Canadian Artists exhibit in The Netherlands

by Cathy Groulx, OSA

In 2009 Cathy Groulx curated and participated in an Exhibition that went to The Netherlands to represent Canada! More...

Why Educate the Imagination?

by Austin Clarkson, director of Milkweed Collective, musicologist, teacher

Based in the Greater Toronto Area, the Milkweed Collective is dedicated to practicing the arts as a means of promoting personal growth in a community context. More...

The Magnificent Middle East

What a “win-win” thing to do! Emaar International, a huge development company in Dubai, decided to host the Emaar International Art Symposium. More...

Modern art comes of age with a sweep of Putin's brush

He may have had help, but the Russian PM's painting is stylish and witty for an amateur work Vladimir Putin's Pattern, which fetched £750,000 at auction. More...

Painting on Yupo Paper

Yupo paper is really not paper but rather acid free sheet of plastic developed for printing and packaging purposes that has a very smooth non absorbent surface which allows for floating of paint of all kinds. More...

The Art of Consultation for Corporate Environments

There can be a very creative symbiosis between art and multinational corporations. Art is a key element in expressing a corporations image and creating a dynamic working environment for its personnel. It can also represent a profitable investment as well as a powerful publicity agent. More...

"Can you help me be an artist?"

Al Van Mil is an accomplished, full time artist living in Thornhill, Ontario. Occasionally he receives emails asking him questions like, "can you help me be an artist?"
Here is an example of that sort of thing, with his reply. Enjoy. More...

All About Original Prints and Printmaking

Although the concept of printmaking extends many centuries into the past, it is only within the last 100 years that the concept of the original print, as we know it today, has come into being. More...