By Crystal St. Pierre Local Journalism Initiative Reporter An open-access online art book about trailblazer artist Carl Beam has been released. The book, which became available on Sept. 18, is part of a series titled The Canadian Online Art Book Project and was released by the Art Institute Canada and Beam’s daughter Anong Migwans Beam. The project is an online digital library by original authors commissioned by the Art Canada Institute highlighting artists who have made a significant contribution to Canada’s art history. “I wanted the chance to share a bit more about how he came to do the work that he did and what it meant to Canada and Canadian art in general,” said Beam about why she wrote the book about her father. “We live in a richer…