OTTAWA FRIENDS – this is good Sunday to see art! 2 exhibitions are closing & 1 new exhibition has just opened. CLOSING: CENTRAL ART GARAGE Ursula Johnson’s The Indian Truckhouse of High Art Hours: Noon – 4 pm Today & Monday, April 30 10 am – 8 ...
Jeff Thomas’ current solo exhibition Birdman Rising: Conversations Beyond Colonialism builds on his work around the Mounds at Cahokia and his investigation of the Mississippian culture. “Here in the shadow of Cahokia Mounds, the center of the Mississippian urban ...
ABOVE IMAGE: CBC Exhibitionists Client Ursula Johnson (www.ursulajohnson.ca) is in Ottawa! She rolled into town last weekend and has set up shop at Central Art Garage. Her exhibition Indian Truckhouse of High Art is opening tonight at 7 pm and will include a performance ...
For those of us living in Ottawa during the lead up to 2017, Canada’s Sesquicentennial anniversary of Confederation, with so much local activity it was hard not to get overwhelmed with culture desiring a well earned break from it all. With funding needing to be ...
Congratulations are in order for Adrian Stimson who received the news this week that he is one of the 7 artists being presented with the Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts, one of the most prestige art awards in Canada. Siksika artist Adrian Stimson is ...
When working with artists to design a digital presence that showcases their work it is always a welcomed challenge to design a layout where the design fades unobstructed into the background, foregrounding the actual work of the artist. With Michael Belmore ...
Barry Ace (www.barryacearts.com) has wrapped up his residency at Ontario College of Art and Design University (OCAD U) in Toronto. His residency began with a Buffalo Stew Lunch and Artist Talk which I was fortunate to attend. Over the years, I have appreciated his gift as a ...
It was great to see Inuit Art Quarterly’s (IAQ) Editor Britt Gallpen this weekend at the Northern Lights trade show. Held every two years in Ottawa the show gathers a mix of cultural provocateurs and corporate investors. At IAQ’s booth I picked up the Winter 2018 ...
My New Year’s present to myself was a copy of the National Gallery of Canada’s Art in Canada catalogue. This magnificent hardcover publication commemorates 150 years of Confederation with a selection of 150 works of art made in Canada, drawn mainly from the ...
This week I began a placement at Library & Archives Canada and I have to say the experience exceeded my expectations. I even exceeded my own expectations. Sometimes you have no idea how much knowledge you have gained until you can test it out in practice. This project ...