James Paterson is an artist and “imagineer” who lives in Ontario. His award-winning wire sculptures are influenced by a childhood in the “vibrant and visually textured Kensington Market area of Toronto” and have been exhibited in Canada, the United States, Europe and Asia. Violet Nesdoly: What form did your early art take? James Paterson: I…
At four years of age, I decided to learn how to write. I sprawled on the living room carpet, placed a blank page over a flattened Smarties box, and traced the letters. Then I ran to the kitchen, triumphantly presenting the sheet to my mother, exclaiming, “I can write!” She observed, “You copied a Smarties…
Malik Dieleman is a photographer and multidisciplinary artist. CC spoke with Dieleman about the vision behind his first solo art exhibition, Already, Not Yet. Maaike VanderMeer: Where does the title, Already, Not Yet, come from? Malik Dieleman: As my project developed, I had several themes in mind: nostalgia, being “in between” and the tension of…
Engaging in the arts can be a deeply spiritual act – an expression of worship, reflection and even healing. Through creating, we can enter a space where faith and imagination meet, where the Spirit speaks not only through words but also through images. This fall, I joined a Christian art therapy group hosted virtually by Genesis…
Author Mitali Perkins is well known for her middle school and young adult novels, such as Bamboo People, Rickshaw Girl, and You Bring the Distant Near, as well as her children’s picture books – Home is in Between, Between My Hands and more. In Just Making, Perkins relates her childhood experiences of immigrating with her…
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