span-o (the small press action network - ottawa) presents:

       the ottawa
       small press
       book fair

spring 2011 edition
will be happening Saturday, June 25, 2011

in room 203 of the Jack Purcell Community Centre (on Elgin, at 320 Jack
Purcell Lane).

General info: the ottawa small press book fair
noon to 5pm (opens at 11:00 for exhibitors)
admission free to the public.

and for information on this or other small press book fairs across Canada,
be sure to check out http://www.smallpressbookfair.blogspot.com/
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GuerillaLIVE #28
A night of performance
Friday, June 24
Patrick Gordon Framing Studio
160 Elm Street
7 p.m. to midnight

No cover / cash bar / catered by ArtIsIn Bakery
Guerilla magazine
102-145 Clarence Street
Ottawa Ontario K1N 1B7
Canada
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Cumberland Heritage Village Museum, located in a picturesque rural setting just 25 minutes from downtown Ottawa has scheduled the following activities for weekend family outings without leaving the city:
* Blacksmithing Workshop on Saturday, June 25, with sessions at 10 a.m., 1 p.m., and 3 p.m.: The village blacksmith presents a beginners’ blacksmithing workshop and participants will be encouraged to strike while the iron is hot! New blacksmiths will turn unremarkable pieces of metal into unique usable works of art to take home.
* Young at Heart on Sunday, June 26, from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.: The museum will be offering free admission for guests 65 years of age and older. The Young at Heart are invited to explore the museum’s gardens and enjoy the village’s relaxed atmosphere during tea services at 1 p.m. and 3:30 p.m. The cost to participate in the Blacksmithing Workshop is $10 / person. Registration is required by calling 613-833-3059. Cumberland Heritage Village Museum is open to the public Wednesday to Sunday from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m. Visit www.ottawa.ca/museums for regular admission rates and more information.

Friday

La Petite Mort Gallery presents
Five Day Exhibit
Andre Perron
New Sculptural Work
MAY 13-19, 2011
Vernissage: Friday May 13, 2011 / 7 - 10pm
The artist will be in attendance from Montreal for the opening.
306 Cumberland Street

Saturday

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.

Friday
Prairie Landscapes
April 29 at 3:30 p.m.
Firestone Gallery
In the context of the Firestone Gallery exhibition Of Earth and Sky, join us for a presentation on the history of landscape and abstract art in the Prairies. Both from Saskatchewan, Alexandra Badzak, Director of the Ottawa Art Gallery, and April Britski, National Director of the Canadian Artists Representation (CARFAC), will engage in conversation about trends in mid-century Prairie art with Catherine Sinclair, Curator of the Firestone Collection of Canadian Art. Topics will include artists’ engagement with the geographical aspects of the Prairie landscape itself, the importance of regionalism, the pastoral, and artists’ spirituality, and the introduction of modernism in and around the famed Emma Lake Workshops.

Kanata Artists Studio Tour 2011
Celebrating 20 Colorful Years !!
Friday, April 29--------------5 pm-9 pm
Saturday, April 30-----------10 am-5 pm
Sunday, May 1-------------10 am-5 pm
Free Admission: Ten Kanata artists open their homes to the public.
Visitors may purchase original works of fine art in various media.
Meet the artists in their working environment.
Visit their website at:
www.kanataartists.com
"To celebrate 20 years, entry a draw at each artist's home for a
chance to win one of ten original framed miniature works."
The tour artists are:
Violeta Borisonik
Judi Miller
Allison Fagan
Janis Miller-Hall
Susan Goold
Elizabeth Potvin
M(Peggy) Hughes
Rosemary Randell
Jay Li
France Tremblay
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Splitting the Choir
The Moving Images of Donigan Cumming
Friday April 29, 7:30pm @ Club SAW
The Canadian Film Institute is pleased to present Splitting the Choir, a two-part retrospective of the videographic work of Montreal-based artist Donigan Cumming. The event marks a period of sixteen years since Cumming’s first video: A PRAYER FOR NETTIE (1995), a haunting and unsettling elegy to the artist’s long-time photographic model Nettie Harris, known for her stunning poses in the photographic series Pretty Ribbons (1993).
An award-winning photographer and filmmaker, Cumming has internationally exhibited and screened videos that are widely praised (and criticized) for their genre-bending, unsettling iconoclasm. Working from within the social realist documentary mode, Cumming explores the frontiers of representation, pushing ethical boundaries into uncharted areas – where many artists fear to tread. Cumming’s work blurs the lines between ethnographic film and the theatre of the absurd, incisively splitting the choir of audience opinion. As he continues to chart the underrepresented life-worlds and experiences of the marginal (elderly, ill, damaged, broken) citizens of Montreal, those who would seem to be so radically “other,” Cumming insistently reminds us of the things we share in common.
This retrospective coincides with the publication of the Canadian Film Institute’s critical anthology, Splitting the Choir: The Moving Images of Donigan Cumming, edited by Scott Birdwise.
The essays in this volume take up a range of topics in relation to Cumming’s videos, from the role of photography and memory in the moving images and temporalities of video to questions of ethics, representation and performance in the documentary.
Contributors: Scott Birdwise, Mireille Bourgeois, Zoë Constantinides, Blake Fitzpatrick, Marcy Goldberg, Mike Hoolboom, Tom McSorley, Solomon Nagler, Craig Rodmore, Christopher Rohde.
Donigan Cumming will be in attendance at the opening night of the retrospective/book launch to introduce and discuss his work.
Friday, April 29, 7:30pm @ Club SAW
Program I:
PETIT JESUS (1999)
ERRATIC ANGEL (1998)
KARAOKE (1998)
FOUR STOREYS (1999)
MY DINNER WITH WEEGEE (2001)
PENCILS, ASHES, MATCHES & DUST (2009)

Saturday

You are invited to see the exceptional works of experimental filmmakers David Rimmer and Barbara Sternberg at the National Gallery of Canada as part of the exhibition of the 2011 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts. Drawn from the film and video collection of the National Gallery, all screenings will take place in the Lecture Hall. Admission is free.

