The event is called 'Art in Daily Life: Essential or Irrelevant? Who Decides? Who Pays? Who Cares?' The National Gallery’s Director and CEO Marc Mayer and art critic Sarah Milroy will face-off against the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s Executive Director Stephen Borys and writer of the Globe and Mail Kate Taylor. From street art to national galleries, and everywhere in between, our debaters will challenge one another to prove, or disprove, the relevance of art in daily life. This thoughtful and entertaining debate will also include moderator Carol Off, CBC radio host for As it Happens, and provocateur Peter Simpson, arts editor-at-large for the Ottawa Citizen; as well as additional rabble-rousers.

Friday

PATRICK MIKHAIL GALLERY is pleased to present STATE OF THE ART, a group exhibition featuring eight innovative, young Canadian artists exploring a range of contemporary issues and ideas.  The artists featured include LINDA CHALMERS, DAVE AND JENN (pictured: In the end, don't worry about me, I don't need you), KRISTOPHER KARKLIN, JENNIFER LEFORT, ANDREW MORROW, JAMES OLLEY, and AMY SCHISSEL.

MAY 25 TO JULY 20, 2011

ARTIST RECEPTION:
FRIDAY, MAY 27, 2011
5:30 P.M. TO 9 P.M.

P L A C E presents

the debut Ottawa performances of Berlin based composers and producers Nils Frahm (Erased Tapes) and Greg Haines (Sonic Pieces) in a special concert at Freiman Hall (610 Cumberland Street, Ottawa University)

Tuesday May 10
9pm

Nils Frahm, born in 1982, had an early introduction to music. During his childhood he was taught to play piano by Nahum Brodski – a student of the last scholar of Tschaikowski. It was through this that Nils began to immerse himself in the styles of the classical pianists before him as well as contemporary composers. In early 2008 he founded Durton Studio, where he has worked with likeminded musicians.

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.

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

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

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

Friday

Face to Face proposes a contrapuntal dialogue between two players: an artist and a scholar. Each will present his/her current art making or research concerns followed by an open-ended discussion that attempts to uncover correspondences hitherto unknown, bringing to the fore overlapping areas and converging ideas.
This February 4th we welcome artist Claire Savoie and Theorist
Marie-Josée Jean.

La présentation sera en français.

Remerciement au Conseil des Arts du Canada pour son appui a ce projet.
Thanks and acknowledgements to the Canada Council for the Arts for their support.
DATE:      Friday, February 4th 2011
TIME:      11:00 a.m.
PLACE:     Department of Visual Arts
          100 Laurier Ave. East
          Room 114

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FOLD, SPINDLE, MUTILATE
Artist:  KARINA KRAENZLE
Vernissage:  Friday February 4th, 2011, 18:00 - 21:00
On View: February 4th - 28th, 2011
Mon - Fri 10:00 -18:00, Sat 10:00-15:00
Fold, Spindle, Mutilate assembles in the Red Wall Gallery for the first time, photographic images from three related bodies of work by Karina Kraenzle. The Red Wall Gallery is located in SPAO at 168 Dalhousie, at the corner of Bruyère, in the Byward Market.

The National Arts Centre Orchestra’s fifth Mark Motors Audi Signature Series concert – an all-Beethoven program entitled Biss & Beethoven – features Pinchas Zukerman and white hot rising star pianist Jonathan Biss

The fifth Mark Motors Audi Signature concerts of the season – entitled Biss & Beethoven – will be performed on Wednesday February 2 and Thursday February 3 at 8 p.m. in Southam Hall.

Before the concert, Pinchas Zukerman and Jonathan Biss will perform Beethoven’s Sonata No. 5 in F major for Violin and Piano, Op. 24, “Spring” at 7 p.m. onstage in Southam Hall; admission is free. After the concert – on February 2 only, also onstage in Southam Hall -- writer and broadcaster Eric Friesen will chat with Pinchas Zukerman and Jonathan Biss, and the audience will be invited to ask questions.

The program for the evening includes:
BEETHOVEN        Symphony No. 1 in C major, Op. 21
BEETHOVEN        Symphony No. 2 in D major, Op. 36
BEETHOVEN        Piano Concerto No. 5 in E-flat major, Op. 73 “Emperor”

On Monday, January 31, 2011, the 100-member Ottawa Symphony Orchestra will present a concert at 8:00 p.m. in Southam Hall at the National Arts Centre.

In the third concert of its season of 7th Symphonies, the OSO will perform Wagner’s Wesendonck Lieder, followed by Bruckner’s Symphony No.7 in E Major. For this concert, the OSO will be led by guest conductor Jean-François Rivest.

