Jesse Winter, Centretown News
Gwendolyn Best's new exhibit, Fur and Farms, opened last weekend at the Orange Art Gallery. The signature black cats and rats featured in local artist Gwendolyn Best’s paintings are exploring new territory this Halloween: pumpkins, pastures and tractors.
Category: Arts
Mural project steers youth artistic talent away from graffiti
Jane Hobson, Centretown News
The Door Youth Centre recently unveiled this mural on a wall beside the sidewalk on Somerset Street West. The mural project aims to promote the positive contribution youth can make to the streetscape.Many members of the Centretown community and The Door Youth Centre gathered together earlier this month to celebrate the unveiling of a new mural created by local artists and youth volunteers.
Ottawa Art Gallery expands to feature more local talent
Régis Côté et associés
An artist's rendering of the design for the Daly Avenue entrance of the Ottawa Art Gallery. The Ottawa Art Gallery broke ground for their new building on Friday, Oct. 2 following feasibility studies, consultations with the arts community and with the help of the City of Ottawa.Artists of Ottawa will soon have a bigger and better location to showcase their work when the OAG finishes its large-scale expansion in 2017.
Rare event spotlights trombone sound
In what will feature a trio of experienced jazz musicians playing in a unique ensemble, Little Italy’s GigSpace Performance Studio will be hosting the 2015 Trombone Summit on Oct. 24.