Juno stars display their many talents
By Sarah Kazak An art exhibition at Ottawa City Hall is showcasing work by some of Canada’s top musicians ahead of next month’s Juno Awards in the capital. Organized through…
Viewpoint: Artists’ resale rights are a human right — but not in Canada
By Rupert Nuttle On Oct. 7, 2015, less than a year before her death, a video of the Inuk artist Annie Pootoogook shows her sitting on a stone staircase in downtown…
OAG launches pop-up initiative
By Caitlin Galipeau The Ottawa Art Gallery is connecting to the broader community while its expanded Arts Court location is under renovation. The gallery recently launched an initiative called “Out…
Museum gets largest donation ever
By Nicole Babb A state-of-the-art facility for freezing tissue samples, a new fellowship for researchers and the digitization of hundreds of thousands of Arctic specimens are three initiatives the Canadian…
Council orders more graffiti
By Kat Topinka After seven years of success and some 50 murals created across the city, Ottawa’s youth graffiti program, Paint It Up! was unanimously approved for continuation in 2017…
Viewpoint: City of Ottawa should innovate its new poet laureate position
By Alexandra Mazur Next month, the City of Ottawa will reinstate its poet laureate position, crowning both a French and an English poet to serve as the capital’s bards for two…
Little Gandhi film comes to capital
By Micaal Ahmed In the midst of Syria’s gunfire, bloodshed and torture, Ghiyath Matar and his flowers became a symbol of peaceful resistance — and now his story is coming…
Artists invited to dream big for 150
By Jaiden Doyle At least two Canadian artists will be given the chance to “Dream” if they’re chosen by the federal Department of Canadian Heritage to create a new interactive…
YMCA to host girl rock ‘n’ rollers
By Veronica Newbury Rock Camp For Girls, a local organization that encourages diversity and inclusivity in the music industry, has been awarded a Canada 150 “micro-grant” to put on a…
Francophone artists unite at SAW Gallery
By Clive Ngan Across cultures and continents, local Ottawa artist Nancy Brandsma found new influences for her work at pentadécagone, an art exhibit held at the SAW Gallery on Feb. 9….