Publisher’s Note

FOCAL POINT: XIAOJING YAN
Matthew Ryan Smith writes about the artist’s employment of mycelium and repurposing of vintage beads in her ethereal installations.

SAIDYE BRONFMAN AWARD WINNER: PETER PIEROBON
Anthony Matthews writes about the artist, furniture maker and sculptor whose elegant works and meticulous craftsmanship have pushed the boundaries of Canadian woodworking.

PROVOCATIONS: “THINKING THE WORLD” THROUGH WRITING ABOUT CRAFT
Editor-in-chief Nehal El-Hadi on why writing about craft is important.

CLOSE ATTENTION: THE INTRICATE COMPLEXITIES OF NICO WILLIAMS’S BEADED ARTWORKS
Writer and researcher Georgia Phillips-Amos explores the Sobey Award-winning artist’s polyphonic and urgent works.

LAND IS MONUMENT
A conversation about Indigenous place-making between scholar Omeasoo Wahpasiw and artist and writer Tanis Worme.

INTERROGATING CONTROL: THE IMAGINATIVE WORKS OF GHAZALEH AVARZAMANI
Curator and art historian Noor Alé responds to representations and challenges to power in the Tehran-born artist’s work.

SARAH MALONEY’S TAKE ON THE NATURAL WORLD
An essay by writer and curator Laura Ritchie, from Sarah Maloney’s Pleasure Ground: A Feminist Take on the Natural World, the first major survey of the artist’s work. 

HISTORY IN THE (RE-) MAKING: WHERE THERE IS FIRE
Michael Prokopow writes about the French Compagnons and attempts at maintaining artisanal knowledge and cultural memory after historical churches burn down.

POETRY 
Audie Murray

PORTFOLIO

Kae Sasaki (Winnipeg, Man.)
Lucie Leroux (Montréal, Que.)
Melanie Hamilton (Calgary, Alta.)

INQUIRIES SAEEDEH NIKTAB ETAATI
Curator, Diasporas and Multinational Communities at the Canadian Museum of History discusses her approach to collaborating with communities and artists.