Sat April 30 at 2 pm. Barbara Sternberg
·  A Trilogy 1985 – 16 mm film, 46:00 minutes
·  At Present 1990 – 16 mm film, 18:00 minute
·  Through and Through 1992 – 16mm 63 minutes
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The Art of Mourning in Ottawa: ReVisioning Victorian Bereavement Artefacts

In partnership with Prairie Scene
Saskatchewan-born, Ottawa-based artist and academic Cindy Stelmackowich will present the findings of her artist-in-residence project at the Bytown Museum. During the winter of 2011, Ms. Stelmackowich unearthed and researched a wide range of Victorian mourning artefacts from the Museum’s collection. From her study of these artefacts she intends to create new artworks that will highlight the intimately-charged visual languages of mourning, mortality, beauty and death.
Mourning artefacts in the Bytown Museum’s collection comprise a wide range of decorative, domestic and public memorabilia, and include hair wreaths, veils, clothing, jewelry such as lockets, bracelets and earrings which incorporate hair, and decorative items such as memory ware jugs.
The Bytown Museum’s acting curator, Judith Parker, inaugurated the residency program in 2011 to facilitate access to the Museum’s significant collection. The residency program supports innovative research and creative interpretation of this important cultural repository that reflects Ottawa’s early history.
·         Public talk given by artist Cindy Stelmackowich
·         Saturday 30 April, 2011, from 2 - 3 pm
·         In English
·         Bytown Museum. Free admission

Saturday & Sunday

Drawn: a drawing exhibition at EBA
Enriched Bread Artists (EBA) Studios
951 Gladstone Ave - 2nd floor
April 30 & May 1, 2011
11am to 5pm
Artists: Jean Halstead, Gayle Kells, Marika Jemma, Svetlana Swinimer and Joyce Westrop.
and guests: Jaclyn Meloche, Julia Naurzalijeva, Bozica Radjenovic, Sally Sheeks and Sharon VanStarkenburg.
Contemporary drawing is very inclusive. You can use a pencil or a computer or even your feet!
EBA is having another weekend show.  After hibernating all winter we are opening our doors again.  We started last month with Graffiti and this month it's drawing.

Sunday

Hello!  Sienna Gallery is a new Art Gallery and Framing shop located in Rockland.
We have an exciting event
Saturday, April 30th from 10:00 to 4:30
featuring well known Ottawa Artist
Stephen Rothwell
Come marvel as he effortlessly paints on site and talks about his methods.
He describes his loose watercolour style of painting as "impressionistic realism".
Visit our website for more information on this event and the 24 amazing artists that are exhibiting their works at present.
www.siennagalleryandframing.ca
Sienna Gallery
2865 Chamberland, Unit #2,
Rockland, Ontario K4K 1M7

All weekend long!

Exhibition No. 6, Work from the SPAO Portfolio Program, Straight Up.   On Friday April 29, 2011 between 15:00 and 21:00, the School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa will open its doors to the public for the vernissage of Exhibition No. 6. This exhibit is the latest of the annual series showcasing outstanding photographs produced by SPAO Portfolio Program students. The entire school will become the students’ gallery and open to the public during the following hours:  Friday, April 29th 15:00-21:00Saturday, April 30th 10:00-18:00Sunday, May 1st 10:00-18:00

168 DALHOUSIE STREET
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Friday April 29- Sunday May 1, 2011
A Brush with Art: Spring Show and Sale
Manotick Art Association invites you to their spring show and sale at the Manotick Curling Centre, 5519 South River Drive, Manotick.
Vernissage (with hors d'oeuvres, wine and music) at 7 p.m. on Friday April 29 (tickets $15, available at French Cafe in the Manotick Mews or by calling  613-692-6281.  Tickets are valid for entry all weekend.)
Show and sale open Saturday April 30 and Sunday May 1 from 11 a.m.-5 p.m. (adults $2; seniors and students, $1; children free).
Forty artists participating.
Part of proceeds to the Manotick Project for Haiti Foundation Orphanage Project.
For more information, call 613-692-6281
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Paintings by Adele Pierce at Memories Cafe, 7 Clarence Street in the Byward Market
Exhibition until May 19th.
An exhibition of mixed media and acrylic paintings of fruit trees and cypress trees inspired mainly by classical music. These new works illustrate the texture, stylization and mood which the artist is currently exploring with great enthusiasm!

Friday

Visit the gallery for our latest exhibition, Travelling Shadows, a collection of photographs and paintings by Ottawa artist, Ewa Kujawska.
Join us for the vernissage Friday, April 15 from 7 – 10 pm.
The exhibition will be on display from April 6 - May 1, 2011.
arts&architecture
1181 Bank Street
Old Ottawa South
613-737-7300
Regular Gallery Hours:
Wednesdays 11-5
Thursdays & Fridays 11-7
Saturdays & Sundays 11-5
Mondays & Tuesdays CLOSED
Friday and Saturday
INDIAN DANCE and YOGA.. Anjali, Basia Going, Blair Miller
Arts Court Theatre, 2 Daly Ave.
info/ tickets $25 and $22 613 564 7240
www.culturalhorizons.ca
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PARIKRAMA: a journey in Indian Dance, Yoga, Tabla,
Indian artistic and performing arts give form to profound philosophical ideas. According to Hindu philosophy the world was both created and destroyed by the dance of Shiva/Nataraja. The small hour glass shaped drum (damaru) in Nataraja’s right hand provides the rhythm for the creation of the universe, while the fire of destruction held in his left hand is unleashed during his cataclysmic dance of destruction. The semi-circular ring of fire (tiruvasi) which surrounds the dancing Shiva emphasises the cyclical nature of the universe.
At Arts Court Theatre on 15 and 16 April, Cultural Horizons presents a show based on both philosophical and environmental themes. Three Ottawa artists, Anjali, Basia Going and Blair Miller, collaborate to create a colourful and spiritually moving experience. Inspired by the philosophy of ancient Hindu texts (Upanishads and Shiva Puranas) and based around the cyclical structure of the cosmos, Anjali (dance), Basia (yoga), and Blair (tabla) explore the symbolism of Nataraja, performing in front of exquisite images and unique video of Hindu art, temples and the dynamic scenery of the Himalayas, where Shiva performs his eternal cosmic dance.
Anjali has studied in India with some of the most famous hereditary masters. In this performance, she includes dances presented from the traditional classical Indian repertoire using innovative choreography recently presented in New Delhi, India.  The show is an exploration of our relationship with the Earth and is set to the poetry of the Nobel Laureate Rabindranath Tagore. Blair Miller (tabla) highlights Anjali’s dance in the Kathak and Sufi Dance traditions. The evening concludes with a unique collaboration between Anjali and Basia, exploring the rich mythology of the God Shiva through dance and yoga. Basia (Adishesha Yoga) is one of Ottawa’s leading yoga teachers. Blair Miller has trained and performed in India. to critical acclaim.
Indian snacks and a chance to meet the artists after the recital is included in the price of admission..."This is art without borders. Anjali and Tony [Gaston] are part of an international group of artists whose artistic expression belongs to world art. .. transnational work.. resonates with diverse audiences be they from India Canada or elsewhere. At this moment in history.. these artists are speaking globally." Arshiya Sethi Kri Foundation, New Delhi, India
April 15-16, 2011 7.30 pm
INDIAN DANCE and YOGA.. Anjali, Basia Going, Blair MillerArts Court Theatre, 2 Daly Ave. info/ tickets $25 and $22 613 564 7240 www.culturalhorizons.caVimeo links to previous work
Dance meets Yoga: http://vimeo.com/17657936

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Great art opportunities in Ottawa this weekend!

