I wrote about Sheila Heti’s New Canadian Myth, and said this (among other things):
“I hope that following Heti’s call for a more realistic “myth” about what Canadian support for the arts means in 2013 will also help us to better understand and appreciate the people who pay attention to the arts in Canada, whether or not they can afford to pay. Our audiences are struggling alongside our artists, and all the varieties of support they nevertheless offer deserve acknowledgement. Sometimes just showing up is a massive effort of support. Sometimes class defines how we think about what a cultural “supporter” looks like in this country. And it shouldn’t.”
Read the full piece here.