Veteran local photographer Michael Schreier has been given the 2016 Karsh Award, a biennial $7,500 prize honouring an Ottawa artist for excellence using photography.
Local photographer wins prestigious award
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Month: September 2016
Interactive sculpture sets the tone at St. Luke’s Park
The Listening Tree, designed to mimic the greenery and light posts around Elgin Street, was officially celebrated Sept. 24. Brea Elford, Centretown NewsIn August, a new art piece quietly sprouted up near the intersection of Elgin Street and Gladstone Avenue. A month later, on Sept. 24, Ottawa-based artists Jesse Stewart and Matt Edwards joined local residents at St. Luke’s Park to officially unveil their multi-sensory piece called The Listening Tree.
New album highlights indigenous issues
Residential schools; unjust incarceration; the ’60s Scoop; missing and murdered Indigenous women.
Canada to celebrate with creative cakes
Cindy Stelmackowich, coordinator of Cut the Cake, in front of the Enriched Bread Artists building. Brea Elford, Centretown NewsAs a part of Canada’s 150th birthday next year, the Centretown-based collective, Enriched Bread Artists, wants to show the city and the country how to really celebrate — with cake.