Category: Arts

Stories from the street inspire sculptor

Yi Han, Centretown News
Yi Han, Centretown News
Terry Rooney sculpts Marcel Foucault. In his studio, located in the basement of the Church of All Saints on Blackburn Street, Foucault is the first subject in a series of 12 portraits of homeless men that Rooney is hoping to complete this year.
Terry Rooney doesn’t have a free hand to shake; both of his are covered in red clay.

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Reading series exposes local writers to poetry fans

Andrew Ng, Centretown News
Andrew Ng, Centretown News
Local poet Monty Reid hosted the Factory Reading Series in the absence of longtime host, Rob Mclennan.
Three-time Governor General Literary Award nominee Monty Reid hosted this month’s edition of the Factory Reading Series, at the Ottawa Art Gallery, while its founder and longtime host, Rob Mclennan, works as the writer-in-residence at the University of Alberta.

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