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2015/05/04

Arteast Digest on Blogspot - Communiqué Spring 2015 - North Gloucester Library Changeover - Members Announcements - Ist Annual, Art Health Network of Ottawa Fundraiser - Call for Artist - AOE Announcements





1. Arteast Digest on Blogspot - Only ONE week left to register

Arteast is modernizing its email communications to its members. Over the course of the next week, you must register here at http://arteastottawa.blogspot.ca to continue receiving announcements that are sent to you at least once a week. Some messages may contain commercial content, e.g. notices of workshops and art shows.

Arteast modernise la communication informatique à ses membres. Durant le semaine prochaine, vous devez vous enregistrer à : http://arteastottawa.blogspot.ca pour continuer de recevoir les informations qui vous parviendront une fois par semaine. Des messages pourraient être d’ordre commercial, ex. avis d’ateliers et d’expositions d’art.

Please see the attachment to the emailed digest for the instructions. THIS IS THE LAST DIGEST SENT BY EMAIL.


2. Communiqué Spring 2015

The latest issue of our newsletter is now online at:


If you do not want a printed copy, please e-mail: editor@arteastottawa.com 


3. North Gloucester Library Changeover

It's time to change the Arteast exhibit on Tuesday, MAY 12, 2015:

Please retrieve the works that have been hanging for the past two months and/or bring in new paintings (or other two dimensional art) for the North Gloucester Library, 2036 Ogilvie Road, Ottawa, K1J 7N8.

The changeover is between 10:30 a.m. and 11:30.a.m.

These new pieces will be hung for two months. The next change-over will be on Tuesday, JULY 14, 2015. 


Please be prepared to record your paintings with: Title, Medium, Size, and Price along with your name, phone number and e-mail.  You can bring up to 3 paintings although, depending on the total number received, not all may be accepted.  North Gloucester Library can accommodate 20 paintings. Paintings must be ready for hanging, with appropriate framing and hardware to Arteast standards. Those who are bringing in a painting for the first time this year must sign an Arteast contract form.  Blank contracts will be available at the library.

If you are interested in exhibiting, please send an advance email, on or before Wednesday, MAY 6, 2015, to Christine Gendron, christinegendron@sympatico.ca, indicating the number of works and their sizes.

For any further questions please contact the North Gloucester Coordinators:
Christine Gendron  christinegendron@sympatico.ca 


4. Members Announcements

Artist couple Jessie Parker, Robert Arnold share “Mediterranean Muse” at the Atrium Gallery, Ben Franklin Place, Nepean, May 22 to June 24, 2015. The Mediterranean acts as a Muse to them in different ways, inspiring this collection of some of their favourite Mediterranean images. Two people very close, both experiencing the same things, seeing the same places, yet reacting in different ways, with results that are very individual. Both Jessie Parker and Robert Arnold are established artists known for their innovative use of cutting edge digital art media.

Vernissage June 8, 7-9pm


5. Ist Annual, Art Health Network of Ottawa Fundraiser

Saturday May 9th from 7:00-11:00pm
Pressed Cafe, 750 Gladstone Ave
15.00 @ the door
Silent Auction and Live Music



6. Call for Artist

Art For All Canada, Inc. (AFAC) is a not-for-profit organization,
run by artists, to help artists to develop, show and sell their work commission-free. 
Our web site is at www.artforallcanada.org 

They have an immediate opening for an artist to exhibit paintings or photography in May. Please get in touch right away if you are interested.

Please contact
Sheila J. Mitchell
Art For All Canada, Inc.
Tel: (416)-756-3221
sheila@artforallcanada.org

See artist and event videos at www.YouTube.com/ArtForAllCanada


7. AOE Announcements

Membership Orientation Session
Monday May 11, 2015, 7 p.m. to 9 p.m.

