When we began putting this issue together, Covid-19 had forced most of the world into lockdown. Reimagining work-life balance, wide-spread unemployment, and public safety were suddenly at the forefront of our minds. Although the world has changed dramatically since these articles were commissioned, many of the ideas and sentiments resonate even more tangibly today. I hope that we all continue to be motivated to care deeply and actively for our communities, at all levels of the political and personal spectrum.
A Conversation about Drawing
By Lucas Regazzi and Laura McCoy
A Celebration of Quiet and Small: Organic Resilience in the Work of Andrew Dadson
By April Thompson
The Amazing Monotony: A Response to Chantel Mierau’s Three Chores
By Jennifer Still
Movements in Place: The Community-Based Interventions of Jorge William Agudelo Muñeton and Elena Pardo
Portfolio introduction by Zoë Heyn-Jones
Known / Un Known: Rachel Yezbick’s Sick Speech and the Exploration of Performing the Self and Queer Aesthetics in the Life, Work, and Death of Nasim Aghdam
By Maeve Hanna
Lamenting the Remnants: Complicated Nostalgia in the Work of Heather Benning
By Jaclyn Morken
The Ceaseless Devotion of KC Adams
By Becca Taylor
Never Look Back: An Interview with Graham Wiebe
By Clint Enns
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Feature image: Andrew Dadson, Black Medic and Foxtail Barley (Medicago lupulina and Hordeum Jubatum) Pink, 2019. Wild clover, barley, milk paint (water, casein, chalk, limestone, earth pigments, cochineal), inkjet print mounted on Dibond, 150 x 190 cm (framed). Edition of 3 plus 2AP. Image courtesy of the artist.
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