Leah Collins

Senior Writer

Since 2015, Leah Collins has been senior writer at CBC Arts, covering Canadian visual art and digital culture in addition to producing CBC Arts’ weekly newsletter (Hi, Art!), which was nominated for a Digital Publishing Award in 2021. A graduate of Toronto Metropolitan University's journalism school (formerly Ryerson), Leah covered music and celebrity for Postmedia before arriving at CBC.

Latest from Leah Collins

Giant inflatable art installation in Toronto home to a 'choose your own adventure' concert

What in the world is a Terceradix Luminarium? It's open to explore at the 2025 Luminato Festival. On select dates, visitors can catch a musical experience called Bach & Beyond.

Luminato Festival brings 8-hour aerial spectacle to Toronto's Sankofa Square

Think fighting climate change is hard? Try dancing on a melting iceberg. The show, Thaw, is a call to action for the planet.

The most exciting performances at the 2025 Luminato Festival

Canadian and world premieres are among the highlights at the 2025 Luminato Festival. Organizers share info on must-see events including Thaw at Sankofa Square and Dawn Chorus at Union Station.

Canada brings living experiment to the Venice Architecture Biennale

These 3D-printed structures, which are capable of capturing greenhouse gas, will grow and change over the course of the exhibition.

Re-introducing Judi Singh. New doc tells the very Canadian story of a Black-Punjabi jazz sensation

In the ‘60s, Canadians watched her on CBC. Today, she’s trending on TikTok, and a new film puts the late singer back in the spotlight. It will have its world premiere at the 2025 Doxa Documentary Film Festival in Vancouver.

Her brother vanished at sea. But there's a bigger mystery at the heart of this doc

In Ghosts of the Sea, filmmaker Virginia Tangvald dives into her legendary family lore, only to discover a dark and complicated reality. It opens Sunday at the 2025 Hot Docs Film Festival.

National Canadian Film Day returns with record-breaking number of free screenings

Boosted by "elbows up" enthusiasm, the annual event returns Wednesday. Nearly 2,000 watch parties are scheduled. Find celebrations in every province and territory.

Home galleries are hiding in plain sight across Canada

She throws art shows in her apartment. He does the same in a chicken coop. Upstart curators are creating ad-hoc exhibition space wherever they can, and as the cost of living climbs, the number of residential galleries may continue to grow.

This play staged inside a Toronto cafe serves up workplace horror stories

Come for the coffee, stay for the drama. Award-winning playwright (and former barista) Rosamund Small plumbs her eclectic work experience in the new immersive show, Performance Review.

Curious about TikTok's junk journal trend? These page ideas are artist approved

If you don’t know where to start, beat creative block with these tips from collage artists.