Friday

Karsh-Masson Gallery
136 St. Patrick Street, Ottawa
Liberating Containment: Richard Finney & Michael Hosaluk
Curated by LafrenièrePai
Presented in conjuction with Prairie Scene
April 8 to May 29, 2011
ARTIST TALK (in English): Friday, April 8 at noon
SWARM GALLERY CRAWL: Tuesday, April 26, 6 to 9 p.m.
MICHAEL HOSALUK (Saskatoon) takes the chair as his point of departure, “liberating” it from its function by making it an outline building block. The public is then invited to interact with the chair units to create larger sculptures, even to the point of taking a chair to plant it in a new environment, bursting beyond the specialized public space of a gallery into real public space. Hosaluk’s chairs have been rescued by Saskatoon’s Fire Department from a thawing river and dismantled from a tree in the downtown core. There have been many such acts of “Chairorism” that have gone on to inspire a play and short film.
KARSH-MASSON GALLERY
136 St. Patrick Street
Free admission. Wheelchair accessible.
613-580-2424 (14167)  TTY: 613-580-2401
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3SUM
Date:     Friday, April 8th, 2011
Time:     7pm-11pm
Location: Patrick Gordon Framing and Founddesign,
         160/164 Elm Street, Ottawa
The School of Photographic Arts: Ottawa, Patrick Gordon Framing, and Founddesign + Funky Furniture invite you to 3SUM:
1.     The Launch of the 3rd issue of The School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa’s magazine - PUSH/PULL.
2.     An Exhibition of “Threeness” themed photographs and live music presented by Patrick Gordon Framing.
3.     The Official Grand Opening of Founddesign + Funky Furniture!
The Third PUSH/PULL magazine will be available to purchase for 5$. Distribution kits will also be available if your business is interested in carrying Ottawa’s only photography magazine.
Join us on April 8th, 2011 at Patrick Gordon Framing and Founddesign located at 160/164 Elm Street, from 7pm-11pm to celebrate!
Launch RSVP: admin@spao.ca 613.562.3824
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OPEN FORMAT 04 -- benefit for the Canadian Centre for Policy
Alternatives (www.policyalternatives.ca)
Friday, April 8, 2011
Shanghai Restaurant (651 Somerset St. West), Ottawa
9:oo PM to 1:oo AM
Pay what you can (donation requested)
ALL AGES

Friday and Saturday

In the fourth CTV Pops concert of the season, some of the Great White Way’s hottest singers join the National Arts Centre Orchestra when Broadway’s Leading Men is performed in Southam Hall on April 8, and 9
In the fourth CTV Pops concert of the NAC Orchestra’s 2010-11 season, NAC Principal Pops Conductor Jack Everly returns to the podium to lead the National Arts Centre Orchestra and special guests directly from Broadway. This spectacular songfest takes place in Southam Hall on Friday April 8, and Saturday April 9, 2011 at 8 p.m. Be wowed by the glitz and glamour of Broadway as you enjoy some of the most popular musical highlights from West Side Story, Gypsy, The Music Man, The Phantom of the Opera, Les Misérables, Oliver!, La Cage aux Folles,Victor/Victoria, Jekyll and Hyde, The Boy from Oz, and more!

Ticketmaster may also be accessed through www.nac-cna.ca.

Saturday

OXBERRY ANIMATION CAMERA WORKSHOP
When: Saturday, April 9th, 2011
Where: IFCO (#2 Daly Ave, Suite #140)
Time: 11:00 am to 5:00 pm
Cost: Full Members - $80.00/Basic Members - $90.00/Students - $120.00/Non-Student - $175.00
(Non-Member rates include an IFCO membership)
Instructor: Diederik Van den Weghe
Registration Deadline: Tuesday,  April 5th, 2011
Note: All prices include 4 hours of additional practice time.
IFCO’s Oxberry camera and animation stand can be used for filming essentially any 2-D animation, such as traditional cell animation or collage animation. It can also be used to film stills or titles. The camera can be converted to run either 16mm or 35mm film. Camera movements can be made manually or computerised.
Note: This camera will only be rented to members who have taken the workshop.
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The Visual Arts Student Association of Ottawa University is proud to present
their annual End of Year Auction! This fundraising event will showcase some of
the amazing work created by the students of the Visual Arts Department at Ottawa
University. The auction will be run as a silent auction with starting bids posted below each work along with the works details. There will be refreshments and beverages throughout the evening along with great music and wonderful company!
So please, join us Saturday, April 9th from 7 – 10pm for our final celebration of this
school year!

La Petite Mort Gallery, 306 Cumberland
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The Green Door Restaurant presents "Fusion", April 3-29, a solo exhibition by mixed media artist Fortunée Shugar.
198 Main Street, Ottawa
Tuesday - Sunday 11:00 am to 9:00 pm
Meet the artist Saturday, April 9, 3:00 pm- 5:00pm.
Examples from the show can be seen on my website - www.fortuneeshugar.com - by clicking on "Fusion" on the home page.
Sunday

Creative Sundays! Last workshops of the season.
Of Earth and Sky: Shoebox Landscapes
In the Prairies, the horizon seems to go on forever. Here is your chance to try and capture it in a shoebox that you can take home! Create a prairie landscape inspired by the ones in the exhibition, or invent your own fantasy landscape.
Sunday April 10th, 17th and May 1st
*The Ottawa Art Gallery will be closed on Easter Sunday (April 24th)
Next Up: Look for the OAG’s “Art Tent” during summer festivals across Ottawa!
Creative Sundays!
Every Sunday between 1 pm and 3 pm at the Ottawa Art Gallery
Free hands-on art-making activities for children and adults!

