CBC Arts (french: Radio-Canada Arts) is the division of the
Canadian Broadcasting Corporation
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that creates and curates written articles, short documentaries, non-fiction series and interactive projects that represent the excellence of Canada's diverse artistic communities.
Some of the series and projects CBC Arts has produced include ''21 Black Futures'', ''Art 101'', ''Art Hurts'', ''Big Things Small Towns'', '' Canada's a Drag'', ''The Collective'', ''
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Exhibitionists
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'', '' The Filmmakers'', ''Interrupt This Program'', ''The Move'', '' Super Queeroes'' and ''The 2010s: The Decade Canadian Artists Stopped Saying Sorry''.
CBC Arts has received considerable acclaim, winning multiple Canadian Screen Awards including for best talk show ('' The Filmmakers''), non-fiction webseries ('' Canada's a Drag'') and interactive production ('' Super Queeroes'' and ''The 2010s: The Decade Canadian Artists Stopped Saying Sorry''). Staff members
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both write Digital Publishing Award-winning weekly columns for the CBC Arts website that highlight Black and LGBTQ culture from a Canadian perspective, respectively. Other contributors to the website have included Kelsey Adams, Allysin Chaynes, Anne T. Donahue,
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