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Calling all photographers! Canteen wants your homeless 4×6 photos

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saxby
on Saturday, January 9, 2010
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Courtesy of ian murchison on Flickr

Courtesy of ian murchison on Flickr

Craving the fame that comes from being displayed on the walls of one of Ottawa’s favourite galleries? Looking to turn your flickr habit into cold hard cash (in this case likely coins)? Canteen is offering you the chance to sell your homeless 4×6 photos on February 2nd. They will handle selling the photos for one dollar each and you can drop by, chat, have a drink and watch the coins roll in. They are calling it “Canteen’s spicy winter no-theme photo fiasco.”

Drop your photos off with your name and contact on the back before February 1st. The fun runs from 7-10pm on February 2. More info is online at the Canteen blog. If you’re in our Flickr pool and contributing your stuff, let us know and we’ll keep an eye out for you.

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Bring home your own ugly plush beast

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saxby
on Tuesday, January 5, 2010
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monster!

Anyone who watched our 100 mile gift guide video from Workshop will likely remember the fun homemade toys that kept popping up. If you didn’t manage to rope a loved one into getting you all the stuffed toy fun you wanted for Christmas - make it your new year resolution to take things into your own hands.

Canteen is offering a plush monster workshop on January 20th from 6-9pm. For only 25 bucks you can make (under close supervision) your very own plush monster. You don’t need to come prepared with any skills, but you should arrive with a vision for your monster or a sketch of how you envision it looking. Register early by calling (613) 216-0083.

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The Apartment613 100 Mile (last-minute) Gift Guide

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Arran
on Monday, December 21, 2009
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http://www.vimeo.com/8303602

Apartment613 editors dropped by Workshop on Dalhousie to find out what local crafts and treats they are stocking for the holidays. Any of you still looking for gift ideas would be well-advised to take a look!

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ALCHEMY Tonight at Ottawa School of Art

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Ren
on Thursday, June 25, 2009
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Art by Kaylen McConnell

Art by Kaylen McConnell

Tonight, June 25th, from 7 to 9pm, the Ottawa School of Art will hold a vernissage for their student showcase, ALCHEMY, at the school’s downtown campus. This long-awaited exhibit is not only a visual feast for the spectator, but marks a rite of passage for one awesomely creative group of art students.

ALCHEMY features selected works from OSA’s 2009 graduating class in Fine Arts, including Katie Argyle, Zeynep Ergincan, Myra Dingley, Kaylen McConnell, Géraldine Petit-Gras, Edith Trejo and Shirley Yik. It also showcases fibre art creations by Antonia Reiner, OSA’s very first graduate in Fine Crafts.

The exhibit’s name – a nod to the legendary art of transforming raw materials into gold – is perfect for the unveiling of a new contingent of creativity. Working in a wide variety of media including collage, ceramics, acrylics, fibre, screenprinting and ink, OSA’s graduating artists proudly show off the best of their accomplishments.

ALCHEMY will be on display at OSA’s downtown campus (35 George Street) until July 25th. Can’t get enough? More pieces from this massively talented group will be shown at IPO Gallery starting on July 2nd, and Blink Gallery starting on July 9th.

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Get Caught in Ottawa before February 15th!

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margaret
on Monday, February 2, 2009
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Photo courtesy of blueberries on Flickr

Photo courtesy of blueberries on Flickr

The interactive exhibit, Caught in the Act, at the National Art Gallery is leaving on February 15th. If you haven’t had a chance to get Caught yet, go check it out before it’s too late. Like a trip to a Science Museum in Wonderland, it encourages viewer participation by reacting to noises you make, asking you to push on doors attached to disco balls, and literally removing the boundaries of traditional art exhibits by having you enter the actual installations. Unlike normal exhibits the security guard here encourages you to touch and get inside exhibits.  It’s the perfect place to introduce kids and engineers to art who may not be patient enough for the Bernini special exhibit going on until March 8th.

Visit on Thursday February 5, or 12  after 5pm for free to check out the exhibit and meet the artist, Massimo Guerrera. He’ll be interacting with his installation A Hyphen between the Visible and the Invisible (Darboral). Registration and information: 613-990-1985.

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