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Nature of Inspiration

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Catalogue Number:  291020
Producer:  291 Film Company
Producing Agencies:  291 Film Company
Subject:  Architecture, Arts, Canadian Social Studies, Documentary, Environmental Studies, Social Sciences, Social Studies
Language:  English
Grade Level:  9 - 12, Post Secondary, Adult
Country Of Origin:  Canada
Copyright Year:  2012
Running Time:  45:09


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Some of Canada's best visual artists discuss how their work is related to the environment. Includes photographer Edward Burtynsky, mixed media artist Marlene Creates, multidisicplinary artist Peter von Tiesenhausen, sculptors Dempsey Bob and Agenatha Dyck, landscape painters David Alexander and Robert Weins, Japanese-Canadian painter Takao Tanabe, ceramic artist John Chalke. The Nature of Inspiration travels from coast to coast, documenting some of Canada's most breathtaking locations. Shot over a period of six years, the program is an unprecedented glimpse into the minds of the country's most important artists.


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