POP THIS! invitation
The Enriched Bread Artists (EBA) invite you to witness POP THIS!, an outdoor exhibition/performance/gathering on Tuesday evening.
Over the last 18 years the collective has opened their doors to the public to share their work with the Ottawa community. The group of professional artists work across disciplines and Tuesday’s event will host some larger-than-life outdoor sculpture, glass work, and performance pieces. Keep your eyes peeled for an homage to Damien Hirst, too.
EBA member and sculptor/printmaker Joyce Westrop describes the show as both a playful take on the National Gallery’s Pop Life exhibition and a way to share art work with the local community. “People really love it when we open up the studios,” she says. “That’s the great thing about working in a place like this, you’ve got both. You’ve got the studio that you can go into and you’ve got involvement and interaction with the public as well.”
Other artists participating include EBA members Jean Halstead, Rachel Kalpana James, Gayle Kells, and Svetlana Swinimer. Northern Art Glass artist Charlie Lafontaine and Bozica Radienovic from Stable Artists are also contributing work to the event.
“We’ve tried to include artists from outside the EBA,” continues Westrop. “It’s a mash-up: Nuit Blanche meets Pop – it’s a bit of a potluck show.”
Westrop views tomorrow nights festivities as a precursor to coordinating Nuit Blanche in the nation’s capital. “POP THIS! is like a mini-trial run of Nuit Blanche – eventually we’re going to have one in Ottawa. There are a lot of artists who are trying to get together and work on it. We’re seeing what we can do at the EBA because we’re a natural place to host events.”
POP THIS! happens on Tuesday, August 24th from 8-11pm at 951 Gladstone Avenue. It’s sure to be a fun time – so don’t miss it!
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