Archive 1997-2016
Ottawa's arts community is vibrant and colourful, full of talented contemporary artists and galleries as eccentric as their creativity; unfortunately the money to support these institutions is lacking in our nation's capital.
When Maria Hawkins, a blues singer, asked a group of developmentally challenged adults to express their thoughts through music, one participant created these lyrics . . .
Matthew Daye and Marven Metellus are not child prodigies. They haven’t devoted their childhoods to attending music lessons or studying at an art school. But if winning an arts award for talent, passion and commitment to their work means anything, then that hasn’t hurt them.
Not long ago, I stepped into a poetry reading expecting to find myself in the midst of a smoky lounge, drinking jug wine with a black beret perched atop my shaggy mop . . .