Galerie St-Laurent + Hill is pleased to present a series of new works by
  Montréal artist Nina Cherney.

  The trademarks of Nina Cherney`s work are exuberant colour and dynamic
  brushwork. In this exhibition, the artist presents a series of paintings
  evoking the sights and smells of the landscape around her country home in
  the Laurentians. These paintings refer to a sublime moment, when natural
  beauty overwhelms us. The large scale and thick layers of paint translate
  this awe and joy. The quirky perspectives and shapes and vivid colours
  deliver intense emotions, forcing the viewer to react.

  Nina Cherney lives and works in Montreal and is a graduate
  of Concordia University, where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in
  Painting and Drawing .She has exhibited her work in galleries in Canada .Her
  work can also be found in numerous corporate collections.

Exhibition Dates

  April 28 to May 11, 2010

Reception

  Thursday April 28, 2011 5-8pm
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Come join us for readings by 2010 Ottawa Book Award Winners Craig Poile and Andrew Horrall at the AlphaSoul Cafe 1015 Wellington St. West.

Hosted by Ken Rockburn
Admission free.

Thursday April 28th, 7:30 - 9:00pm.

Art Matters
All Party Townhall on matters of Art
Tuesday, April 19, 6:30 – 8pm

Plan to attend this public forum at the Cube Gallery discussing and debating the role of art in our lives, our cities, our country.

Do the candidates in the upcoming federal election have a vision for the role of art in Canada? Do they understand how art enhances our communities, educates our minds and broadens our vistas?

...Come and join this lively debate with candidates from all of the politicial parties as they discuss where they stand on the arts.

Does art matter? Should we remove taxes on original art? Should Canadian theatre, music, and other cultural events be taxed? What would our lives, our communities, our workspaces be without art?

This will be an important opportunity for anyone involved in the arts community, including artists, audiences, academics, the people who work and play in our public spaces. Don't miss this opportunity to be heard.

Confirmed participants include:
• Paul Dewar (NDP, Ottawa Centre)
• Jen Hunter (Green, Ottawa Centre)
• Scott Bradley (Liberal, Ottawa Centre)
• Stuart Ryan (Communist, Ottawa Centre)

ABSENT from the Debate
• Damian Konstantinakos (Conservative, Ottawa Centre) (Although his campaign office is directly across the street he has declined our offer)

This forum will be free of charge. Open to the public and wheelchair accessible.

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Cube Gallery
1285 Wellington St. W.  Ottawa, K1Y 3A8
613 728 1750   ~   613 728 2111
Cubegallery.ca
don@cubegallery.ca

Friday

Visit the gallery for our latest exhibition, Travelling Shadows, a collection of photographs and paintings by Ottawa artist, Ewa Kujawska.
Join us for the vernissage Friday, April 15 from 7 – 10 pm.
The exhibition will be on display from April 6 - May 1, 2011.
arts&architecture
1181 Bank Street
Old Ottawa South
613-737-7300
Regular Gallery Hours:
Wednesdays 11-5
Thursdays & Fridays 11-7
Saturdays & Sundays 11-5
Mondays & Tuesdays CLOSED
Friday and Saturday
INDIAN DANCE and YOGA.. Anjali, Basia Going, Blair Miller
Arts Court Theatre, 2 Daly Ave.
info/ tickets $25 and $22 613 564 7240
www.culturalhorizons.ca
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PARIKRAMA: a journey in Indian Dance, Yoga, Tabla,
Indian artistic and performing arts give form to profound philosophical ideas. According to Hindu philosophy the world was both created and destroyed by the dance of Shiva/Nataraja. The small hour glass shaped drum (damaru) in Nataraja’s right hand provides the rhythm for the creation of the universe, while the fire of destruction held in his left hand is unleashed during his cataclysmic dance of destruction. The semi-circular ring of fire (tiruvasi) which surrounds the dancing Shiva emphasises the cyclical nature of the universe.
At Arts Court Theatre on 15 and 16 April, Cultural Horizons presents a show based on both philosophical and environmental themes. Three Ottawa artists, Anjali, Basia Going and Blair Miller, collaborate to create a colourful and spiritually moving experience. Inspired by the philosophy of ancient Hindu texts (Upanishads and Shiva Puranas) and based around the cyclical structure of the cosmos, Anjali (dance), Basia (yoga), and Blair (tabla) explore the symbolism of Nataraja, performing in front of exquisite images and unique video of Hindu art, temples and the dynamic scenery of the Himalayas, where Shiva performs his eternal cosmic dance.
Anjali has studied in India with some of the most famous hereditary masters. In this performance, she includes dances presented from the traditional classical Indian repertoire using innovative choreography recently presented in New Delhi, India.  The show is an exploration of our relationship with the Earth and is set to the poetry of the Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Blair Miller (tabla) highlights Anjali’s dance in the Kathak and Sufi Dance traditions. The evening concludes with a unique collaboration between Anjali and Basia, exploring the rich mythology of the God Shiva through dance and yoga. Basia (Adishesha Yoga) is one of Ottawa’s leading yoga teachers. Blair Miller has trained and performed in India. to critical acclaim.
Indian snacks and a chance to meet the artists after the recital is included in the price of admission..."This is art without borders. Anjali and Tony [Gaston] are part of an international group of artists whose artistic expression belongs to world art. .. transnational work.. resonates with diverse audiences be they from India Canada or elsewhere. At this moment in history.. these artists are speaking globally." Arshiya Sethi Kri Foundation, New Delhi, India
April 15-16, 2011 7.30 pm
INDIAN DANCE and YOGA.. Anjali, Basia Going, Blair MillerArts Court Theatre, 2 Daly Ave. info/ tickets $25 and $22 613 564 7240 www.culturalhorizons.caVimeo links to previous work
Dance meets Yoga: http://vimeo.com/17657936

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Great art opportunities in Ottawa this weekend!