AOE Arts Council
Shenkman Arts Centre, 245 Centrum Blvd., Suite 260, Ottawa, ON K1E 0A1

RSVP with rachel@artsoe.ca

Session d'orientation pour les membres 
Le lundi 11 mai 2015, de 19h à 21h

Conseil des Arts AOE
Centre des Arts Shenkman, 245, boul. Centrum, bureau 260, Ottawa, K1E 0A1

RSVP à rachel@artsoe.ca

Members' Mixer & Annual General Meeting / Soirée pour les membres et Assemblée générale annuelle
http://us1.campaign-archive2.com/?u=60c8decf66fb15151e1fe8bdb&id=3e23b2c889&e=3f62ba61fa

2015/04/27

Digest on Blogspot - Grow with Art / L’art en herbe - Orleans Library Changeover - Open Studio / Studio Libre - Trip To Montreal / Excursion À Montréal - May Workshop / atelier tenu en mai - AOE Announcements


1. Arteast Digest on Blogspot - Only two weeks left to register

Arteast is modernizing its email communications to its members. Over the course of the next 2 weeks, you must register here at http://arteastottawa.blogspot.ca to continue receiving announcements that are sent to you at least once a week. Some messages may contain commercial content, e.g. notices of workshops and art shows.

Arteast modernise la communication informatique à ses membres. Durant les deux prochaines semaines, vous devez vous enregistrer à : http://arteastottawa.blogspot.ca pour continuer de recevoir les informations qui vous parviendront une fois par semaine. Des messages pourraient être d’ordre commercial, ex. avis d’ateliers et d’expositions d’art.

Please see your email version of the Digest for the instructions.


2. Arteast- Grow with Art / L’art en herbe

Tuesday April 28, -le 28 avril

7:00 “Meet and Greet” à 19h

7:30 Presentation à 19h 30

An Exciting presentation by Maureen O’Neill

In English

The Zen of Pop: Andy Warhol Meets Joseph Campbell
Maureen O'Neill is an artist with an international reputation. Her work is found in collections throughout the British Isles, Ireland and Europe; across Canada and the United States; in Central and South America; and in Africa, Australia and New Zealand as well. Two pieces from her Alice in Wonderland series are currently to be seen at a Canadian Embassy in Europe, along with two landscapes. She will be teaching painting in St. Pierre and Miquelon this fall, and working on a series in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico, this winter.
The genre of Neo-Fabulism refers to telling stories and telling lies. My paintings do both, drawing from nature to create illusion. Which aspires to truth.



3. Orleans Library Changeover

It’s time to change the exhibit at the Orleans Library, 1705 Orleans Blvd, Orleans. ON

On Tuesday, May 5th 2015, please retrieve your works that have been hanging for the past two months and/or bring in new paintings, or other two dimensional art work

These new pieces will be hung until Tuesday July 7, 2015

The change over time at the library is between 10:30 am and 11:30 am

All artwork must be identified on the back of the work with: Title, Medium, Size and Price
along with your name, phone number and email. You can bring up to 5 pieces although not all may be accepted. Paintings must be properly framed ready for hanging.

An Arteast contract must be signed and is available at the library.

 


4. Arteast Open Studio / Studio Libre – St. Laurent Complex

Note: May Studio days will be on WEDNESDAYS MAY 13 & 27
June’s date is on our usual Thursday, June 11, 2015
Please pre-register for the next “open studio” We require 6 members per session for the studio to run. The registration form is available on the Arteast website http://www.arteastottawa.com. Please confirm your participation with one of the following Arteast Volunteers

Corinne Feasey c_feasey@hotmail.com



Note: que le studio des mois et mai sera les mercredis 13 mai et 27 mai
S’il-vous-plait veuillez – vous preinscrire pour cette nouvelle session. Nous avons besoin d’au moins six members por que cette activite ait lieu!

