Attended the vernissage of the 9th annual Figureworks show! They are a not-for-profit organization dedicated to promoting and celebrating visual art of the human form on an international level. Featuring the works of artist by Peter Adams, Jessie Babin, Margo Blackell, Olivier Bonnet, Erin Frances Brown, Kimberly Callas, Danielle Clarke, Christine Cousineau, Byrne Currie, Art …
OAG held their Annual Art Auction and cocktail party at their new facilities inside the Alma Duncan Salon as they celebrated the Gallery’s diamond anniversary. Le Party is a silent art auction featuring works by over 65 regional artists, ranging from emerging to established. The auction attracted hundreds of guests who have a taste for …
Ottawa Art Gallery‘s Le Party won’t happen until November 8, 2018. But on November 1st at Monocle Westboro, OAG announced their partnership launch with Ashcroft Homes and a sneak peek of Le Party artworks up for auction. There were remakes from Alexandra Badzak who is the Director and Chief Executive Officer of OAG and David …
Sketch 2018 is SAW Gallery and AXENÉO7‘s holiday fundraiser which happened on November 2, 2018. This year the event took place at AXENÉO7 while SAW Gallery is under construction. The proceeds raised will go to both of the galleries. Let’s cross our fingers that the opening of the new Saw Gallery will be around June …
Who doesn’t love Corgis? Ottawa Corgis held their Halloween event parade at McNabb Park on October 27, 2018. So cute seeing the corgis getting all dressed up! Ottawa Corgis was selling their 2019 calendar. Check out the photos.
The theme for October’s Creative Mornings was about honesty. The speaker they had this month was Amen Jafri. Here is a short bio about her: “Amen has spent a decade working the 9 to 5, masking her creative ambitions by day and unleashing them only by night. It was only after she became honest with …
The Canada Science and Technology Museum held their first museum at night party called Galatecha on October 20, 2018. Galatecha was a fun night checking out what the Sci & Tech has. Who doesn’t miss the Crazy Kitchen and the trains? I hope they will make this a monthly event. Check out the photos.
Finally, the wait is over at Ottawa Art Gallery for their fall 2018 exhibition. The gallery held their opening reception on October 17, 2018 for Michèle Provost: Everything must go, Firestone Reverb: Confluences and Tributaries: Michael Belmore and A.J. Casson, Eclectic Geometric: Permanent Collection Highlight and Patrice Stanley’s Empyrean in the Annex Gallery. Check out …
Went to the media preview (thank you apt613!) and the world premiere of Oscar Gustaf Rejlander’s photo exhibition at the National Gallery of Canada. Called Oscar G. Rejlander: Artist Photographer, the exhibition shows 140 works that spans 30+ years career of the “Father of Art Photography”. Seeing some of the photos was pretty amazing to …
Studio Sixty Six held their vernissage for Gallemit + Thériault who are 2 of Ottawa’s most well received and innovative artists. Marisa Gallemit’s Translating Twice: listening for the echo Expanding on her continuing affinity for discarded materials, Marisa Gallemit revisits the practice of manipulating bicycle tubes, combining them with textile scraps and furniture to dissect …