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What is CANNOPY?
In October 2020, we launched Issue 1 of smART Magazine as an arts publication covering the rapidly evolving immersive industry at the intersection of smart technology and the visual arts. With equal rapidity, our small publication evolved to cover every conceivable corner of the visual and performing arts. Three years later, we are surprised by the scale of our global outlook, the incredible international artists we’ve welcomed in conversations, and the organisations we’ve lent our platform to. We’ve also been deeply inspired by the reception of our ability to balance this international perspective with a consistent championship of the Canadian arts industry. We are likewise very proud of the nomination for Best Arts & Culture Magazine in Canada by the National Magazine Awards, and a recipient of a publishing grant from the Federal Government of Canada—both in our third year in operation. As we wade into the future, and chart a path for our next steps, we’ve realised that now is the perfect opportunity to reinvent ourselves towards becoming what we’ve always been: a big tent for all the arts. As we mark our third birthday, we are changing our name to CANNOPY.
What’s in CANNOPY?
Over the last 12 issues of smART Magazine, we’ve been slowly amassing a library of conversations across 12 creative avenues in the visual and performing arts. Our latest release, Issue 12, is a culmination of the last three years, and a testament to our earnest belief that a broad outlook across the arts is not only possible, but necessary. Where arts education falls short, an arts publication like ours can both cultivate and nourish an omnivorous appetite for the arts.
The 12 series in Issue 12 feature conversations with: visual artists (Studio Sessions); international alternative musicians (Alt.itude); multipurpose performance centres (Hubs & Huddles); Canadian alternative musicians (Homegrown); literary creatives (Arts & Letters); classical musicians (Ensemble); theatre artists (Fourth Wall); jazz musicians (Ellington); filmmakers (In Focus); multimedia visual artists (Materials); dance artists (In Motion); and exhibit venues (Spaces):
If you’re reading this, you’ve likely engaged in conversation with one of the 12 series mentioned above. We are grateful for your readership, and for the opportunity to tailor our output to your dynamic interests. Under the CANNOPY banner, we’ll continue publishing the same great content as the last three years, but in the bite-sized parcels of our 12 series. Over the next few months, we’ll be launching newsletters for each series, and subsequently publishing bespoke digital books that capture the best and latest in each series. We will also be publishing a yearly magazine that brings all 12 of these series together, similar to Issue 12 of smART Magazine.
As we begin this new path together, we will rely entirely on the support of readers like you for every aspect of our operation. There will be many ways to support what we do: from grabbing our previous print and digital issues, to signing up to our series newsletters as they are announced, to signing up for our visual/performing arts newsletter specific to your city, to sharing our work with your artistic network.
This is new for us, but also exciting—we hope you’re excited too! So grab a seat and join the conversation, there’s plenty of room under our canopy.
from my desk to yours,
Michael Zarathus-Cook | Chief Editor - CANNOPY
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