Le formulaire d’inscription est disponible sur le site Web d’Arteast


Merci de confirmer voter presence avec un des benevoles suivants

Corinne Feasey : c_feasey@hotmail.com

Dorothy Zorn : dorothyaz123@gmial.com




5. Arteast Summer Field Trip To Montreal / Excursion D'été D'arteast À Montréal


Deadline to sign up: Cheques must be received by 5 pm on Friday, May 29, 2015.
Échéance pour l'inscription: Réception de chèques avant 17 h le vendredi 29 mai, 2015.


Exhibition: Metamorphoses in Rodin's Studio AND Old Montreal

Contact: Mary Ann Varley, varleymaryann1@bell.net


Itinerary - Friday, June 19, 2015.
8:30 a.m. Leave the Shenkman Art Centre by air-conditioned bus
8:00 - 9:00 p.m. Arrival at the Shenkman Centre, depending on traffic and stop for a break.
for more information and sign up form click here

Price: $65/member $75/non-member
Included in the price is bus transportation, entrance fees and tour guides.
We need at least 32 people for the trip to be viable.



Métamorphoses : dans l'atelier de Rodin ET Vieux Montreal

Contact: Mary Ann Varley, varleymaryann1@bell.net

Horaire - 19 juin 2015
08 h 30 Départ du Centre des arts Shenkman en autobus, air climatisé
20h-21h Arrivée au Centre Shenkman selon la circulation et la pause-santé, si c'est le cas
pour plus d'information et le formulaire d'inscription ici

Frais : 65$ membres ; 75$ non-membres
Les frais incluent le transport, les frais d'admission au Musée des Beaux-arts et les guides.
Minimum de 32 personnes pour faire le voyage possible

 


6. Arteast May Workshop / atelier tenu en mai
in English only/ en anglais seulement

Wet and Wild: towards Abstraction
Presented by Shirley Mancino


Contact: Mary Ann Varley, varleymaryann1@bell.net

Saturday and Sunday May 23 & 24 2015
Queenswood Heights Community Centre, 1485 Duford Ave
Saturday 9:00 am to 4:00pm
Sunday 9:00 am to 3:30 pm 
Les possibilités de l'acrylique pour les techniques mixtes
par Shirley Mancino


Contact: Mary Ann Varley,
varleymaryann1@bell.net
Centre communautaire Queenswood Heights,
1485 Ave Duford
deux jours, les samedi et dimanche,
23 et 24 mai,
le samedi de 9 h à 16 h
le dimanche de 9 h à 15:30 h

For more information and sign up form/ pour plus d'information et le formulaire d'inscription word   pdf 






7. AOE Announcements

Opportunities For Members | Occasions Pour Les Membres

Art Place: Call to Artists and Workshop | Place d'art : appel aux artistes et atelier http://artsaccolade.ca/art-place-application-form/

2015/04/19

Arteast Digest on Blogspot - Communiqué - Members Announcements - 2015 Open Call/Appel Aux Artistes Nuit Blanche - AOE Announcements





1. Arteast Digest on Blogspot

Arteast is modernizing its email communications to its members. Over the course of the next 4 weeks, you must register here at http://arteastottawa.blogspot.ca to continue receiving announcements that are sent to you at least once a week. Some messages may contain commercial content, e.g. notices of workshops and art shows.

Arteast modernise la communication informatique à ses membres. Durant les quatre prochaines semaines, vous devez vous enregistrer à : http://arteastottawa.blogspot.ca pour continuer de recevoir les informations qui vous parviendront une fois par semaine. Des messages pourraient être d’ordre commercial, ex. avis d’ateliers et d’expositions d’art.

Please see the regular email digest for the attachment with the instructions.


