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Arizona O'Neill

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Arizona O'Neill is a Montreal-based multidisciplinary artist whose videos have been exhibited online, in gallery settings, in apartments, on CBC and on street corners. She has created original videos for artists such as Walter Scott, Laurence Philomene and Patrick Watson, and her monthly illustrations for Drawn & Quarterly are on display at the Mile End bookstore. O'Neill has edited two anthologies: one composed of cat illustrations and the other, reinterpretations of Victorian dating manuals. Her book of illustrated interviews with celebrated and controversial Quebec artists, Est-ce qu'un artiste peut être heureux, was released in December 2022.

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    From Montreal to Paris, Mavis Gallant's unwavering determination to be a writer

    Montreal illustrator Arizona O'Neill tells the story of the famed short story writer for CBC’s Creator Network.
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    Creator Network

    How Montreal became a hotspot for jazz

    Prohibition, rail porters and the city's reputation as a "sin city" all played a role in making Montreal a place where every jazz musician wanted to play — and where homegrown musicians thrived.
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    Creator Network

    How a hockey riot started a revolution in Quebec

    For CBC Creator Network, Arizona O'Neill looks at riots in sports and explains how the NHL's treatment of star Montreal Canadiens' player Maurice "Rocket" Richard led to tear gas in the Montreal Forum and violence in the street. And how it paved the way for Quebec's Quiet Revolution.
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    Creator Network

    Montreal was once the bank heist capital of North America

    For CBC Creator Network, Arizona O’Neill looks into the history of bank heists in Montreal, during a time when there were as many as two robberies a day.
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    Creator Network

    Whatever happened to Sin City? The dimming of Montreal's neon signs

    When the giant Super Sexe sign displaying three flying red-caped, bikini-clad women was consumed by fire in 2021, video artist Arizona O'Neill mourned the loss of another downtown Montreal icon. She looks back on a bygone era when the city was bathed in neon lights.
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    Creator Network

    As long as menstruation remains the great taboo, the perfect product eludes us

    Montreal video artist Arizona O'Neill sifts through the history of pads and other period paraphernalia.
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