It's that time of year again! We're accepting vendors for the Hintonburg ArtsPark 2012, to be held at the Parkdale Market on May 26th, 2012.
If you would like to be a vendor, act fast! We have only about 40 spaces to fill, so, in order to be included, you're encouraged to get your cheques in as soon as possible. Remember handcrafted items only.
There is a $50 fee for each space - Please email craftfair11@gmail.com for further details.

Note: this content is posted on behalf of the organizer. (Cult)ure is not responsible for the content and has no further details.

I am writing on behalf of Capital Hoedown Country Music Festival to let you know about our new Graphic Design contest that we have launched for the month of March. We are currently accepting design submissions for our Capital Hoedown 2012 official festival t-shirt. The winner gets four 3-Day GA Passports to Capital Hoedown 2012 and four t-shirts which they helped to create. It is also a great portfolio piece for any artist or graphic designer looking to build their experience and gain visibility.

To see the full contest rules, please visit http://goo.gl/6Fo0s I encourage you to pass this along to your network. Should you have any questions about the contest or the festival itself you can reach me at the contact info below.

Thanks and have a great day!

Fringe is looking for volunteers!

The Fringe us upon us again! June 16-26, 2011

Ottawa will once again host the 15th annual Ottawa Fringe & Arts Festival.  We are looking for energetic and dynamic volunteers to join our ranks, to make this year’s Fringe the best yet.

Volunteers make up an essential part of our festival, operating box offices, running security and keeping things running smoothly for both patrons and artists

THE GOODS

All volunteers recieve a volunteer T-shirt, to be worn during all shifts, and yours to keep after the festival.

For every shift worked, volunteers get passes to see some of the spectactular shows in this year’s Fringe.

The chance to meet enthusiastic, passionate and wonderful people like you!

INTERESTED?

Come join us at one of our Volunteer Orientation sessions to get all your questions answered and to sign up for your first shifts.

Wednesday  June 1,   6:30-9:30pm – Arts Court Library
Sunday June 5,    2-5pm – Arts Court Courtroom
Saturday June 11, 2-5pm – Arts Court Courtroom

For more information, email volunteer@ottawafringe.com
or call (613) 232-6162

SPONSORSHIP COORDINATOR
Deadline December 13

Be part of a fun work environment and help support the art of cinema and animation as the Sponsorship Coordinator for the Canadian Film Institute and its major event, the Ottawa International Animation Festival.

The Canadian Film Institute presents a regular public programme of contemporary, historical, and international cinema in the National Capital region, presented in the Auditorium of the Library and Archives Canada. http://www.cfi-icf.ca/

Animation Festival Announces Kids Jury Contest
Kids to judge films and TV shows made for them
Ottawa, Ont. (August 24, 2010)--The Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF) is inviting local kids to enter its annual Kids Jury contest.  Ten animation enthusiasts, ranging from the ages of 9 to 14 years old, will be chosen to judge this year’s competition of short films or TV series made for kids.
To be chosen for the jury, local kids are invited to write a one-pager describing why their favourite animated character is the best cartoon ever.  Ten lucky winners will be whisked away to the Canadian Museum of Civilization on Saturday, October 23, 2010 to watch either short animated films or TV series made for children.  They will pick their favourite films or TV shows and award prizes on stage to the winning filmmakers on Sunday, October 24, 2010.
“We are always delighted to read kids’ perspectives on their favourite cartoon characters.  Writing an essay gives these kids an opportunity to put their thoughts down on paper and gain a better understanding of a jury’s role when judging a film or TV show,” said OIAF Managing Director Kelly Neall.  “Why sit at home watching cartoons, when you can sit at a spectacular venue like the Canadian Museum of Civilization and watch cartoons there!” added Neall.
To enter the OIAF’s Kids Jury contest, the one-pagers must be submitted by e-mail: info@animationfestival.ca, by fax: (613) 232-6315, or by regular mail: Ottawa International Animation Festival, 2 Daly Avenue, Suite 120, Ottawa, K1N 6E2.  The kids must include their name, age and an e-mail address or phone number where they can be reached.
The contest deadline is 4:00 p.m. on September 24, 2010.  The winners will be announced at the OIAF News Conference to be held during the first week of October.
The OIAF is also offering other activities for kids and teens at this year’s Festival including: free animation workshops and special screenings.  Kids and teens can get more information by visiting the OIAF’s Toon Apprentice website: www.toonapprentice.ca.  Toon Apprentice is an educational resource aimed at teaching kids, teens, their parents and their teachers about the world of animation.
About OIAF
The Ottawa International Animation Festival is one of the world’s leading animation events, providing screenings, exhibits, workshops and entertainment since 1976.  The annual five-day event brings art and industry together in a vibrant hub that attracts more than 27,000 artists, production executives, students and animation fans from across Canada and around the world.  OIAF 2010 will be held in Ottawa, Ontario from October 20 to 24.  For more information, please visit: www.animationfestival.ca.
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For media inquiries, please contact:
Mylene Sayo
Media and Marketing
Ottawa International Animation Festival
(613) 232-8769
media@animationfestival.ca

 

Call to Artists:
6th Annual Old Ottawa South Art and Music Festival has expanded to two days!  Sept. 18/19th.  2010
Call to artists is now up at www.oosartandmusicfestival.ca
This is a juried show, open to all artists in all fine arts medium.  Please follow the links on our website for your application and friend us on facebook:  Old Ottawa South Art and Music Festival
oldottawasouth@gmail.com for questions and contact.

Local art-in-the-park exhibitors are invited to apply for tented exhibiting space at the Third Annual Hintonburg Arts Festival (co-presented by Patrick John Mills Contemporary Fine Art Gallery and Guerilla magazine), Saturday, August 14th, noon to 7 p.m., and Sunday, August 15th, noon to 5 p.m.

The festival is headquartered at Patrick John Mills Contemporary Fine Art Gallery (286 Hinchey Avenue, between Armstrong and Scott). A section of Hinchey Ave will be closed to traffic to accommodate up to 40 artists exhibiting work under their own tents.

The outdoor exhibiting fee is $40 and artists must have their own tent (and sandbags / cement blocks to secure tents).

Parc de L'Imaginaire presents :
Desjardins Jazz Festival
From July 21 to 24, every evening at 7:30 p.m.
Outdoors shows, canceled in case of rain
View our entire program at : http://www.limagier.qc.ca/english/parc/program2010.htm
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July 21
Karen Young and Éric Auclair
Where jazz meets with electronic music, the musical collaboration of Karen Young and Éric Auclair represents the coming together of two generations who bring Beatnik poetry to the 21st century.
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July 22
Philippe Bélanger and the Vanessa Jazz Trio
We are delighted that our honorary patron for the 2010 edition of Parc de L'imaginaire ,Philippe Bélanger will be performing alongside the members of the Vanessa Rodrigues Jazz Trio. The show promises to be a lively and upbeat one, with offerings ranging from Miles Davis to a jazzed-up version of Bach. The Hammond B3 organ duo of Bélanger and Rodrigues, accompanied by guitar, drums and trumpet, delivers a crowd-pleasing, high-calibre performance.
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July 23
Le Delphinus Jazz
Delphinus Jazz is an ensemble comprised of four experienced National Capital Region musicians. Taking their inspiration from the great Miles, they perform original pieces that reveal a rich and contemporary musical universe.
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July 24
Les Boppers
Les Boppers are a very active group of six musicians on the Quebec music scene. They have prepared a Be-bop influenced performance for all audiences.
We thank our sponsors:
The ministère de la Culture, de la Communication et de la Condition féminine
L’Imagier - Centre d’exposition, 9, rue Front, Gatineau (secteur Aylmer), QC

Last night we hit up Bluesfest for Hole, Joan Jett and the Blackhearts, and Louis C.K. I wasn't entirely sure how we were going to see Joan and Louis simultaneously, but we figured we'd give it a try. At the information tent, a nice man informed us that we would need to get a stamp in order to leave the main festival area, cut through the War Museum, and pop into the comedy tent. No problem.

After Hole's set, featuring a delightfully spacey Courtney Love demanding cigarettes and set changes to reflect her bluesy birthday mood, we zipped around trying to figure out where we could get these magical stamps. Turns out what you actually need to do is get your ticket scanned as you leave and then again when you re-enter.* As we prepared to enter the comedy stage, my best friend's ticket scanned easily, while mine caused a giant red STOP to appear on the screen. Some sort of manager took me aside to explain that Louis C.K. is "a $45 dollar ticket, and they're sold out." Reasons why this is bullshit:

• When purchasing our tickets, we told the girl at the kiosk in the Rideau Centre that we want to go see Louis C.K. At no point did she mention that that requires some sort of additional fee.
• We bought out tickets at the same place, at the same time, and paid the same price. So why does one get in and one get left out?

In the end we caught all of Joan Jett and the Blackhearts' amazing set, so there's no real harm done, except for the part where it's bootsauce not to tell people that they are going to have to pay more. That's it! That's all you have to do! Just tell them. So, if you are planning to go see Lewis Black on July 17, that's going to be an additional $45. And the tickets are probably sold out.

Lumiere Festival 2010 - Saturday September 4th
CALL TO ARTISTS & PERFORMERS
www.lumiereottawa.com
The 9th Annual Ottawa Lumiere Festival, presented by The Crichton Cultural Community Centre, is a chance to celebrate the magic and beauty of light. The Festival is an evening of art, performances, lanterns, costumes and music.
Lumiere Festival burns brightly because of the number of diverse and creative participants and partners. We are committed to engaging local emerging artists & performers in their exploration of illumination. Through a juried submission process, local artists & performers are remunerated to create illuminated installations and performances, which animate the festival theme.
The 2010 theme -- REBIRTH -- will highlight 4 distinct visions along the journey of rebirth:
DESCENT -- Dimmer images of dying, falling, underworlds (hell, Hades, Valhalla and more)
STASIS - an unearthly netherworld of spirits & shapes; (Elysian Fields, Fairy Lands, Fiddler's Green and the like)
ASCENT -- Brightening images of airy spheres -- heavens REBIRTH -- Images of transformation and rising anew -- phoenix, wheel of
rebirth, and the like.
VISUAL ARTISTS
Submit your CV, and a proposal (this can include sketches, photographs or models), which describes your illuminated installation. This must include a title, light source, supply list, mounting method (on the ground, hanging or floating) and an explanation of which of the  areas your piece would ideally  be located.
CRITERIA FOR LANTERN INSTALLATIONS: Animates the 2010 Lumière theme,
electricity free light source, display is larger then 1 cubic meter, any medium or combination of mediums, suitable for outside exhibition for 8 hours, includes mechanisms for mounting and is fire safe. Post jury -- if your work is selected for the Festival
ARTIST RESPONSIBILITIES
Artists will work with the Artistic Director to ensure that installations are safe and thematically relevant, and to find a location for the installation. Artists will be responsible for attending a site visit on Wednesday Sept. 1 (6:00-8:30 pm) and for setting up, monitoring and dismantling installation at the festival on September 4th. Artists will provide electronic promotional information to festival for use on website.
PERFORMERS
Submit your CV and a proposal, which describes your performance. This must include title, required lighting, costume descriptions, and explanation of which of the areas your performance would be located.
CRITERIA FOR PERFORMANCES: Animates the 2010 Lumiere theme, electricity free and lantern lit, costumed, and suitable for outside exhibition on a variety of natural surfaces (grass, rocks).
PERFORMER RESPONSIBILITIES
Performers will work with the Producer to ensure that performances are safe and thematically relevant, and to find a suitable performance location. Performers will be responsible for attending a site visit on Thursday Sept. 2 (6:00-8:30 pm) and will perform three 20-minute sets at the festival on August 4th. Performers will provide electronic
promotional information to festival for use on website.
FEE SCHEDULE
Average fee for individual performers, $250; for group performers, $500.
Average fee for visual artists varies from $250-$500 depending on the project.
DEADLINE - Final piece/performance does not need to be complete at time of submission for jury selection. Submissions must be received by Friday July 9th at 5pm.
Electronic submissions to:
lumiere@fools.ca
Mail submission to:
Scott Florence
Crichton Cultural Community Centre
2nd Floor -- 200 Crichton St
Ottawa, ON K1M 1W2
613-745-2742

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

As mentioned before, Ayaan Hirsi Ali will be in Ottawa on June 10, as part of the Ottawa International Writers Festival. The event coincides with the publication of her third book, "Nomad," which is primarily a charting of her alienation from the Muslim faith she grew up in. The Globe and Mail's reviewer, Theodore Dalrymple, is, on the whole, very positive and notes that she states her case "with both modesty and great eloquence." His sole caveat is that "the Enlightenment ideal that she espouses is rather too simple as an answer to the problems of human existence."

The latest issue of Brick magazine contains a series of three essays on the passing of Allan King, the versatile Canadian filmmaker most known for his powerful documentaries on social issues such as race, poverty, domestic abuse, and death. (Here is an insightful youtube clip incorporating an interview with King and footage from some of his films. It also has Orson Welles, smoking a cigar and saying that movie directing is "the only profession in the world where you can be incompetent and go on being successful for thirty years with nobody ever discovering.")

And Prairie Fire magazine contains an interview with Austin Clarke, the author of the Giller Prize-winning The Polished Hoe, in which he discusses race, immigration, and the concept of "home."

UNDER RICH EARTH

THIS THURSDAY at the OTTAWA HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH FILM FESTIVAL

"Urgent and vital filmmaking in the spirit of Kanehsatake: 270 Years of Resistance and Manufactured Landscapes."
 - Jesse Wente, CBC

Followed by a Q&A with director Malcolm Rogge
Date: Thursday, May 13th, 2010
Time: 7:30
Where: The ByTowne Cinema, 325 Rideau Street, Ottawa
Tickets: $15

In a remote mountain valley in Ecuador, coffee and sugarcane farmers face the dismal prospect of being forced off their land to make way for a mining project. Unprotected by the police and ignored by their government, they prepare to face down the 'invaders' on their own. Their resistance leads to a remarkable and dangerous stand off between farmers and a band of mysterious armed men high in the cloud forest. In a world dominated by news of massacres and terrorism, Under Rich Earth is a surprising and poignant tale of hope and determination.
* Winner: Humanitarian Award - Tiburón International Film Festival
* Winner: Global Conscience Award - Mexico City Documentary Film Festival
* Top Ten Most Popular Canadian Films: Vancouver International Film Festival
* Nominated for Coral Award - Best Documentary - Havana Film Festival
* Official Selection: Toronto International Film Festival, Vancouver International Film Festival, Victoria Film Festival, Sudbury International Film Festival, Watch Docs Warsaw, Sao Paulo International Film Festival, Encuentros del Otro Cine - Quito, Boulder International Film Festival and many more...
Ottawa Human Rights Watch Film Festival
http://www.hrw.org/en/iff/ottawa/2010
Under Rich Earth
http://www.underrichearth.com
DVDs AVAILABLE
The Limited Edition Director's Cut DVD of Under Rich Earth will be available for purchase: $25.00
"Gripping and disturbing..."
**** Eye Weekly
"Graceful and Uplifting"
Critic's Pick NNNN
- NOW Magazine
"A remarkably prescient cautionary tale..."
- Matthew Hays, Montréal Mirror

Ever dream of working for a major international film festival, where you can immerse yourself in all aspects of event management while working in a fun and action-packed work environment?

The Ottawa International Animation Festival is currently seeking a number of contract personnel to work on our upcoming event taking place from October 20 – 24th, 2010. Be a part of the team that runs this non-stop showcase of animation that features screenings, workshops, trade events and parties.

The positions are staffed through Employment Ontario's Job Creation Partnership Program (JCP). It's a work-training program that gives you a chance to upgrade your skills and put current work experience on your resume - while you get paid.

