Visual art

It’s the auction of the year for Ottawa art collectors.

Anna Shah Hoque and Cara Tierney are the curators of To Be Continued: Troubling the Queer Archive, an exhibition that looks at Ottawa’s local histories and genealogies of queerness.

In collaboration with the City of Ottawa and CF Rideau Centre, Digital Arts Resource Centre (DARC) is thrilled to announce the new public art program, In the Absence. The program guided a cohort of emerging and mid-career artists, based in Canada, who expanded on their existing practice and learned to use new tools available for digital creation.

What if I told you there are hundreds of tiny hot dogs and hamburgers hidden all over the city? I bet you’ve walked past one and didn’t even notice. The miniature morsels are the work of the Ottawa-based artist known as StreetArtMiniature. Her appetizing art resides in corners, cracks, and crevices all over the city, giving literal meaning to the phrase “street food.”

A group of eight participants participated in a Public Art Co-Design Residency that took place this summer, facilitated by Ottawa artist Brendan de Montigny on behalf of Artscape Atelier, to develop options for the Zibi site.

September’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to Ashley Proulx, Laura Wheeler, Steven Lafond, Garret Brink, and Zach Counsil to produce a fictional web series set in Ottawa that seeks to answer the question “In the wake of so much change, how can we stand for something better?”

Claudia Salguero has created more than 30 community murals in Ottawa.

Emily Rose Michaud is an interdisciplinary artist and educator working at the crossroads of community organization, ecology, and civic participation.

Apartment613’s first artist-in-residence has completed their special project for the blog. The complete Together Apart necklace collection will go on sale next Thursday, August 13.

At the time of this writing, Andrea Ross has spent an uninterrupted 850 days creating one-of-a-kind doodles at gruntled.ca.  She looks back on each day, through all the things she’s experienced, picks her favourite moment of joy, draws it, and posts it to her site.

Why rocks? Well, because they were there,” says John Felice Ceprano, reflecting on the stone balancing structures he has created at Remic Rapids for the past 34 summers.

MASC artist Tina Le Moine has lived and worked in animation in Vancouver and Montreal, and she now resides in Ottawa spending her time teaching animation, creating, and enjoying life.

The Ottawa Art Gallery is ready to reopen with precautions to limit the spread of COVID-19. Starting July 9, folks must reserve a 2-hour time slot for their visit.

June’s Awesome Ottawa award goes to the Young Arts Leaders Collective to support the inclusion of free art with takeout orders at local restaurants.