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Speaking of drawings and design, it is worth noting that in the early fall Canada received eight awards at the International Exhibition of Book Design in Leipzig. Among the artists was a graphic, Newfeld, responsible for the catalogue of Picasso’s exhibition in Toronto’s Art Gallery and Leslie Smart, also a Torontonian, for a charming book “Old Markets, New World” on Kensington Market.
Paintings by Canadian artists are exhibited in London, Paris and New York. Last fall, the modern, high class gallery of the Commonwealth Institute in London held for the first time a one man show of a Canadian artist, Bruno Bobak. While all artists are still interested in exhibiting in London’s Tate Gallery, New York becomes more and more attractive from this point of view. Who would resist a chance of exhibiting at Guggenheim’s or in Modern Arts? Or even in the smallest, obscure gallery, provided that it is located in New York, an artists’ Mecca. Incidentally, the attraction of New York is largerly responsible for the fact that we seldom see in Toronto any paintings from Western Canada. It is simply considered that it is not worth while to exhibit in Toronto — the most sensible thing to do is to reach the Southern Metropolis by the shortest way possible.
The CBC, underestimated and critized in Canada, is highly regarded in the United States. Concerts, TV and radio drama are invariably on a high level. The CBC’s achievements are unique on the North American continent. The CBC sells its programs to the States and to Europe. Not so long ago, running against 33 competitors, it received an “Emmy” for an outstanding program produced outside the United States — the opera “The Barber of Seville’. Awarding the CBC in Ohio became a tradition. Letters from the United States published in the “CBC Times” show the appreciation of the CBC’s programs. In spite of that, an average Canadian listener or TV watcher would not hesitate to chose American “Bonanza”, “Peyton Place” rather than “boring”, “highbrow” Festival’s drama or radio concert or talk. The category of our public that definitely appreciates the CBC are the Canadian composers. G. Ridout said once: “The composer must realize that he needs the CBC more than the CBC needs him. Until the time comes when the listener craves to hear Canadian music and the composer writes music intelligible and convineing enough to cause such a craving, he had best count his blessings and be grateful to the CBC for what it has already done’.
The CBC not only performs Canadian music, but also commissions the compositions. Canadian drama writers would be confined to the amateur theatre and Dominion Festivals if it were not for the CBC. Actors find not only an additional source of income, but also a fulfillment, a sense of achievement when acting in brilliantly produced plays directed by such people as Eric Till or Peter Boretsky.
A Canadian book is no doubt in an unprivileged position. While it is often said that the market for English books is unlimited, in practice the writer has to face the unlimited competition of the written word
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