Any time at all!
Conceal/Reveal: Works in Cloth by Jennifer Smith-Windsor at the Lee Matasi Gallery, Ottawa School of Art, 35 George Street, K1N 8W5, (613) 241-7471
A series of wall mounted textile works exploring the fragility of the human condition. Using second hand textiles, the pieces are hand and machine stitched, waxed stained and burnt to create lyrical and intimate studies in cloth.
April 7-19
Vernissage April 7 5pm-7pm
Gallery Hours
Monday to Thursday 9:00AM-9:00PM
Friday and Saturday 9AM-4:30PM
Sunday 1-4:30PM

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The management of the Casino du Lac-Leamy is pleased to invite you to “Visual Dialogue”, an exhibition of paintings by Vasile Mosanu. The exhibition is open from February 4 to May 5, 2011.
Address: “La Traversee des arts”, Casino du Lac-Leamy, 1, boulevard du Casino, Gatineau, Quebec.
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For the month of April, Georgia Mathewson invites you to view her "Random Collection" of new and old paintings/mixed media works at the James Street Wellness Centre. The collection includes work created over the last 7 years and follows experiments with ink processes, studies in colour, series and repetitive themes.
The James Street Wellness Centre is located at:
20 James Street, 3rd Floor, Ottawa
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On behalf of the Introduction to Fine Art Program, Algonquin College, you are cordially invited to:
PRINT THIS!
March 28 - April 24
The Mud Oven
1065 Bank Street K1S 3W9
Located across from the Mayfair Theater
613-730-0814
www.mudoven.com
Students from the Introduction to Fine Art Program are proud to present an exhibition of artist prints this April at the Mud Oven in downtown Ottawa.  Under the guidance of Professor Deidre Hierlihy, the students have prepared an exhibit within a professional environment that reflects the creative output of this ambitious group.  The work represents diverse and subjective approaches from a roster of fresh new artists.
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Dennis Cooley, rob mclennan, Linda Crosfield, Heather Cadsby, Fern G.Z. Carr, Alice Major, Mary Angela Nangini, Carol Little, Carol Rose,
Stevens  Taeho Han, Susan McMaster, Carmelo Militano, Rebecca Leah Pepucaru, Gillian Harding-Russell, Kelly-Anne Riess, Joe Blades, Bruce Rice, Bernadette Wagner
   To read/comment/share their poems, see
   http://lcpnationalpoetrymonth2011.wordpress.com/
   More poems come, all month long!

Friday

Public Lecture by Pauline Oliveros
“Deep Listening Institute: 1985 to the Present”
Friday March 18, 12:30 pm – 1:30 pm
303 Patterson Hall
Carleton University
Free! All are welcome.
On March 18, Pauline Oliveros will give a lecture titled “Deep Listening Institute: 1985 to the Present” in the Humanities Theatre, 303 Patterson Hall, at Carleton University. Her talk will present an overview of the Deep Listening Institute’s activities over the past quarter century, including the organization’s extraordinary “Adaptive Use Musical Instrument” project which is enabling individuals with severe physical and mental disabilities to make music. This will be an inspiring lecture by one of the most significant figures in the world of contemporary music.

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Friday

PATRICK MIKHAIL GALLERY is pleased to present CORONAE, an exhibition of new works by photo-based conceptual artist ANDREW WRIGHT.

In CORONAE, Andrew Wright continues his investigation into current and historical photographic technologies, and interrogates their use in describing the environments that comprise the world around us. This new series of large-scale works takes up and challenges conventional understandings and uses of photographic materials, procedures, and functions, and contributes to the contemporary discourse on photography. Wright’s lustrous and at times indeterminant images present paradoxical references to the macroscopic and microscopic, as well as photographic realms as disparate as interstellar space and the cellular. In part an homage to, and questioning of, the tradition of camera-less image production, the works function to challenge the ways we perceive and recognize shape and form— and, in a contemporary context, advance the notions associated with Gestalt theories of perception and visual organization. By employing multiple photographic technologies and optics, Wright’s CORONAE deconstructs and reconstructs images that sit on the edge of possibility, encouraging us to look at the overlooked, find energy in the
void, and feel the movement, time, and space of an intangible landscape.
MARCH 9 TO APRIL 9, 2011 | 2401 Bank Street

ARTIST RECEPTION
FRIDAY, MARCH 11, 2011
5:30 P.M. TO 9 P.M.

Friday

GALLERY 101 PROUDLY PRESENTS
Ursula Biemann, Guillaume Désanges, Patricia Esquivias, Goldin + Senneby, Susan Hiller, Falke Pisano
   Guest Curator: Jesse McKee
   MARCH 4 TO APRIL 2, 2011
   Opening Reception & Curator Talk: Friday, March 4 at 7:30 pm
   Admission is free and Open to All!
Well Formed Data brings together a selection of works that are formally linked through their use of research aesthetics and the moving image. Weaving through many disparate topics of study and lines inquiry, the videos offer compelling examples of how the artistic research process is turned into form. We see the authors—several artists, a filmmaker and a curator—employing a variety of rhizomatic methodologies. They assume the role of the organic researcher, attempt investigative journalism, play with documentary tropes or perform as lecturers and storytellers.
Gallery 101 is located at 301 ½ Bank Street, 2nd Floor. Gallery hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 10am-5pm

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Friday

The Centre Gallery has been created as a teaching gallery to foster arts education.
Heron Rd. Centre, 1480 Heron Rd.
Rene Price presents “MOTOART”
FEB. 25th noon to 1:00: Rene will show a video and give a talk on his process and his works in the Heron Rd. Theatre room 3rd floor, 1480 Heron Rd.
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EXHIBITION WALKTHROUGH
With Curator Anik Glaude (in English)
Friday 25 February at 12:30 p.m.
Abstracted Notions
MARIAN SCOTT

For more information, please contact Public and Educational Programs Manager Marie-Camille Lalande at 613 233-8699 ext. 228 or mclalande@ottawaartgallery.ca
The Ottawa Art Gallery | 2 Daly Avenue
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La Petite Mort Gallery presents...
FIVE DAY EXHIBIT
VINCE BEAUCHEMIN
NEW WORKS
FEBRUARY 25-MARCH 3, 2011
Vernissage: Friday February 25, 2011/ 7-10pm
Vince Beauchemin starts a dialogue with this new series and leaves the viewer to complete the circle of conversation. Through looking and feeling the emotions that he has subtly and sometimes outrightly invested in his works, the viewer layers new meaning accordingly, giving an exponential amount of variation for each work that Beauchemin paints.- Christina Anastassopoulos, 2011
306 Cumberland St.
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Saturday

Rothwell Gallery’s next featured exhibition is of mixed media paintings “AROUND THE WORLD” by Bina Mirza – February 22 – March 5th.