Quebec conductor Jean-François Rivest is renowned for his energy, precise technique and a style that is passionate, moving and deeply involved. Currently artistic director of the Orford Arts Centre, he has also been artistic director of the Orchestre symphonique de Laval and Ottawa's Thirteen Strings Ensemble, as well as conductor in residence of the Orchestre symphonique de Montréal from 2006 to 2009. The newspaper Le Soleil has called him “a magician: with a touch of his magic wand he always transforms any concert into an extraordinary and unique event.”

Anytime!La Petite Mort Gallery presents...

(R)evolveFeaturing: JUAN CARLOS NORIA (Barcelona),PAT THOMPSON (Toronto) & IAMRURIK (Ottawa)
"THE TEN YEAR REUNION"
Curated by Guy Berube - Assisted by Christina Anastassopoulos
January 7-31, 2011 - Vernissage: Friday January 7, 2011 / 7-10pm

ARTIST RECEPTION: FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 2011, 5:30 P.M. TO 9 P.M.
ARTIST TALK: SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 2011, 2 P.M.

Friday

La Petite Mort Gallery presents...
Not Another X-mas Sale!
LPM's Great Big Holiday Sale
Friday December 17, 2010 / 7 - 10pm
Tunes by Big Mac Daddy
Proudly sponsored by CKCU 93.1 FM
Statement:
Christmas sales, holiday blow out prices, so many sales and yet none of them offer anything that you really want! This year, take care of your shopping list early and come on down to La Petite Mort Gallery to buy the hottest gifts you could ever give.
What we have to offer:

• Works from our Private Gallery Collection available up to 50% off!
• Selection of works from our artists at door smashing prices!
• Gift Certificates for those hard to buy people - Come in today and get your stocking stuffers.
• We will also have paper works available from our portfolio’s in the upper gallery -works at unbelievable prices!

Come out and get your shopping groove on, score some Christmas gifts, and help support the arts in Ottawa!

Art of Giving: Christmas Show.
Dec 4th to 18th.

Meet the Artists : Dec 9th. 6 to 9 pm.
http://www.patrickjohnmills.ca/ArtofGiving2010.htm

Twenty three artists. 300 plus Art Works
Each artist shows 10 plus small art works.
The gallery takes zero commission of sales.
Each artist is asked to donate one painting.All the paintings are then donated to a local organization for permanent display. The first year all the art work was donated to Grace Manor / Salvation Army on Wellington, the second year (last year) all the art work was donated to Rideauwood Addiction and Family Services on Parkdale. This year one art work from each artist is donated to Elizabeth Fry.

Friday

MARK by Mike Hoolboom Friday, December 3 · 7:00pm - 9:00pm
Club SAW, 67 Nicholas St (Arts Court basement) Presented by Available Light Screening Collective & Inside Out LGBT Film and Video Festival MARK is a deeply personal and visceral homage to Mark Karbusicky, editor and friend of acclaimed experimental filmmaker Mike Hoolboom, who committed suicide in April 2007. Hoolboom, in an attempt to find answers, compiles the residual fragments of Mark from home movies, childhood photographs, and interviews with friends, family, and his life-partner of ten years, trans performance artist Mirah-Soleil Ross.  

THE INFIDELS
International Group Exhibit curated by Guy Berube
December 3 - 28, 2010
Vernissage Dec 3 / 7 - 10pm
Tunes by DJ JAS NASTY In Collaboration with Abnormals Galleries
in Berlin, Germany & Poznan, Poland.
RUMOUR HAS IT
That there might be a fantastic art show with over 40 local artists happening in Hintonburg. Dec. 3rd at 8 pm, 1111A Wellington St. Cyclelogik's 3rd annual Christmas show is pulling out all the stops for this one - well, that's the word on that the street anyhow. Please stop by and see if the rumours of live animals and high stakes Mah Jong games are true.
Possibly featuring work by the following artists:
Jenny Holzer
Erin Robertson
Maria Lezon
Jenn Farr
Marc Adornato
Daniel Martelock
Joanna Swim
Jeff Moffett
Mary Spicer
Stefan Thompson
Andrea Emery
Barbara Kruger
Jeff Koons
Andrea Stokes
Tami Gallili Ellis
Natasha Beaudin
Pam Lawler
Don Kwan
Jennifer Amento
Tara Barnes
Tim Hunt
Kathrin Von Dehn
Geneivieve Saulnier
Sheilah Mackinnon
Ainsley Walton
Anna Griffiths
Damien Hurst and MORE!!!!!!!
Also possibly featuring the musical stylings of the Super Awesome Club.