2. Communiqué

Arteast's hard-copy, quarterly newsletter—Communiqué—is popular with our members, but did you know that it is also available on our Web site at http://arteastottawa.com/newsletter.php? A notification when a new issue is released is communicated via the weekly Arteast Digest. Posting of the Web version may be viewed in full dazzling colour, at least two weeks before the print version (black and white) is delivered by Canada Post. With rising postal costs, some members have requested that they be removed from the mailing list for the printed copy. Other advantages of going with the online Communiqué are:
- reduces printing and envelope costs;
- makes Arteast more "green";
- no more hunting for misplaced issues (Arteast's Web site has the current and all back issues).
Printed copies will be available at our monthly Grow With Art meetings and the Promenade Arteast gallery at the Shenkman Arts Centre. If you prefer to read the newsletter online, please e-mail us at editor@arteastottawa.com to have your name removed from the newsletter mailing list.


La copie imprimée du trimestriel d’Arteast – Communiqué – est populaire auprès de ses membres, mais saviez-vous qu’il est aussi disponible sur le site Web http://arteastottawa.com/newsletter.php ? Lors de sa publication, une notice paraît dans l’hebdomadaire Arteast Digest. Sur le Web il peut être lu et vu en couleurs deux semaines avant la version imprimée ( noir et blanc) postée par Poste Canada. Compte tenu du coût postal croissant plusieurs membres ont enlevé leur nom pour l’envoi postal - vers le Web. Il y a d’ailleurs d’autres avantages du Communiqué en ligne tels que :
- réduire les coûts de l’imprimé et de l’enveloppe;
- Arteast plus ‘vert’;
- ne plus être à la recherche du numéro manquant (le Web d’Arteast conserve le numéro courant et les anciens numéros).
Des copies imprimées seront disponibles à la réunion mensuelle L’Art en herbe et à la galerie Promenade Arteast au Centre Shenkman. Si vous préférez lire le Communiqué en ligne, s.v.p. contactez : editor@arteastottawa.com afin d’enlever votre nom de la liste d’envoi postal.


3. Members Announcements

April 25 & 26 - Navan Fine Arts Exhibition & Sale, 10 am - 4 pm daily. Free admission.
at the Navan Curling Club, 1305 Fairgreen Avenue, Navan
14 artists including Arteast's
Kerstin Peters, Janis Fulton, Doreen Hardiman and Anne Warburton
4 authors throughout the weekend - check the website for their schedule www.navanarts.com



Photo Exhibition: Lois Siegel - Shenkman Arts Centre - AOE Gallery, April 23 – May 25
Meet the Artist: May 24, 2015, 1- 3 p.m.
Shenkman Art Centre, 245 Centrum Boulevard, Orleans, AOE Gallery, Main Floor




4. 2015 - Open Call/Appel Aux Artistes Nuit Blanche Ottawa+Gatineau

Please follow the link:


5. AOE Announcements

Please follow the following links:

Opportunities For Members | Occasions Pour Les Membres

The ART of Shopping Shepherds April 28 | Rappel: L'ART de magasiner Shepherds le 28 avril

SÉLECTIONS 2015 : Call to artists | Appel aux artistes:




2015/04/05

Digest: Digest on Blogspot - Arteast 25 years/25 ans Gala Banquet - Members Announcements - Ottawa Art Gallery: Evening of Fun, Food and Fashion - AOE Announcements






1. Arteast Digest on Blogspot

Arteast is modernizing its email communications to its members. Over the course of the next 4 weeks, you must register here at http://arteastottawa.blogspot.ca to continue receiving announcements that are sent to you at least once a week. Some messages may contain commercial content, e.g. notices of workshops and art shows.

Arteast modernise la communication informatique à ses membres. Durant les quatre prochaines semaines, vous devez vous enregistrer à : http://arteastottawa.blogspot.ca pour continuer de recevoir les informations qui vous parviendront une fois par semaine. Des messages pourraient être d’ordre commercial, ex. avis d’ateliers et d’expositions d’art.

Please see the regular email digest for the attachment with the instructions.

