Donna Legault, "Cymatic Imprints" AND Lise Beaudry, "Bolerama"
Exhibition from November 3rd to December 5th 2010
Opening November 3rd 2010, 6:30 PM
The opening reception for François Chalifour and Jean-François Lacombe's creative residency at DAÏMÕN's STUDIO will be held at the same moment and location.
AXENÉO7 | 80, rue Hanson, Gatineau

SAW Video presents Voz Alta by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
in Galerie Saw Gallery’s Art Star IV: Video Art Biennial
Outdoor Screening
7-10pm, Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Clarendon Lanes Courtyard, between
20 and 24 York Street, Byward Market
Free admission

On Wednesday, November 3rd, a free artist talk titled Creative Language is taking place as part of the Electric Fields electronic music and media arts festival. Creative Language will bring international, national and regional artists and designers who straddle the worlds of commercial design and the media and visual arts. For this first edition we present keynote addresses from Adrian Göllner (Ottawa) and Tim Olden (Amsterdam, NL).
Wednesday, November 3rd - 8PM - 9:30PM | Arts Court Theatre, 2 Daly Ave. | Admission: FREE

Friday

Many Guises: Contemporary Self-Portraits
Curator’s talk in the exhibition with Judith Parker. | Friday October 29 at 12:00 noon. | Free admission.
This exhibition presents six Ottawa/Gatineau artists gathered under the curatorial theme of the self-portrait expressed as a dual-image photograph. Through the pairing or juxtaposing of two images, either in a diptych or single image format, the artists expand a narrative reading of the self-portrait.
Located in the heart downtown Ottawa, the Bytown Museum explores the stories of an evolving city and its residents from its early days as Bytown to present day Ottawa. The Museum is located at the Rideau Canal locks between Parliament Hill and the Château Laurier hotel—one of the most picturesque sites in the city.

WHEN YOUR LONELY HEART BREAKS: THE VIDEO ART OF LAUREL NAKADATE
Curated by James Missen, on behalf of the Available Light Screening Collective, for Galerie SAW Gallery’s ‘Art Star 4 Biennial’
Friday, October 29th at 7pm, $5 suggested donation
Club SAW, 67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa ON

Wurm Gallery | Invisible Cinema presents:
'Past Lives': New Works by Marisa Gallemit with Special Guest Remi Royale
One Month Exhibit
October 29th - December 8th, 2010
Opening: Friday October 29th, 2010 8pm
Bonus: Remi Royale, DJ David Jackson, Snacks and Drinks, Halloween fun.
319 Lisgar St.

Orange Art Gallery Presents a Double Show Opening!!!
Come join us for opening night this Thursday 28 October from 6 - 9:30pm in the presence of the artists.
Exhibition 1:   “The Lives of Others” by Mónica Márquez Oct 27 - Nov 7, 2010
Exhibition 2: “Dreams, Memories and Imagined Realities” by Stephen Clarke Oct 27 - Nov 14,2010
Address:  233 Armstrong St. Ottawa

La Petite Mort Gallery presents...
One Night Only Exhibit
CHARLENE WALKER & LYDIA ROGERS-STEWART / NEW PAINTINGS & PHOTOGRAPHS
VICARIOUS TRAVELS
Vernissage: Thursday October 28, 2010/ 7-10pm
306 Cumberland Street

GALLERY 101 & SÂKÊWÊWAK ARTISTS’ COLLECTIVE PROUDLY PRESENTS IN COLLABORATION WITH THE ABORIGINAL CURATORIAL COLLECTIVE & SAW GALLERY
Terrance Houle
Iiniiwahkiimah
October 16 – November 17, 2010
Performance:  Thursday, October 28 – 8:00 pm (Gallery 101)
Opening Reception: October 28 – 7:30 – 11:00 pm
Artist Talk: Friday, October 29 – 9:00 pm (Saw Gallery, 67 Nicolas Street)
Admission is free and Open to All!

Hello!
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I am an amateur photographer looking to further develop my skills.  You need a new profile picture for your Facebook/LinkedIn page and would be interested in volunteering as a model.
My only conditions are no house calls, that the image content be tasteful and that you are comfortable with the pictures being posted online, for my portfolio.
If you'd like to see some of my work, please check out my Flickr page: www.flickr.com/amenjafri.  Please e-mail me at amen_jafri@yahoo.com if you are interested and we will set up a time to meet and take the shots!
-Amen J.

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

Friday

Dale Smith Gallery is pleased to present "The Return of the Beothuk," an exhibition of recent paintings by Nova Scotia artist Jonathan Howse (pictured, First Europeans). In "The Return of the Beothuk," Jonathan combines stories and images of the Beothuk, his own family history, and issues faced by Newfoundlanders today to explore how the lessons of the past may provide solutions for the future. Please contact the gallery for more information or images of exhibition work.
July 9 - August 1 |  Vernissage: Friday, July 9, 7- 10 PM | 137 Beechwood Ave.