Friday

One Night Only Exhibit
AMANDA BALESTRERI
'There's a Wild Within Me' / New Drawings on Paper
VERNISSAGE: Friday January 28, 2011 / 7-10pm
Tunes by Big Mac Daddy
Proudly sponsored by CKCU 93.1FM

In today’s society we have moved so far away from our animalistic selves... we shave off body hair, accessorize our bodies, layer clothing over top, it is all a facade that detracts from our true mammalian selves. Although we have tried so hard to differentiate ourselves from the animal kingdom, our actions often betray these efforts. Instincts come from the very domain that we claim to reign over, and more often than not when a human acts in a way that is disapproved by society, we link it to a base animalistic trait. While Balestreri focuses on this idea of man and animal being inexplicably linked, her artistry creates a wonderful flux between the two.
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span-o (the small press action network - ottawa) presents:
ottawater #7 reading & launch;
Ottawa's annual pdf poetry journal
published every January at www.ottawater.com
with previous issues archived
lovingly edited, published & hosted by rob mclennan
lovingly designed by Tanya Sprowl, phivedesign.com
FRIDAY, JANUARY 28, 2010
doors 7pm, readings 7:30;
with as many contributors as will fit in the building;
The Carleton Tavern, upstairs
223 Armstrong Street (at Parkdale), Ottawa

La Petite Mort Gallery <http://www.lapetitemortgallery.com> presents "not yet legal"
Group Exhibit Demonstrating a Younger Point of View on the World
Curated by JANELLE BOSSÉ
JANUARY 29 – FEBRUARY 2, 2011
VERNISSAGE: SATURDAY JAN 29 / 7-10PM
Beats dropped by DJ Afro-Slam
Live Slam Poetry Reading by Victoria Tsonos
Photo Credit Mico Mazza
Window Art courtesy of Adam Black
In association with De La Salle French Public High School
Sponsored by CKCU 93.1 FM & MERCURY
306 Cumberland Street
Friday and Saturday

The Ottawa Art Gallery marks the end of the exhibition thelivingeffect with three closing weekend events.
Join us on Friday 28 January and Saturday 29 January!
Events:
Talk with Artist Nell Tenhaaf
Friday 28 January from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
Exhibition Walkthrough with guest Curator Caroline Seck Langill
Saturday 29 January from 12:30 pm to 1:30 pm
Refreshments, Saturday 29 January from 1:30 pm to 2 pm
Panel Discussion
Saturday 29 January from 2 pm to 4 pm
FUNDING PARTNER: Access Copyright
For more information, please contact Public and  Educational Programs Manager Véronique Couillard  at 613-233-8699, ext. 228  or vcouillard@ottawaartgallery.ca
The Ottawa Art Gallery <http://www.ottawaartgallery.ca>  2 Daly Avenue
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Saturday

In conjunction with the current exhibition “David Rokeby: Very Nervous System,” Carleton University Art Gallery invites you to a solo baritone saxophone performance and qigong performance by David Mott on Saturday 29 January 2011, at 3:00 p.m.
David Mott has been called the “Chopin of the bari sax” and in 1995 was named Best Jazz Baritone Saxophonist by “Jazz Report Magazine.” His music crosses the boundaries of style, form and content, from new jazz to classical, improvised to interpretive, from solo baritone saxophone to orchestral.
The event is free, and free parking is available everywhere on campus.

Carleton University Art Gallery is located in the St. Patrick's Building, at the north end of the campus, labeled "SP" on the online campus map. P6 is the parking lot closest to the gallery.
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MOVIEGOERS GET SECOND CHANCE TO WATCH BEST FILMS FROM THE OTTAWA INTERNATIONAL ANIMATION FESTIVAL 2010
The Canadian Film Institute (CFI) is giving moviegoers a second chance to view the best films featured at the 2010 Ottawa International Animation Festival (OIAF).  The CFI is presenting the Best of the OIAF, which is currently touring at various venues in Canada and around the world with a stop in Ottawa, Ontario on January 29, 2011.  The Best of Ottawa program showcases films that were awarded top honours from the Festival’s official competition as well as films that were audience favourites.
“The program is a great opportunity to view films that you may have missed during our 2010 packed out edition or even just get a chance to enjoy the films again,” said OIAF Managing Director Kelly Neall.
The program includes extraordinary films such as: David O’Reilly’s 2010 Grand Prize-winning, The External World; the pulsating metamorphic madness of Andreas Hykade’s, Love & Theft; Dustin Grella’s deeply moving and brilliantly executed award-winning film, Prayers for Peace; the heart-thumping tale of Sinna Mann (Angry Man) by Anita Killi; and the snap crackling goodness of Masaki Okuda's, Kuchao (A Gum Boy).
Be warned though, several of the films are sexually explicit.  This is not a program to bring the kids or your mother to.
The screening of the Best of the OIAF in Ottawa happens at 7 p.m. on January 29, 2011 at the Library and Archives Canada (395 Wellington Street at Bay).  Free parking is available on the west side of the building.  Admission is $8.00 for CFI members, seniors and students, and $12.00 for the general public. Annual CFI memberships are available at the door for $15.00.  For more information, call: (613) 232-8769 or e-mail: info@animationfestival.ca.
The map is here: http://www2.carleton.ca/campus/

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Monday
Monday, 31 January 2011
The Mercury Lounge (top floor)
56 Byward Market Sq.
Tickets $10 at the door
Doors at 6:30pm
Drawing from 7-10pm
Prizes provided by Wallack's and Baby Tattoo Books.
We start off the new year with high heels and dog collars, sometimes
on the same model. Cheeky clergy and holy hussies take the stage to
bring us equal parts scandal and salvation, devotion and depravity,
all in the name of good, clean naughty fun.
And why should the models have all the fun? Get out your cassock or
fishnets (or both) and tart up for this one. Best dressed gets a prize
from our newest sponsor, Baby Tattoo Books!
Dr. Sketchy's is what happens when cabaret meets art school; bring
pencil and pad and we'll bring you the most beautiful, extraordinary
and outrageous models for your sketching delight. Join us for an
evening of art and opulence. Questions, concerns or expressions of joy
about this event?  Wish to be added to the mailing list?  E-mail us at
drsketchyottawa AT gmail.com or find us on Facebook.

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Anytime at all!

Stay Warm During Winterlude!
The Bytown Museum is pleased to offer a FREE hot beverage (coffee, tea, hot chocolate or hot apple cider) with every paid admission during Winterlude.
During Winterlude, the Bytown Museum is open Tuesday to Sunday from 11:00am to 4:00pm. Located mere steps from the Rideau Canal Skateway, the Museum is easily accessible by staircase off Wellington Street or via the pedestrian ramp near the National Art Centre (NAC).
“Enjoy one of the most picturesque sites in the city and stay warm with a complimentary hot beverage,” said Mike Steinhauer, Director of the Bytown Museum. A free hot beverage is served with every paid admission.
Travel through time and explore the stories that shaped Bytown and early Ottawa. From the arrival of Lieutenant-Colonel John By and the construction of the Rideau Canal to the naming of Ottawa as the nation’s capital, the permanent exhibits will introduce you to the people and the objects that helped build our great city.
Six-Language Audio-Tour included with admission: English, French, Spanish, German, Mandarin and Japanese.

