Well it's 2010 and it's about time there is a Robo-Art show in the National Capital.

I'm looking for local artists who make robots, robotic art, kinetic or static robo-sculpture, art with motors, sensors, video, lights, sound, or even paintings of circuit boards, space-age landscapes, 2D abstract-techno-art, and figurative robo-drama etc.

If you have something to contribute, or could create something to contribute over the summer months - please send an email with photos, short description, short bio, (a very informal submission) to marcadornato@yahoo.ca or visit:

Long Bay Camp's "Arts by the Lake" is a sleep-over summer camp near Westport, Ontario (near Perth), that offers workshops in Visual arts, Drama, Music and Dance. To learn more about the Long Bay Camp, please visit our website www.LongBayCamp.ca

We are looking for a ...........

Photography Instructor

The Independent Filmmakers Co-operative of Ottawa Inc. (IFCO) is a charitable, media artist-run-centre dedicated to independent filmmaking, located in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. For eighteen years, the organization and its members have shared a deep commitment to artistic excellence and innovation in independent filmmaking.

JOB DESCRIPTION & SKILLS REQUIRED

The successful candidate will have training and experience in all technical aspects of Super-8/16mm/35mm film production, including the maintenance of film production and post-production equipment; an open, friendly and helpful attitude; the ability to advise and assist members with varying levels of expertise; good written and verbal communication skills, the ability to work well under pressure, and as a team member with IFCO’s other staff members, the Board of Directors and the membership at large. The successful candidate must also have experience in working with digital post-production software like Final Cut Pro and Protools. Bilingualism is an asset!

CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS
Next deadlines: August 31st, 2010 and Januray 31st, 2011

Located in the La Filature building - a former magnificently renovated industrial textile mill - DAÏMÔN offers creation, production and dissemination resources in the areas of media arts and photography.

By way of its programs Artiste résident, (resident artist), Recherche et création, (research and development), Photographie et impression numérique (photography and digital printing) and Soutien aux premières œuvres, (support for first works), DAÏMÕN encourages artists to push the limits of their practice and to develop new approaches with image, video, as well as sound and electronic art, including installation, interactive and performative practices. DAÏMÕN privileges projects emphasising the increasingly complex interrelations between media and those that push the limits of intermedia rather than simply addressing the vocabulary of the chosen media. Only projects involving a degree of research will be considered.

GREEN ZONE

DIRECTOR: PAUL GREENGRASS

Starring: Matt Damon, Greg Kinnear, Amy Ryan, Brendan Gleeson

Academy Award® nominees Matt Damon and director Paul Greengrass (The Bourne Supremacy, The Bourne Ultimatum) reteam in this action-packed thriller. Damon stars as Roy Miller, a rogue U.S. Army officer who must hunt through covert and faulty intelligence hidden on foreign soil before war escalates in an unstable region. Also starring Academy Award® nominees Greg Kinnear and Amy Ryan, GREEN ZONE is “one hell of a thriller” (Roger Ebert, Chicago Sun-Times).

GENRE: ACTION
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 115 MINS
RATED: R

EMINEM
Recovery
www.eminem.com
Dist: Universal Music Canada

On Recovery, his seventh major label studio album, Eminem has reached out to an exciting list of first-time collaborators, including DJ Khalil, Just Blaze, Jim Jonsin and Boi-1da, among others. Eminem releases Recovery just over a year after his last album, 2009’s Relapse. Relapse put the cap on an impressive ten years of recorded output, and contributed to Eminem being the biggest selling artist of 2000-2009.TRACKLISTING:

Le Nichoir is a wild bird rehabilitation centre in Hudson, Quebec and is requesting the support and charity of artists. They already have about 260 artists who have committed to donating Wildcards and have received about 50 so far. We have received donations from 10 Canadian RCA members including:

Philippe Beha
Leslie Poole
Gathie Falk
Bruno Bobak
Joseph-Richard Veilleux
George Walker
Robert Bateman
Marcel Braitstein
John A. Schweitzer
Pnina Gagnon

We are doing a final push over the next week or so to find another 40 artists to meet our goal of 300. With the July 1st submission date looming, now is the time to ask if you know of any one else who might be interested.

