coverage. Here's how this photographer is changing the focus

Alana Paterson breaks down why she points her camera at female athletes - and why it's so important that she does.
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How Victor Quijada took his L.A. b-boy roots and created a whole new dance language in Montreal

RUBBERBANDance introduced an electrifying vocabulary of moves to the dance scene. Its creator breaks down how it all happened and what keeps him going.
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'I've lived a life of pain': How Melanie Chikofsky has used her sculptures to heal

The Toronto artist uses small human figures, acupuncture needles and a sense of fragility to make the sculptures that help her fend off pain.
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Four huge weather balloons and some summer dreams: Float away with this flickering vision in the sky

Artist Don Maynard had a vision of levitating his art among the clouds — and he's achieved it through Skeye Projects, an immersive video experience.
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Neon has traditionally been a man's world — but Robin Clason is bending the rules

Neon bending takes a lot of practice, breakage and risk. But Clason is at the forefront of a group of women changing the game.

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Salem's first accused 'witch' was an enslaved West Indian woman. This opera tells her story

Nicole Brooks combined slavery, witchcraft and opera to make literal Black girl magic out of this little-known moment in history.
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For abstract artist Kirsten Hatfield, bipolar disorder gives her the intensity to create

The Vancouver artist opens up about bipolar disorder, growing up with the internet and how online culture is giving marginalized artists agency.
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Elia Luciani is losing her memory — but her son's beautiful portraits will keep her stories alive

Despite the struggles that come with her dementia, Tony and Elia are growing closer than ever through their touching photo series.
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A literal junkyard band: KW Junk Music is making instruments out of things we waste

KW Junk Music not only makes instruments out of stuff from the junk pile but creates a sense of community for founder Mary Neil.
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These may look like traditional Chinese landscape paintings — but they're actually the Bay of Fundy

When Dan Xu arrived in New Brunswick from China, she says it felt like stepping into a landscape painting.
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Canadian landscape or the best video game? Alex McLeod's worlds make you want to live in both

In McLeod's vibrant digital worlds, trees look like candy and grass looks like something you could live in forever. And none of it is real.
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Philippa Jones has created a secular chapel of suspended orbs and it's as magical as it sounds

The St. John's artist uses subjects as visceral as the opened bodies of animals and as delicate as suspended glass to explore ideas of living and dying.