By Laurie Hemmings and Leslie Lambert

This year, Arteast celebrated the re-launch of the Budding Artist

Exhibition on the Promenade Arteast wall at the Shenkman Arts

Centre with a wonderful opening reception on May 26. In attend-

ance was Mayor Jim Watson, who took the time to greet the art-

ists and get some photo-shots in with many of the participants. It

was a true celebration to have live music in the form of celebrato-

ry drumming for this event. Thank you to Hamid Ayoub and Ma-

do Limoges for being a part of this event. There were lots of

treats offered at the refreshments table, thanks to all the partici-

pants.

This juried exhibit specifically honoured emerging artists. Ar-teast recognizes the contribution that emerging artists bring to the creative community, and part of its mission is to foster crea-

tive talent at all levels. For this specific exhibit, we opened the doors for artists who are beginning their creative journey to en-joy a positive experience in putting their work up on the wall!

At the reception, awards were distributed to recognize potential. Although the jurors had a tough time choosing their awards, given the quality of work, they believed that all the artists were winners.

Cette année, Arteast a célébré la réouverture de l'Exposition des artistes

débutants sur le mur de la Promenade Arteast du Centre des arts Shen-

kman, avec une magnifique réception qui s’est tenue le 26 mai dernier. Le

maire Jim Watson était présent, il a pris le temps de saluer chaque artiste

et a pris quelques photos avec de nombreux participants. C'était un vrai

régal d'avoir le son des tamtams pour accompagner et célébrer cet événe-

ment. Merci à Hamid Ayoub et à Mado Limoges pour avoir participé à cet

évènement. Il y avait beaucoup de gourmandises offertes à la réception,

merci à tous les participants.

Les juges pour cette exposition ont spécifiquement rendu hommage aux

artistes émergents. Arteast reconnaît la contribution des artistes émer-

gents qui apportent beaucoup de créativité à la communauté et une partie

de sa mission consiste à encourager le talent à tous les niveaux. Pour

cette exposition en particulier, nous avons ouvert les portes aux artistes

qui commencent leur périple créatif pour vivre une expérience enrichis-

sante en exposant leur travail au public!

Lors de la réception, des prix ont été distribués pour reconnaître leur

potentiel. Bien que les jurés aient eu du mal à choisir leurs prix en raison

de la qualité de leur travail, ils ont estimé que

tous les artistes étaient gagnants.

Spring/Summer 2019 Vol. 26, No. 2

Budding Artist Exhibition Exposition des artistes débutants

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Budding Artist Exhibition, Shenkman Arts Centre

Photo by Mike Phillips

Photo by Mike Phillips

May 23 to July 15, 2019 du 23 mai au 15 juillet, 2019

ARTEAST is a highly active not-for-profit visual arts organization in Eastern Ontario. Membership is open to artists, both amateur and professional, and all who enjoy and wish to participate in the visual arts. Standard Membership is $30.00 per year and Contributing Membership is $80.00. Activities and opportunities include:

Regular monthly meetings with guest speakers/demonstrations • Promoting and advertising opportunities

Networking opportunities • Social events • Opportunities to grow and develop as an artist • Free exhibition

space at local libraries.

Arteast exhibitions: Annual Arteast Juried Awards Exhibition, Annual Trinity Art Gallery Exhibition, Promenade Arteast Exhibitions, St. Laurent Complex Exhibitions. Management and Planning meetings are held at 7:00 p.m. on the Tuesday preceding General Meetings, at the Shenkman Centre, AOE offices, 2nd floor, Lise Roy meeting room. Any member who wishes to contribute is invited to participate. Please contact the President if you wish to attend and be included on the agenda.

The Communiqué is published in both hardcopy (limited quantity only) and electronic versions, with issues: Win-ter/Spring, Spring/Summer, and Summer/Fall. The Editor welcomes submission of articles, but reserves the right to edit for length and content.

Email: editor.arteastottawa@gmail.com. Text should be a separate attachment in WORD format, maximum length 400 words, and photos in JPEG format. Deadline for submission is a minimum of one month before going to press. Photo credits will be published if shown on the photos submitted.

NOTE: Opinions expressed in any article contained herein are not necessarily those of Arteast, the Editor, or members as a whole.

Electronic publication: Arteast Communiqué is available online on the Arteast website at: www.arteastottawa.com/newsletter.

