In the newsletter: Watch Amanda Parris at the Governor General's Literary Awards

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Hi, art lovers!

When one of your co-workers wins a Governor General's Literary Award, you share a link to the video. So yes, please watch this recap from Thursday's event in Ottawa, where Amanda Parris (host of CBC Arts: Exhibitionists) was honoured as this year's winner of the GG Award for drama.

And one more thing before I throw to this week's batch of links: Remember how last week I asked you to share your picks for the most influential Canadian artists of the 2010s?

Well, I'd like to send a big happy thank you to everyone who replied! And if you have a hot take that you'd STILL like to share, I'm all ears.

Which Canadian artist grabbed the world's attention this decade — and never said sorry for it?

We're almost ready to launch our "best of the 2010s" project, and after it's out in the world, I'd like to share some of your picks in an upcoming newsletter. But I need to hear from you first. Looking forward to it. :)

And because we promised you eye candy

I will always like a plant I can't kill. Hamilton's Breeyn McCarney is one of my favourite Instagram discoveries of the week, and if you have the patience and skill to execute one of her couture beading tutorials, you are an absolute hero.

More gorgeous work on tulle. Follow Katerina Marchenko (@kath_rinrin) for an eyeful.

Monday morning, but make it pretty. Love this ceramic drawing by Vancouver's Genevieve Dionne. It's from her Renaissance Hands series.

Vancouver artist Priscilla Yu has just released prints of this 2019 painting, Explorer of Internal Space. (If you could use a little creative encouragement, what she said about the piece on Instagram might hit home.)

You've got to see this

Feel like catching a movie? - If you're in Toronto, you're in luck. Cinema culture has exploded in the city, and yet another rep theatre (Paradise) opened this month. Is Toronto one of the greatest places in the world to see a movie? This story might convince you.

Sea something different - In the latest episode of Print's Not Dead, watch Ed Pien at work in the NSCAD Lithography Workshop, where he creates a ghostly print (see above) by experimenting with ocean water.

Listen to your elders. They're hilarious - Maybe she's your aunt or a friend of your mom's — or that lady next door who's been asking about your love life since you were 12. We all know the type. They're the loving and caring older women in our lives (who sometimes love and care too much) and they're a GD inspiration to Tita Collective, a Filipina troupe from Toronto. Drop in on a rehearsal with correspondent April Aliermo.

Follow this artist

1001 Fesses (@1001fesses_project) - No "butts" about it — this was our most popular video last week. And you can keep up with the 1001 Fesses project on Instagram, as Émilie Mercier and Frédérique Marseille photograph bums around the world.

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I'm Leah Collins, senior writer at CBC Arts. Until next week!

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