Friday
La Petite Mort Gallery presents...

One Night ONLY Exhibit

ALEX MEHIRI 

Friday

One Night ONLY Exhibit
ANNE JOHNSON
Mixed Media New Works
VERNISSAGE: Friday January 14, 2011/ 7-10 PM
Tunes by Big Mac Daddy
Proudly sponsored by CKCU 93.1 FM

The landscape that surrounds us has the ability to affect us subconsciously as we go on with our day to day lives. Anne Johnson pulls these images out from the subconscious and creates palpable works on paper that confront the viewer in a way that cannot be ignored. Transforming the landscape into bright pastel works, Anne Johnson gives us a fresh way to view our surroundings, using her own psyche as the medium.

www.lapetitemortgallery.com
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Dale Smith Gallery is pleased to announce its third annual student exhibition.  This year we welcome six student artists from the Elmwood School Visual Arts Program.  Six grade 12 students: Alyssa Hartvich, Asia Oberle, Sahar Salari, Yasmin Salehi, Lenishka Stuggs and Devan Vasile will present original photographs and drawings in an exhibition titled, "Just Girls Art Show: Passions, Obsessions and Collections."

Join the young artists and friends at the opening reception on Friday, January 14 from 7 to 10 p.m..
The exhibition will run until February 8.

Dale Smith Gallery
137 Beechwood Ave.
Ottawa, Ontario
K1M 1L4
Tel: (613) 321-0101
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Friday and Saturday
La Fédération de la jeunesse franco-ontarienne (FESFO) et le Conseil des arts d'Ottawa (CAO) offrent une formation gratuite en installation artistique. Cet atelier vis à démontrer le potentiel de l'installation en explorant la transformation d'un espace avec l'utilisation de diverses disciplines artistique afin de créer une exposition interactive. L'atelier abore en détail les étapes à suivre pour créer une installation, ainsi que le processus de mixage audio afin d'y inclure une trame sonore. Le dîner et une collation seront servis.

Qui peut participer : Les jeunes francophones agée·e·s de 13 à 19 ans.
Dates : vendredi 14 janvier 2011, de 16 h 30 à 18 h 30 et le samedi 15 janvier de 9 h 30 à 18 h.
Lieu : Conseil des arts d'Ottawa, 2 avenue Daly, Ottawa
Pour vous inscrire ou pour plus de détails : veuillez joindre Nicolas Hyatt au 613-260-8055 ou par courriel à nhyatt@fesfo.ca

Les places sont limitées, donc inscrivez-vous le plus tôt possible!

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Sunday

The Dusty Owl Reading Series
- New Poetry - New Music - New Culture - New Possibilities -
www.dustyowl.com

Poet - Anita Dolman

When: Sunday, January 16, 2011

Location:  Swizzles Bar & Grill
          246-B Queen St., Between Kent and Bank Streets

Start Time: 5:00 p.m.

There is nothing as fun as starting the new year with a writer who is expanding their written universe into a new area of work.  Renowned for her poetry, Anita Dolman will be taking the Dusty Owl stage to share her work of short fiction.  Come and view the world through her articulate eye.

Do you write with all your soul to create beautiful poetry or insightful stories?  Do you sing or play an instrument in a way that would make the sirens pause in their song?  Stay for the Open Set and share your work.

Admission is free.  Donations will be lovingly accepted.

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For the first time ever, Up From The Roots Entertainment is bringing the When Sisters Speak Spoken Word Concert to the nation's capital!

This SUNDAY, JANUARY 16, be inside the UNIVERSITY OF OTTAWA ALUMNI AUDITORIUM (85 University Street in the Jock Turcot University Centre) at 7:30 pm to witness poetic performances from this all-star international line-up of powerful women artists!

Be there to witness performances by:

Motion (Toronto)
Erika Haygood (Buffalo)
Kiki (Brantford)
Tasha Jones (Indianapolis)
Titi (Edmonton)
Keisha Monique (Toronto)
Hodan Ibrahim (OTTAWA)

Created and hosted by award-winning poet and performer Dwayne Morgan! You don't want to miss out on this amazing event.  Tickets for the show are $20 in advance, and are on sale now at:

BYWARD MARKET
Norml Clothing
184 Rideau Street
(613) 562-2043

CENTRETOWN
Compact Music
190 Bank Street
(613) 233-7626

GLEBE
Compact Music
785 1/2 Bank Street
(613) 233-8922

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Anytime!

Until March 5, 2011 The Ottawa West Arts Association (www.owaa.ca) presents
"Beginnings"  Jan.8 - March 4, 2011

Visit the owaa gallery to view NEW extraordinary artworks from local artists and fill out a People's Choice Ballot of your favorite work at the Goulbourn Recreation Complex 1500 Shea Road, Stittsville.

Open 7 Days a week 7 am - 9 pm

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The Linda Street Gallery present: Choleena DiTullio
January 1st to 29th, 2011
411 Dovercourt Avenue
Ottawa, Ontario K2A 0S9

Web site: www.choleena.com
Email: choleena@gmail.com

Ottawa artist, Choleena DiTullio, finds extraordinary inspiration for all aspects of her life in the ordinary things around her. And when it comes to art, she has an insatiable need to paint the fish that she sees lurking in those every-day things: the fanned back of an Adirondack chair is an unmistakable fish tail; a Spam can is obviously a fish body; and a bike wheel is a fish eye.

Anytime!La Petite Mort Gallery presents...

(R)evolveFeaturing: JUAN CARLOS NORIA (Barcelona),PAT THOMPSON (Toronto) & IAMRURIK (Ottawa)
"THE TEN YEAR REUNION"
Curated by Guy Berube - Assisted by Christina Anastassopoulos
January 7-31, 2011 - Vernissage: Friday January 7, 2011 / 7-10pm

ARTIST RECEPTION: FRIDAY, JANUARY 7, 2011, 5:30 P.M. TO 9 P.M.
ARTIST TALK: SATURDAY, JANUARY 8, 2011, 2 P.M.

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!

Friday

European Union Christmas Concert
To celebrate the holidays in European style, the Delegation and the Diplomatic Missions of the Member States of the European Union invite you to attend a Christmas Concert. Choirs Calixa Lavallé, Christ Church Cathedral Girls’ Choir and Ottawa Children’s Choir will be singing Christmas carols on Friday, December 10 at 7 pm, at Notre Dame Cathedral Basilica. Doors will open at 6:30 pm. Free entry.Please forward this invitation to friends, family and colleagues. Children are very welcome!

