Sonya is an Ottawa-based creative professional, with Eastern European roots. She is a freelance writer who covers arts & culture happenings in Ottawa, and who also works with local businesses and bigger companies alike to create engaging digital content. Sonya is a plant mom, rarities collector, and avid reader.
Wall Space Gallery, a contemporary art gallery and framing shop now located at 1090 Bank St. in Old Ottawa South, unveiled a new exhibition in honour of International Women’s Day on March 8th.
The International Film Festival of Ottawa (IFFO) starts this Wednesday, March 13th, with Atom Egoyan’s Seven Veils at the Ottawa Art Gallery. IFFO 2024 runs from March 13–24 and includes 25 feature films from 26 countries and 21 Canadian short films. We spoke with IFFO Executive Director Tom McSorley to learn more.
Local opera company, OperOttawa, honours Canadian women leaders throughout history with a new requiem by Composer-in-Residence, Jack Hui Litster. Performed by a chamber orchestra of 13 musicians and a women’s choir of 17 singers, OperOttawa presents the world premiere of “Gates of Heaven: Requiem for a Life of Peace” on March 10, at 2:30pm at the First Baptist Church, in a fitting tribute to Women’s History Month.
‘Can’t Touch This’ is a new exhibition on display at Studio Sixty Six until March 9th. Featuring work by Brandon A. Dalmer of Montreal, and new art by local Ottawa artist Michael Schreier, the two are connected by mutual love for digital technology.
The SCI_ART symposium—exploring convergence of science and art—is organized by multiple European embassies Ottawa is home to, hosted this year at the Ottawa Art Gallery and Club SAW on April 6-7.
The Spirit Horse Returns was an engaging and educational production by Jodi Contin, Ken MacDonald, the NAC Orchestra and NAC Indigenous Theatre.
Free museum admission? Check. Sketching all over the museum? Check. A supportive and inclusive group of sketchers? Check. Urban Sketchers is a global community of artists who draw on location. Ottawa has its very own chapter!
To mark Holocaust Remembrance Week, Grammy-nominated ensemble Yiddish Glory plays at the National Arts Centre on January 25. The group performs resurrected songs created by Holocaust victims and survivors in Ukraine and Moldova that were thought lost to history.
Three young talented Ottawa artists are heading to New York City this weekend to present months of hard work to high-level music industry professionals, as part of FRMULA program.
