Friday

Conference on Caravaggio at Library and Archives, Friday, May 13 at 7:30 pm
On Friday, May 13, Mirella Ioly will give an illustrated lecture on the great 17th century Italian artist, Caravaggio. Mrs. Ioly’s lecture, “Arte e società nell'età di Caravaggio” (Art and Society in the Age of Caravaggio), will be in Italian. The talk takes place at Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street, at 7:30 pm.  A discussion period in English and Italian will follow.
Admission is free. Refreshments, courtesy of Il Negozio Nicastro (792 Bank Street), will follow.
Ms. Ioly’s lecture will be followed on Wednesday, May 25 by another conference,  “Caravaggio and His Followers” by Prof. Francesco Loriggio, also at Library and Archives Canada. The conferences are presented jointly by the Dante Alighieri Society of Ottawa and The National Congress of Italian Canadians, Ottawa District
For more information, see www.danteottawa.ca or contact
Allison Dingle tel. 613-232-7587; allisondingle@sympatico.ca or
Alfredo Mazzanti  tel. 613-799-7844; mazzantialfredo@gmail.com
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OPEN FORMAT 05 -- a benefit for CKCU 93.1 FM (www.ckcufm.com)
Friday, May 13, 2011
Shanghai Restaurant (651 Somerset St. West), Ottawa
9:oo PM to 1:oo AM
Pay what you can (donation requested)
ALL AGES
OPEN FORMAT is a monthly series presenting a changing roster of secret DJs mixing together
music they love, freely and regardless of genre.
It takes place once a 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.
Please support events like this so they can continue to happen in yr town.
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Friday, May 13
2011 Juno Jazz Vocalist of the Year Kellylee Evans, BAHons/97, Returns to Campus for Music Gala
7:30 p.m.
Kailash Mital Theatre_Southam Hall, Carleton University
Free
Details at Carleton.ca/alumni.
This event is part of the 20th Anniversary of the School for Studies in Art and Culture at Carleton University
Friday, May 13
5-7 p.m.: Reception, Carleton University Art Gallery, with Brian Foss, Director, School for Studies in Art and Culture; Dr. Roger Mesley, Associate Professor, Art History, who is retiring after a 30-year-career; Charles O'Brien, Assistant Director, Film Studies, along with other professors from SSAC.
7:30 p.m.: Music gala, Kailash Mital Theatre, Southam Hall, Carleton University, free
7:30 p.m.: Film screening, Bell Theatre, Minto Building, Carleton University
Please register for all these events online at alumni.carleton.ca/events.
Music Gala
In celebration of the school’s platinum anniversary, a number of shining lights and rising stars will return to campus in a performance emceed by Alan Neal, BJ/95, host of All in a Day on CBC Ottawa. He welcomes: 2011 Juno jazz vocalist of the year Kellylee Evans, BAHons/97; critically acclaimed soprano Shawne Elizabeth, DMus/95, an associate performance instructor in the School for Studies in Art and Culture and resident soprano with fusion opera company Ooh Lah Lah; Nadia Petrella, BMus/07, a gifted young artist now studying at the Manhattan School of Music who will be appearing later this year with Pellegrini Opera; Erinne-Colleen Laurin, an emerging young soprano who is a volunteer with the Music Chapter of the Carleton University Alumni Association; and pianist John Kofi Dapaah, a current Carleton music student.
Film Screening
Winds of Heaven: Emily Carr, Carvers and the Spirits of the Forest is a ninety-minute filmic journey into the deep brooding mystery and inner beauty of Emily Carr’s paintings—a  lyrical, luminescent and entertaining impression of the life of Carr and her connection to the First Nations people of the Northwest Coast of British Columbia. Winner of the Best Documentary Photography Award of the Canadian Cinematographers Society, (April 2011) the 90-minute work has been praised for being “visually sumptuous” by The Globe and Mail (January 2011) and described as “a beautiful film whose cinematography flows like acrylic paint across canvas” by The Toronto Star (January 2011). The film is directed by Michael Ostroff, an instructor in the School of Journalism and Communications at Carleton University, the original score was written by Edmund Eagan, BMus/82.
This anniversary event is part of Alumni Week 2011, May 10-14, an annual celebration of the outstanding achievements, lifelong connections and exceptional ideas of Carleton University alumni.  For more information and a full list of events, visit carleton.ca/alumni.
For additional information, visit us online at Carleton.ca/alumni or contact us at cu_proud@carleton.ca or 1-866-CU-PROUD (287-7683). Parking is available in Lots P1, P2 and P6. For a map of campus, please visit carleton.ca/campus.
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Saturday
Please join me at the upcoming Images on Canvas exposition,  Saturday May 14, 2011 - 12 pm to 6 pm and Sunday May 15, 2011 - 11 am to 5 pm,  at the Maison du Citoyen, 25 rue Laurier, Gatineau (Hull sector).
The event showcases original artwork by 60 Quebec and Ontario artists and is in support of the Centre Artisanal pour la déficience intellectuelle de l'Outaouais.
As guest artist I will be setting up my "studio for the weekend", painting and demonstrating throughout the exposition.
Further information: www.davidkearn.com and www.imagessurtoile.ca.
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A Fine Arts Charity Soiree
Supporting Cornerstone Housing for Women
Saturday 14 May 2011
7 – 11pm
Cube Gallery
1285 Wellington St. W
Ottawa, ON K1Y 3A8
Join us for an evening filled with poetry, live music and catered delicacies. You will have the opportunity to bid on a variety of silent auction items, including some truly exceptional works of art by celebrated Canadian artists.  This a black tie event so, don your finest suit or gown!
Westboro songstress, Amanda Cottreau, launches her first solo album, Universe in a Soft Shell, with special guests Musk Ox and Katherine Katey Morley; Jean Jewer showcases her nationally acclaimed abstract paintings; and Nathanael Larochette, Director of this year’s Canadian Festival of Spoken Word Poetry, performs a selection of his original works.
Tickets start at $50 with tax receipt and can be purchased at www.celebrateher.org or by calling 613-614-3680.
This event is sponsored by the Cube Gallery, InGenuity Group, Green Melon Inc., Dwayne Brown Studio, Sweetchili and Trustifier.

