• Pensions for Canadian writers? Health benefits, at least, if the Writers' Union of Canada and the Alliance of Canadian Cinema, Television and Radio Artists Fraternal Benefit Society have their way. (The Globe and Mail)
• In tough times artists might do worse than to follow the example of older artists who more than survived economic depressions. (The New York Times)
• Torrie Groening, formerly of Vancouver, and now living in San Francisco, has some wonderfully complex digital collages on exhibit at the Atelier Gallery in Vancouver. The exhibit is titled Sanfrancouver, and runs until March 7th.(Things of Desire)