Conor Casey is a Toronto-based screenwriter and illustrator. His films have played at Sundance and SXSW. He's worked with Vince Vaughan, MTV, HBOGo, and Letterkenny. He's currently working on an Italian sitcom called "New School." Follow him on instagram @conorcaseyart Interview by Rebeccah Love How would you describe your aesthetic? All over the place. Evolving and unsure of what it is. If I had to use familiar words, I’d say infantile, abstract, minimalist, cynical, unint

Union Duke is a Toronto-based folk-rock band. Earlier this month Union Duke posted their new music video for 'Heavy Wind'. The Toronto Arts Report is pleased to share the video along with an interview with director Banner Isaac. Banner Isaac is a Toronto-based screenwriter and director. Union Duke just released their new music video for 'Heavy Wind', which you directed. How did you get involved in the project? After sitting on my ass for five years as a staff writer and deve

Luke Savage is a Toronto-based writer whose work regularly appears in Jacobin and Current Affairs. This summer, the new administration south of the border signalled its desire to close the National Endowment for the Humanities and the National Endowment for the Arts. As the N ew Republic ’s Josephine Livingstone points out , both organizations have long been prospective candidates for the Republican chopping block - Ronald Reagan, after all, tried in vain to abolish the NEA i

Chuqiao Yang's writing has previously been published in the Puritan (2016 Supplement), Ricepaper, Arc, Prism, Filling Station, Grain, CV2, Room, and on CBC. In 2011, she was the recipient of two Western Magazine Awards for a non-fiction piece, “Beijing Notes.” Most recently, she was a finalist for the Bronwen Wallace Award for Emerging Writers. She has been featured in 30 under 30: an anthology of Canadian millennial poets (In/Words Press, 2017) and the Unpublished City (Inte