Samba Ottawa needs saxophone, trumpet, & trombone players to form a horn section. Not too demanding music, but loads of fun!
See more details and videos etc at:
http://samba-ottawa.org/index.php?pagename=hornadvert
Cheers.
Mike Atyeo
Samba Ottawa
(613) 599-2747
Samba Ottawa's learning resources: http://www.samba-ottawa.org/resources

Job Posting
AOE Arts Council – Communications Coordinator
Full-time – 1 year contract position
Start Date: July 19, 2010       End Date: July 15, 2011
Salary: $40,000 to $55,000 range, commensurate with experience
AOE Arts Council (AOE) is a dynamic not-for-profit organization that works with the community to develop partnerships, audiences, information, and visibility for the arts. It supports Ottawa artists and arts organizations through programs, resources and services.
The Communications Coordinator will be responsible for coordinating communications activities and implementing communications plans for AOE and the ARTicipate Endowment Fund. The Communications Coordinator will also be required to work with the Shenkman Arts Centre resident arts partners on marketing initiatives and be able to solicit sponsors from the community to support communication activities. This position also provides support communications for membership, donor outreach, events, fundraisers, workshops and other programming projects.
Qualifications:

• Education background in journalism, marketing, communications
• Minimum 3 years work experience
• Communication skills in both official languages (oral and written)
• Strong interpersonal skills
• Capable of working independently and a commitment to a team environment

This position requires:

• Familiarity with the cultural community and not-for-profit sector
• Design and production skills with Adobe CS4 (Illustrator, Photoshop, InDesign, PDF Writer)
• Working knowledge of Microsoft Suite (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Outlook)
• Experience in implementing marketing strategies and advertising campaigns
• Experience writing for the web, reports, funding proposals, media materials, marketing texts, articles for publications
• Respond to media inquiries on behalf of AOE and ARTicipate, coordinate interviews, write media materials, assemble press kits
• Ensuring the timely production of all publications, online materials, marketing and press and media activities in both official languages.
• Coordinate the production of AOE’s annual report
• Oversee the development and editing of promotional material as required to ensure brand and messages are delivered consistently
• Maintain a website maintenance log, media database and communications contacts database
• Excellent organizational skills with the ability to coordinate staff, meet deadlines and complete projects on budget
• Experience working with suppliers to produce publications and communications tools
• Tasks and duties as required in support of AOE’s mandate
• Evening and weekend work is required from time to time

To obtain further information about the Council and the ARTicipate Endowment Fund, please visit www.artsoe.ca.
To apply please send your resume and covering letter by e-mail to info@artsoe.ca  by fax to (613) 580-2768 or by mail to 245 Centrum Blvd., Suite 260, Orléans, ON K1E 0A1 - attention Cristiane Doherty, Director of Communications.
Closing date: June 30, 2010
We thank all applicants for their interest but only those selected for an interview will be contacted.

PATRICK MIKHAIL GALLERY is seeking an exceptional individual to fill the position of Gallery Assistant.  The position is a developmental Summer Internship opportunity, with the possibility of extension into the Fall/Winter 2010/2011 exhibition season.

It is recommended that candidates be currently pursuing, or recent graduates of, an arts-related degree program at a University, College, or other degree-granting institution.

For more information, or to receive a Statement of Qualifications, please contact the gallery.
PATRICK MIKHAIL GALLERY
2401 Bank Street
Ottawa Canada K1V 8R9
Tel. 613.746.0690      TF:  1.800.388.3298
E-mail:  gallery@patrickmikhailgallery.com
Web:     www.patrickmikhailgallery.com

LIVE PERFORMACE ART AT THE HISTORIC BYTOWN MUSEUM; This contemporary art event brings a fresh perspective to the interpretation of Ottawa's history – on the same site where some of the events happened.
Event Title: Crossings | Traversées
Artists: Sandra Johnston and Sinéad Bhreathnach-Cashell
Location: Bytown Museum (2nd and 3rd floor)
Date: June 17, 5:00 pm to 8:30 pm (FREE admission)
This event is part of the Crossings performance exchange that is taking place in Ottawa from June 17-20 at Galerie SAW Gallery and in Belfast in October 2010.

