Archive 1997-2016
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By Kelly Leydier
Students at Elgin Street Public School and Lisgar Collegiate are about to find out that art can make them smart.
Thanks to a grant from the Community Foundation of Ottawa-Carleton, students will be working with musical and creative movement specialists, Artists at Hand, to produce a series of vignettes to tell Ottawa’s history.
By Laura Copeland
The public and private spheres may be a common idea in contemporary art, but Cheryl Pagurek takes them to a new level.
Using images taken from print and TV news, Pagurek layers, folds, glues and even sews these photographs into three-dimensional models of things found in the home, such as a crib or a kitchen sink. In this way she combines the public sphere of the media images with the private sphere of the domestic. The title of each work refers to a specific date with the object’s name in brackets. One piece is entitled April 21 (diaper shirt).
It’s obvious the Canadian government feels strongly about protecting Canadian culture. One only has to glance at the numerous areas of legislation that protect, fund or otherwise enhance cultural industries in the country. What is not so obvious is if Canadians share this abundant enthusiasm.
By Adam Patenaude
Hosting the Memorial Cup may lead to an even bigger victory off the ice than on it.
The Ottawa Tourism and Convention Authority estimates that the Memorial Cup will inject approximately $5.4 million into the local economy. The numbers are calculated by using an economic impact formula that considers the number of people who will be visiting the city for an event and the duration of their stay.