Friday

Karsh-Masson Gallery
136 St. Patrick Street, Ottawa
Liberating Containment: Richard Finney & Michael Hosaluk
Curated by LafrenièrePai
Presented in conjuction with Prairie Scene
April 8 to May 29, 2011
ARTIST TALK (in English): Friday, April 8 at noon
SWARM GALLERY CRAWL: Tuesday, April 26, 6 to 9 p.m.
MICHAEL HOSALUK (Saskatoon) takes the chair as his point of departure, “liberating” it from its function by making it an outline building block. The public is then invited to interact with the chair units to create larger sculptures, even to the point of taking a chair to plant it in a new environment, bursting beyond the specialized public space of a gallery into real public space. Hosaluk’s chairs have been rescued by Saskatoon’s Fire Department from a thawing river and dismantled from a tree in the downtown core. There have been many such acts of “Chairorism” that have gone on to inspire a play and short film.
KARSH-MASSON GALLERY
136 St. Patrick Street
Free admission. Wheelchair accessible.
613-580-2424 (14167)  TTY: 613-580-2401
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3SUM
Date:     Friday, April 8th, 2011
Time:     7pm-11pm
Location: Patrick Gordon Framing and Founddesign,
         160/164 Elm Street, Ottawa
The School of Photographic Arts: Ottawa, Patrick Gordon Framing, and Founddesign + Funky Furniture invite you to 3SUM:
1.     The Launch of the 3rd issue of The School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa’s magazine - PUSH/PULL.
2.     An Exhibition of “Threeness” themed photographs and live music presented by Patrick Gordon Framing.
3.     The Official Grand Opening of Founddesign + Funky Furniture!
The Third PUSH/PULL magazine will be available to purchase for 5$. Distribution kits will also be available if your business is interested in carrying Ottawa’s only photography magazine.
Join us on April 8th, 2011 at Patrick Gordon Framing and Founddesign located at 160/164 Elm Street, from 7pm-11pm to celebrate!
Launch RSVP: admin@spao.ca 613.562.3824
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OPEN FORMAT 04 -- benefit for the Canadian Centre for Policy
Alternatives (www.policyalternatives.ca)
Friday, April 8, 2011
Shanghai Restaurant (651 Somerset St. West), Ottawa
9:oo PM to 1:oo AM
Pay what you can (donation requested)
ALL AGES

Friday and Saturday

In the fourth CTV Pops concert of the season, some of the Great White Way’s hottest singers join the National Arts Centre Orchestra when Broadway’s Leading Men is performed in Southam Hall on April 8, and 9
In the fourth CTV Pops concert of the NAC Orchestra’s 2010-11 season, NAC Principal Pops Conductor Jack Everly returns to the podium to lead the National Arts Centre Orchestra and special guests directly from Broadway. This spectacular songfest takes place in Southam Hall on Friday April 8, and Saturday April 9, 2011 at 8 p.m. Be wowed by the glitz and glamour of Broadway as you enjoy some of the most popular musical highlights from West Side Story, Gypsy, The Music Man, The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Oliver!, La Cage aux Folles,Victor/Victoria, Jekyll and Hyde, The Boy from Oz, and more!

Ticketmaster may also be accessed through www.nac-cna.ca.

Saturday

OXBERRY ANIMATION CAMERA WORKSHOP
When: Saturday, April 9th, 2011
Where: IFCO (#2 Daly Ave, Suite #140)
Time: 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Cost: Full Members - $80.00/Basic Members - $90.00/Students - $120.00/Non-Student - $175.00
(Non-Member rates include an IFCO membership)
Instructor: Diederik Van den Weghe
Registration Deadline: Tuesday,  April 5th, 2011
Note: All prices include 4 hours of additional practice time.
IFCO’s Oxberry camera and animation stand can be used for filming essentially any 2-D animation, such as traditional cell animation or collage animation. It can also be used to film stills or titles. The camera can be converted to run either 16mm or 35mm film. Camera movements can be made manually or computerised.
Note: This camera will only be rented to members who have taken the workshop.
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The Visual Arts Student Association of Ottawa University is proud to present
their annual End of Year Auction! This fundraising event will showcase some of
the amazing work created by the students of the Visual Arts Department at Ottawa
University. The auction will be run as a silent auction with starting bids posted below each work along with the works details. There will be refreshments and beverages throughout the evening along with great music and wonderful company!
So please, join us Saturday, April 9th from 7 – 10pm for our final celebration of this
school year!