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

Looking for a little something extra for the culture lovers on your gift list this holiday season? Why not donate a “star” on their behalf to help fund construction of Odyssey’s new stage as we celebrate our 25th anniversary of Theatre under the Stars in Strathcona Park next summer?
Solve your shopping dilemma and support the performing arts in your community with this novelty gift donation.
It’s just a click away – make an easy online donation at our website and we e-mail you a personalized donation certificate – a special gift opportunity with a minimal carbon footprint. And all for the low price of $10 per donation. Help someone special be a theatre “star”!
To donate for a Star, click on this link, then Donate Now and under Fund Designation select Be a theatre “star” this holiday season.
http://www.canadahelps.org/CharityProfilePage.aspx?CharityID=s24923
Please allow two business days for certificate delivery. Last day for Star fund donations is Wednesday December 22.
Odyssey Theatre
2 Daly Ave
613-232-8407
info@odysseytheatre.ca
www.odysseytheatre.ca

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.

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.

Friday

Visit arts&architecture for our next show, “Forests of Lost Dreams,” a collection of textured black & white photographs by Michael Van der Tol. Join us for the vernissage Friday, April 9th from 7 pm – 10 pm for refreshments and to meet the artist.  The exhibition will be on display from April 7 – April 18.  This will be Michael’s second show at arts&architecture; in February 2009, Michael exhibited “Vecchia Struttura,” a stunning collection of textured black & white photographs of Italy. 1181 Bank Street

La Petite Mort Gallery presents...
ONE NIGHT ONLY Exhibit
REMI THERIAULT, "POLAROIDS / INSTANT STORIES."
Vernissage Friday April 9, 2010 / 7 - 10pm
306 Cumberland

Saturday

The Writer’s Room
At The Ottawa School of Speech & Drama
294 Picton Ave. Ottawa (Westboro)
Saturday, April 10, 7:00 p.m.
You are invited to a special evening of readings by some of Ottawa’s best writers of creative non-fiction: Denise Chong, Charlotte Gray, Phil Jenkins, and Kerry Pither. The event is presented by the Ottawa School of Speech & Drama.