 
2. "25 years of artistic adventure" /"25 ans d'aventure artistique" Gala Banquet

Tuesday, November 24, 2015/ Mardi le 24 novembre, 2015
5:30 p.m. / 17h30 Cocktails
6:30 p.m./18h30 Dinner/Souper
Chimo Hotel, 1199 Joseph Cyr Street
Tickets/ Billets: $25 Members/Membres, $35 for Guests/Invités
Cash Bar/ bar payant -- Free Parking/ stationnement gratuit

Follow the link for the pre-order form: http://arteastottawa.com/forms.php

 
3. Members Announcements

Lindy Nadarajah's Spring Session classes are now open for registration at :
Ottawa School of Art / École d'art d'Ottawa
Orleans Campus d'Orléans
245, boulevard Centrum Boulevard

Register: for class
Tel:: 613.580.2765
Email: osao.admin@artottawa.ca
Website: https://artottawa.ca/register-for-a-class/?campus=Orleans


Adult Art Classes - Spring Session

Intro to Drawing and Painting  Spring 2015
Monday 6:30 to 9:30 p.m. (April 21 to June 23)
Course Code- P15S010A  Price: $240.00

Painting Techniques of the Masters Spring 2015
Thurs 1:00 to 4:00 p.m. ( April 23 to June 25th)
Course Code: P15S015C Price: $240.00



Children's Art Class Spring Session
Drawing Exploration   9 to 12yrs. old 
Wednesday 6:30 to 8:30 p.m. (April 22 to June 24)
Course Code: P15SC02B Price: $240.00


Children's Art Summer Camps
Draw, Paint, Sculpt Create!!!  2015 (6 to 8 yrs old)
Week of July 20th to July 24th, (Mon to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)
Code: S15SC3EA Price: $260.00


Famous Painters Multi Media  Class  (9- 12 yrs. old)
Week of August 10 to August 14th , (Mon to Friday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.)
Course Code: S15SC6EB Price: $260.00


4. Ottawa Art Gallery - Evening of Fun, Food and Fashion

We have 50% of the tickets sold and would like to get a sell-out for another 40-50 tickets (80 total) for this event, supporting the Ottawa Art Gallery fundraising capital campaign.  It’s our local gallery and 100% of the profits from the sale of the bespoke jewels designed for OAG will go towards this fundraising effort, including a percentage from the sales of TYI merchandise AND the ticket sales.





5. AOE Announcements

New Young Art Leaders Committee and Mixer Event
AOE Arts Council initiates a group of young emerging Arts professionals

(Ottawa, Ontario) AOE Arts Council is excited to initiate a new Young Art Leaders Committee and is looking to attract a dynamic membership to this group during a Wine & Cheese Mixer event to be held at Club SAW on Tuesday, April 14, from 6-8 p.m.

This free event is open to post-secondary students, recent graduates and members of the public who want to come out to network with peers or potentially join the new Young Art Leaders Committee in Ottawa.

The purpose of the Young Art Leaders Committee is to connect individuals who are pursuing a professional career in the Arts with guest Arts professionals for exchanges of experiences, practical advice, and insight on transitioning into an Arts career. AOE Arts Council’s hopes that once the Committee is established it will seek to identify new initiatives and events relevant to young emerging Arts professionals.

If you are interested in becoming a member of the Young Art Leaders Committee please email a Letter of Interest to Cassandra Olsthoorn, Program Manager (Cassandra@artsoe.ca).
To register for the April 14 event :
Eventbrite      Facebook For more information:
Cassandra Olsthoorn,
Program Manager
AOE Arts Council
613.580.2767
Cassandra@artsoe.ca

Le premier Comité de jeunes leaders dans les arts et événement de réseautage
Le Conseil des Arts AOE met sur pied un groupe de jeunes artistes professionnels émergents

(Ottawa, Ontario) Le Conseil des Arts AOE est heureux de présenter le tout premier Comité de jeunes leaders dans les arts et cherche à attirer des membres à ce groupe pendant un événement vins et fromages
le mardi 14 avril, de 18h à 20h, au Club SAW.