One Night Only Exhibit
Lyle Richardson
New Pastel & Watercolour on Paper
Friday July 9, 2010 / 7-10 pm
La Petite Mort Gallery | 306 Cumberland Street

Galerie McKenzie Marcotte at 26 Sully Rd. in Wakefield Quebec is pleased to present “Attitudes and Expressions,” an exhibition of wood fired sculpture by Raymond Warren. The vernissage will take place on Friday July 9 at 7 pm. The exhibition continues until August 3, 2010.

Slow news day, slow news week, summer of suck at the box office: what are you going to do to distract yourself? Why, Mad Men Yourself, of course! The site's been updated with new wardrobes and accessories, including delicious references to last season: Trudy's fez, Joan's accordion. Because today is dreadfully boring, I decided not to choose between being a skirt or a suit, but to go ahead and try both.

Skirt:

Friday

Since turning to environmental art, Marc Walter (pictured: Le Village des esprits V) has created indoor and outdoor universes from organic material. As a follow-up to his 2008 installation in Gatineau Park, the artist, who was awarded the Grand prix d’excellence 2007 by the Fondation des arts, des lettres et de la culture en Outaouais, recreates his “spirit village” for Espace Odyssée - a poetic combination of photographic and sculptural impressions for which he is renowned.
VERNISSAGE this Friday June 18 from 6pm to 8pm
Invited performer : a duo by Colores Andinos
Admission is free, come one come all.
Art-image | Maison de la culture de Gatineau
855 boulevard de la Gappe, Gatineau

La Petite Mort Gallery presents . . . One Night Only Exhibit
LEAH HICKS
New Paintings
Friday June 18, 2010 / 7 - 10pm
306 Cumberland

SECRET GARDEN
Artist:  Angelina McCormick
Vernissage:  Friday June 18th, 2010, 17:00 - 20:00
On View:  June 18th – August 28th, 2010
Mon - Fri 10:00 -18:00, Sat 10:00-15:00
The Red Wall Gallery is located in SPAO at 168 Dalhousie, at the corner of Bruyère, in the Byward Market.

On Thursday, April 22 at 6 p.m, the public is invited to a special screening of André Forcier’s critically acclaimed movie Je me souviens. Set in Abitibi in the 40s and 50s, this poetic fictional drama stars some of Quebec’s top actors, including Céline Bonnier, Gaston Lepage, Rémy Girard, Hélène Bourgeois-Leclerc, France Castel, and Roy Dupuis and will be screened in French with English subtitles in the NGC’s Lecture Hall (380 Sussex Drive). Film director André Forcier will be present. For more information about the movie, visit http://www.jemesouviens-film.com/fr and to learn more about André Forcier, visit http://www.canadacouncil.ca/prizes/ggavma. Free admission. For more information: 613-990-1985 or 1-800-319-ARTS / info@gallery.ca / gallery.ca

Leonard Slatkin conducts the NAC Orchestra and Canadian violin soloist Leila Josefowicz in a program featuring the Violin Concerto by John Adams and Schubert’s “The Great” Symphony in a Bostonian Bravo Series concert on April 22-23 in Southam Hall.

In the fourth Bostonian Bravo Series concert of the NAC’s 40th Anniversary season, conductor Leonard Slatkin leads the National Arts Centre Orchestra in Schubert’s Symphony No. 9 in C major “The Great”, as well as music by Henry Purcell. Canadian violin soloist Leila Josefowicz is featured in the Violin Concerto by John Adams. The concert takes place in Southam Hall on Thursday April 22 and Friday April 23 at 8 p.m.

Learn to move your arms gracefully, use your face expressively, and tell a story via Persian Dance. An art form that promotes physical, mental, and emotional well-being, Persian dance helps you walk on the dance floor with grace, energy, and confidence. Women of all ages and abilities are welcome to join. Those interested, please contact Maria Sabaye via email msabaye@yahoo.ca or phone (613)271-3036. The classes are offered free of charge (women only) at Nepean Creative Arts Centre on Saturday afternoons.
Maria Sabaye Moghaddam has sought Persian dance training in Canada, Iran, and the US as well as training in a variety of world dances such as Kathak, Bollywood, and Flamenco in Toronto and Ottawa.
Maria founded Bahar Ensemble in 2002 in Toronto. She has had numerous performances in various artistic and cultural events and appeared on Rogers Television.  She holds Persian dance classes for both youth and adults in Ottawa. Maria has also undertaken research on Iranian dance and dancers and published many articles including one in Encyclopaedia Iranica.  She was the dance director for “Tirgan” festival (www.tirgan.ca) held at the Harbourfront Centre in July 2008. Maria is a member International Council of Dance, a worldwide dance organization recognized by UNESCO.
This project is supported by the Ontario Arts Council, an agency of the government of Ontario.