La Petite Mort Gallery, 306 Cumberland
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The Green Door Restaurant presents "Fusion", April 3-29, a solo exhibition by mixed media artist Fortunée Shugar.
198 Main Street, Ottawa
Tuesday - Sunday 11:00 am to 9:00 pm
Meet the artist Saturday, April 9, 3:00 pm- 5:00pm.
Examples from the show can be seen on my website - www.fortuneeshugar.com - by clicking on "Fusion" on the home page.
Sunday

Creative Sundays! Last workshops of the season.
Of Earth and Sky: Shoebox Landscapes
In the Prairies, the horizon seems to go on forever. Here is your chance to try and capture it in a shoebox that you can take home! Create a prairie landscape inspired by the ones in the exhibition, or invent your own fantasy landscape.
Sunday April 10th, 17th and May 1st
*The Ottawa Art Gallery will be closed on Easter Sunday (April 24th)
Next Up: Look for the OAG’s “Art Tent” during summer festivals across Ottawa!
Creative Sundays!
Every Sunday between 1 pm and 3 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery
Free hands-on art-making activities for children and adults!

Any time at all!
Conceal/Reveal: Works in Cloth by Jennifer Smith-Windsor at the Lee Matasi Gallery, Ottawa School of Art, 35 George Street, K1N 8W5, (613) 241-7471
A series of wall mounted textile works exploring the fragility of the human condition. Using second hand textiles, the pieces are hand and machine stitched, waxed stained and burnt to create lyrical and intimate studies in cloth.
April 7-19
Vernissage April 7 5pm-7pm
Gallery Hours
Monday to Thursday 9:00AM-9:00PM
Friday and Saturday 9AM-4:30PM
Sunday 1-4:30PM

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The management of the Casino du Lac-Leamy is pleased to invite you to “Visual Dialogue”, an exhibition of paintings by Vasile Mosanu. The exhibition is open from February 4 to May 5, 2011.
Address: “La Traversee des arts”, Casino du Lac-Leamy, 1, boulevard du Casino, Gatineau, Quebec.
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For the month of April, Georgia Mathewson invites you to view her "Random Collection" of new and old paintings/mixed media works at the James Street Wellness Centre. The collection includes work created over the last 7 years and follows experiments with ink processes, studies in colour, series and repetitive themes.
The James Street Wellness Centre is located at:
20 James Street, 3rd Floor, Ottawa
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On behalf of the Introduction to Fine Art Program, Algonquin College, you are cordially invited to:
PRINT THIS!
March 28 - April 24
The Mud Oven
1065 Bank Street K1S 3W9
Located across from the Mayfair Theater
613-730-0814
www.mudoven.com
Students from the Introduction to Fine Art Program are proud to present an exhibition of artist prints this April at the Mud Oven in downtown Ottawa.  Under the guidance of Professor Deidre Hierlihy, the students have prepared an exhibit within a professional environment that reflects the creative output of this ambitious group.  The work represents diverse and subjective approaches from a roster of fresh new artists.
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Dennis Cooley, rob mclennan, Linda Crosfield, Heather Cadsby, Fern G.Z. Carr, Alice Major, Mary Angela Nangini, Carol Little, Carol Rose,
Stevens  Taeho Han, Susan McMaster, Carmelo Militano, Rebecca Leah Pepucaru, Gillian Harding-Russell, Kelly-Anne Riess, Joe Blades, Bruce Rice, Bernadette Wagner
   To read/comment/share their poems, see
   http://lcpnationalpoetrymonth2011.wordpress.com/
   More poems come, all month long!

Friday

Gallery115: Annex presents: (nouveau) flaneur, photographic works by Richard Jansen Exhibition: April 1, 2011-June 17, 2011 Vernissage: April 1, 2011, 5pm-7pm
We are pleased to announce the opening of Gallery 115: Annex, which is situated on the 6th floor of the Morisset library, on the University of Ottawa Campus. (nouveau) flâneur is the first exhibition to be shown in the new satellite gallery, and marks significant advancement in the awareness and celebration of student art on campus.
The flaneur, birthed of 19th century urbanization, observes the workings and cityscapes of a society continually in flux. The many impressions of the flâneur manifest themselves in a variety of media such as writing, painting, and photography and are subject to change with society's embrace of new media. In his artistic practice, Richard Jansen illustrates the way in which a 21st century flâneur adapts and responds to the omnipresence of technology within society.
Curated by Natasha Chaykowski
The vernissage will take place on Friday April 1, 2011, from 5pm-7pm, in the University of Ottawa's Morisset library, 6th floor.
Your attendance is warmly welcomed
For further information please email gallery115@uottawa.ca
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JOSÉ LUIS TORRES
Dérives
Du 1er avril
au 4 juin 2011
Vernissage le vendredi
1er avril 2011 de 18 h à 20 h
ART-IMAGE
En même temps que l’on se déplace, on habite…
Sous la forme d’un jeu nomade, des modules de bois sur roues invitent le visiteur à les manipuler, les déplacer, les organiser comme bon lui semble. Les élémnts mobiles
sont source d’expériences diverses. Une forêt de cloisons mouvantes engagera le visiteur à créer ses propres pièces, espaces, couloirs ou labyrinthes, dans la plus joyeuse liberté. Un paysage mobile, donc, d’apparence trompeusement simple, et un brin communautaire.
L’artiste remercie la Ville de Montmagny, le Conseil des arts du Canada ainsi que le Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec pour leur soutien dans la réalisation de ce projet.