CELEBRATION: SMALL PACKAGES
Annual exhibition of new work by Gallery and guest artists
Vernissage:
Friday December 10, 2010 from 7 to 10 p.m.
DALE SMITH GALLERY invites you to  take a break from the holiday hustle and bustle with "Celebration: Small Packages", an annual exhibition of brand new work by Gallery and guest artists. This year’s show features creations by 20 talented artists working in a wide variety of media. The show includes work by artists familiar to regular Gallery-goers, as well as some who are new to the Gallery.

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

Friday
La Petite Mort Gallery presents...
One Night Only Exhibit
ANGELINA MCCORMICK & GAELYN EYRE
"Interior Spaces" / New Photographic Works
Vernissage: Friday November 26, 2010/ 7-10pm
306 Cumberland St
JazzWorks and Cube Gallery present...
A Jazz Soirée
Friday 26 November 2010
Amidst dynamic artworks by Gerald Trottier, JazzWorks faculty members John Geggie (double bass) and Frank Lozano (saxophone) present their own superb palette including the Great American Songbook and legendary jazz compositions.
Doors open: 7:30 pm
Music begins 8:15 pm
Cube Gallery: 1285 Wellington St. W.
Tickets: Tel.: 613.523.0316 email: jazz@jazzworkscanada.com
$30 / cash bar

An evening for art lovers and jazz lovers to celebrate the finer things in life.
Organized in support of JazzWorks jazz education programs. Learn more at
www.jazzworkscanada.com   Friday, November 26, 2010 at 8:00 pm
St. Matthias Anglican Church
555 Parkdale Avenue
Ottawa Featuring works by:  W.A. Mozart, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Alfred Schehl, Frederick Silver, James Wright and others Conductor:  Jean-Sébasatien Allaire Contact:  613-520-5770 or 613-523-5317
www.carleton.ca/choir

Saturday

An Evening of Poetry & Music with Robert Priest & guests in The A B Series
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2010
Show starts at 7:30pm
Doors open at 7:00pm
The Mercury Lounge
(top level)
56 ByWard Market Square   La Petite Mort Gallery presents... One Night Only Exhibit
DRASKO BOGDANOVIC
CRUSH / A Series of Intimate Photographs
Vernissage: Saturday November 27, 2010/ 7-10pm
Tunes by Big Mac Daddy   Contemporary Canadian Jewellery: the 23rd Annual Exhibition November 27 to December  31, 2010 Holiday celebration: Saturday, November 27, 3 to 6pm. ·         Jewellery by over 50 gallery artists from across the country
·         Precious metals and stones as well as non-traditional materials
·         One of a kind pieces
·         For women and men – to give or receive Gallery hours: Monday to Saturday 10-6; Sunday 12-5. Lafrenière & Pai Gallery
13 Murray Street
Ottawa, Ontario
K1N 9M5
613-241-2767 www.lapaigallery.com
Saturday & Sunday

This Craft Fair is in support of the Ottawa Humane Society and held annually on the last weekend in Nov. This year’s show is on NOV 27 & 28 at the Stittsville Arena, 10 Warner-Colpitts Lane from 10 AM to 4 PM both days. If you  are looking for gifts with originality, quality and attention to detail then this is the show to visit. You will find  paintings ,hand crafted jewellery,  stoneware pottery, ceramics, stained glass hockey players and other sports figures, scale model wooden trucks, handmade leather gifts, wall tapestry, quilts. and much more. The items for sale range in value from the small stocking stuffer to the high quality wall tapestry and oil painting. The Ottawa Humane Society has a booth where they feature handcrafted gifts for dogs and cats.  All crafts at this show are handmade and not imported for resale. There is no admission fee and the upper hall is wheelchair accessible.
For more information about the show contact Gord at 613-592-4376.
The Red Trillium studio tour takes place this weekend November 27, 28 from 10am until 5pm in West Carleton. For more info go to www.redtrilliumst.com
 
Sunday

Arts by the Rideau
3rd Annual Show and Sale
Sunday November 28
10 - 4pm
Rideau Tennis Club
1 Donald Street  
IN MOURNING OF
CINDY STELMACKOWICH ARTIST TALK:
SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2010
2 P.M. PATRICK MIKHAIL GALLERY is pleased to present an artist talk with Ottawa artist CINDY STELMACKOWICH in which she discusses her new body of work entitled IN MOURNING OF.  First previewed at Art Toronto 2010 from October 28 to November 1, this solo exhibition of powerful and poignant new works continues the artist’s exploration of the cultural attitudes that surrounded death, the body, and disease during the Victorian age. Exhibition images and installation views are now available on the PATRICK MIKHAIL GALLERY website.  Please visit:
www.patrickmikhailgallery.com  
KARSH-MASSON GALLERY
136 St. Patrick Street, Ottawa JEAN JEWER
W h o o s h ARTIST TALK (in English):
Sunday, November 28 at 2 p.m.
All welcome. Free of charge. Exhibition continues until January 9, 2011   Karsh-Masson Gallery
Open Wednesday to Sunday, 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.
Free admission. Wheelchair accessible.  
Patrick Gordon Framing is tickled pink to announce the second annual Idle Hands craft sale!  A unique holiday gift sale of local handmade items. Something for everyone, naughty and nice. Date: Sunday November 28th. Time: 10am - 5:00pm. We will be raising money for Lady Evelyn Alternative School. We have amazing loot up for raffle from all our vendors as well as art work from Danny Hussey, Ian Roy, gift certificates from Social Restaurant and Lounge, Eighteen, Hush and Patrick Gordon Framing just to name a few.   Many of our great crafters will be returning with new creations and we will be joined by some new talent as well.   We are looking forward to seeing you at the show! It is a great opportunity to buy quality, one of a kind, handmade holiday gifts for those on your list or perhaps find a few things for yourself. Or just come and be inspired to make some gifts of your own! Patrick
Gordon Framing
160 Elm Street (by the new and improved City Centre)
www.patrickgordonframing.ca

Any time at all!