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ADMINISTRATION

Board of Directors President: Lindy Nadarajah Vice-President: Claire Ouseley Past President: Lynne Alsford Treasurer & Membership: Dorothy Zorn Secretary: Lise Guindon

Management Coordinators Grow with Art Lead: Cheryl Mattice Team: Mary Ann Varley, Claire Ouseley, Danielle Beaulieu, Les White, Carole Ferrari, Sally Bend-er

Galleries Arteast Juried Awards Exhibition St. Laurent Complex, 525 rue Côté Interim Lead: Mary Ann Varley Team: Carmen Dufault, John Archer, Bill Lee, Mary Douglas, Susan Thompson, Istvan Jobst, Debra Corkery Trinity Gallery, Shenkman Centre 245 Centrum Blvd. Orleans Lead: Maureen Rooney Mitchell Team: Clarisse Cheseaux, Josie De Meo, Isabella Lévêque-Bouchard, Lindy Nadarajah, Claire Ouseley

Promenade Arteast, Shenkman Centre 245 Centrum Blvd. Orleans Lead: Maureen Rooney Mitchell Team: Isabella Lévêque-Bouchard, Clarisse Cheseaux, Mary Ann Varley, Claire Ouseley

St. Laurent Complex, 525 rue Côté Lead: Jennifer Garland Team: Elisabeth Baechlin, Hélène Lepage, Rash-mi Rekha

ADMINISTRATIVE CONTACTS Alsford, Lynne 613-830-1829 editor.arteastottawa@gmail.com Beaulieu, Danielle 613-833-0155 dbeaul0155@rogers.com Boldizar, Darina 613-233-6565 dboldizar@sympatico.ca Josée Bourassa 613-824-6126 jbou1963@outlook.com Cass, Jane 613-741-8290 jmcphotos88@yahoo.ca Cowan, Gwen 613-744-3909 gwencowan@rogers.com Dabros, Linda 613-731-5652 ldabros@sympatico.ca Feasey, Corinne c_feasey@hotmail.com Garland, Jennifer 613-837-6227 sjgarland@sympatico.ca Hemmings, Laurie 613-321-8104 hemmingslaurie@gmail.com Lambert, Leslie 613-746-4770 leslielambert0@gmail.com Mattice, Cheryl 613-824-7835 cherylmattice@me.com Nadarajah, Lindy 613-834-4555 president@arteastottawa.com Ouseley, Claire 613-842-9649 vicepresident@arteastottawa.com Rooney Mitchell, M. 613-830-9224 promenade@arteastottawa.com Rosseau, Helen 613-834-8661 webadministrator@arteastottawa.com Varley, Mary Ann 613-745-2996 varleymaryann1@bell.net Zorn, Dorothy 613-868-5485 treasurer.arteast@gmail.com

Arteast gratefully acknowledges the support of the

City of Ottawa.

Budding Artist Exhibition Promenade Arteast , 245 Centrum Blvd.

Lead: Leslie Lambert, Laurie Hemmings

Open Studio openstudio@arteastottawa.com Lead: Dorothy Zorn, Corinne Feasey

Franҫois Dupuis Recreation Centre Lead: Cheryl Mattice Team: Marc Bottomley, Kendall Riddell

Lunasole Resto-Bar Lead: Gwen Cowan, Richard Pell

Libraries Orléans: Corinne Feasey, Rachel Lapalme, Mike Phillips, Lynne Alsford Blackburn Hamlet: Josée Bourassa, Lore Organ North Gloucester: Darina Boldizar, Pari Zati, Judy Ross St. Laurent: Linda Dabros

Web Administrator: Helen Rosseau, webadministrator@arteastottawa.com Translation Coordinator: Lynne Alsford Translators: Josée Bourassa, Jacinta Aungier Official Photographer: Charles Frost, Mike Phillips Publicity: Jane Cass Email Communication/ Arteast Digest: arteastottawa@gmail.com Facebook: Maureen Rooney Mitchell, Danielle Beaulieu

Communiqué Editor: Lynne Alsford A\Editor: Carmen Dufault Translation: Josée Bourassa, Jacinta Aungier Design and Layout: Erika Farkas

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Jusqu’à présent en 2019, Arteast Ottawa a eu une année très produc-

tive! Depuis le début de l’année, Arteast a:

accueilli l’exposition avec jury ‘Mosaïque’

organisé la première exposition des Artistes débutants;

participé au 10e anniversaire du Centre des arts Shenkman avec notre nouveau présentoir visage découpé et organis des démons-trations d’artistes;

organisé le voyage annuel à Montréal;

offert des ateliers Grandir avec l’Art avec Patrick Imai et Brian Turner;

décerné des prix dans le programme Artistes en herbe de la ville;

dirigé l’activité pour le Festival des tulipes avec l’école élémen-taire St. Brother André;

continué ses activités d’expositions dans les bibliothèques, dans les complexes Saint-Laurent et Centre Récréatif François Dupuis, au restaurant Luna Sole et à la promenade Arteast au Centre des Arts Shenkman, le Studio Libre et les présentations mensuelles Grandir avec l’Art.

