Powwow Heartbeat
The Creator On the cover: Hoop dancer, musician and storyteller Nimkii Osawamick honours his elders while dancing to the beat of his own powwow drum
Block Magazine
Creativity has its place
Spring/Summer 2022 (Issue 24)
Fri. April 8 1:37 P.M
The Moment Stocking up on staples with Reaching Families in Calgary.
Ready-Made
My Space Ready-mades and an autographed basketball card in Dom Cheng’s studio
The Tech Transition
The Business VizworX’s Jeff LaFrenz on translating big data and leading by example
Cube Cake by Michelle
Artist’s Block Michelle Ashurov of Reverie Deli’s block is actually a slice
Glenn Harvey
Fill In The Blank Glenn Harvey’s orb-like urban infill
Zen Unalike
The Interior Toronto’s Othership’s sauna and ice-bath house are all about shifting states
Oxymorons
Rethink The challenge of museums’ artifactual displays
From Tinsmithy Beginnings
Now & Then The Boardwalk Complex was once Edmonton’s hardware headquarters
Homer Street
The 1KM Guide Made-to-order ice cream, indie films and other Vancouver summer delights
The Long View
Make room for the arts Artist Sonny Assu is linking past and future in a changing city 45
Yukon Sun 49th Parallel Collection by Vineland
Made A rose by any other name—but this one’s uniquely Canadian
Art and Its Survival
The Conversation On Ukraine: museums, monuments and art reflecting conflict
A New Light
Work-In-Progress How studio botté is upcycling Montréal’s refuse—and history
Contributors
ILLUSTRATIONS BY KAGAN MCLEOD
This issue’s The Creator (p. 26) and cover subject was shot by John Paillé, a Toronto-based Anishinaabe (Beausoleil First Nation) and French-Canadian portrait photographer.
Ossie Michelin (The Creator, p. 26) is an award-winning Inuk journalist and filmmaker from the community of North West River, Labrador.
Michelle Ashurov is a designer of food and space. She creates dream-like confections under the moniker Reverie Deli and contributed one of them to this issue’s Artist’s Block (p. 18).
A part-time freelance journalist and full-time public sector worker, Hunza Chaudhary (Rethink, p. 49) is passionate about social justice and the South Asian diaspora community.
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Kristina Ljubanovic
CREATIVE DIRECTORS
Yasemin Emory, Whitney Geller
MANAGING EDITOR
Claire Reis
COMMISSIONING EDITOR
Mélanie Ritchot
PHOTO & ILLUSTRATION EDITOR
Catherine Dean
ASSISTANT PHOTO & ILLUSTRATION EDITOR
Michael Nyarkoh
DESIGNERS
Nicholas Chen-Yin, Julie MacKinnon
TRANSLATOR
Catherine Connes
COPY EDITORS - PROOFREADERS
Suzanne Aubin, Jane Fielding, Lesley Fraser
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