Friday

La Petite Mort Gallery presents
FIVE DAY EXHIBIT
JANE BURNSTEIN, "Bound in Banyans - In Black & White"
Vernissage: Friday March 19, 2010 / 7 -10pm
306 Cumberland

Community Labyrinth Walk: Join us for an evening seeking balance between the melodic and the rhythmic to find completeness within.
We welcome Violinist Janice Mah and Percussionist Benilda Formoso to blend the melody of the strings with the beat of the drum to form an original soundscape to accompany your walk in the labyrinth.
Friday March 19th at 7:00 pm| Christ Church Cathedral Ottawa | 420 Sparks Street
An introduction to the labyrinth as walking meditation will be provided. No experience necessary. Suggested donation $20.
For information contact: barbara.brown1@sympatico.ca

The Block by Matthew Higgins, documents in chilling detail, weapons made by the inmates of Kingston Penitentiary. Vernissage: Friday March 19th, 2010, 17:00 - 20:00
On View: March 19th - March 30th, 2010
Viewing hours: Mon - Fri 10:00 -18:00, Sat 10:00-15:00
Sundays and late evenings by appointment or by chance.
The Red Wall Gallery is located in SPAO at 168 Dalhousie, at the corner of Bruyère, in the Byward Market.

I'm a big believer in making your own fun. If the Daily Show has taught me anything (oh, how it has), it's that the news can play a big role in said fun-making. All you need are a few headlines. Such as: 

"Victoria dancers sparkle in the limelight"
Misread that as daylight, and you might think Stephenie Meyer attacked Victoria.

"J'ai tué ma mère fails to win César"
So not only did Xavier Dolan's film lose, it also came home to face a very disappointed parent Montreal Gazette.

Galerie SAW Gallery presents / La Galerie SAW Gallery présente :

FREE SCHOOL / ÉCOLE LIBRE

A new initiative proposed by members of the Board of Trustees of Galerie SAW Gallery, Free School is a free workshop and lecture series geared toward professional visual and media artists working in the Ottawa and Gatineau regions. Providing an exceptional opportunity to delve into a curriculum that few learning institutions deliver, Free School features leaders in various fields related to the arts, who will speak to artists in practical terms on subjects ranging from crating and conservation to working with curators and running a studio. Informative and accessible to a wide range of artists from emerging to established, this series is meant to enrich your artistic career all the while providing a unique networking opportunity.

Friday

THE OTTAWA ART GALLERY PRESENTS
Friday 26 February at 12:30 pm
In the context of the exhibition "Exploded View," Jennifer R. Angus will present and discuss her work.
Arts Court, 2 Daly Avenue

Research Fellowship Lectures: General Idea
Friday, February 26 from 2 pm to 5 pm
Three presentations by Fellows from the 2009/10 program focus on the Canadian artists' group General Idea. The Research Fellowships Program encourages and supports advanced research. The Fellowships emphasize the use and investigation of the collections of the National Gallery of Canada, including those of the Library and Archives.
In the Lecture Hall of the National Gallery (380 Sussex Drive). In English with bilingual discussion. Free admission.

OAG | GAO : Subjecting Figures (from the Firestone Collection of Canadian Art)
The official opening will take place on February 25 at 5:30 p.m.
Arts Court, 2 Daly Avenue

On Tuesday, February 23, Tree will host two writers at the Ottawa Arts Court. Local poet / writer and Archibald Lampman award-winner Stephen Brockwell will perform some of his work, followed by Stuart Ross reading from his first collection of stories in over a decade, Buying Cigarettes for the Dog. The evening will begin at 8 p.m., and preceding the reading from 6:45-7:45 Terry Ann Carter will host her first of a series of four workshops for emerging writers.

Stephen Brockwell currently lives in Ottawa but has spent a large part of his life in Montreal and other equally exhilarating places. His Fruitfly Geographic won the 2005 Archibald Lampman Award for best book of poetry by an Ottawa resident. He runs his own IT consulting business from home, and he is the author of several books including The Wire in Fences, The Cometology (ECW Press, 2001), and The Real Made Up (ECW Press, 2007). He has written reviews and articles for The Danforth Review, Rubicon and Books in Canada. Recent work of his has appeared in Arc, Prairie Fire, the Fiddlehead, the Antigonish Review, and Queen St Quarterly.