Maison de la culture de Gatineau
855, boulevard de la Gappe
Gatineau

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The Carleton University Choir presents Opera et cetera:
Students of Carleton and community members of Ottawa invite you to take part in an operatic performance on April 1st. For their Spring concert, the Carleton University Choir has prepared a night of breathtaking performances including pieces form various beloved operas. Conductor J.S. Allaire, soloists, and choir members will be performing pieces from Bizet's Carmen, Puccini's Madama Butterfly, Gilbert & Sullivan's Trial by Jury, Lerner & Lowe's My Fair Lady, and many more!
Concert will take place at Parkdale United Church (429 Parkdale Ave, Ottawa) on the evening of April 1st at 8pm.  Adults $20, Seniors $15, Students $8. Tickets available at the door, or at The Leading Note: 370 Elgin Street, Compact Music: 190 Bank St., and 785A Bank Street, CD Warehouse.
Further Information:
Favorite opera choruses and solos featuring:  Susan Blyth-Schofield (soprano), Shawne Elizabeth (soprano), Denis Boudreault (tenor), David MacAdam (tenor) and students from Carleton University.   Works by:  Bizet, Donizetti, Gilbert and Sullivan, Lerner and Lowe, Mozart, Offenbach, Puccini, Purcell, Rossini, Tchaikovsky, Verdi and others.
Jean-Sébastien Allaire, Conductor
Scott Richardson, Piano
Friday, April 1, 2011
8:00 pm
Parkdale United Church
429 Parkdale Avenue, Ottawa
Tickets:  Adults $20,  Seniors $15,  Students $8
Available at:  The Leading Note, 370 Elgin Street, Compact Music, 190 Bank St., and 785A Bank Street, CD Warehouse, all locations

Registration is now being accepted for Cynosure: Metalsmithing & Jewelry Making at the ByWard Market Campus. This spring Cynosure Jewelry is offering 6 short courses and workshops. Students can choose to take a short course such as Jewelry Making & Metalsmithing where they will learn the basic techniques in order to design and create their own jewelry or they can take a one day workshop like the Precious Metal Clay Boot Camp (for PMC lovers) where they will learn technical and practical information condensed in a one day intensive class.

Les inscriptions sont maintenant acceptées pour Cynosure: ‘Metalsmithing & Jewelry Making’ au Campus du Marché By. Ce printemps, Cynosure Jewelry offre 6 cours et ateliers. Les étudiants peuvent choisir de prendre un atelier d'une demi-journée tels que 'Jewelry Making' et 'Metalsmithing' où ils apprendront les techniques de base afin de concevoir et de créer leurs propres bijoux, ou ils peuvent prendre un atelier d'une journée comme ‘Precious Metal Clay Boot Camp’ (pour les amateurs de PMC) où ils apprendront des informations techniques et pratiques condensé dans une classe d’une journée intensive.

Nina Camilleri
Marketing and Events Coordinator / Coordinatrice de marketing et événements

Ottawa School of Art / École d'art  d'Ottawa
35, rue George Street
ByWard Market
Ottawa, ON K1N 8W5

Teaching art to everyone / Enseigner l'art à tous

T: 613.241.7471 x26
www.artottawa.ca

Friday

La Petite Mort Gallery presents...
FIVE DAY EXHIBIT
DARREN GRAINGER
Dubbel Zout / New works
March 25-31, 2011
Vernissage: Friday March 25, 2011 / 7-10pm
Tunes by Big Mac Daddy
Proudly Sponsored by CKCU 93.1 FM
Artist Statement:
Darren Grainger, the local artist reputed for his provocative work and guerilla marketing techniques takes aim at the establishment once again with a collection of new works he has dubbed Dubbel Zout. Dubbel zout, a translation of double salt, is a term used to describe the feared, heavily salted Dutch and Scandinavian licorice. It is overwhelming in it’s intensity, love at first bite for some, an acquired taste for others and flat out despised by many more. Grainger draws comparisons between the salty, black confection and his work: “It’s not for everyone, but there is a contingent of people who get and appreciate it. It’s kind of a love/hate thing.”
306 Cumberland St.

Saturday


Galerie SAW Gallery is pleased to invite you to
The ecosexual wedding of Elizabeth Stephens, Annie Sprinkle and YOU to the Snow
Performances by: Luna Allison, Cindy Baker, Juliana Barabas, Kate Barry, Ivana Borojevic, Chikonzero Chazunguza, Dirk Bag, The Dirty Thirties, Excedera, nichola feldman-kiss, Kinky and the Brain, Hélène Lefebvre, Natalie Loveless, Mikiki, Matt Miwa, Taylor Norris, Glenn Nuotio, Caitlyn Pascal, Theo Pelmus, The Puff Sisters, Steve Rose, Rusty Star, Morgan Sea, Stefan St-Laurent, Jessamy Tedlie Nick Torok, Tommy Toxic, Tobaron Waxman, Angeline Woon + Zorba the Greek
Presented in collaboration with La Petite Mort Gallery, the University of Ottawa, Sexual Overtones, Venus Envy and the Inside Out LGBT Film and Video Festival
Saturday, March 26, 2011
Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts
310 St. Patrick Street, Ottawa
Gather at 2:30PM
Ceremony at 3PM
Reception from 4:30PM to 6:30PM
Dress code: All guests must wear something white.
Advance tickets: $10. At the door: $15.
Tickets are available at Venus Envy (320 Lisgar Street, Ottawa) and Galerie SAW Gallery (67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa), and by e-mail at clubsaw@artengine.ca.
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Adventures of the Love Art Lab; Assuming the Ecosexual Position
"Together we will shift the metaphor from 'Earth as Mother' to 'Earth as Lover'”
Stephens and Sprinkle will take you on a fun, inspiring journey as they show and tell about their art experiments in romance, breast cancer, radical sex education, and artificial insemination. Currently they are exploring their “eco-sexuality,” taking the Earth as their lover, and developing a new field of research they coined “Sexecology.” They’ve had ten big performance art weddings where they have married each other, and the Earth, Sky and Sea, in collaboration with hundreds of artists, academics, sex workers, gender-queer communities, and environmental activists. The Love Art Lab projects aim to instil hope, create an antidote to fear, and act as a call for action.
Stephens and Sprinkle will be performing their White Wedding to the Snow, Saturday, March 26, at Saint Brigid’s Centre for the Arts (hosted by Galerie SAW Gallery). Ceremony at 3PM, and the reception is from 4:30PM to 6:30PM. For more info about Annie and Beth's past wedding projects: www.loveartlab.org

