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Emily van Lidth de Jeude
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Social practice artist and writer.
http://www.emilyartist.ca
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Tidying up for my open studio tomorrow, and decided to write about my bones:
www.emilyartist.ca/2025/11/bone...

#artist #art #bones #diversity #biodiversity #inspiration #skulls #writing #essay
Bones
Canadian contemporary artist, social practice, installation and performance art. Neurodiverse, feminist, humanist, ecologist. Changemaker.
www.emilyartist.ca
November 23, 2025 at 12:06 AM
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Instead of supporting billionaires, support your local artists and businesses!
*Open Studio and Art Sale*
Sunday, Nov. 23, 11am-3pm
602 Collins Rd, Bowen Island/Nexwlelexwem
Books, prints, drawings and paintings.
Shown are a little of what's available.

#art #artist #canadianartist #artstudio #sale
Triptych painting on canvas of bull-kelp, seals and perch fish in a rainbow-lit dancing sea. Each of the three panels measures 11x14 inches. Painting on 14x11 inch canvas of two arbutus trees on mossy cliffs, reaching their leafy limbs out towards the ocean. There are islands in the distance. All is obscured by the swoosh of the wind curling throughout the painting. The title of this piece is Arbutus Beckon the Storm 1, by Emily van Lidth de Jeude. A painting on 11x14 inch canvas. A coniferous tree stands to the right of centre, on a moss and salal-covered cliff. Another cliff is on the left side, and all is slightly obscured by a great swoosh of wind, in brush strokes and pencil lines, swirling through the paint. This painting is called "The Forest Misses You 1", by Emily van Lidth de Jeude. Oil painting on canvas 15x30 inches. Two cedar trees stand on the left side, reaching their limbs out into the wind. In the background on the right side is a grey rock cliff, and in the foreground is a moss-covered log. All are semi-obscured by the swoosh of the wind through the paint. This painting is called Cedars Dancing the Storm In, by artist Emily van Lidth de Jeude
November 19, 2025 at 4:23 AM
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Next up in my Dear Little Emily series of stories. The story of the Splash. 🙂

www.emilyartist.ca/2025/11/dear...

#writer #story #storyteller #notetoself #art #artist #canadianartist #chickens #farmlife #farmer
Dear Little Emily: The Best Little Rooster Who Ever Lived
Canadian contemporary artist, social practice, installation and performance art. Neurodiverse, feminist, humanist, ecologist. Changemaker.
www.emilyartist.ca
November 16, 2025 at 7:26 PM
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All finished the thrushes window! Of course, being translucent, it will look spectacular from inside on a sunny day, but this is the view seen most often as people walk by outside. Done with Pēbēo Vitrail glass paints.
#art #artist #canadianartist #paintedglass
A photo of a long narrow window painted to look like stained glass with artificial lead, swirly sections of varying pearlescent blues and whites, and three birds, flying in alternating directions. The top bird is a varied thrush, in oranges and blueish blacks, and the bottom two are Swainson's thrushes, in blacks, brown-yellows, and white with dark speckles.
November 5, 2025 at 6:47 PM
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Working on these three thrushes (Varied & Swanson's). The window is salvaged from our local community hall. My mother taught preschool there for many years, and these are some of her favourite birds.
#artist #art #canadianartist #wip
A top-down view of a long, narrow, wood-framed window lying on a table with a pink floral cloth. The window has three thrushes and a series of horizontal curved lines painted on it, outlined in only black. In the top left corner of the image, the top of a woman's head can be seen, with her hair pulled back in a ponytail, and her arm reaching over the window, painting the black lines with a small tube of Pēbēo Cerne Relief (imitation lead).
November 4, 2025 at 9:28 PM
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Help me boost my daughter's amazing site! Rhiannon is an expert reviewer of kids' books from a perspective of diversity, respect for the reader, and a good story. As a parent, auntie and educator I depend on her reviews!

