30 incredible women to inspire you with art this International Women's Day
From filmmakers to painters to dancers, meet amazing artists doing empowering work that we can't get enough of
With all of the extraordinary female artists we feature here at CBC Arts, every day can feel like International Women's Day. But since today is the real thing, we're celebrating by highlighting a diverse collective of women who are making their voices be heard. From filmmakers to painters to dancers, meet some of the amazing artists doing empowering work that we can't get enough of!
TiKA
Making music lifted her out of depression, and now she wants to bring that same light to others
Eve Saint Jean
'My artwork made me comfortable with being queer': How creating can lead to self-acceptance
Jen Mann
What it means to be in love in full colour
DJ O Show
'Diversity makes beautiful music': This DJ strives to be a role model for marginalized youth
Santee Smith
Who needs dance class? We're bringing this Indigenous choreographer to you for a personal tutorial
Melody Hansen
Melody Hansen makes viral illustrations out of your most difficult feelings
Nalo Hopkinson
Afrofuturism, sci-fi and why 'it is a radical act for Black people to imagine having a future'
Niti Marcelle Mueth
'I live my life. I do what I love.' For designer Niti Marcelle Mueth, that's all that matters
Arlene Webber
Making tiny paintings is especially difficult for this artist — that's why she does it
KALLITECHNIS
Feeling vulnerable? For this musician and dancer, that emotion is her secret power
Anoush Moazzeni
Meet the concert pianist who's collaborating with her own robots
Annyen Lam
719 days and counting: This artist has been cutting paper with tiny blades every day for two years
Shereen Ladha
'Growing up, I wanted to be white': How Bollywood dance helped this artist embrace her culture
Nerissa Bradley
Art helped her with depression and anxiety — and then it opened up a whole new career
Camille Jodoin-Eng
Meet the sculptor creating otherworldly optical illusions that let you look into infinity
Chantel Riley
From one Nala to another: Chantel Riley shares her (totally necessary!) advice for Beyoncé
Dainty Smith
'Black thighs save lives': How Dainty Smith is empowering women of colour through burlesque
Ella Cooper
These photos of nude black women in the Canadian landscape are here to question our assumptions
Enza Anderson
How trans icon Enza Anderson has made Toronto a better place — just by being who she is
Hana Shafi
The anti-troll: This artist is making social media a safer space one illustration at a time
Hovak Johnston
Why getting her first tattoo is so meaningful for this 74-year-old Inuit elder
Karolina Kuras
This breathtaking photography will make you wish you were a ballet dancer
Vivek Shraya
How Toronto Pride Grand Marshal Vivek Shraya found her own identity through exploring her mother's
Kathleen Merritt
'Not Inuk enough to be Inuk, not white enough to fit in': This musician is carving her own identity
Matea Radic
Meet the artist drawing a 'naturally unnatural' world in contrast with her war-torn childhood
Angela Miracle Gladue
Meet A Tribe Called Red's secret weapon: the pow wow dancers electrifying their shows
Lindsi Beth Hollend
Depression made her see the world differently...so she picked up a camera
Sharon Lewis
In dystopian science fiction, one thing is clear: it doesn't end well for women or people of colour
Tamara Lee-Anne Cardinal
Meet the designer making wearable art that comes out of Indigenous teachings and culture
Deanna Bowen
This lost 1956 CBC show about race is as relevant as ever — so a Toronto artist is reimagining it