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Screening of David Rimmer’s works
Date: March 26th at 2pm
Location: National Gallery of Canada, Lecture Hall, 380 Sussex Drive, Ottawa
Admission: Free
Drawn from the Film and Video Collection of the National Gallery of Canada, a screening of Governor General Award’s in Visual and Media Arts Award winner David Rimmer’s work.
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Sunday

Jumping Off the Blueprint

Blueprints are a sort of map of a house or building that architects and builders use. Starting from existing blueprints, draw and create your own dream house or neighbourhood!

March 27th and April 3rd

Looking forward to seeing you!

ART PAPER SCISSORS: Creative Sundays!
Every Sunday between 1 pm and 3 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery
Free hands-on art-making activities for children and adults!

THE OTTAWA ART GALLERY
2 avenue Daly Avenue, Ottawa, ON, K1N 6E2
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e(verb) Sneak Preview and Artist Talks

Don’t miss your chance to preview  the 50 works up for silent auction and meet some of the artists involved in this unique event.

Sunday, March 27, 2011
2:00 pm to 4:00 pm
Arts Court Studio
2 Daly Avenue (corner of Nicholas & Daly)

Join artists, Carol Bretzloff, Sylvia Bretzloff, Kevin Benson, Kim Burke, Makhaila Jade and curator and artist S.G. Taylor in the Arts Court Studio to learn more about the inspiration behind their works.

re(verb)
1 artist's work re(invented) by 50
A Fundraiser for the Ottawa Arts Court Foundation
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Saturday & Sunday

The final 2 free contemporary dance performances choreographed for Reid McLachlan's exhibit Moving Narratives are scheduled for this Saturday March 26 at 7pm and Sunday March 27 at 3 pm in the OSA Orleans Gallery at the Shenkman Centre. Both painter Reid McLachlan and choreographer Anik Bouvrette will be on hand at each performance to introduce the show and give an artist's talk and take questions. The crowds attending the other performances had much to say after the event, making Moving Narratives a performance that engages not only the artists and the works, but the audience as well. The art exhibit continues until April 1. For more information on the show go to http://www.redcanoes.ca/reid/mntitlepage.html


Anytime

Currently showing at Dale Smith Gallery (until April 30) is 'Echo of the Dance, an exhibition of photo-based works by acclaimed Ottawa artist Joy Kardish.
This beautiful series features images of three derelict spaces before their inevitable reinvention or demise: the elegant Crystal Ballroom at Toronto's King Edward Hotel, the Valley Halla mansion in Rouge Park, east of Toronto (now used primarily as a film set), and the recently vacated Soeurs de la Visitation convent in Ottawa.
Appropriately, Kardish uses  a myriad of 19th- and 20th-century alternative photographic techniques to capture the mood of these abandoned spaces.  In so doing she successfully negotiates the line between 'then' and 'now' to reveal tantalizing glimpses into a past that is no more.
"While photographing, I often wondered: what happened in these buildings that were once alive and now lie dormant?  Within the confines of these haunted walls where history intersected with my imagination, I wanted to create images to reflect this weaving together of reality and fiction.
What began as a curious need to gain entry to spaces that I was told I could not enter has now become an ongoing project.  What will become of buildings that are reminders of previous eras?  Only time will tell."
DALESMITHGALLERY
137 Beechwood Ave.
Ottawa, Ontario
K1M 1L4
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PAULA ZOUBEK (Visual Artist)
Encounters The Middle Place by Andrew Kushnir
March 29 – May 22
Thursday March 31, from  6 - 8 pm – Opening Please join us at a reception and meet Paula prior to the premiere of the play that evening.
Much of life is about loss…..loss of our childhood, loss of our childhood places, and the loss of people we love, but my works also speak of the loss of a permanence of place and of being.  The children in my compositions are blank.  Colour in each blank with your childhood.  It is memories of our childhood that shape us and in these works “give us shape”, as does the immutable Canadian landscape that surrounds us.
Also on Display during this show is a mural painted by homeless youth in a unique collaboration with MASC Ottawa.  Paint to the Point. Your Mark. Your Space.
MASC and the Youth Services Bureau are working in partnership to bring engaging arts programs to street-involved youth. Under the guidance of visual artist Nicole Bélanger, 10 youth from the Young Mens Emergency Shelter and Transitional Housing Program created collaborative murals for their living space, one of which is on display at the Fritzi Gallery.
MASC is a bilingual, non-profit charity committed to connecting artists and learning by providing schools and communities with experiences of artistic excellence and creative process.
The Lorraine 'Fritzi' Yale Gallery
1233 Wellington Street West (at Holland Avenue), Ottawa.
 2nd Floor Level
Entrance is Free and paintings are for sale
HOURS:
Monday-Friday: 10am - 6pm
Saturday: 10am - 4pm
Sunday: 12pm-4pm
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All weekend long!

