CBC Arts (french: Radio-Canada Arts) is the division of the

Canadian Broadcasting Corporation The Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (french: Société Radio-Canada), branded as CBC/Radio-Canada, is a Canadian public broadcaster for both radio and television. It is a federal Crown corporation that receives funding from the government. ...

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'', ''

Crash Gallery ''Crash Gallery'' is a Canadian television reality series, which was premiered October 2, 2015, on CBC Television.

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Exhibitionists Exhibitionism is the act of exposing in a public or semi-public context one's intimate parts – for example, the breasts, genitals or buttocks. The practice may arise from a desire or compulsion to expose themselves in such a manner to group ...

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The Filmmakers ''The Filmmakers'' is a half-hour Canadian talk show that premiered on CBC Television on July 22, 2017. Each episode focuses on a specific Canadian film which airs in full after the episode. It is produced by CBC Arts. The first season was hosted ...

'', ''Interrupt This Program'', ''The Move'', ''

Super Queeroes ''Super Queeroes'' is a Canadian multimedia web project, which launched in 2019 on CBC Arts. Created as a Pride Month project to mark the 50th anniversary of the Stonewall Riots, the project featured LGBTQ Canadians creating short video, essay or ar ...

'' 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 (''

''), non-fiction webseries ('' Canada's a Drag'') and interactive production (''

'' and ''The 2010s: The Decade Canadian Artists Stopped Saying Sorry''). Staff members

Amanda Parris Amanda Parris is a Canadian broadcaster and writer. An arts reporter and producer for the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation, she hosts the CBC Television series '' Exhibitionists'', '' The Filmmakers'' and '' From the Vaults'', and the CBC Mus ...

and

Peter Knegt Peter Knegt is a Canadian writer, producer, and filmmaker. He is the recipient of four Canadian Screen Awards and his CBC Arts column Queeries received the 2019 Digital Publishing Award for best digital column in Canada. Knegt began his career as ...

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,

Alicia Elliott Alicia Elliott (born 1987 or 1988) is a Tuscarora writer and editor. Early life and education Elliott was born in the United States and moved with her family to the Six Nations of the Grand River reserve in Ontario when she was 13. Although l ...

Samra Habib Samra Habib is a Pakistani Canadian photographer, writer and activist. They are most noted for ''Just Me and Allah'', a photography project they launched in 2014 to document the lives of LGBTQ Muslims, and ''We Have Always Been Here'', a memoir ...

, Catherine Hernandez, Shawn Hitchins, Ben Lewis, Téa Mutonji,

Owen Pallett Michael James Owen Pallett (born September 7, 1979) is a Canadian composer, violinist, keyboardist, and vocalist. Under their erstwhile moniker of Final Fantasy, Pallett won the 2006 Polaris Music Prize for the album ''He Poos Clouds''. Pallet ...

Casey Plett Casey Plett (born June 20, 1987) is a Canadian writer, best known for her novel '' Little Fish'' and Giller Prize-nominated short story collection ''A Dream of a Woman''. Personal life Plett was born in Winnipeg, Manitoba and grew up in a Menno ...

, Heath V. Salazar,

Rae Spoon Rae Spoon is a Canadian musician and writer. Their musical style has varied from country to electronic-influenced indie rock and folk punk.Arielle Twist Arielle Twist is a Nehiyaw (Cree) poet from Canada.Morgan Mullin"Behind the verse with Arielle Twist" '' The Coast'', August 13, 2020. Her debut poetry collection ''Disintegrate / Dissociate'' was published in 2019, and won the Indigenous Voices ...

Rinaldo Walcott Rinaldo Wayne Walcott (born 1965) is a Canadian academic and writer. He wrote in 2021 "I was born in the Caribbean Barbados and have lived most of my life in Canada, specifically Toronto." Currently, he is an associate professor at the Ontario Ins ...

Joshua Whitehead Joshua Whitehead is a Canadian First Nations, two spirit poet and novelist. An Oji-Cree member of the Peguis First Nation in Manitoba,Michael Yerxa Michael Yerxa is a Canadian documentary filmmaker. He is most noted for his collaborations with Mark Kenneth Woods, including the films '' Take Up the Torch'' (2015) and ''Two Soft Things, Two Hard Things'' (2016), and the television series ''Pride ...

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