Asinabka Film & Media arts Festival presented the worlds first ever 2-Spirit Ball on August 10, 2019. 2-Spirit is an umbrella term for Indigenous peoples that identify with the GLBTQ+ community. Although it is a contemporary term created in the 90’s, it acknowledges that diverse sexualities and gender roles exist within their Indigenous traditions in …
OAG Annex held their opening reception of Magic Mirrors by Heidi Conrod. About the exhibition which is curated by Rose Ekins: Heidi Conrod’s mixed media artwork draws upon an essence of liminality, a state of “in-betweenness.” Created using a combination of hand-applied paint and digitally-manipulated imagery, Conrod’s fantastical artworks extend an invitation to the viewer …
Forgot to post these photos from the AXENÉO7 opening reception for Jennifer Lefort‘s In Perpetuity and Makiko Furuichi‘s L’Âge de Raisin. The exhibtion runs until August 3, 2019. All the details are on here.
Beyond the Pale Brewing Company hosted the second annual “All Hands on Deck” art show which was curated by Daniel Martelock. Where over 200 skateboards which was hand painted by local artists and was auctioned off on June 22, 2019. Portion of proceeds went to FOR PIVOTS SAKE.
Glowfair 2019 took place on June 14th and 15th on Bank Stree. Check out the photos from the likes of art, performances, exercise and a silent disco party. No I didn’t take photos of the fight that happened. You don’t want like 25-30 stampeding towards you and destroy your equipment. Got to see a friend …
Apt613 celebrated their 10th birthday/anniversary at Happy Goat Coffee on June 13, 2018 (aka 613 Day). While the rain put a damper on the event but there was hard-core supporters who came out to celebrate this wonderful occasion. Fun times indeed and check out the photos
Attended the inaugural event for SoGall Ottawa at Rebel. SoGal is the largest global platform for the education and empowerment of diverse entrepreneurs and investors. Their mission is to close the diversity gap in entrepreneurship and venture capital The theme was Fail Forward. Goes like this: “If you’ve ever tried to create something, chances are …
On May 23, 2019 I went to the National Gallery of Canada for the opening reception for Paul Gauguin’s Portraits. It is part of their summer exhibition happening at the gallery. I was fortunate enough to check out the artworks. There were some I couldn’t photograph but check out the ones that I did get …
Went to the sixth annual instalment of Artpreneur. This year’s edition happened on Friday and took place at Bayview Yards in the downtown area and not in Shenkman Centre which was all the way in Orleans. The theme this year was Creative Infrastructure: Media + Management + Spaces. In case you aren’t aware about Artpreneur. …