This weekend, Camp it up in Vanier with Lemonjellow. The new DIY collective plans to bring together some seriously delicious cheese for an evening (and afternoon) of debauchery. Julie LaPalme, the show's curator explains,  "We wanted to do a Camp theme for this show. We are bringing together some provocative art that is totally tongue in cheek. It's art that makes you look, think and chuckle."

This group show features the work of 11 local artists including Daniel Martelock, Chris Johnson, Maya Hum, Justy and Julie LaPalme to name a few.

Head down to the den featuring Barbie art unfit for your livingroom. Boxed Barbies are effective conversation pieces that evoke childhood memories and adult fantasies. These pieces are inspired by observations one of the founding artists and curator, Julie LaPalme, made in Holland of prostitutes standing exposed in their decorated windows. The pieces evolved as vehicles for nostalgia, ridicule and amusement. Boxed Barbies offer a polarizing commentary on the various roles available to women or inhabited by them. While some of these art pieces are quirky and fun, others have darker undertones.

And there is more! You can dance it up with DJ Saxon and check out The Underwear Affairwww.uncoverthecure.org who will be dropping by in their finest undergarments to spread the word about their fundraising event in June.

Come on over Saturday March 26 (7 pm onwards) and Sunday March 27 (noon to 4). The event takes place 25 Charlevoix (near Beechwood and Vanier Parkway). On street parking is available. Buses: No. 1, 7, 9 or 5.

To get more information or to find out about about Lemonjellow Productions, call Julie LaPalme at 613-796-7168, e-mail  lemonjellow@hotmail.ca or head towww.lemonjellowproductions.com

Friday

Public Lecture by Pauline Oliveros
“Deep Listening Institute: 1985 to the Present”
Friday March 18, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
303 Patterson Hall
Carleton University
Free! All are welcome.
On March 18, Pauline Oliveros will give a lecture titled “Deep Listening Institute: 1985 to the Present” in the Humanities Theatre, 303 Patterson Hall, at Carleton University. Her talk will present an overview of the Deep Listening Institute’s activities over the past quarter century, including the organization’s extraordinary “Adaptive Use Musical Instrument” project which is enabling individuals with severe physical and mental disabilities to make music. This will be an inspiring lecture by one of the most significant figures in the world of contemporary music.

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Friday

PATRICK MIKHAIL GALLERY is pleased to present CORONAE, an exhibition of new works by photo-based conceptual artist ANDREW WRIGHT.

In CORONAE, Andrew Wright continues his investigation into current and historical photographic technologies, and interrogates their use in describing the environments that comprise the world around us. This new series of large-scale works takes up and challenges conventional understandings and uses of photographic materials, procedures, and functions, and contributes to the contemporary discourse on photography. Wright’s lustrous and at times indeterminant images present paradoxical references to the macroscopic and microscopic, as well as photographic realms as disparate as interstellar space and the cellular. In part an homage to, and questioning of, the tradition of camera-less image production, the works function to challenge the ways we perceive and recognize shape and form— and, in a contemporary context, advance the notions associated with Gestalt theories of perception and visual organization. By employing multiple photographic technologies and optics, Wright’s CORONAE deconstructs and reconstructs images that sit on the edge of possibility, encouraging us to look at the overlooked, find energy in the
void, and feel the movement, time, and space of an intangible landscape.
MARCH 9 TO APRIL 9, 2011 | 2401 Bank Street

ARTIST RECEPTION
FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2011
5:30 P.M. TO 9 P.M.

Friday

GALLERY 101 PROUDLY PRESENTS
Ursula Biemann, Guillaume Désanges, Patricia Esquivias, Goldin + Senneby, Susan Hiller, Falke Pisano
   Guest Curator: Jesse McKee
   MARCH 4 TO APRIL 2, 2011
   Opening Reception & Curator Talk: Friday, March 4 at 7:30 pm
   Admission is free and Open to All!
Well Formed Data brings together a selection of works that are formally linked through their use of research aesthetics and the moving image. Weaving through many disparate topics of study and lines inquiry, the videos offer compelling examples of how the artistic research process is turned into form. We see the authors—several artists, a filmmaker and a curator—employing a variety of rhizomatic methodologies. They assume the role of the organic researcher, attempt investigative journalism, play with documentary tropes or perform as lecturers and storytellers.
Gallery 101 is located at 301 ½ Bank Street, 2nd Floor. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 10am-5pm

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Friday

The Centre Gallery has been created as a teaching gallery to foster arts education.
Heron Rd. Centre, 1480 Heron Rd.
Rene Price presents “MOTOART”
FEB. 25th noon to 1:00: Rene will show a video and give a talk on his process and his works in the Heron Rd. Theatre room 3rd floor, 1480 Heron Rd.
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EXHIBITION WALKTHROUGH
With Curator Anik Glaude (in English)
Friday 25 February at 12:30 p.m.
Abstracted Notions
MARIAN SCOTT

