This LGBTQ documentary delves into the life and past of Lyle XOX, the Canadian artist who has become an international sensation by using his face as a canvas. He was featured here on The Art Junkie earlier this summer.

“From humble beginnings in rural Saskatchewan and a quiet life in Vancouver, to two windows in Bergdorf Goodman! Lyle XOX is entering a world beyond his creative imagination,” says BOLDLY, the film’s Vancouver production company. “Now with150,000 followers on Instagram including Cher, Boy George, Fabien Baron and Beth Ditto, Lyle XOX is being invited to collaborate with musicians, photographers and fashion designers all over the world.”

Watch the trailer (above).

Previous Art Junkie post on Lyle XOX here.

Lyle XOX (Lyle Reimer) Instagram, here.

Named one of Canada’s Top 100 Living Explorers by Canadian Geographic Magazine, Cory Trépanier carries on the tradition of painting first made famous by Canada’s Group of Seven, but with the environmental concern of a contemporary artist.

Trépanier’s Into the Arctic travelling exhibit showcases more than 50 oil paintings created over a decade as he travelled by plane, helicopter, ship, boat, canoe, and on foot, often with the Inuit across the northernmost reaches of Canada.

With a pack full of painting, filming and camping gear, Trépanier traversed over 40,000 kilometres, through six Arctic National Parks and 16 Arctic communities, in a biosphere so remote and untouched, that most of its vast landscape has never been painted before. (See the annotated map here)

As well as the paintings, there’s a series of Arctic films, the Caledon artist’s way of sharing the experience with others, including his Canadian Screen Award nominated feature length Into The Arctic II documentary.

The exhibition has already travelled extensively after its world premiere at the Canadian Embassy in Washington, D.C. in 2017. (See full tour details here)

TrueWild Project: www.truewild.ca

Facebook: www.facebook.com/corytrepanier

Twitter: www.twitter.com/corytrepanier

Trépanier’s Fine Art: www.trepanieroriginals.com

This exceptional documentary tells the story of decades of opposition to Jumbo Glacier Resort, a mega ski development that was proposed for the heart of the Central Purcell Mountains of British Columbia, one of Canada’s most pristine areas. The film (by Sweetgrass Productions and Patagonia) highlighted the tension over building a base at the head of the Jumbo Valley, where lifts would access four glaciers. 

NOTE: The idea of the ski resort has since been shut down.

The development would cover approximately 104 hectares. Ski areas accessed would bring the total resort footprint to more than 6,000 hectares (14,800 acres).

Here’s the website of Jumbo Wild, coordinated by Wildsight Canada.

To everyone who derives inspiration from the mountains, it is our responsibility to give back and speak up for these wild lands and all those who inhabit them. Join us, the Ktunaxa Nation, Wildsight and the thousands of locals who have been fighting for the last 25 years to stop development and permanently #KeepJumboWild

A map of the area, here.

Here’s a short summary trailer for the Jumbo Wild documentary.

This 60 seconds of joy from filmmaker Rick Mereki covers “3 guys, 44 days, 11 countries, 18 flights, 38 thousand miles, an exploding volcano, 2 cameras and almost a terabyte of footage.”  Perfect for a bucket list.