What you missed in the newsletter: Photos from the new season of In the Making

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Hi, art lovers!

Get ready for a big, juicy behind-the-scenes slideshow from Season 2 of In the Making. The production team went and gifted us with a massive folder of photos from their travels to Iqaluit and Japan and Vancouver and Montreal and a frequent-flyer-elite-status-qualifying list of other places in between, and really, the timing couldn't be better.

The documentary series returns in mere days, and you can watch all eight fresh episodes on CBC Gem starting Friday, Sept. 27. Scroll to discover which Canadian artists they'll be profiling this time around, and if you happen to be anywhere near Toronto, Montreal or Vaughan, Ont., just a reminder: there are still a few stops left on the show's free screening tour. (All the info is on the show's Facebook page.)

On to those photos!

You'll spend time with a few musicians this season, including 2018 Polaris Music Prize winner Jeremy Dutcher. Here, Dutcher is joined by song carrier Maggie Paul in Fredericton.

Personally, this is the episode I'm most excited to watch (and if you've read this Guardian profile of Beverly Glenn-Copeland — or if you just grew up watching Mr. Dressup — you'll understand where I'm coming from). What bits of his incredible life story will they capture in this half-hour doc?

Glenn-Copeland is going through a major career renaissance, and the guy on the left, record collector Ryota Masuko, was the catalyst. In the episode, the musician makes a trip to Japan to meet him.

That's performance artist Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory (right). In the Making travelled to her home in Iqaluit where she was developing new work.

Any Wendy fans out there? The comic's creator Walter Scott (right) joins host Sean O'Neill.

Christopher House is the longtime head of Toronto Dance Theatre. In the Making covers his final season with the contemporary dance troupe.

That's the CBC Archives in Vancouver. Deanna Bowen returns to her hometown in this episode to research a new work involving her family story and the history of race relations in Canada.

Also in Vancouver, Ken Lum! That's the artist (right) with host Sean O'Neill. They're standing in front of Lum's piece A Tale of Two Children.

And for anyone who caught Rebecca Belmore's Facing the Monumental (or just wishes they had), this will be a must-watch. In the Making was in Saskatoon with the artist as she opened the career-surveying exhibition at the Remai Modern.

You've got to see this

A performance 2,300 km in the making - The first-ever Toronto Biennial of Art launched Saturday with a bunch of free events along the waterfront, including this performance from the Embassy of Imagination, a youth collective from Cape Dorset, Nunavut. The event was the final leg of a procession they began up north. Read all about it (and check out more of their work at the biennial's exhibition site on Lake Shore Blvd. until Dec. 1).

Surviving on perogies - Whether you learn anything from Tamarra Canu's trip to the world's largest perogy is kind of beside the point. Will it make you hungry, though? Absolutely. Watch the latest episode of Big Things Small Towns (and please pass the sour cream).

How did they make that movie look so good? - Production designers from movies including The Lighthouse and Ford v Ferrari spill trade secrets in this conversation recorded during TIFF. Johanna Schneller, host of The Filmmakers, moderates their discussion.

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Jess Bell (@jessbellphotography) - So, I definitely featured this video about Jess and her super photos of super dogs a couple weeks back — but because so many of you clicked on it (because dogs), I thought I'd do you a solid and show you where to follow her on Instagram. You're welcome.

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