Stuart Ross published his first literary pamphlet on the photocopier in his dad's office one night in 1979. Through the 1980s, he stood on Toronto's Yonge Street wearing signs like "Writer Going To Hell: Buy My Books," selling over 7,000 poetry and fiction chapbooks. A tireless literary press activist, he is the co-founder of the Toronto Small Press Book Fair and now a founding member of the Meet the Presses collective, Poetry Editor at Mansfield Press, and Fiction & Poetry Editor at This Magazine. Stuart has edited several small literary magazines including Mondo Hunkamooga: A Journal of Small Press Stuff, Syd & Shirley, Who Torched Rancho Diablo? and Peter O'Toole: A Magazine of One-Line Poems. He is the author of two collaborative novels, a previous collection of stories, and six full-length poetry books. He has also published a collection of essays, Confessions of a Small Press Racketeer (Anvil Press), and edited the anthology Surreal Estate: 13 Canadian Poets Under the Influence (The Mercury Press). Stuart has taught writing workshops across Canada. He lives in Toronto. In spring 2009, Freehand Books released his first short-story collection in more than a decade, Buying Cigarettes for the Dog. In spring 2011, ECW Press will release his first novel, Snowball, Dragonfly, Jew.

 Friday

La Petite Mort Gallery presents ONE NIGHT ONLY Exhibit
Jose Rodriguez Garrido "JOS"
Friday February 12, 2010 / 7 - 10pm

RED WALL GALLERY presents
METAPHORICAL - SOLO SERIES 2010
Vernissage:  Friday February 12th, 2010, 18:00-21:00 The dresses fabricated by Wesley Kirschner are born of her imagination. She works with glass, newsprint, and piano wire to build an art piece to be photographed. By placing each dress in context, she allows the viewer to momentarily forget about the fashion and creates a setting and image that could be an editorial page in any fashion magazine. It is through this vision and imagination that she creates a visual metaphor for the fashion industry. The Red Wall Gallery is located in SPAO at 168 Dalhousie, at the corner of Bruyère, in the Byward Market.

DEAREST HAITI: AN ARTISTIC PERSPECTIVE
Colours of Africa Film Festival  |  Black History Month 2010
Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa
Free Admission. Donations go to UNICEF Canada’s emergency relief efforts in Haiti.
Presented by Black History Ottawa, Colours of Africa, and Partnership Africa Canada.
7:00 p.m. Two documentary films about contemporary artists in Haiti. OTTAWA PREMIERES
Best Documentary Award: Montreal International Black Film Festival, 2009
9:00 p.m. Award-winning feature film Dearest Haiti (Haïti chérie). OTTAWA PREMIERE
Best Screenplay: 24th Mons International Festival of Love Films

As one of the multitude that is dying for Mad Men's return (August 16, and yes, I have marked my calendar), whiling away the hours until its return is as painful as watching Sal hit on Ken right in front of his wife (seriously, I almost cried). Until we can know what's happening with the takeover and Don and Betty's new baby, we have to make our own fun. The lovely people over at AMC have given us Mad Men-ize yourself. As you can see, Peggy and Pete look happy to see me (does that mean Pete's alive?!), Don is Don, Roger's amused, and Joan looks suspicious. My actual hair doesn't look like that, but I couldn't bear to part with the leopard skin pillbox hat (or my cigarette or my martini). What? It's the '60s! That's how they do business, and I'm sure my ciggies are toasted.

It's not really shaping up to be a steamy Canada Day here in the capital, but who doesn't like air conditioning in July? Allow me to tell you something that you probably already knew: general admission is free to museums and galleries today. Free! You might have to pay to get into special exhibits, but whatever. There's plenty in the regular collections at the War Museum, National Gallery, and Museum of Civilizations to check out (although that Mythic Beasts exhibit was awesome Mythic Beasts: Dragons, Unicorns, and Mermaid... Chupacabra!). Anyway, two such places shared some info with us, and we've got it here for you:

NATIONAL GALLERY OF CANADA
380 Sussex Drive, Ottawa
WEDNESDAY 1 JULY from 10 am to 5 pm
Come celebrate Canada Day at the National Gallery of Canada!

FREE ADMISSION to following exhibitions*, collections and activities:

NGC Exhibitions
- Thomas Nozkowski
- Nomads
- Paolo Veronese and the Petrobelli Altarpiece
- The Symbolist Muse: Prints from the Permanent Collection
- Yousuf Karsh and Edward Steichen: The Art of the Celebrity Portrait
- MetroSonics

*Admission fees are required for the special exhibition From Raphael to Carracci: The Art of Papal Rome and for Bell audioguides of the exhbition.

NGC Collection
Discover many masterpieces by artists such as Carr, Colville, Monet and Picasso in the Canadian, European, Indigenous, Modern and Contemporary galleries.

And speaking on Yousuf Karsh:

This just in: you can check out the Canada Museum of Civilization's new exhibit for free this Monday, May 18 from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. Why? Because the museum is offering free admission next Monday! Free, baby, free! I assume this has something to due with International Museum Day. I wonder what other local institutions will get in on the act. If you haven't already made plans for Victoria Day, I suggest you include this on your list.