Cette activité est gratuite et est ouverte aux étudiants, les diplômés et à tous ceux et celles qui désirent faire du réseautage avec leurs pairs et se joindre au nouveau Comité de jeunes leaders dans les arts.

Le Comité a été conçu pour faciliter des échanges entre ceux et celles qui poursuivront une carrière professionnelle dans les arts avec des artistes professionnels qui pourront partager leurs expériences et des conseils pratiques ainsi qu’offrir un aperçu de la transition de la vie étudiante à la carrière d’artiste. Le Conseil des Arts AOE souhaite qu’une fois le Comité établi, il identifiera de nouveaux événements et initiatives pour les jeunes artistes professionnels émergents.

Si vous désirez devenir membre du Comité de jeunes leaders dans les arts, veuillez envoyer une lettre d’intérêt à la gestionnaire de programmes, Cassandra Olsthoorn (cassandra@artsoe.ca).
Pour s’inscrire à l’événement du 14 avril :
Eventbrite      Facebook Pour plus d’information: 
Cassandra Olsthoorn, gestionnaire de programmes
Conseil des Arts AOE
613.580.2767
Cassandra@artsoe.ca

2015/03/22

Digest: Important Announcement with regard to the Digest - Grow with Art/L’art en herbe - Arteast Exhibition - Members Announcements - AOE Announcements




1. Important Announcement with regard to the Digest

I am pleased to announce a very important development in Arteast e-mail communications that will soon take effect. The Digest announcements that Arteast delivers by e-mail have served us well in the past. Now Arteast is moving forward and is updating the way it provides you with the Digest. The organization also needs to make this change to ensure it conforms to Canada's new anti-spam legislation.

In the coming days, you will receive a message inviting you to subscribe to the Blogspot version of Digest and providing you with a link so that you may do so. The invitation will contain all instructions and a contact name for help, if you need it. There are a number of advantages to Blogspot, notably that members who subscribe to it will be able to unsubscribe at any time. For the first four weeks, Arteast will deliver the Digest by both e-mail and through Blogspot, allowing members time to subscribe. During this transition period, therefore, members who subscribe will receive duplicates of Digest. Then Arteast will cease completely to deliver Digest by e-mail. I strongly encourage you to subscribe to the Blogspot version of Digest to continue receiving notices about Arteast events and other visual arts news. If you do not subscribe, you will stop receiving the Digest four weeks after you receive the initial invitation.

Joyce Buckley
President Arteast



2. Grow with Art/L’art en herbe




Stone Carving
Through my bears, I want people to see themselves strongly connected with life, family and nature"
Patrick Imai, Stone Sculptor

Patrick Imai will give a presentation on the methodology he uses in the creation of his carved stone bears. He will discuss the selection of stone, cutting and shaping stone, sanding and polishing stone, and finishing. As stone carving is a tactile experience, the presentation will be supported by samples of different stone in various stages of the process and the tools used.

If there is time at the end of the presentation there will be an opportunity to experience stone carving. Wear clothing which can get dusty.


Sculpture sur pierre
"Par mes ours, je vois des gens profondément attachés à la vie, famille et nature’’
Patrick Imai, Stone Sculptor
Patrick Imai fera une présentation de sa méthode de création de la sculpture de l’ours. Il parlera de la sélection de la pierre, coupe et forme de la pierre, sablage, platine de la pierre et finition. Parce que sculpter la pierre est une expérience tactile, il aura des exemples de différentes pierres, à différents stages du développement de la pièce avec des outils qu’il utilise.

S’il reste du temps, à la fin de la présentation, vous pourrez essayer ce médium. Mais portez des vêtements d’atelier.