We are currently seeking art donations for an art auction to raise funds for Beverley Sunday and Joseph Sayer and their three children. The auction will be held in April, so please contact Caroline if you can donate artwork. We are accepting all mediums of artwork, preferably framed. Contact Caroline for further information at cgophoto@gmail.com

FYI: Accident Leaves Olympic Dancer and Her Husband in ICU, Family Needs Assistance
Ottawa - Local aboriginal health and wellness instructor Beverley Sunday, 30, and her husband Joseph Sayer, 35, were badly injured in a single-vehicle accident just after 11:00 a.m. on Feb. 19th while driving on Lucerne Boulevard in Gatineau.
The couple both sustained serious brain injuries and multiple broken bones. Both are in intensive care at the CHVO in Hull. Their three young children - ages five, six and 12 - are currently being cared for by extended family. Sunday, originally from Alberta, is a prominent local aboriginal who participated as a dancer in the opening ceremonies of the 2010 Olympic Games on Feb. 12th in British Columbia, both she and her husband Sunday were Olympic Torchbearers in December.

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Sunday was set to open the city's first Aboriginal fitness studio - HAWK Studio - in the west end this April. She is the creator and founder of REZFIT which is fusion fitness that incorporates Aboriginal dance throughout the world.

The Causeway Foundation is currently seeking donated artistic and photographic images for its 2010 Holiday Card Campaign.
This annual campaign raises money to support a local organization, Causeway Work Centre. Causeway is a community economic development organization that provides a range of employment and educational programs to individuals with mental health issues and/or disabilities, and those who are homeless or at risk of becoming so.  One hundred percent of the funds raised by the Holiday Card Campaign support Causeway.
The annual sales of Causeway Holiday Cards surpass 17k each season and are well received at various Ottawa sales venues and provide wide exposure to local area artists. 2010 marks the 10th anniversary of the Holiday Card Campaign.
Instructions for submissions:
Include two or more scanned images of drawings, paintings or photographs that depict the nation's capital's architectural and/or cultural icons. The images should be in colour and have a Christmas holiday season theme.  To view examples of previous card submissions, visit http://www.causewayfoundation.org or contact the Causeway Foundation office at 613-725-3494 x108.
Send your submissions to: info@causewayfoundation.org by February 28, 2010. Successful candidates will be notified by email and/or telephone.

 Friday

La Petite Mort Gallery presents ONE NIGHT ONLY Exhibit
Jose Rodriguez Garrido "JOS"
Friday February 12, 2010 / 7 - 10pm

RED WALL GALLERY presents
METAPHORICAL - SOLO SERIES 2010
Vernissage:  Friday February 12th, 2010, 18:00-21:00 The dresses fabricated by Wesley Kirschner are born of her imagination. She works with glass, newsprint, and piano wire to build an art piece to be photographed. By placing each dress in context, she allows the viewer to momentarily forget about the fashion and creates a setting and image that could be an editorial page in any fashion magazine. It is through this vision and imagination that she creates a visual metaphor for the fashion industry. The Red Wall Gallery is located in SPAO at 168 Dalhousie, at the corner of Bruyère, in the Byward Market.

