May 2013
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Ottawa Art Scene: April 16 - 22
There’s a few big art events kicking off in Ottawa this weekend with their own constellation of mini-events to choose from!
This week at the National Gallery, is the opening of the much-anticipated exhibition of international indigenous art, Sakahàn, at the National Gallery of Canada. Check out the opening on Thursday evening to see the show for free and hobnob with the artists. The...
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Ottawa Art Scene: May 9 - 15
It’s going to be a chilly weekend, apparently, so why not spend some time indoors with art??
If you can’t wait until tomorrow’s premiere of The Great Gatsby, get your Roaring Twenties fix (and support an excellent cause) at the annual Ottawa School of Art fundraiser, J’Adart 2013. Drop by the Karsh Masson Gallery for live music, art activities silent and live auctions,...
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Ottawa Art Scene: May 2 - 8
Happy May! Along with celebrating this swift transition into summer, there’s plenty to do this week in the art scene!
Northern Scene is still going strong, and you can check out a free screening of short films at SAW Video tonight about the vital role that blood plays in the lives of northern communities. Films by Zacharias Kunuk and Marie-Hélène Cousineau...
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Dorset Seen co-curators featured on Active History...
Dorset Seen co-curators Leslie Boyd and Sandra Dyck chat with the Active History podcast about art as a lens on history: “We wanted to choose works that would surprise people and try to stir up or change their ideas of what Cape Dorset looks like.”
Host Sean Graham asks, “what is it about this community that leads to such an artistic output?” Have a listen to find out!
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April 2013
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Ottawa Art Scene: April 25 - May 1
There is SO much going on this week in Ottawa, it’s hard to know where to begin!
Northern Scene kicks off tonight at the NAC and continues until the end of next weekend. I’ve written up what I’m looking forward to in theatre, music, visual arts, and film but I limited myself to two picks for each category and there is SO much more to do. Be sure to check out the full list and...
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Today is Earth Day 2013
How about celebrating with a walk in Gatineau Park or visiting the Canadian Museum of Nature (free today!)? And this weekend, check out the Living Green Expo!
Shuvinai Ashoona, Wold View, 2011. Lithograph. Now on view at the National Arts Centre, as part of Inuit Ullumi: Inuit Today: Contemporary Art from TD Bank’s Inuit Collection.
Carleton University students: Scholars Portal has put...
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CUAG Picks: #NorthernScene - Music
CUAG has two exhibitions for Northern Scene - Dorset Seen and Dawson Gold - but there are a TON of other events happening in Ottawa for the cross-disciplinary arts festival. In case you need it, here are our picks for Northern Scene’s Music offerings! I had a great time Youtubing everyone, and here’s who I’m looking forward to the most.
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SWARM Party at the NAC: There will be...
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CUAG Picks: #NorthernScene - Visual Arts
CUAG has two exhibitions for Northern Scene - Dorset Seen and Dawson Gold - but there are a TON of other events happening in Ottawa for the cross-disciplinary arts festival. In case you need it, here are our picks for Northern Scene’s Visual Arts offerings! (Obviously this was a super-difficult one for us!)
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Earth and Sky: Shuvinai Ashoona is one of our favourite artists around here,...
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Ottawa Art Scene: April 18 - 24
Pablo Picasso, Vase of Flowers, 1908. Oil on canvas. Image via Museum of Modern Art, New York.
If you’re around campus on Friday, SSAC has organized another edition of their Friends of Art History series lecture, this time on Picasso’s Plants. Dr. Alma Mikulinsky will be analyzing a 1932 exhibition of Picasso’s work in Paris and André Breton’s 1933 “Picasso in his Element”...
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CUAG Picks: #NorthernScene - Film
CUAG has two exhibitions for Northern Scene - Dorset Seen and Dawson Gold - but there is a TON of other events happening in Ottawa for the cross-disciplinary arts festival. In case you need it, here are our picks for Northern Scene’s Film offerings.
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Blood and Snow: SAW Video has organized a screening of 12 short films and videos that explore blood’s vital role in northern...
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CUAG Picks: #NorthernScene - Theatre
CUAG has two exhibitions for Northern Scene - Dorset Seen and Dawson Gold - but there are a TON of other events happening in Ottawa for the cross-disciplinary arts festival. In case you need it, here are our picks for Northern Scene’s Theatre offerings!
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Taste of the Wildcat: The Museum of Civilization has installed a replica of an iconic log cabin restaurant in Yellowknife...
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Ottawa Art Scene: April 11 - 17
William D. MacGillivray Life Classes 1987 Film still Courtesy of Picture Plant / Photo David Middleton
If you’re in the mood for a film, the National Gallery of Canada is screening free films by the recent Governor General Award winner William MacGillivray. Tonight at 6pm is “Life Classes, 1988,” which tells the story of a Cape Breton woman who seeks out the life of an artist...
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Congratulations to the FIRST EVER winner of CUAG's...
Here is Brittany’s review of the exhibition Tony Fouhse: Live Through This:
Fig 1. Tony Fouhse, Stephanie, from the series USER, 2010.
Live Through This is a remarkable series of portraits following the journey of a heroin-addicted woman named Stephanie MacDonald and her struggle to overcome substance abuse. The portraits are unique in that they capture not only the essence of a woman who...
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You gotta read this: Reading lists by artists:... →
What a great idea. @Carleton_U students: what was your favourite book you read this semester for a class?
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This blog is inspired by a small book I’ve always kept called “An Ideal Syllabus”. Put together by Jerry Saltz, the book features a selection of artists who each contribute an ideal syllabus formulated as if they were teaching a class to art students. The little book was...
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March 2013
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