Saturday

"Unearthed", Paintings by Julia Lockie at Atrium Gallery
Dec. 2, 2010 to Jan 12, 2011
Featuring the works of local and regional artists. Artists are juried through peer assessment.
Ben Franklin Place, 101 Centrepointe Drive
Hours:
Monday to Thursday: 8:30 a.m. to 9 p.m.
Friday: 8:30 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Saturday: 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Sunday: 1 to 5 p.m.
LUCK! 2010
Where everyone’s a winner!
Art Draw Tickets are still available.
Don’t wait get yours now!
This successful fundraiser for the Council for the Arts in Ottawa has lucky arts patrons calling for more! Now it's YOUR chance to get great artwork from a stellar lineup of outstanding Ottawa artists. For a $75 ticket you are guaranteed to get a wonderful addition to your art collection. On the evening of December 2 try your LUCK. When your number is drawn you take your pick. Share in everyone's luck! With an Event Only Ticket, for $25 you can enjoy a fun evening of art, desire and serendipity. Bring your rabbit's foot, your four-leaf clover, your charm bracelet and we'll see you December 2.
LUCK!
Art Draw Tickets: $75
Event Only Tickets: $25
Refreshments - Cash Bar
When: Thursday, December 2, 2010,
 6-9 p.m.  Art Draw starts at 7 p.m.
Where: The Studio, Arts Court, 2 Daly Ave.
Ottawa
For tickets contact:
Council for the Arts in Ottawa
613-569-1387
council@arts-ottawa.on.ca

Orange Art Gallery Presents our First Christmas Show!!!
Dec 1 - 31, 2010
Come join us for opening night Thursday 2 December from 6 - 9:30pm in the presence of the artists for our Christmas Party with lots of yummy treats and drinks.  Arrive early so you don't miss out on your favorite pieces.
The show will feature over 30 artists with more than 200 exciting small works making great affordable one of a kind gifts!!!!
GIFT CERTIFICATES AVAILABLE
Orange Art Gallery
233 Armstrong St.
Parkdale Market
613.761.1500
Killed the Group of Seven
Meet the Artists: December 2nd. 6 - 9 pm. (same night as the First Thursdays Wellington West Art Walk)
http://www.patrickjohnmills.ca/IKilledtheGroupofSeven.htm (online preview)
Artists that are bored with safe traditional landscapes tired of happy flower paintings, and same old colorful commercial crap art... Artists that push art in a new direction: fresh ideas, cutting edge, emotional, think outside the box, non conformist... will be showing their work in this exhibition.
Patrick John Mills Contemporary Fine Art Gallery | 286 Hinchey Ave.

The Nicholas Hoare bookshop on Sussex Drive here in Ottawa was tonight the setting for yet another elitist literary snob-fest. From 6 to 8 p.m., five of the winners of the recent Governor General's Literary Awards managed to take time from their gruelling day-jobs of sitting at desks and thinking really hard to meet some members of the public and sign a few books with their lily-white, manicured and moisturized hands. (What sort of "public" can afford to take two hours off between work and returning home to care for their families? Head-in-the-clouds intellectuals, maybe, and a few lazy literature students, but certainly not the common masses.)

Dianne Warren, whose novel Cool Water was selected as the best English-language fiction book of the year, languidly toyed with the string of pearls around her neck as she spoke to a watery-eyed university student about her "devotion" to her "craft." Unsurprisingly, Warren did not admit to having hired minimum-wage research assistants - as has been reported by reliable sources - to dig up the small-town Saskatchewan gossip she then weaved into a tawdry, contrived mess of a book while ensconced in the well-padded nest of her Toronto penthouse.

Allan Casey, the non-fiction award winner for Lakeland: Journeys into the Soul of Canada mumbled something about "beauty," "nature," and "national character" in between stuffing great handfuls of the seafood buffet into his mouth. It is no doubt pleasurable to contemplate those things from the floor-to-ceiling windows of his three-storey "cottage," or the deck of his 48-foot sailboat.

Book time to meet Canada's top writers!
Don't miss this opportunity to meet the winners of the 2010 Governor General's Literary Awards. These 14 acclaimed writers include novelists, non-fiction writers, poets, playwrights, illustrators and translators from across Canada. They will gather in Ottawa for one night to sign books and meet the public.

Wednesday, November 24 from 6-8 pm
Nicholas Hoare Books, 419 Sussex Drive (English-language winners)
Librairie du Soleil, 33 George Street (French-language winners)
Free admission. Hors d'œuvres will be served.

Information

Friday

On Friday November 5th 15:00-21:00, the School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa will be opening its doors to the public to commemorate its 5th anniversary. Tour the darkroom, computer lab and studio spaces, and view displays, slide shows, demonstrations, live shoots and exhibitions of images by full-time students from Levels 1 and 2 of the SPAO Portfolio Program. Join us for this celebration of photographic achievement and education at SPAO, a creative domain for those with a passion for the image. 168 DALHOUSIE STREET

THE OTTAWA ART GALLERY PRESENTS
Friday 5 November at 12:30 pm
Talk with artist Marie-Jeanne Musiol (in French)
thelivingeffect
4 November 2010 to 30 January 2011
Contemporary galleries
Curated by Caroline Seck Langill
2 Daly Avenue, Ottawa