DEAREST HAITI: AN ARTISTIC PERSPECTIVE
Colours of Africa Film Festival  |  Black History Month 2010
Library and Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street, Ottawa
Free Admission. Donations go to UNICEF Canada’s emergency relief efforts in Haiti.
Presented by Black History Ottawa, Colours of Africa, and Partnership Africa Canada.
7:00 p.m. Two documentary films about contemporary artists in Haiti. OTTAWA PREMIERES
Best Documentary Award: Montreal International Black Film Festival, 2009
9:00 p.m. Award-winning feature film Dearest Haiti (Haïti chérie). OTTAWA PREMIERE
Best Screenplay: 24th Mons International Festival of Love Films

Artists for Haiti
An art auction and sale
Tuesday, February 9th
CUBE GALLERY (7 Hamilton St. N.)
Preview and sale of artworks begins at 11 am
Reception at 5:30 pm
Auction at 8pm (minimum bid)
$5 entrance fee
Join our hosts Adrian Harewood and Oni the Haitian Sensation for an evening of Action for Haiti. Over 60 artists, poetry, drumming, and music throughout the evening.
Light refreshments, including Haitian patties, will be served.
AfrikArt Konnection and Paul Dewar, MP, in collaboration with Cube Gallery invite you to help raise funds to provide food, water, shelter, clothing and first aid to the people of Haiti through the Canadian Red Cross.
With over 80 artists including:
Barbara Gray
Beth Levin
Bruce Garner
Chikonzero Chazunguza
Cynthis O’Brien
Don Monet
Doris Lamontagene
Hawa Kaba
Heather Campbell
Ivan Petrov
Karole Marois
Nattawadee Panikom
Norman Takeuchi
Paula M Zoubek
Rollande Dufault

There are so many arts things happening in town tonight that it just seems like a better idea to combine them in one post than to keep posting them separately. Duplicate info will be deleted shortly.

ABSTrACTS/RéSuMÉS: An Exercise in Poetry
Thursday January 28, 7 pm
Performances at 7:30 pm
Club SAW, 67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa
Free admission (donations are welcome)
In the context of the exhibition Fibred Optics, the Ottawa Art Gallery and The A B Series present a reading by six poets who transform Michele Provost's installation into an evening of performance poetry. Provost's visual art installation references text from contemporary art criticism and forms the raw material for the commissioned poets' projects.
The A B Series specializes in presenting readings of performance, sound and experimental poetry by professional local, national and international artists. For more on The A B Series, please visit www.abseries.org.

THE CFI IS PROUD TO PRESENT:
ATOM EGOYAN IN PERSON with THE ADJUSTER (1991)
Screening and Book Launch
Thursday, January 28
7:00pm
Library and Archives Canada (395 Wellington)
$10 Students, Seniors, CFI Members
$15 General Public
No Passes
Atom Egoyan in person! Restored 35mm scope print!
Throughout 2010, the CFI will be celebrating its 75th year with special cinematic events.
The first of these will take place on January 28, when Atom Egoyan – who showed his first feature film, NEXT OF KIN, at the CFI way back in 1984 – will come to Ottawa to introduce the CFI's screening of a restored print of his 1991 film, THE ADJUSTER.  This screening will also feature the official Ottawa launch of  the book, ATOM EGOYAN’S THE ADJUSTER, written by CFI Executive Director, Tom McSorley, and published by University of Toronto Press.

