Friday

La Petite Mort Gallery presents...
One Night Only Exhibit
EL MAKS & SPECIAL GUESTS: MEEN & AZDEAD
"INGLORIOUS BEASTIES" : Mixed Media, Found Objects & Paintings.
Friday August 13, 2010 /7-10 pm | 306 Cumberland St

Wurm Gallery | Invisible Cinema presents:
STUCK TOGETHER...  (...WE COME AS A PACKAGE DEAL)
Collage and Paintings by Izzy Pouliot & Merrill O’Malley
One Month Exhibit
August  13TH – September 22ND, 2010
Opening Night: Friday August 13TH, 2010  8pm
319 Lisgar St.

Saturday

La Petite Mort Gallery presents...
FIVE DAY EXHIBIT
KARL GOERTZEN
A Life in Paint
August 14-19, 2010
Vernissage: Saturday August 14, 2010/ 7-10 p.m. | 306 Cumberland St

OSA Orleans Campus Gallery | 245 Centrum Blvd. Shenkman Arts Centre
ELEMENTS | Paintings by Tami Galili Ellis (pictured: To my Left, 2009, (oil and gold foil on canvas))

VERNISSAGE
Wednesday, May 5 from 5 to 8 pm. Artist Talk at 6:30 pm.
(Featuring a sneak preview of new music by Israeli artist Avi Agababa.
Agababa is a musician, drummer and percussionist, focused on playing ethnic percussion with special emphasis on middle-eastern instruments.) www.agababa.net

"In her series Elements, the artist reaches back to a time before Modernity to explore what the archetypal figure of the angel may still mean to us. Dans sa série Éléments, l'artiste tend vers le passé à un temps avant le modernisme dans le but d'explorer si l'archétype de l'ange a encore de la signification pour nous aujourd'hui."
­ Petra Halkes, BFA, Ph.D.

The 5th Annual Urban Art @ Minto Park show is now accepting submissions for the July 24th, 2010 event.  Deadline for first jurying is April 30th, 2010. We will maintain a wait-list if the show is full, and/or continue to jury artists until the show is filled. This juried show will be held in Minto Park on Elgin St. at Gilmour, one day only, rain or shine. The hours are 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. The focus of the show is on local established and emerging Artists and Artisans.  For information and application forms, contact Katie or Tim at urbanartshow@hotmail.com, or check out the show blog at http://urbanartinmintopark.blogspot.com

Friday

Experience the birth of punk Islam in the critically acclaimed film -
“THE TAQWACORES”
And watch the Spiritual Journey of Michael Muhammed Knight
Playing at the Mayfair Theatre 1074 Bank Street, Ottawa
Friday, January 22, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Saturday, January 23, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Sunday, January 24, 2010 at 9:00 pm
Monday, January 25, 2010 at 9:10 pm
Meet film firector Omar Majeed for a Q and A following the film on Friday, January 22, 2010
“Freedom of Expression for the Muslim Artist”
A Panel Discussion with film director Omar Majeed, Art History PhD. Candidate Nadia Kurd, and McGill U. Photographer Asif Rehman following the film on Saturday, January 23, 2010
 RSVP for the panel discussion and/or for more information:  Shahla Khan Salter, tel. 613 260 8798, email: khansalter@rogers.com , Chair, Muslims for Progressive Values (Ottawa Chapter)

La Petite Mort Gallery presents SARAH SCHORLEMER & DRASKO BOGDANOVIC
ONE NIGHT ONLY Photo Exhibit [Editor's Note: Are "one night stands" a thing of the past?]
Friday Jan 22, 2010 / 7 - 10pm, 306 Cumberland
Tunes by Big Mac Daddy
Proudly sponsored by CKCU 93.1 FM

Yesterday I walked from Centretown to the Glebe, and I decided to take a route along which Google maps warned me to "[u]se caution – This route may be missing sidewalks or pedestrian paths." Normally I don't ask Google maps how to walk to areas I've been before and normally I go for routes that have sidewalks, but yesterday was special. I could really give my Winter Trax a challenge!

The route, you see, took me down Queen Elizabeth Drive for the most part, and the QED only has sidewalks on both sides of the road some of the time. I stuck to the city side, which doesn't always have a sidewalk but does have a two foot wide plowed pedestrian area. Winter Trax held up pretty well, in that I didn't slip or fall or worry that I might, except for one thing: at one point, I looked down at my right boot and saw that part of the trax had started to sneak up around the side instead of staying firmly underfoot. When I reached over to correct it, I discovered that fully half of the trax on my left foot was on top of my boot. I'd blame the boots, but they have nice lips all the way around that the trax can grab on to. They did stay in place for the rest of my walk and on the way home, though I took a route that had sidewalks that time around, but I am suspiciously about their efficacy.  

Friday

 La Petite Mort Gallery presents...
ONE NIGHT STAND
with DRASKO BOGDANOVIC
NEW PHOTOGRAPHS
One Night Only Exhibit
Friday September 11, 2009 / 7 - 10pm
Tunes by Big Mac Daddy
Proudly sponsored by CKCU 93.1 FM 

'LABOURS OF LOVE' - A CELEBRATION OF WOMEN IN ART
This remarkable exhibition of paintings by Adrian Baker, with guest artists Karen Bailey, Heidi Conrod, Rosemary Leach, Katherine McNenly and Chandler Swain, is a fundraiser for The White Ribbon Alliance for Safe Motherhood. Maureen McTeer, Canadian representative of the WRA, will be in attendance at the opening reception to share refreshments and information about the organization.
This one-weekend exhibition by these well-known Ottawa artists is a must-see, organized in solidarity with women everywhere, especially those who suffer needlessly. Adrian Baker's powerful images of intimate maternal experiences and timeless domestic scenes "evoke conflicting feelings of strength, anguish, vulnerability, spirituality, and love" (pictured: "Monday Monring")
Exhibition location: Dale Smith Gallery, 137 Beechwood Ave, Ottawa, ON
613-321-0101,
Exhibition hours: Friday, Sept. 11 - opening reception, 6pm - 9m
Saturday, Sept. 12 - 10am - 5:30pm
Sunday, Sept. 13 - 12noon - 5pm