"Festive Frolic"  November 22 - December 24, 2010
Tay Gallery Kanata presents a group exhibition featuring many small and seasonal paintings - perfect for gift-giving. Featuring works by Heather Assaf, Karen Goetzinger, Martha Markowsky, Shirley Mancino, Monika Seidenbusch, Paulette Sauve, Anne Barkley,  Elizabeth Elkin, Charles Spratt, J. Allison Robichaud, Stephen Rothwell,  Maureen  Sheridan, J. T. Winik, Kathy Haycock, Marianna Mikhaylyan.  Tricia Savoie, John Stevenson and others.
471 Hazeldean Road, Kanata ON
 

Friday

THE OTTAWA ART GALLERY PRESENTS
Friday 12 November at 12:30 pm
EXHIBITION WALKTHROUGH
with curator Anik Glaude and guest,
Designer Thea Yeatman (in English)
IN VOGUE
23 October 2010 to 23 January 2011
Curated by Anik Glaude
2 Daly Avenue

IN MOURNING OF CINDY STELMACKOWICH
NOVEMBER 10 TO DECEMBER 13, 2010
ARTIST RECEPTION:
FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2010 | 5:30 P.M. TO 9 P.M.
PATRICK MIKHAIL GALLERY | 2401 Bank Street

"The Nude Show" this Friday, November 12th from 6.00 pm to 9.00 pm. Snapdragon Gallery, for the first time, presents four artists and the nude: Gayle Kells, is well known for her themes of women's dresses and under garments, both in sculpture and in paint. Here is the body, voluptuous and unconstrained. Roy Whiddon presents black and white photography in three areas: studio shots that are sculptural and enigmatic, couples that are balletic in their togetherness and their solitude and an outdoor series "au naturel." The show is balanced with two emerging artists, Celina Gunn (acrylic) and Ivy Deavy (mixed media) who offer sometimes bold and sensual, sometimes soft and touching works. The artists will offer a few words on their work, with discussion to follow, at 7.00 pm. | 791 Bank Street at Third Avenue

span-o (the small press action network - ottawa) presents three poets at the carleton tavern lovingly hosted by rob mclennan with readings by: Chris Turnbull (Kemptville), Jon Paul Fiorentino (Montreal) + Gary Barwin (Hamilton)
Friday, November 12, 2010;
doors 7pm; reading 7:30pm
The Carleton Tavern, 223 Armstrong Street (at Parkdale; upstairs)

La Petite Mort Gallery presents...
FIVE DAY Exhibit
MEAGHAN HAUGHIAN / Collaged Vignettes enclosed by drawers
'Watershed'
November 12-18, 2010
Vernissage: Friday November 12, 2010/ 7-10pm | 306 Cumberland St

Friday & Saturday

The Ottawa Glass Bead Artists (OGBA) present:
Our Third Annual Glass Bead and Jewellery Show.
Where:  Hellenic Centre, 1315 Prince of Wales Drive, Ottawa, Ontario.
When:   Friday November 12th from 4pm – 9pm &
             Saturday November 13th from 10am – 9pm

Saturday

CRAFTALICIOUS  - Crafts & Treats From Your Local Crafters
THIS SATURDAY - November 13, 2010 FROM 9AM - 5PM
FREE ADMISSION
St. Matthew’s Anglican Church | 217 First Avenue
Gourmet Goodies * Baked Treats * Photo Lamps * Jewellery *Paper Goods
* Children's items * Bath & Body Products * Knits * Fabric
Masterpieces * Stuffed Animals * TAROT READER * LIVE PIANO MUSIC *
RAFFLE

Artist talk at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum
Exhibition: TEXT-ING et al
Artist: Karina Bergmans
Date & time: Saturday November 13, from 2 pm to 4 pm
Admission: $5
The exhibition TEXT-ING et al is on exhibit at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum until January 22, 2011. For more information please contact the museum at info@mvtm.ca or 613-256-3754 x15.
Mississippi Valley Textile Museum | 3, Rosamond St. E. | Almonte 

Available Light presents
Horror Vérité
Curated by Ulysses Castellanos & Theo Pelmus
Sat. Nov. 13th 2010, 7:30pm
Club SAW, 67 Nicholas St., Ottawa
Pay What You Can / Cash Bar

ECM+, led by intrepid, multi-award winning artistic director Véronique Lacroix, has earned a reputation for musical innovation and risk-taking, and for spectacular presentation. Working closely with emerging Canadian composers and performers, this exciting ensemble brings new energy and vision to traditional forms of musical performance, embracing a collaborative and multimedia approach to music-making that leads to visually captivating, musically intriguing and refreshingly provocative performances. This programme, part of ECM+’s ambitious sixth cross-country tour, features new works by young Canadian composers Simon Martin, Christopher Mayo, Gordon Williamson, and Cassandra Miller (featuring Véronique Mathieu on solo violin). 8:00 p.m. Saturday, November 13. National Arts Centre Fourth Stage, 53 Elgin St. General Admission $15. 613-234-6306 www.chamberfest.com

Saturday & Sunday
17th Annual Open House Art Show  - J. Allison Robichaud
"Canadian Master Painter"
Date :       November 13 and 14, 2010
Time:        11 a.m. to 5 p.m.
Address:     584 Jessup St. Prescott, ON
Phone:        613-925-5605

Sunday
Margaret Ferraro, artist and art instructor invites you to the launch of her new book, A Time to Dance, at The Crichton Cultural Community Center (200 Crichton St.) on Sunday Nov. 14th, from 12-5pm. The exhibition includes 125 paintings, in pastel, acrylic and oil, and chronicle the lives of two girls who love to dance. There is no cost for admission to view this show. For more information please contact Margaret at ferraro-art.com, 613 839-5241 or e-mail margferraro@xplornet.ca

The Centre d'exposition L'Imagier is pleased to host the exhibitions "Décalages" by Steve Leroux and "Entités" by Nancy Perron, running from November 14 to December 19, 2010. The opening reception will take place on Sunday, November 14 from 2:00-4:00 p.m.
9, rue Front | Gatineau (secteur Aylmer), QC

All weekend long!

You are invited to the Mainworks Artists Annual Open-House at 200 Crichton St, in New Edinburgh starting Friday November 12th 5-9 pm as well as Saturday November 13th and Sunday November 14th noon to 5pm. The exhibit will showcase 16 local artists working in various medium. The open-house is free and all ages are welcome. Please use the Avon Lane entrance and proceed up to the second floor. For more information please call Anne Alcorn at 819-671-6540. Thank You!!!

260 FINGERS: 26 of Ontario and Quebec’s Finest Potters and Clay Artists
Glebe Community Centre 175 Third Avenue, Ottawa
Opening Night: Friday November 12, 6-9 pm
Saturday November 13 and Sunday November 14 from 10 am to 5 pm
The admission for 260 Fingers is free.

Any time at all!

The MVTM invites you to an exhibit that will be a tribute to the men and women of the Canadian military in war and peace, with the focus on remembrance of the two world wars. The textiles include the sampler on loan from the Embroiderers' Association of Canada Heritage Collection, samplers and other stitching with a patriotic theme from members of the Ottawa Valley Guild of Stitchery, and other textiles, such as cigarette silks and other printed textiles included in tobacco products a time, all owned by the Ottawa Valley Guild of Stitchery members. Exhibit on display at the Mississippi Valley Textile Museum from Saturday November 6 - December 18th, 2010
Mississippi Valley Textile Museum | 3, Rosamond St. E. | Almonte