The National Gallery comes to Snapdragon?
Well, one of the artists hanging in the National Gallery, Michel-Luc Bellemare, is opening his new show "Colour my Reality" oil impasto on canvas, 6 - 8 pm, this Thursday, 17th June 2010.
Michel will give a talk (not a lecture!) at 7 pm, with Q and A to follow.
791 Bank Street at Third Avenue

SOLD OUT? DEBATING THE LEGACY OF POP ART
Art has sparked controversy for centuries. Join Robert Enright, senior contributing editor of Border Crossings Magazine and Blake Gopnik, chief art critic for the Washington Post as they square off in a heated debate on contemporary art. Moderated by CBC’s Carol Off. Simultaneous translation provided. In the Auditorium. Tickets: adults $10, students and seniors $8, members $7. Box Office: 613-998-8888. Gallery admission not included. National Gallery of Canada | 380 Sussex Drive | Thursday 17 June at 7 p.m.

The exciting indie short film MOVE is seeking volunteers to join a team of 30 people in the Ottawa/Gatineau region for a summer production. Help needed includes:

•       assistant production manager
•       assistant co-ordinator for donations + funding support
•       volunteer creatives (set builders, animators, film crew, editors)

MOVE is an artistic short film that will feature a young man who unexpectedly recovers from a coma, and how his interior life magically guides him to consciousness. MOVE is a hybrid project with surreal stop-motion animation scenes filmed in elaborate miniature sets. The dream scenes will be complemented by subdued live-action scenes with actors in real world settings. The live-action scenes are without dialogue and play very important role in emotionally contextualizing the story.

The Art Studio is a project of Family Services à la famille Ottawa and is open on Thursdays from 12 to 3 pm. It is located at 1064 Wellington Street West, in the Hintonburg Community Centre. The Art Studio is a safe and welcoming space for artists with mental illness to come together to create art. The Art Studio is in need of a volunteer to work Thursday afternoons from 11:30-3:30. Duties would include set up, take down, and clean up. There may also be some opportunities to work with the Art Studio Coordinator. Police Check is required. Please contact Sarah Posthuma at sposthuma@familyservicesottawa.org for more information.

http://www.familyservicesottawa.org/english/art_studio.html

Contact Name / Nom: Sarah Posthuma
Phone Number / Numéro de téléphone: 613 725 3601 x123
Email / Courriel: sposthuma@familyservicesottawa.org

Family Services à la famille Ottawa

THE BOOK OF ELI

DIRECTOR: THE HUGHES BROTHERS

Starring: Denzel Washington, Gary Oldman, Mila Kunis, Tom Waits

Eli walks alone in post-apocalyptic America. He heads west along the Highway of Death on a mission he doesn’t fully understand but knows he must complete. In his backpack is the last copy of a book that could become the wellspring of a revived society. Or in the wrong hands, the hammer of a despot. Denzel Washington is Eli, who keeps his blade sharp and his survival instincts sharper as his quest thrusts him into a savage wasteland…and into explosive conflict with a resourceful warlord (Gary Oldman) set on possessing the book. “We walk by faith, not by sight”, quotes Eli. Under the taut direction of the Hughes Brothers (Menace II Society), those words hit home with unexpected meaning and power.

