The Anna Leonowens welcomes Summer 2026 Gallery Intern Lydia LeBlanc!

The Anna welcomes Lydia LeBlanc as a 2026 Summer A Intern!

Lydia LeBlanc is an interdisciplinary artist originally from Edmonton, Alberta. They are working towards a Bachelor of Fine Arts majoring in Interdisciplinary Arts. They have a keen interest in maskwork and puppetry as well as photography, film, poetry and curation. Their pieces explore themes of death, consumption, body horror and the relations between the grotesque and beautiful aspects of nature. 

Lydia is honoured to join the Anna as a student intern, and is thrilled to work alongside the incredible NSCAD student community.

@nuclearblastsinthe_moon

 

A poem for thee:

Hazy eyes 

Tell soulless lies 

they disguised

A most sobering surprise 

 

A molded crown sits upon a rotten scalp

Bloody strips slip

And fall into cold tea

Dead teeth grip a lively tongue

And grey skin bears traces of a 

Humanity 

Without vanity 

Insanity

 

I dare you to love the empty face in front of you 

Let it in 

Let it in 

Ignore the tempest in its smile

The reverence it gives 

Will shield thee from its haggard hands

Reaching out to grasp 

At an empty wish

 

Maybe you can even learn to like 

The withered form 

With a broken

frown

 

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Posted May 7, 2026