The Ottawa School of Art is pleased to announce that it will present, in cooperation with the Taller Grabado de Holguin and the Unión de Escritores y Artistas de Cuba (UNEAC) de Holguin, an intensive lithography workshop.  The workshop will be conducted by master printer Raciel Suarez at the Taller de Grabado and and will take place from Friday, October 29 to Monday, November 8 and will be followed by 3 days of beach time at the Guardalavaca Resort.  The course will be given in Spanish with translation into English.
OSA is currently working with the Taller and UNEAC to establish a price for the workshop, but the cost will be approximately $1,750 CDN – including air fare from Montreal, local travel in Holguin, hotel accommodation and meals in Holguin, tuition and shop materials for the workshop and accommodation at the resort. Students will be required to provide their own printing paper for the workshop.  Hotel accommodations have already been arranged in Holguin and at the resort and are based on double occupancy.  Air travel is via Cubana Airlines from Montreal direct to Holguin. We hope to be able to finalize the package price by the end of August.
People wishing to participate in this workshop will need a special visa for cultural events and exchanges to enter Cuba.  The normal tourist visa will not be sufficient for the workshop. The cost of the visa is $125 CDN and is included in the estimate.  Students will have to arrange for their visas themselves either through the Cuban Embassy in Ottawa or the Cuban Consulate in Montreal or Toronto. We will need your full name (first, middle and last as it appears on your passport), your date of birth and your passport number.  These are required so that UNEAC can issue an official letter of invitation to each participant.  This letter is needed in order to obtain the specialized visa.
If you are interested in participating in this workshop, please contact Jeff Stellick, Director of the Ottawa School of Art by email at director@artottawa.ca after August 16. A deposit of $600 will be required to reserve a space in the workshop.

In an exciting effort to cultivate new perspectives on the media arts landscape, Vague Terrain (Toronto) and Artengine (Ottawa) are collaborating on a residency for an emerging critic or cultural journalist from the Ottawa-Gatineau area. For one year the selected participant will pen a monthly cross-post to the Vague Terrain and Artengine blogs. The residency kicks off on May 6th with a paid trip to the 2010 Elektra Festival in Montréal to post reviews and more from one of North America's premiere digital culture events. Applicants must be based in the Ottawa-Gatineau area, and are requested to send a resume and letter describing their interest in the electronic and media arts as well as what they would bring to the respective online publications. You may also submit links to previous on-line writings.  

The successful applicant will receive a $1,200.00 stipend; one trip (Ottawa-Montreal) including travel, accomodation and per diem during the festival; and one festival pass to all Elektra events. The resident will also receive workshops from the Ottawa Art Gallery during their 2011 critical writing series Articulation.

Applicants must be available for travel to Montréal from May 5th to 9th, 2010. 
Please submit letters and CV in PDF form to artistic@artengine.ca. The deadline for submission is Monday April 5th. The successful applicant will be notified by April 15th, 2010.
For questions or further information please contact Ryan Stec at Artengine.
Ryan Stec
Artistic Director 613-686-1941
artistic@artengine.ca
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About Artengine
artengine.ca

Artengine is non-profit artist-run center that foster democratic and innovative approach to creative expression with technology. Based in Ottawa-Gatineau, Artengine runs a modular media and electronics laboratory, produces the biennial Electric Fields festival and operates an artist-run server providing on-line tools to artists and cultural organizations. 

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.