For more information, please contact Public and Educational Programs Manager Marie-Camille Lalande at 613 233-8699 ext. 228 or mclalande@ottawaartgallery.ca
The Ottawa Art Gallery | 2 Daly Avenue
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La Petite Mort Gallery presents...
FIVE DAY EXHIBIT
VINCE BEAUCHEMIN
NEW WORKS
FEBRUARY 25-MARCH 3, 2011
Vernissage: Friday February 25, 2011/ 7-10pm
Vince Beauchemin starts a dialogue with this new series and leaves the viewer to complete the circle of conversation. Through looking and feeling the emotions that he has subtly and sometimes outrightly invested in his works, the viewer layers new meaning accordingly, giving an exponential amount of variation for each work that Beauchemin paints.- Christina Anastassopoulos, 2011
306 Cumberland St.
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Saturday

Rothwell Gallery’s next featured exhibition is of mixed media paintings “AROUND THE WORLD” by Bina Mirza – February 22 – March 5th.

Friday

OPEN FORMAT is a monthly series presenting a changing roster of secret DJs mixing together music they love, freely an regardless of genre. It takes place the 3rd Friday of each month, from 9:00pm to 1:00am, beginning January 2011 at Shanghai Restaurant (651 Somerset Street West, Ottawa). It is free but by donation, with the DJs of each night directing  all monies to people and/or places in our communities where it may be helpful.
OPEN FORMAT 02 -- benefit for CHUO 89.1 FM
Friday, February 18, 2011
Shanghai Restaurant (651 Somerset St. West), Ottawa
9:oo PM to 1:oo AM
Free (donation requested)
ALL AGES

La Petite Mort Gallery presents..
One Night ONLY Exhibit
LUC PIGEAULT
New Photographic Works
VERNISSAGE: Friday February 18, 2011/ 7-10pm
Tunes by Big Mac Daddy
Proudly sponsored by CKCU 93.1 FM

KARSH-MASSON GALLERY
136 St. Patrick Street, Ottawa
ARTIST TALK with INGRID LARSSEN (in English)
Sunday, February 20 at 2 pm
All welcome. Free of charge.
Presented in conjunction with
CONSTRUCTIONS : CONTEMPORARY NORWEGIAN ARTS & CRAFTS
Organized by The Royal Norwegian Embassy in partnership with the Norwegian Association for Arts and Crafts and the City of Ottawa
Exhibition continues until March 20, 2011
Sunday

February 20th – This Way of Life
(2010, dir Thomas Burstyn, New Zealand)
Filmed in the stunning beauty of New Zealand's rugged Ruahine Mountains by veteran cinematographer and ex-Montrealer Thomas Burstyn, this documentary follows the unusual family of Peter Karena and his wife, Colleen, as they raise their half-wild brood of six kids, trying to eke out a different kind of life for themselves. Peter can tame a wild horse, or field dress a deer, but he can't seem to find a home for his family amidst an escalating struggle with his own father. Shortlisted for the Best Documentary Oscar.
Café Molo (upstairs), 745 Riverside Dr., Wakefield (corner of River Road and Valley Drive). Sunday screenings 5 pm & 7:30 pm.

CAO Sweetheart Cocktail for the Arts

WE ARE THE ARTS!

Escape the February blahs and join us in a celebration of excellence in the arts! We'll fuel your passions with music, dance, delicacies and the best opportunity for charming chats with a host of arts enthusiasts.

Date: Tuesday, February 8, 2011

Time: 5:30 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.

Place: Canadian Museum of Nature Salon
Tickets: $75
Get together with our sponsors' representatives, business leaders, arts patrons, artists, media personnel and politicians of all stripes as we celebrate the great work being done by our local artists and the generosity of our business partners who believe in recognising excellence in the arts.

The event will highlight the announcement of the short-listed nominees for the inaugural RBC Emerging Artist Award, the Mid-Career Artist Award, sponsored by Ginsberg Gluzman Fage & Levitz, LLP, and Mann & Partners, LLP and the Victor Tolgesy Arts Award. In addition we will be presenting the CAO annual Business Award for contribution to the arts.

www.arts-ottawa.on.ca
council@arts-ottawa.on.ca

Independent Short Film SINCERUS Call for Volunteers: Crew + Cast

SINCERUS features a young man who experiences a succession of startling surreal visions in his dreams and waking life that help him recognize the presence of sincerity. This artistic short film project will be filmed in the Ottawa region in the summer of 2011.

Film/video, acting and art students and professionals + creative volunteers are welcome! This is a unique opportunity for artists and actors of all ages to build their portfolio experience working on a quality indie film project. We are looking for crew and cast who are available for one or several weekends.

Please note:
- all acting roles and production crew are voluntary & non-union.
- food and refreshments will be provided on set.
- transportation will be provided upon request.

CAST

Leads will be required to have some acting or performing experiences.

Supporting cast and extras need no acting or performing experience.

CREW

Preferred production + post production collaborators with film/video experience.

If you’re interested in participating please send: name, email address, phone number.

For Acting roles: Recent headshot (or picture) + Acting CV or “About yourself”

CONTACT: John Graham  soulblue2006@yahoo.ca

SAW Video Association is seeking a talented, dynamic, and bilingual Communications Coordinator to build and enhance communications at our busy media art centre.  The successful candidate will promote SAW Video’s programming initiatives regionally, provincially, and nationally; increase SAW Video’s profile in the media; and design and implement new marketing and promotional tools.

