Editor’s Note

FOCAL POINT CHARMAINE LURCH
Nehal El-Hadi writes about the artist’s engagement with an enigmatic and invisible — yet powerful — literary character.

SAIDYE BRONFMAN AWARD WINNER: LOUISE LEMIEUX BÉRUBÉ
Julien Silvestre celebrates the achievements, contributions and global impact of an innovative and original textile artist.

GOVERNOR GENERAL’S AWARD IN THE ARTS: SHUVINAI ASHOONA
A q&a with the Inuk printmaker in recognition of her practice and accomplishments.

INTERLACED PRACTICES: CREATIVITY AND CRAFT IN THE CANADIAN PRAIRIES
Michele Hardy, Julia Krueger and Timothy Long, the curators of Prairie Interlace: Weaving, Modernisms, and the Expanded Frame, 1960-2000, write about their approach and experiences.

OPEN VESSELS
While attending Collect in London, artist Mary McIntyre talks to metalsmith Kye-Yeon Son about her work.

PHASE TRANSITIONS
Fae Logie explores beauty, grief, and memory in the crafted installations of Jenny Judge.

PROVOCATIONS
Julie Hollenbach writes about the legacies of archives and counter-archives.

POETRY
Poetry by multidisciplinary artist Anne Steves.

HISTORY IN THE MAKING
Michael Prokopow on decay and disrepair.

PORTFOLIO
Alexa Kumiko Hatanaka (Montréal, Que.)
Alana Morouney (Sackville, N.B.)
Matt Jenkins (St. Andrews, Man.)

INQUIRIES TURA COUSINS WILSON
Co-founder and Principal Architect of Studio of Contemporary Architecture is drawn to exploring the potentials and possibilities of design projects.