Gallery to display Gillian King paintings made from extracted pigments of decaying plants
By Emma Jiayue Liu Ottawa-based artist Gillian King’s exhibition Ghosts, curated by PDA Projects, will be on display April 13-28 at General Assembly, a Hintonburg art gallery just west of…
New Bytown Museum exhibit examines community history
By Madison Ranta A new exhibit at the Bytown Museum will encourage Ottawa residents to examine the city’s history from five different vantage points: the perspective of a farmer, a…
Photography exhibit showcases students’ best work
By Jane Skrypnek The School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa (SPAO) hosted a reception on March 16 to a packed house for its first exhibition in its new space in…
City Hall’s new gallery exhibition explores spirituality through abstraction
By Emma Jiayue Liu Local artist Jordan Seal’s exhibition Wealth of the Eternal Garden is on display at the City Hall Art Gallery until May 23. The exhibition features 116…
Ottawa seeks Indigenous art for city’s collection
By Jacob Hoytema The City of Ottawa, which has amassed a collection of nearly 3,000 artworks, is looking to add more Indigenous art to its holdings — the source of…
‘Poetry karaoke’ comes to Bar Robo
By Karen-Luz Sison It was standing-room only at Chinatown’s Bar Robo as local residents came together recently for a new kind of karaoke show: POEKA night. POEKA, otherwise known as…
Ottawa band brings new life to the blues
By Jordan Omstead A newly formed Ottawa band is looking to bring new life to a timeless genre, and they’re taking their mission to the stage at this summer’s RBC…
100-year-old Rosemount library branch to get ‘major’ renovation
By Madison Ranta While the new Central Library project is a top priority, the latest Ottawa Public Library board meeting highlighted a range of other improvement projects planned for the…
Local theatre raises funds for supportive housing
By Louisa Simmons A preview performance of A Streetcar Named Desire by Ottawa Little Theatre has raised thousands of dollars for a local supportive housing organization. All profits from ticket…
Satire and The City
By Matthew Curtis A satirical artist plans to poke fun at city planning in an upcoming exhibit at City Hall. René Price will present his vision of a tongue-in-cheek “utopian”…