by CANVAS Staff | Sep 2, 2022 | Compendium, News
This is the time of year when we share what we at CANVAS have been up to. It’s our annual peek behind the curtain to help explain our grantmaking and field-building efforts for the Jewish arts and culture world. It is also a chance to share how we’ve grown....
by Gordon Haber | Aug 26, 2022 | Compendium
By Gordon Haber During his lengthy career, David Azrieli (1922-2014) was responsible for some of the largest real estate projects in Canada and Israel. But Azrieli was more than an extraordinary businessperson; he was extraordinarily civic-minded as well. “I believe...
by Gordon Haber | Aug 11, 2022 | Compendium
At CANVAS, we advocate for the value of Jewish arts and culture as a powerful way to investigate Jewish identity, including its religious dimensions. Art is an endlessly interesting way to examine Judaism, and given its richness and complexity, it’s only natural to...
by CANVAS Staff | Jul 28, 2022 | Compendium
The CANVAS Compendium returns from summer hiatus with an installment of Artists on Artists, when Jewish creatives share the work of Jewish artists they admire. This time we invited Yevgeniy Fiks and Maria Veits to choose artists, as their multinational...
by Lianne Kolirin | Jun 22, 2022 | Compendium
“Toronto’s arts and culture scene is one to watch, and its Jewish ecosystem within it is thriving with world-class creativity.” So said Sam Mogelonsky, and she should know. Not only is she an accomplished visual artist, curator, and designer in her own right, she also...
by Caroline Kessler | Jun 9, 2022 | Compendium
Born and raised in rural Vermont, Naomi Shulman was one of only three Jewish kids at her school. The books she read when she was younger had “incidentally Jewish” characters, if they had them at all.Later, as a burgeoning children’s book author and mother of two,...