#books #reading #bookreview #kidsbooks #children #boost #entrepreneur
Rhiannon's Reading Corner | book recommendations
Honest book reviews on childrens' literature, and thoughtful gifts for young readers! Rhiannon's Reading Corner is your one-stop site to help you find the perfect book.
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October 29, 2025 at 4:53 PM
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So many such news bits floating around. Tech companies that made themselves ubiquitous in our lives are fascist. Its not too late to say "whoops" and leave them. I've already left Amazon, Meta, Microsoft, and am in the process of leaving Android and all Google platforms. And LOVING it!!!
Amazon's Ring to partner with Flock, a network of AI cameras used by ICE, feds, and police | TechCrunch
Agencies that use Flock can request that Ring doorbell users share footage to help with "evidence collection and investigative work."
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October 17, 2025 at 2:28 PM
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At this time when the US president has signed an executive order that effectively declared himself and his government fascist... we might especially make use of this great info:
How to fight fascism in Canada!
www.antihate.ca/40ways
#antifa #antifascism #fascism #canada
40 Ways to Fight the Far-Right
40 Ways to Fight the Far-Right: Tactics for Community Activists in Canada seeks to help contain far-right organizing by preventing and mitigating the damage it inflicts on our communities. This guide ...
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September 23, 2025 at 3:01 AM
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The more I use BlueSky, the more I don't like it, especially as it's filling with spammers/scammers, etc. Please do join me on Mastodon! It's so easy to join and use. No, there's no private messaging, but hey--we all have email, right?
Mastodon is where I mainly post, and also where I read.
Mastodon
The original server operated by the Mastodon gGmbH non-profit
mastodon.social
September 11, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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WEll I finally made my new channel, where I'll be publishing audio versions of the Dear Little Emily series! Here's the first instalment: makertube.net/w/4ikHDR1cK3...

The story is also available in text form on my website: www.emilyartist.ca/2025/09/dear...

#writing #art #artist #childhood #story
Dear Little Emily: Mickey O'Flaherty and the Dog Poop
In this first audio recording of the Dear Little Emily series, I write about my mother's childhood friend, Mickey. Dear Little Emily is a series of letters to my much-younger self, in which I explo...
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September 11, 2025 at 6:00 AM
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Dear Little Emily is a series of letters to my childhood self, exploring loss, love, and personal growth. I'm thinking of making it an audio series. Should I do it?

www.emilyartist.ca/2025/09/dear...
#writing #writer #love #parenting #education
Dear Little Emily: Katie's Thermometer
Canadian contemporary artist, social practice, installation and performance art. Neurodiverse, feminist, humanist, ecologist. Changemaker.
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September 10, 2025 at 4:58 AM
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Covid is surging along the west coast. It's not over. I thought I was invincible too, until my health & career were wiped out by Long Covid. 5 years, for me, so far. Please, stay home when sick, even if "it's mild". It may not be mild for others, or for you, later. #covid #longcovid #psa #health
(dis)robe: Hospital Gown performance -- artist Emily van Lidth de Jeude
A wearable art piece by Emily van Lidth de Jeude, made with photos of over 300 people with Long Covid, and some of the 200+ symptoms we live with. The hands at the beginning of the train are drawn ...
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September 2, 2025 at 5:12 PM
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I'm giving away veggie seeds on my local food-farming Signal group, & would love to grow the group to include more locals (Bowen/Nexwlelexwm) & share more resources. Please contact me if you'd like to join. Signal is exactly like WhatsApp, but without Meta/fascism/data-insecurity! And free.
A grey-bearded man in a blue button-shirt, with sleeves rolled to the elbows stands under an arced garden trellis, surrounded by lush green vegetable crops. Beans grow up over the left side of the trellis, and cucumbers grow up the right side. The foreground is full of profusely-flowering radishes, and there is an apple tree in the background. The man is reaching up to remove bunches of cured garlic from the trellis above the cucumber plants.
August 24, 2025 at 4:26 PM
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"In such ugly times, the only true protest is beauty." ~Phil Ochs

www.emilyartist.ca/2025/08/time...

#gardening #beauty #life #resistance #loss #blog
Time for Beauty
Canadian contemporary artist, social practice, installation and performance art. Neurodiverse, feminist, humanist, ecologist. Changemaker.
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August 6, 2025 at 6:34 AM
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HAPPY PRIDE!! It's Vancouver Pride weekend and I am SO PROUD OF MY CHILDREN AND ALL THEIR FRIENDS!!! And of me. 🤩 As an asexual neurodiverse person with a disability, it's hard to feel proud, but important, especially as a role model.
I wrote this thing. Please do share it.