Tuesday, March 24, 2015 Meet and Greet at 7:00, Presentation follows
Le mardi, 24 mars 2015, rencontre à 19 h; suivie de la présentation à 19h30

at our regular location, 255 Centrum Blvd.  Room 340, Orléans 255, boul. Centrum, local 340, Orléans (ON)



3. Arteast Exhibition

Spring Awakenings” Art Exhibition
The show runs from Mar. 16th to May 19th 2015 at François Dupuis Recreation Centre, 2263 Portobello Boulevard, Ottawa, Ontario

The show’s pieces bring out scenes of many spring locations. Plans for spring and summer travel come with Josie DeMeo’s “Venice”. Kerstin Peters takes into the rolling hills of eastern Canada with landscapes reminiscent of the Charlevoix region. Lynne Alsford brings us photos from places we may have walked but viewed with an eye for the often overlooked. All the pieces bring the new awakenings with the arrival of spring.


Exposition d'art "L’Éveil du Printemps"
L’exposition d'art se déroule du 16 mars au 19 mai, 2015 au Centre récréatif François-Dupuis, 2263 boulevard Portobello, Ottawa, Ontario.L'exposition présente le travail de trois membres Arteast Ottawa.
Les pièces exposées mettent en évidence diverses scènes printanières. Le tableau "Venise". de Josie DeMeo, évoque les projets de voyage de printemps et d’été. Kerstin Peters nous projette dans les collines de l'est du Canada, dont les paysages rappellent la région de Charlevoix. Lynne Alsford nous présent des photos d’endroits que nous avons sans doute déjà visités, mais sans y avoir vraiment prêté attention. . Dans leur ensemble, ces pièces rappellent l’éveil du printemps.




4. Members Announcements

Kerstin Peters offers the following courses through the City of Ottawa this spring.

Courses for adults:

François Dupuis – 613-580-8080

Painting like Famous Artists Adults - 963994 
Tue, 7 pm-8:30 pm, Apr 7-May 5, $51.00, 16 yrs+, 4 classes


Acrylics - 960508
Wed, 7 pm-9 pm, Apr 8-Jun 17, $170.00, 16 yrs+, 10 classes

Bob MacQuarrie-Orléans – 613-824-0819


Intro to Colour Mixing & Painting Techniques - 962981
Mon, 6 pm-7:30 pm, Apr 20 - Jun 22 , 120.00, 16 yrs+, 8 classes
The course will start a week later than advertised in the Recreation Guide. NO classes May 11 and May 18.


Courses for Kids:

François Dupuis – 613-580-8080


Animal Drawing and Cartooning -  960489
Wed, 6 pm-6:55 pm, Apr 8-Jun 17, $85.00, 7 yrs-12 yrs, 10 classes




5. AOE Announcements

March 19/19 Mars – April 22/22Avril

The AOE Arts Council is inviting you to discover the work of emerging artist from the Outaouais region Mélanie Tessier. Mélanie is the first artist to exhibit her artworks as a part of the 2015-16 AOE Gallery season, presented by Caisse populaire Trillium Desjardins. Entitled FeatHER, this solo exhibit brings together a variety of figurative portraits in acrylic in which women, as the main theme, are shown in many shapes and colours.

Le Conseil des Arts AOE vous invite à découvrir les oeuvres de Mélanie Tessier, artiste visuelle émergente de la région de l’Outaouais. Mélanie sera la première artiste à dévoiler ses toiles dans le cadre de la saison 2015-2016 de la Galerie AOE présentée par la Caisse populaire Trillium Desjardins. Intitulée Plume d’Elle, l’exposition solo ayant comme thème principal la femme, regroupe une variété de peintures figuratives à l’acrylique à l’intérieur desquelles le sujet se décline sous de multiples formes et couleurs. 

Executive Director’s March 2015 message | Mot de la directrice générale – mars 2015
Spring is right around the corner and Ottawa’s new City Council has passed its first budget. We are proud to have a Mayor that recognizes and speaks out on the powerful social and economic benefits that accrue to cities with vibrant arts communities. Over the past month as part of the budget discussions, AOE Arts Council, along with other cultural service organizations, met with members of City Council and presented to two committees of Council concerned with arts community priorities.