Michael "Zeke" Zavacky presents:
HERE FOR THERE
ARTISTS FOR HAITI
in collaboration with La Petite Mort Gallery
HERE FOR THERE - Artists for Haiti Fund Raising Event
100% of all art sales will go to earthquake relief in Haiti.
La Petite Mort Gallery
306 Cumberland Street,
Ottawa - Byward Market
Thursday, January 28, 2010
Time: 7:00pm - 10:00pm
Local artists have come together in order to raise money for emergency earthquake relief in Haiti.
More than 50 artists have donated work that is affordably priced and will be sold with 100% of sales going to help the tragic situation in Haiti.
Please come out on January 28 at Gallery La Petite Mort and support the HERE FOR THERE cause. Help us raise money for the millions of people affected by this devastating earthquake and who are desperate for provisions.
A minimum $5 donation fee will be asked for from all attending. Please join us and let’s make a difference for those who need help now!
Money will be donated to WORLD VISION Canada, with the Canadian government matching the money we raise. So every dollar given DOUBLES!
Artists participating so far include:
Tony Fouhse
Dave Cooper
Darren Holmes
Michael Zavacky
Jim Kohan
Lori Langille
Martin Lipman
Kenji Toyooka
Andy Borehol
Daniel Martelock
Jonathan Hobin
Meaghan Haughian
Marc Audet
Bojana Dimitrovski
Remie Geoffroi
Anita Utas
Elliott Fockyer
Alex Leblanc
Alain Brunet
Andrea Warren
Terry SanCartier
Jennifer Bisson
Bérangère Audet
Shabnam Dastoornejad
Jinny Slyfield
Jennifer Bisson
Bill Murray
Valerie Roos
Jan Soetermans
Sarah Walker
Meghan Myres
Patricia Kirby
Heidi Conrod
Michael Sasso
Kelsey Magill
Judith Linthorst
Christine Mockett
Sara Komarnicki
Dreya Rosendaal
Hans Blokpoel
Ivan Petrov
Philip Kesner
Dano Campbell
Marc Guadet
Ted Willis
And counting…!
Proudly sponsored by CKCU 93.1 FM
gRAPHIC DESIGN BY mICHAEL "zEKE" zAVACKY
This is event is not disguised as a group show or self-promotion.
We need people to show up, and be generous. That's all.
Thank you very much.
Guy Berube, director
La Petite Mort Gallery

Friday

Exposure Gallery’s first photography exhibit of 2010! In Motion - Award-winning Ottawa photographers Raymond Aubin and Yannis Souris capture dance, youth and movement from unique perspectives in a lyrical and passionate fashion.
VERNISSAGE: Friday, January 15, 2010
TIME: 6:30pm - 9:30pm
Exposure Gallery - Thyme and Again’s 2nd floor studio 1255 Wellington Street West
A portion of the proceeds from In Motion will go towards The Dandelion Dance Company, an Ottawa-based dance theatre company for young women of all abilities. Join us for another evening of wonderful art, food and people!

ART-IMAGE presents Ordiculture from Yann Farley | January 15 to March 14, 2010
A living exhibition animated by two interactive robotic sculptures bringing together sound and material (pictured, S1-04). Come and experience this unique installation that explores the special relationship between humans and machines. Ordiculture was made possible through the financial support of the Conseil des arts et des lettres du Québec. VERNISSAGE this Friday January 15 from 6pm to 8pm. Admission is free, come one come all. Maison de la culture de Gatineau | 855 boulevard de la Gappe.

La Petite Mort Gallery presents DREW MOSLEY
“Hurry up to slow down”
ONE NIGHT ONLY Exhibit
Friday Jan 15, 2010 / 7 - 10pm 306 Cumberland

Call to Artists:. The Art of Giving.
Show: Dec 3rd - 19th 2009.
Vernissage & Meet the Artists: Dec 11th, 6: 30 - 9 pm.
This is an annual event. Every year for the entire month of December the gallery will host an exhibition where artists will get to show their work in exchange for a donated painting.
This year all the donated works will go to Rideauwood Addiction and Family Services (312 Parkdale Ave. Ottawa. Ontario. K1Y 4X5). The art work will be donated to Rideauwood for permanent display.

Last year there were approximately 240 art works on exhibition in the gallery.
100% of art sales went directly to the artists, zero commission for the gallery.
Last year's event.
Please send images to the gallery along with a CV. Deadline for submissions: November 21st.
Patrick John Mills Contemporary Fine Art Gallery
286 Hinchey Ave. Ottawa. Ontario. K1Y 1M2. 613 729 0406

This year's Music for Life Fundraiser Concert in Ottawa takes place this evening.  Tickets are available at the door of Tucsons.

Emceed by CTV News anchor Carol Anne Meehan, the show will feature performances by Wicked Grin, The Mud Boys, Alain Tambay, Moondogs, Jesse Racicot, Cr4ve, Push, and Nothing.

All funds raised will go the Queensway Carleton Hospital Foundation to support the "Building on Our Strengths" campaign for the Irving Greenberg Family Cancer Centre.