“The Lakota have a philosophy,” Dana Claxton tells me: “Everything you need to know is in the sky.” In her hometown of Moose Jaw, the endless expanse …
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When I speak with Shawn Hunt, he says he is tired, yet his tone, like his art, is vigorous. The pace of life at his home and studio on the Sunshine …
At age four, dressed up in her uncle’s chef hat for Halloween, Jenni Lessard already knew she wanted to be a chef. She fondly recalls carrying around …
Jenn Harper started Cheekbone Beauty in 2016 because she had a dream. “Sometimes I say that people interpret it as a vision because I’m Indigenous, …
Fashion people are known for putting on airs, and it’s rare to encounter a spirit of cheerful optimism from industry insiders. But a group of …
A Marie Clements play moves like a poem across the stage, unspooling metaphors in sound and light, movement and dialogue. The Métis Dene writer and …
In NUVO’s poet laureate series, we speak with current poets holding the title as of 2016 for Victoria, Calgary, Edmonton, Charlottetown, Halifax, the …
Toronto-based Nlaka’pamux designer Warren Steven Scott’s signature acrylic earrings are a fashion hit, featured everywhere from Vogue to Cosmopolitan. …
Enthralled by the stories of his fellow Inuit, Zacharias Kunuk fondly remembers being lulled to sleep by his mother telling him folk tales. When he …
Electronic trip-hop singer-songwriter Iskwé (pronounced “iss-kway”) is finding her music is sparking conversation. The Winnipeg-raised artist is …
“When we say you come for an experience, delicious is not enough,” Peruvian chef Virgilio Martínez explains. “It is important, yes, but how about a …
TORONTO, ON - November 8 Star writer and author of Seven Fallen Feathers Tanya Talaga is seen in her home in the east end of Toronto for a Q and A. …
They rise, hundreds of black shoeboxes, stacked to the ceiling along the wall of the entryway to Brian Jungen’s studio. Is this art or some sort of …
In the lead-up to National Indigenous Peoples Day, on June 21, the Montreal Museum of Fine Art (MMFA) is spotlighting exemplary Indigenous …
For Toronto-based director Sean Stiller, filmmaking is about more than artistic expression—it is a process of self-discovery. Stiller’s documentaries …