As you know, we have just conducted a survey of the Ottawa arts community to identify their priority needs for the future as part of our organization’s strategic planning process. These priorities remain largely consistent with those developed by the City through extensive consultation with the community in 2012 and that were approved unanimously by City Council with the 2013-18 Renewed Action Plan for Arts, Heritage and Culture. We are now in Year-3 of this Plan and much has begun, especially key capital infrastructure for Arts Court and La Nouvelle Scène. However, much remains to be accomplished and we need to be sure that completion of the Plan remains among the Strategic Priorities of the term of this new Council. The celebrations in 2017 also offer a unique opportunity to implement some of the elements in the Plan related to promotion of the local arts scene.

What can you do to help move this agenda forward? Please contact your City Councillor to let them know that you wish to see completion of the City’s 6-year Action Plan for Arts, Heritage and Culture among the strategic priorities for the term of this new Council.

Our website has a copy of the Action Plan as well as the presentations that we made to the City Committees on these issues. Please feel free to refer to them.

Best wishes on your current creative endeavours and as always, please keep us informed of your events, ideas and concerns by reaching me at victoria@artsoe.ca or 613‐580‐2767, ext.4

Victoria Steele, Executive Director

Le printemps est à nos portes et le nouveau conseil municipal de la Ville d’Ottawa a adopté son premier budget. Nous sommes heureux de pouvoir compter sur un maire qui sache reconnaître et souligner les importants bénéfices socioéconomiques d’une ville lorsque celle-ci mise sur le dynamisme de sa communauté artistique. Depuis un mois, dans le cadre des échanges sur l’établissement du budget, les représentants du Conseil des arts AOE ainsi que d’autres organismes de services culturels ont rencontré les élus du conseil municipal en plus d’exposer les priorités de la communauté artistique devant deux comités du conseil.

Comme vous le savez, nous avons récemment mené un sondage auprès de la communauté artistique d’Ottawa dans le cadre de notre processus de planification stratégique, et ce, afin de cerner les besoins prioritaires pour l’avenir. Essentiellement, ces priorités sont dans le droit fil de celles établies par la Ville au terme des consultations élargies auprès de la collectivité en 2012, lesquelles ont par la suite été entérinées à l’unanimité par le conseil municipal dans son Plan d’action renouvelé pour les arts, le patrimoine et la culture à Ottawa (2013-2018). Nous voilà déjà à la troisième année de ce processus, et plusieurs initiatives sont déjà en cours, notamment la concrétisation des projets d’immobilisations culturelles associées à la Cour des arts et à La Nouvelle Scène. Toutefois, il reste encore beaucoup de pain sur la planche, et nous devrons nous assurer que la mise en œuvre de ce plan d’action figure encore et toujours parmi les priorités stratégiques tout au long du mandat de ce nouveau conseil municipal. Par ailleurs, les célébrations de 2017 représenteront une occasion unique de concrétiser certains volets de ce plan en vue de promouvoir les arts à l’échelle locale.

Quel sera votre rôle dans cette perspective? Nous vous invitons à communiquer avec votre conseiller municipal pour lui faire valoir que la concrétisation du plan d’action pour les arts, le patrimoine et la culture de la Ville, échelonné sur six ans, devra nécessairement figurer parmi les priorités stratégiques de ce nouveau conseil municipal.

Vous trouverez un exemplaire du plan d’action sur notre site Web, ainsi que les détails des présentations que nous avons faites auprès des comités de la Ville sur ces questions. N’hésitez pas à vous en servir.

Meilleurs vœux de succès dans vos projets artistiques. Comme toujours, n’hésitez pas à communiquer avec moi pour m’informer de vos activités ou me faire part de vos idées et commentaires, à l’adresse victoria@artsoe.ca ou au 613‐580‐2767, poste 4.

Victoria Steele, directrice générale