HOURS OF WORK:   24 hours per week

Qualifications:

§          A university degree or college diploma in communications or a related field;
§          Experience in graphic design for print and web;
§          Experience in media relations;
§          Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both official languages;
§          Proficiency in the following software : Illustrator, Adobe Photoshop, and/or In Design, as well as HTML and Dreamweaver;
§          Self-motivation and the ability to work independently and collaboratively; and
§          Knowledge of contemporary media art practice would be a strong asset.

Deadline for applications: Friday, Feb. 18th, 2011 5pm.

Please submit by mail, fax, or email:
- A one-page letter of intent describing your skills and experience as they relate to this position;
- A curriculum vitae or resumé

Send to:
Hiring Committee – Communications Coordinator

SAW Video Association
67 Nicholas St., Ottawa, Ontario K1N 7B9
Phone: (613) 238-7648 / Fax: (613) 238-4617
E-mail: sawvideo@sawvideo.com

SAW Video is committed to employment equity.

We thank all applicants for their interest; however, only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

About SAW Video:

SAW Video is an artist-run centre committed to support ground-breaking artistic production, presentation and programming of media art. SAW Video provides many services to its membership including affordable technical facilities, and a wide range of programmes designed to create an atmosphere that will inspire production through the exchange of ideas around form, content and style.

In addition to providing affordable access to video production and post-production facilities, our activities include production support programmes for video artists, a comprehensive range of introductory, intermediate and advanced workshops as well as screenings and exhibitions. For more information on SAW Video, check out our web site: www.sawvideo.com.

SAW Video 67 Nicholas St.  Ottawa ON   K1N 7B9   T: (613) 238-7648   www.sawvideo.com

Call to Artists
Juried Outdoor Art Festival
Ottawa

THE NEW ART FESTIVAL 2011
(formerly known as Art in the Park)

June 4 & 5, 2011
10 am to 5 pm
Central Park, The Glebe, Ottawa

A juried exhibition of original, one-of-a-kind art & fine craft organized to strengthen the connections among artists, art educators, galleries and the public. In its 19th year, this highly acclaimed event continues to grow in popularity, attracting hundreds of artists and thousands of visitors annually from the Ottawa area and throughout Canada.

Participating artists are selected by a jury comprised of practicing artists and arts professionals.

Prizes awarded in several categories.

Submissions must be received by Tuesday, March 15, 2011
(not a postmark deadline)

Submission details: www.artinfoboy.org

To current and former Ottawa residents, workers and students:

February 15, 2011 is the deadline to submit poetry for the  March 2011 issue of Bywords.ca. The judge for the 2010/2011 John Newlove Poetry Award is Angela Rawlings.

**Please consult the guidelines on www.bywords.ca** then send poems to submissions@bywords.ca.

Online nominations are now open for Child & Youth Friendly Ottawa’s signature for youth-by-youth gala event. In its 14^th year the Spirit Awards celebrate the extraordinary achievements of youth who are making our community a better place – from athletes, to young entrepreneurs, to budding artists, to activities for social change, to those who have overcome personal obstacles. The purpose of the Spirit Awards is to promote a positive image of young people and to generate awareness of the valuable contributions that youth make in Ottawa.

We welcome youth and adults alike to nominate young people who are doing inspiring things under one of our eight award categories.

Award categories:

• Arts & Culture
• Service & Caring
• Young Entrepreneurship
• Personal Courage
• Academic Perseverance
• Young Athletes
• Young Activist
• Youth & Technology

Nominations must be submitted online by April 1, 2011. Finalists will be honored on Monday, May 30th at the gala event at the Ottawa Marriott Hotel.  For a full description of the online nomination process and award categories visit www.spiritawards.ca.

Calling all painters, photographers, sculptors and performance artists; be inspired by ‘our’ Chinatown, a multi-cultural village with Asian Flavour.

http://chinatownremixed.ca/2011/01/16/call-for-artist-submissions-is-now-open/

Visual and performance artists are invited to apply by midnight February 18th to participate in Chinatown REMIXED 2011.

Vernissages will be held Sunday, May 15th and the public are invited to view art in Chinatown businesses through to June 15th.

Successful candidates will be contacted by March 8th, 2011.

2011 Call for Artists
For the Love of the Farm Fine Art Exhibition and Sale
Application Deadline: 2:00 p.m. March 1, 2011

The Friends of the Central Experimental Farm (FCEF) is a non-profit, volunteer organization that was founded in 1988.  Annually it provides more than 15,000 volunteer hours to maintain, promote and protect the Central Experimental Farm (C.E.F.), a national historic site and cultural heritage landscape in the heart of Ottawa.  The Friends promote the Farm through educational programs and help care for the Ornamental Gardens which contain a number of collections including lilacs, peonies, roses, iris, daylilies and much more.  The Friends also help in the care of the Arboretum which contains approximately 4000 specimens representing more than 1000 different types of trees and shrubs. The beauty of these areas on the Farm provides a peaceful escape for those in the Ottawa area and for visitors from around the world.

This art exhibition provides an opportunity for selected artists to show and sell their work over a four-day period in Building 72 in the Arboretum of the Central Experimental Farm.

For more information, contact:

613-230-3276
info@friendsofthefarm.ca