Howdy!

The Gazette in their infinite wisdom, decided to publish an article called Faces to Watch ^[1] where they “asked our entertainment writers to choose two artists each to profile and tell our readers why we think they’re going to have high-profile a year in 2005.” And while I have nothing against any of the writers or the artists chosen, I think it is absolutely reprehensible that they give the “Circus Arts” a nod, but somehow manage to completely avoid anything that could even be remotely considered the Visual Arts.

For those who want to avoid the aformentioned newspaper, here’s the list of non-visual artists that were chosen, along with their chooser:
Maxime Denommee – Gaetan L. Charlebois
Anne Dorval ^[2] – Gaetan L. Charlebois
Jacynthe Lague ^[3] – John Griffin
Noemi Yelle – John Griffin
Charles-Mathieu Brunelle ^[4] – Kathryn Greenaway
Normand Latourelle ^[5] – Kathryn Greenaway
Mary Vingoe ^[6] – Matt Radz
Wajdi Mouawad ^[7] – Matt Radz
Taima ^[8] – Bernard Perusse
Jonas ^[9] – Bernard Perusse
Mariko Kida ^[10] – Victor Swoboda
Dave St. Pierre ^[11] – Victor Swoboda
The Arcade Fire ^[12] – Jordan Zivitz
Pony Up! – Jordan Zivitz
Arctic – T’cha Dunlevy
Creature – T’cha Dunlevy
Andree Watters ^[13] – Brendan Kelly
Matthew Harbour ^[14] – Brandan Kelly

Also, someone should mention to the Gazette, that it isn’t such a hot idea to have a reporter writing about a “Face to Watch” who has also been hired by the same reporter to perform.