GENRE: ACTION
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 118 MINS
RATED: R

TOM PETTY AND THE HEARTBEAKERS
Mojo
www.tompetty.com
DIST: Warner Music Canada


Some time in the last few years Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers took a left turn. They have gone off the reservation and all signs indicate they aren't coming back. With Mojo, they have taken their recent freedom and experimentation to heart. The music is alive, with no overdubs or studio trickery. What you hear is what they created on the spot at that time.
Tom Petty says, "With this album, I want to show other people what I hear with the band. Mojo is where the band lives when it's playing for itself."
Mojo has juice and guts but it also has some sweet balladry for the slow dancers and even a wacked-out reggae number that is unlike anything that Heartbreakers have done before. It's the kind of album nobody's supposed to be able to make anymore. It got here just in time. The first single off Mojo is “I Should Have Known It.”TRACKLISTING:

A new sizzling summer season, the launch of an annual children’s holiday event, these are just some of the programming initiatives the team at Arts Court has put in place this past year. Now, the Ottawa Arts Court Foundation, the local charitable organization in charge of managing and operating the Arts Court Theatre and related performing arts spaces in the building, is providing another opportunity for professional arts producers in the city by opening up three new spaces for resident companies.

“It is part of our mandate to provide leading facilities, programs and services to Ottawa’s arts producers and presenters,” says Linda Balduzzi, Executive Director of the Ottawa Arts Court Foundation. “Providing a home and helping to nurture resident companies is another way to ensure a healthy and vibrant arts community in this city.”

Arts Court is Ottawa's downtown centre for the performing, visual, literary and media arts and home to a critical mass of Ottawa's local professional arts organizations.  Twenty-five independent arts organizations call Arts Court home and thousands of artists host productions in its facilities each year.

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

Operation Come Home (OCH) prevents homeless youth from becoming homeless adults!  OCH accomplishes this mission be providing homeless youth ages 16-30 with a variety of programs and services designed to assist youth in becoming contributing members of our community.  Today, OCH provides supported employment and education; social enterprises; street outreach; drop-in and emergency services and our original reunite program designed to assist runaway youth return home to their families.  Operation Come Home provides services to more than 350+ youth per year and had more than 5,000+ contacts in 2009.

On Thursday, October 7th 2010 Operation Come Home is hosting an evening of wine, hors d'oeuvres and fine art appreciation. This event is a major fundraising initiative, and OCH depends on the funds raised to continue to provide vital services to our clientele.  Tickets for the event will be sold to customers for $100 each. In return they will enjoy time to peruse the space which will be adorned with various types of fine art donated from artists in our community and elsewhere. Each ticket holder will be guaranteed to leave the evening with a piece of art of their choosing. Tickets will be drawn at random and items will be picked in that order.

The success of this fundraising event depends on the generosity of our art community, which is why we write to you today.  All donations are greatly appreciated and help to make our evening more spirited. It goes without saying that it also promotes positive recognition for your business as your generosity is paired with that of our other guests, corporate sponsors and local media.

FROM PARIS WITH LOVE

DIRECTOR: PIERRE MOREL

Starring: John Travolta, Jonathan Rhys Meyers, Kasia Smutniak, Richard Durden

James Reece (Jonathan Rhys-Meyers), personal aide to the U.S. Ambassador to France, is secretly moonlighting as a low-level CIA operative. Looking for more action, Reece accepts a job that teams him with wise-cracking special agent Charlie Wax (John Travolta), a trigger-happy loose cannon sent to Paris on a mission of international importance. Now, Reece finds himself on the wildest ride of his life as the new partners pull out all the stops to annihilate the enemy in this explosive, white-knuckle, non-stop thriller.

GENRE: ACTION
FORMAT: DVD & BLU-RAY
RUNTIME: 93 MINS
RATED: R

CHRISTINA AGUILERA
BIONIC
www.christinaaguilera.com/
Dist: Sony Music Canada


With 30 million albums sold worldwide and the prestigious honor of being the only artist under the age of 30 included in Rolling Stone Magazine’s list of the 100 greatest singers of all time, 5-time Grammy Award winner Christina Aguilera has already achieved an unprecedented level of success. Aguilera’s been hard at work in the studio for the past year and is pleased to release her highly anticipated 4th studio album Bionic. The first single from Bionic is the fiercely energetic anthem “Not Myself Tonight”, produced by Polow Da Don. Bionic features songs co-written by Aguilera along with her much buzzed about collaborations including Sia, Tricky Stewart, Polow Da Don, Le Tigre, Hill & Switch, and Ladytron among others.TRACKLISTING: