This is a call to professional artists for the 2012 - 2013 exhibition season.

Espace Odyssée at the Maison de la culture de Gatineau seeks submissions from professional artists having a contemporary visual art practice. Espace Odyssée’s vast expanse allows the hanging of two-dimensional works of medium to very large size. The suspension and the projection of works are welcome.

Espace Odyssée enjoys an exceptional visibility. It is located in the heart of the Maison de la culture and its Salle Odyssée.

In 2010, it welcomed more than 40 000 visitors.

PROPOSALS MUST INCLUDE :
•       A current art related resume
•       Ten identified images, on CD-Rom, DVD or by email which are representative of the work in the proposed exhibition
•       A technical  list detailed with: name, medium, size and year of the work
•       A brief artist's statement outlining the intent of the exhibition
•       A stamped self-addressed envelope if material must be returned
•       Links to a Website or incomplete submissions will not be considered

Deadline for submission: May 20, 2011

Complete information at : www.maisondelaculture.ca

Marie Hélène Giguère
Coordonnatrice des espaces d'exposition
Maison de la culture de Gatineau
855, boul de la Gappe, Gatineau (Québec)  J8T 8H9
Téléphone : (819) 243-2325

Galerie St-Laurent + Hill is pleased to present a series of new works by
  Montréal artist Nina Cherney.

  The trademarks of Nina Cherney`s work are exuberant colour and dynamic
  brushwork. In this exhibition, the artist presents a series of paintings
  evoking the sights and smells of the landscape around her country home in
  the Laurentians. These paintings refer to a sublime moment, when natural
  beauty overwhelms us. The large scale and thick layers of paint translate
  this awe and joy. The quirky perspectives and shapes and vivid colours
  deliver intense emotions, forcing the viewer to react.

  Nina Cherney lives and works in Montreal and is a graduate
  of Concordia University, where she received a Bachelor of Fine Arts in
  Painting and Drawing .She has exhibited her work in galleries in Canada .Her
  work can also be found in numerous corporate collections.

Exhibition Dates

  April 28 to May 11, 2010

Reception

  Thursday April 28, 2011 5-8pm
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Come join us for readings by 2010 Ottawa Book Award Winners Craig Poile and Andrew Horrall at the AlphaSoul Cafe 1015 Wellington St. West.

Hosted by Ken Rockburn
Admission free.

Thursday April 28th, 7:30 - 9:00pm.

Ride of Silence - Gatineau
Date: May 18, 2011  Time: meet at 6:30 pm,
Location: Maison du Citoyen, 25 rue Laurier, Gatineau (Hull sector)
This annual event started in 2003 in Texas in memory of cyclists injured or killed on the road.  The ride now takes place in over 320 cities worldwide on the third Wednesday of May.

The Ride of Silence is like a funeral procession. We will be riding  at around 15 km/h. No talking is allowed, as silence is how we can remember our deceased sisters and brothers. Black arm bands will be worn in memory of the deceased, and a red arm band will be worn for those injured or intimidated by motorists. A bicycle helmet is mandatory, and red and white flashing lights are a good idea to be seen.

We also take this opportunity to raise the drivers' awareness that we are here.

For more information consult website:  http://tourdusilencegatineau.com/RoS/

Friday

La Petite Mort Gallery presents...
Not Another X-mas Sale!
LPM's Great Big Holiday Sale
Friday December 17, 2010 / 7 - 10pm
Tunes by Big Mac Daddy
Proudly sponsored by CKCU 93.1 FM
Statement:
Christmas sales, holiday blow out prices, so many sales and yet none of them offer anything that you really want! This year, take care of your shopping list early and come on down to La Petite Mort Gallery to buy the hottest gifts you could ever give.
What we have to offer:

• Works from our Private Gallery Collection available up to 50% off!
• Selection of works from our artists at door smashing prices!
• Gift Certificates for those hard to buy people - Come in today and get your stocking stuffers.
• We will also have paper works available from our portfolio’s in the upper gallery -works at unbelievable prices!

Come out and get your shopping groove on, score some Christmas gifts, and help support the arts in Ottawa!

Musiques accidentelles
Wednesday, 15 December 2010 at 8:30 p.m.
At the DAÏMON Studiõ, 80 Hanson St., Gatineau
Vente de feu (Quebec city)
Martin Michaud: clarinet
Francis Arguin: guitar
Jérémie Renaud-Tremblay: dryums

Vente de feu is a Quebec trio of self-taught musicians. The trio doesn’t so much compose its pieces as it patches them together, constructing and deconstructing sound landscapes which never take definitive form. Always raw, at times naïve and at others pseudo-learned, Vente de feu’s sound blends the freedom of improvisation, the energy of free jazz and the scrappy sound of no wave.
le trio Virgule (Gatineau)
François Gravel: piano
Linsey Wellman: sax
Philippe Charbonneau: acoustic bass
Olivier Fairfield: drums

The trio Virgule is a musical group which adopts free improvisation as compositional material, seeking to renew musical language at the same time as it is draws on a base of modern jazz. The group uses the typical instruments of classic jazz and draws its originality from its sound explorations, made up of sometimes ambiguous textures and rhythms that might be described as popular. A rhythmic structure that is at times regular and at others chaotic, joined with harmonic freedom, gives the Virgule trio a sound envelope which may leave the listener perplexed, confused and even offended. The Virgule trio does not please its audience; it prepares it for any number of surprises.

Donna Legault, "Cymatic Imprints" AND Lise Beaudry, "Bolerama"
Exhibition from November 3rd to December 5th 2010
Opening November 3rd 2010, 6:30 PM
The opening reception for François Chalifour and Jean-François Lacombe's creative residency at DAÏMÕN's STUDIO will be held at the same moment and location.
AXENÉO7 | 80, rue Hanson, Gatineau

SAW Video presents Voz Alta by Rafael Lozano-Hemmer
in Galerie Saw Gallery’s Art Star IV: Video Art Biennial
Outdoor Screening
7-10pm, Wednesday, November 3, 2010
Clarendon Lanes Courtyard, between
20 and 24 York Street, Byward Market
Free admission

On Wednesday, November 3rd, a free artist talk titled Creative Language is taking place as part of the Electric Fields electronic music and media arts festival. Creative Language will bring international, national and regional artists and designers who straddle the worlds of commercial design and the media and visual arts. For this first edition we present keynote addresses from Adrian Göllner (Ottawa) and Tim Olden (Amsterdam, NL).
Wednesday, November 3rd - 8PM - 9:30PM | Arts Court Theatre, 2 Daly Ave. | Admission: FREE

Friday

Many Guises: Contemporary Self-Portraits
Curator’s talk in the exhibition with Judith Parker. | Friday October 29 at 12:00 noon. | Free admission.
This exhibition presents six Ottawa/Gatineau artists gathered under the curatorial theme of the self-portrait expressed as a dual-image photograph. Through the pairing or juxtaposing of two images, either in a diptych or single image format, the artists expand a narrative reading of the self-portrait.
Located in the heart downtown Ottawa, the Bytown Museum explores the stories of an evolving city and its residents from its early days as Bytown to present day Ottawa. The Museum is located at the Rideau Canal locks between Parliament Hill and the Château Laurier hotel—one of the most picturesque sites in the city.

WHEN YOUR LONELY HEART BREAKS: THE VIDEO ART OF LAUREL NAKADATE
Curated by James Missen, on behalf of the Available Light Screening Collective, for Galerie SAW Gallery’s ‘Art Star 4 Biennial’
Friday, October 29th at 7pm, $5 suggested donation
Club SAW, 67 Nicholas Street, Ottawa ON

Wurm Gallery | Invisible Cinema presents:
'Past Lives': New Works by Marisa Gallemit with Special Guest Remi Royale
One Month Exhibit
October 29th - December 8th, 2010
Opening: Friday October 29th, 2010 8pm
Bonus: Remi Royale, DJ David Jackson, Snacks and Drinks, Halloween fun.
319 Lisgar St.

POSTE DE RELATIONNISTE AU CENTRE D’EXPOSITION L’IMAGIER
Le Centre d’exposition L’Imagier est un organisme sans but lucratif situé à Gatineau (secteur Aylmer) voué à la diffusion de l’art contemporain. Il coordonne également les spectacles estivaux et évènements qui se tiennent dans le Parc de L’Imaginaire. L’Imagier est à la recherche d’un ou d’une relationniste dynamique pour se joindre à l’équipe de ce centre en plein renouveau.
TÂCHES ET RESPONSABILITÉS
Sous la supervision de la directrice, le relationniste / la relationniste aura principalement à assurer la diffusion des activités du Centre auprès des médias, de la population générale et de ses membres.

•  Conception et mises à jour des outils de communication (site Internet, invitations aux expositions, brochures et dépliants, etc.)
• Garantir la communication avec les médias (mises à jour de la liste des médias, organisation conférences de presse, envois des communiqués de presse, etc.)
• Assurer le lien entre les membres et le Centre (mises à jour de la liste des membres, coordonner les envois électroniques ou postaux, concevoir des moyens d’attirer de nouveaux membres, etc.)
• Solliciter les commanditaires
• Assister la direction dans la coordination des évènements du Centre et dans la réalisation de tâches connexes.

EXIGENCES ET PROFIL RECHERCHÉ

• Formation en communications, en gestion des arts, en muséologie, en arts ou en graphisme
• Une bonne connaissance du milieu de l’art contemporain est un atout important
• Grande maîtrise du français tant à l’écrit qu’à l’oral
• La maîtrise de l’anglais sera considérée
• Connaissance de World, Excel, Photoshop et d’Outlook

Le candidat idéal possède un très bon sens de l’organisation, est autonome, fait preuve d’une grande polyvalence et est créatif.
CONDITIONS D’EMPLOI

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

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

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 is an invitation to all professional artists to participate in the FIFTH INTERNATIONAL DIGITAL MINPRINT EXHIBITION, to be held in Ottawa (Canada) from November 6 to December 14, 2010.

Artists should submit works of 25 cm by 20 cm (a maximum of two per artist) no later than August 15, 2010.

Disconnection Imminent is the theme of the 2010 edition of the exhibition. The text pertaining to the theme can be found on the Web page mentioned below. Artists are required to write a short text linking the submitted artwork to the theme.

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.

Friday

Since turning to environmental art, Marc Walter (pictured: Le Village des esprits V) has created indoor and outdoor universes from organic material. As a follow-up to his 2008 installation in Gatineau Park, the artist, who was awarded the Grand prix d’excellence 2007 by the Fondation des arts, des lettres et de la culture en Outaouais, recreates his “spirit village” for Espace Odyssée - a poetic combination of photographic and sculptural impressions for which he is renowned.
VERNISSAGE this Friday June 18 from 6pm to 8pm
Invited performer : a duo by Colores Andinos
Admission is free, come one come all.
Art-image | Maison de la culture de Gatineau
855 boulevard de la Gappe, Gatineau

La Petite Mort Gallery presents . . . One Night Only Exhibit
LEAH HICKS
New Paintings
Friday June 18, 2010 / 7 - 10pm
306 Cumberland

SECRET GARDEN
Artist:  Angelina McCormick
Vernissage:  Friday June 18th, 2010, 17:00 - 20:00
On View:  June 18th – August 28th, 2010
Mon - Fri 10:00 -18:00, Sat 10:00-15:00
The Red Wall Gallery is located in SPAO at 168 Dalhousie, at the corner of Bruyère, in the Byward Market.

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.

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.

Project Window is pleased to show new work by Ottawa artist Eleanor Doran until June 1st. Email the artist  doransquared@hotmail.com or contact Project Window coordinator Georgia Mathewson @ 185somerset@gmail.com for more info!

ARTHENA - art & écodesign of Chelsea is proud to present the "Journey" series by Margit Hideg. Using mixed media, she creates her own world, where abstraction meets her interpretation of Nature. The body of work “Journey Series” is a "walking" documentary of how trees change their growth patterns, how they heal and learn to grow again. The walk itself has a symbolic meaning for life cycle from birth to death.
More information at:
http://www.arthena.ca/guest-artists/
ARTHENA - art&écodesign | 205 Old Chelsea Rd

Jean-François Lacombe, "Kortunefookie"
Interactive installation
Situated in front of DAÏMÕN's entrance, 78 Hanson St., Gatineau
Exhibition from May 12th to May 24th 2010
Open to the public any time

Offre d’emploi, poste permanent, coordination administrative et aux communications, AXENÉO7
Le Centre d’artistes AXENÉO 7 de Gatineau est à la recherche d’un candidat ou d’une candidate pour combler un poste permanent, 30 heures/semaine, à la coordination  administrative et aux communications. Le titulaire de ce poste, conjointement avec le coordonnateur général et artistique, aura comme principale tâche la gestion administrative du Centre, ses communications globales ainsi que le soutien des actions prises par l’équipe en place.
Tâches principales :
Gestion administrative et financière du centre
Responsable des communications et du financement privé
Développement de publics.
Nous recherchons une personne intéressée par l’art contemporain qui fera preuve de leadership, sera pourvu d’un diplôme de premier cycle universitaire et aura cumulé au moins deux années d’expérience dans le domaine de la gestion des arts visuels. Une bonne connaissance des Conseils des arts et des organismes culturels ainsi que la maîtrise du français parlé et écrit et certaines compétences informatiques sont nécessaires. Une formation en administration du domaine des arts et une connaissance de l’anglais seront des atouts.
Rémunération du contrat : selon expérience et compétence ; lieu de travail : Gatineau ; horaire de travail : 30 heures par semaine.
Si le poste vous intéresse, veuillez faire parvenir votre lettre d’intention, votre C.V. et trois références, avant 17h le vendredi 12 mai 2010, à Jonathan Demers, coordonnateur général et artistique, à l’adresse suivante : jonathan.demers@axeneo7.qc.ca
Seul les candidats retenus seront avisés.

An exciting independent film entitled, MOVE, will be filmed in the Ottawa/Gatineau region in the spring/summer of 2010. Directed by the visual artist, John Graham, this is short film features a young man who unexpectedly recovers from a coma, and how his interior life magically guides him to consciousness. MOVE will be 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.

Professional artists + visual art/ filmmaking/ acting students + creative volunteers are welcome!

This is a unique opportunity to collaborate and build portfolio experience working on a quality imaginative film project. Contact John: soulblue2006@yahoo.ca

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.