To welcome spring, arts&architecture would like to invite Ottawa photographers to submit their best flower/nature photographs for a group exhibition scheduled for May 5 – May 23, 2010, to run concurrent with the Ottawa Tulip Festival.

How to submit work:
Send an email to info@artsandarchitecture.ca before the deadline of Sunday, April 11, 2010 and include:
your name;
up to three image entries in jpeg format, under 1MB each;
each file should be titled with your name and the title of the image.

We will contact artists by April 18, 2010 to let them know if their work was chosen for exhibition.  Artists will then have until Sunday, May 2, 2010 at 5:00 pm to bring their finished print to the gallery.

SPECIAL CALL TO ALL TULIP ARTISTS!
The Canada Aviation Museum, a proud partner of the Canadian Tulip Festival, is offering artists the opportunity to paint 5-foot acrylic tulips in the museum.
These tulips have become an icon and are a favourite with visitors and tourists, as witnessed by the many pictures that are taken of them throughout the Festival.
This year’s theme is “Liberation:”  The Canadian Tulip Festival will commemorate the 65th anniversary of the liberation of The Netherlands by Canadian soldiers and the Canadian Navy’s Centennial.
We invite you to send us your proposals for painting a tulip by March 26th to events@tulipfestival.ca.  Painting of the tulips is scheduled to begin April 1st 2010.
We thank all artists and will contact those that have been chosen.
Leave a legacy with the Canadian Tulip Festival!

[Editor's Note: This call just came in today]

Call for Artist Submissions.
Bloom n' Art 2010:  A festival of Art and Nature
Deadline for Submissions:  March 15th, 2010
Beyond the House will be hosting the second edition of our art and garden festival on July 17th and 18th 2010.
This juried outdoor art festival is held at our display gardens 40 minutes south east of Ottawa.
An artist's information package and submission form can be downloaded at:
http://www.beyondthehouse.ca/bloomnart/artist/Invitation2010.pdf
We look forward to welcoming both new and returning artists to this year's expanded festival!
cindy@beyondthehouse.ca

Slim pickings for standard Hollywood fare this weekend. You've got Valentine's Day, which looks like someone plucked three scenes each from a pile of rom-coms and stuck them together rather than figuring an entire movie out; Percy Jackson & the Olympians: The Lightning Thief, which gets no points for incredibly long title and also revolves around three teens who find out they're demi-gods who need to retrieve the bolt from the lightening thief; and The Wolfman, because werewolves are hot right now, and no one noticed that Benicio Del Toro isn't aging well.

Over at the Bytowne, you can check out The Last Station, for which Helen Mirren received an Oscar nod,  and New York, I Love You, because even the Bytowne's not resistant to splashing something with a big heart over St. Valentine's Day.

Finally, the Mayfair has prepared a smorgasbord of love and love-hate movies (notably Audition in the latter category), though you'd do well to start with tonight's Painted Lips and Lolly Licks: Sexy Film Festival. 

 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

Friday

The community TV sector of the broadcasting system is currently under review by the CRTC (2009-661, dead-line for public comment... Feb. 1st). To raise awareness of the issue and to encourage the community to comment, CACTUS will be showing the first episode in a series about community-access TV world-wide (about community TV in Fiji) this Friday, Nov. 20th, at 7 p.m. at 145 Keyworth Ave. (off Clearview, off Island Park Dr. near the bridge to Hull).

Saturday

On Saturday, November 21, as part of the 2009 edition of Inside Out Ottawa-Gatineau LGBT Film and Video Festival, SAW Video is presenting a program of videos and an artist's presentation by Paris-based filmmaker Brice Dellsperger. We are proud to host Dellsperger in Ottawa for this world premiere screening of his work before he heads to Montréal for a second screening.
Video screening of Body Double Followed by Q&A with the artist
5 p.m., Saturday, November 21, 2009
National Gallery of Canada, Auditorium
Pay-what-you-can

Capital Slam
featuring the 2009 Ottawa Slam Team
Saturday, November 21
Mercury Lounge - 57 Byward in the Market
Doors at 6:30 p.m.
$7 at the door