Discover Canada Through its Art

As the days grow short and the nights turn cool, 
here’s a look at art about the dark.

Few artists in Canada are as revered as the Newfoundland and Labrador-based painter and printmaker Christopher Pratt (1935–2022). Throughout his life, he lived in St. Mary’s Bay along the Salmonier River, where he documented the province’s culture, geography, weather, landscapes, architecture, waterscapes, and figures.

By Gerald McMaster

Between 2008 and 2015, the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of Canada documented the lasting impact of Canada’s Indian Residential Schools on Indigenous Peoples and created 94 Calls to Action. Although the report profoundly reshaped the nation’s cultural consciousness, until now, no comprehensive surveys have been conducted to see how Indigenous artists have responded to this chapter in Canadian history.

Applications for the 2027 New Voices Publishing Fellowship are now open, and we invite you to share your vision for a compelling new publication. Submit your completed application by January 15, 2027.

By Elizabeth Anne Cavaliere

At a time when few were working professionally with cameras, Hannah Maynard (1834–1918) made history with her boundless creativity and entrepreneurial acumen, becoming the first woman in British Columbia to establish a professional photography studio. In 1863, she launched her business, some two decades after photography’s invention, and operated it for nearly fifty years.

How do you raise awareness? What do your family traditions look like? What is your most prized possession? In celebration of ACI’s fifth annual Student Challenge, we asked questions such as these to students across Canada in the hopes of finding remarkable talent influenced by our country’s most innovative makers. With overwhelming enthusiasm, young artists in Grades 7 through 12 from coast to coast to coast responded.