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.

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

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.

This year is the 3rd annual Piggyback Fringe Festival in Wakefield, Quebec just 20 minutes from Ottawa.  As part of our schedule we intend to hold a "Circus in the Park" on Saturday, June 26th from 4:30 p.m. to 6 p.m.  Our intent is to create a place for street artists, circus performers, food vendors and others to participate in a fun, family style marketplace right in the middle of the village.  We have a small amount of money to cover an honourarium or expenses for those who join us.

We are looking for performers, face painters, tricksters, and others who would like to spend a day in the village.  To find out more about the Piggyback Fringe Festival please go to:  http://piggybackfringe.ca

To get onside contact Brenda Rooney at 819 456 4020 or by email at brenda@rooneyproductions.com

Friday

Galerie McKenzie Marcotte is pleased to present "Figures of Speech," a series of abstract paintings by John F. Marok. Everyone is welcome to the vernissage on Friday June 11 at 7 pm. The exhibition will continue until July 5 2010. 26 Sully Rd. in Wakefield Qc.

Wurm Gallery / Invisible Cinema presents:
Saudade: Tales of Longing - New Paintings by Sherry Garcia
One Month Exhibit
June 11 - July 7, 2010
Opening Night: Friday June 11th, 2010 8pm
Bonus: Drinks, Snacks & Tunes
319 Lisgar St.

Friday and Saturday

On June 11th and 12th at Arts Court Theatre (2 Daly Ave. Ottawa, ON), Propeller Dance presents "Shedding Light", an evening of original performance works by Propeller Dance Company and a showcase of our recreational program, shedding light on the beauty, inspiration and pure artistry of integrated dance. Tickets are $25 for adults and $15
for students/low-income and are on sale now at the Arts Court Box office - 613-564-7240. Doors open at 6:30 for the silent auction (silent auction payment by cash and cheque only). Show starts at 7:30pm.

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.

Ottawa - Aspiring artists are invited to submit their work for the new City of Ottawa C4 Gallery - a travelling showcase with an emphasis on contemporary, conceptual, compartmental and community art. Submissions will be accepted by mail or by hand until Monday April 5, 2010 at 3 p.m.

The request for submissions is open to all residents (young, older, amateur or professional artists, etc.) living within a 150-kilometre radius of the City of Ottawa. Participants must be Canadian citizens or have landed immigrant status.

Current Exhibition:
Shenkman Arts Centre
245 Centrum Boulevard
February 25 - March 26

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

Friday

PETER SHMELZER / NEW PAINTINGS
BETTER THAN BLOOD / One Month Exhibit
October 2 - November 1, 2009
Vernissage Friday October 2 / 7 - 10pm
La Petite Mort Gallery / 306 Cumberland

IMAGING THE URBAN FABRIC
Vernissage at SPAO October 2nd, 2009, 18:00 - 21:00
October 2nd to October 9th, 2009
Locations: Red Wall Gallery - School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa
168 Dalhousie Street at Bruyère + National Capital Infocentre 90 Wellington Street at Metcalfe

Canteen Art Shop + Gallery presents The No Theme Group Show
2 - 31 October 2009
Reception: Friday, October 2nd, 7pm - 10pm
238 Dalhousie Street
Canteen, the little gallery that could, does October with the jam packed No Theme Group Show. From Ottawa to Barcelona, with over 40 local and international artists featured, opening night will be a creativity-packed night of hobnobbing and art-buying. 

Friday

Downtown: A concert for Bill tonight, to honour Bill Royds and to benefit the Poets' Pathway, at the National Archive Auditorium (395 Wellington St.), at 7:30. Tickets are "$20.00,  $15.00" (I don't know how, but they are), and available at the door.

Unique Steam Train Excursion Takes Patrons to See
Award Winning International Theatre

An exciting new partnership has been formed this year between the Piggyback Fringe Festival and the HCW Steam Train which daily carries passengers from their Ottawa/Hull station to the beautiful village of Wakefield, Quebec.  At 6 p.m, on June 30th, the eve of Canada Day, the train will make a very special journey carrying theatre goers to the Festival where they will see their choice of three productions before re-embarking for the magical return journey home.  The train trip, a fabulous meal and the theatre performance are all included in one ticket price of $114.00 plus tax per person.

Named The Piggyback Fringe because it follows on the heels of the Ottawa Fringe Festival it has quickly built an enthusiastic audience.  This year the Piggyback Fringe offers twelve international plays which are presented on three stages in venues all within easy walking distance of each other.   The inauguration of the Gala Steam Train Excursion on June 30th is one of the highlights of the event which also features a parade, stilt walkers and workshops.  Executive Director, Gwen Shea says, "The Fringe this year has really grown.  In addition to offering more productions on more days, our new partnership with the HCW Steam Train marks our expansion into a whole new regional market.  Their support indicates their commitment to tourism in the area and their faith in our ability to deliver international quality entertainment."

When you reserve your ticket you choose your meal and your entertainment at one of three Fringe productions.  The four course meal offers four options for the entrée and ends with dessert and coffee.  Wine and beer are also available throughout the journey along with other refreshments.

There are three plays on offer.  At Molo's, TIPPI SEAGRAM'S HAPPY HOUR, is a one-woman comedic tour-de-force in which the politically incorrect Ms. Seagram shares her "confessions of a casting couch cougar" to much hilarity.  At the United Church, the award winning Jonno Katz acts and dances his way through an hour "bristling with intelligence and imagination" (CBC) in his production of THE ACCIDENT.  At the famous Black Sheep Inn Lana Schwarcz and her puppets perform her hit show GRANDPA SOL AND GRANDMA ROSIE which won the Adelaide Fringe award last season.

The tickets for the HCW Steam Train Excursion must be booked at least 72 hours in advance and are available through the Steam Train ticket office at 165 rue Deveault in Gatineau  by calling 819-778-7246. For more information on the Steam Train visit their  website at http://www.steamtrain.ca/ .  To buy tickets on-line, and for information about the full roster of plays and events presented at the international Piggyback Fringe Festival go to http://www.piggybackfringe.ca/.

Friday

Gatineau: ESPACE ODYSSÉE presents works of Martine Savard from June 5 to October 11, 2009. Martine Savard believes creation cannot occur without social interactions. To collect comments from her fellow Abitibians on social, political and cultural matters, she set up a kiosk with a sign reading "Artist seeks your inspiration. Complete this sentence: And yet the world contains . . . ,"  giving birth to images from which she created her works. The vernissage is this Friday, June 5, from 6 to 8 p.m. Admission is free; come one, come all.

New Edinburgh: Dale Smith Gallery (137 Beechwood Ave.) is pleased to present "Behind Closed Doors," an exhibition of mixed-media assemblage pieces by Toronto artist Julie Liger-Belair. Join them on Friday evening from 7 to 10 p.m. to toast the opening of the show! The show runs until June 23.

In "Absolute Reproduktion," Kathryn Drysdale draws upon a body of stock
magazine illustrations and photographs from the 1940s and 50s which
she inherited from her father, a graphic artist and illustrator. Her
images evoke the hopes and dreams of these decades, which, when seen
from our perspective years later, seem impossibly naive and fatally
optimistic.

Galerie McKenzie Marcotte is located at 26 Sully Road in Wakefield, QC. Open weekends from 10 am to 5 pm and during the week by chance
or by appointment* by calling 819 459-3164. The show runs until June 16.

*Aw, by appointment. How cute is that?