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This Canadian Artist Just Won the Prestigious $25,000 RBC Painting Competition

Wednesday evening, a celebratory crowd gathered at the Vancouver Contemporary Art Gallery (umbrella and rain boot free!), anxiously awaiting the announcement of the 2015 RBC Canadian Painting Competition winner. The room buzzed with nervous excitement as the 15 finalists mingled, snacked, sipped, and chatted with guests, jurors, and fellow artists

Jeffrey Robinson: Today’s Notable Young Professional

Today’s Notable Young Professional is Toronto-based artist Jeffrey Robinson (find him on Instagram here), who we caught up with to find out what inspires his craft and what advice he would share with other young professionals in creative industries… [ad_bb1] WORK 1. Describe what you do in less than 140 characters.

Converse Has Redesigned the Chuck Taylor for the First Time in 85 Years

Now, this is a pretty big deal. For the first time in nearly 100 years, Converse has redesigned its iconic Chuck Taylor All Star sneakers. That’s right, the Chuck Taylor All Star II has arrived. The idea is to appeal to a wider set of right-brained Converse-loving individuals who don’t

A Contemporary Artist Has Sculpted a Tree That Can Grow 40 Different Fruits

Contemporary artist and Syracuse University art professor Sam Van Aken has created the Frankenstein of botany. A beautiful, delicious, fruit-bearing Frankenstein. Aken’s most ambitious – and impressive – project is The Tree of 40 Fruit, which is exactly what you’d expect from the name. Seriously. Through a process of grafting