#Pride #lgbtq #lgbtq+
How to Be a Safe Space for Our Own Children and Others
Canadian contemporary artist, social practice, installation and performance art. Neurodiverse, feminist, humanist, ecologist. Changemaker.
www.emilyartist.ca
August 3, 2025 at 8:20 PM
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New writing from me. Please do share. Or act in any way you feel called to do.
www.emilyartist.ca/2025/07/we-m...

#fascism #antifascism #bigtech #activism #socialchange
We Must Open Our Eyes and Choose to See
Canadian contemporary artist, social practice, installation and performance art. Neurodiverse, feminist, humanist, ecologist. Changemaker.
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July 28, 2025 at 8:37 PM
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I did it again! That was fun! 🤠
www.emilyartist.ca/2025/07/labe...

#art #artist #ecology #weeds #canadianartist #streetart #publicart #blog
Labelling Weeds: Art for Public Engagement
Canadian contemporary artist, social practice, installation and performance art. Neurodiverse, feminist, humanist, ecologist. Changemaker.
www.emilyartist.ca
July 26, 2025 at 6:31 PM
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This graph is stunning and yet we knew it already, of course. The whole article is worth reading. Also note it was published over a year ago.
volewica.blogspot.com/2024/03/why-...
#incomeinequality #fascism #peace
July 12, 2025 at 11:30 PM
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This is why we grow food in an ecologically integrated way; why we host tours to help others do the same. Fight fascism by growing diverse, resilient community from within. We need to do everything we can. www.cbc.ca/news/science...

#climatechange #resilience #resistance #davidsuzuki #fascism
David Suzuki says it may be too late to solve climate crisis, but communities can still take action | CBC News
The Canadian environmentalist says it's too late to solve the climate crisis, especially through legal, political and economic channels. Instead, Suzuki says he believes the future of the movement dep...
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July 11, 2025 at 1:45 PM
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Right ON!!!!
madgreek2024.bsky.social MadGreek 🧿 @madgreek2024.bsky.social · Jul 5
ICE fucked up! They went to Flatbush to get Haitians and guess what? They got outnumbered! Haitians ran them out of town! They are lucky they got the fuck out without injury. You come into Flatbush, Brooklyn and did not expect a fight? Hell no! Stay the fuck out of Brooklyn assholes. #AbolishICE
July 7, 2025 at 5:20 AM
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🧡 all my non-fascist media!!
No ads, great people, and ETHICS.
Facebook/Instagram --> Mastodon
WhatsApp --> Signal
News sources --> Al Jazeera & Syrup
Godaddy domain --> ??
Blogger --> Autistici/Noblogs
Gmail --> Autistici
Youtube --> MakerTube
Chrome --> Firefox
Google --> Ecosia
Windows --> Linux
June 30, 2025 at 10:54 PM
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Thinking of this a lot right now. youtu.be/SrPBdLiqMb0?...

#democracy #community #civilrights #peace #justice
The Mexican Town That Kicked Out Politicians And Started Over (HBO)
YouTube video by VICE News
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June 23, 2025 at 4:08 AM
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Posting things like this frightens me. Like I'm scared of speaking up lest I make someone angry, or be called an anti-semite or anti-American. Why is my social comfort more important than the lives of millions?! Canada is no different.

#nazis #fascism #uspoli #gaza #israel #iran #usa #canada
June 21, 2025 at 2:44 AM
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Really good. Chris Hedges. Have a listen
youtu.be/gTduwS3Dz7Y

#uspoli #canpoli #gaza #genocide #war
Chris Hedges: The Last Days of Gaza
YouTube video by The Chris Hedges YouTube Channel
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June 20, 2025 at 11:19 PM
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Tmrw is Indigenous Peoples' Day, & today our house passed the bill to fast-track resource development without environmental or indigenous consultation. I will be supporting Idle No More 2.0 with everything I've got: money, feet on ground, & amplification!!

#indigenous #idlenomore #canpoli
June 20, 2025 at 10:57 PM