Nous attendons avec impatience les activités à venir pour cette au-

tomne:

l’Exposition d’Arteast avec jury et remis de prix en septembre;

des ateliers de sensibilisation offert aux organismes Variety East et pour les adultes vivant avec un traumatisme crânien en oc-tobre;

présentations mensuelles Grandir avec l’Art;

Baz’Art au Centre des Arts Shenkman. N’oubliez pas qu’Arteast Ottawa a des partenariats avec Select Fine Arts Materials, DeSerres (St. Laurent) et Wallacks offrant 10% de rabais sur les fournitures d’arts pour les membres. Wallacks offre également le plan Orange Circle Rewards : collecte de points vers des remises supplémentaires. Veuillez vous assurer d’avoir en main votre carte de membre lors de vos achats à ces endroits. Veuillez vérifier le site d’Arteast sous l’onglet "expositions" et "activités" pour connaître les opportunités qui vous sont offertes. Vous devriez également recevoir l’Arteast Digest, chaque semaine par courriel, vous informant des dernières nouvelles ainsi que des diffé-rentes opportunités qui s’offre à vous afin d’exposer vos oeuvres.

J’aimerais vous voir lors des présentations Grandir avec l’Art qui on lieu le quatrième mardi de chaque mois. Ces présentations sont donnes par des conférenciers invités toujours intéressants. Votre par-ticipation vous donne droit de participer au tirage de prix de présence (tabliers Arteast, cartes-cadeaux et bien plus encore). Les coordina-teurs des expositions et des programmes d’Arteast annoncent les acti-vités qui sont à venir. Ces présentations vous donne aussi la possibi-lité de venir rencontrer d’autres membres - des gens merveilleux qui partagent les mêmes intérêts.

Consulter notre site web à : www.arteastottawa.com.

Arteast Ottawa has had a very productive year so far in 2019! Since the beginning of the year, Arteast has:

hosted the Mosaic juried exhibition;

held the premiere of the Budding Artist show;

participated in the Shenkman Arts Centre’s 10th Anniversary with our new face cut-out stand and artists’ demonstrations;

organized the annual Montreal bus trip;

offered Grow With Art workshops with Patrick Imai and Bri-an Turner;

presented awards in the City’s Young At Art program;

conducted a Tulip Festival outreach project with St. Brother André’s Elementary School;

continued its ongoing activities, such as exhibitions at the libraries, exhibitions at the St. Laurent Complex, François Dupuis Recreation Centre, Luna Sole Restaurant and Prome-nade Arteast, as well as Open Studio and the monthly Grow With Art presentations.

We are looking forward to a flurry of activities in the Fall:

the Arteast Juried Awards Exhibition (AJAE) in September;

outreach workshops with Variety East and Acquired Brain Injury Adults in October;

Grow With Art presentations;

Baz’ Art at the Shenkman Arts Centre. Don’t forget that Arteast Ottawa has partnerships with Select Fine Arts Materials, DeSerres (St. Laurent) and Wallacks for members to receive 10 percent discount on art supplies. Wallacks also offers the Orange Circle Rewards plan—those who register collect points towards additional discounts. Please ensure you keep your mem-bership card on hand for your purchases at these locations. Please check the Arteast website under “Exhibits” and “Activities” to see the latest opportunities for artists. You should also be re-ceiving the Arteast Digest each week by email, which provides in-formation on these and other opportunities to exhibit your work and shares the latest news. I would love to see you at the Grow With Art meetings on the fourth Tuesday of every month. There are great presentations by interesting guest speakers. You will have a chance to win door prizes (Arteast aprons, gift cards and much more). The Arteast Coordinators announce upcoming shows and opportunities and you get to meet other members—wonderful people who share the same interests.

Please check out more information on our website at

www.arteastottawa.com.

President’s Message Message de la Présidente

K. Lindy Nadarajah, President / Présidente

Trad. Josée Bourassa

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The awards went to:

President’s Award - Cheryl Mattice for Molly

(watercolour)

Juror’s Award - Sheila Pollard for Autumn Jewels

(watercolour)

Juror’s Award – Nicole Sauvé for Abstrait (mixed media)

Juror’s Award – Catherine Niman for Autumn Vines

(photography)

During the preparations to launch this exhibit, the following peo-

ple are recognized for all their help behind and in front of the

scenes: Lynne Alsford; Claire Ouseley; Cheryl Mattice; Maureen

Rooney Mitchell; Mike Taylor; Melanie Ouimet-Sarazin; Mike

Phillips; Gerard Miner; Dorothy Zorn; Christine Moriceau, and

all the sponsors who generously contributed prizes. And one last

thank you belongs to Lindy Nadarajah, our President, who was

the wind behind our backs in re-launching this special exhibit.

Thank you, Lindy!

We look forward to next year, when we will showcase this exhibi-

tion once again. In the meantime, a message to all the budding

artists out there:

Believe in yourself, don’t ever give up on your creative endeav-

ours and reach for new heights. Congratulations to all!

Les prix ont été attribués aux participants suivants:

Prix du président - Cheryl Mattice pour Molly (aquarelle)

Prix du jury - Sheila Pollard pour Autumn Jewels (aquarelle)

Prix du jury - Nicole Sauvé pour Abstrait (techniques

mixtes)

Prix du jury - Catherine Niman pour Autumn Vines

(photographie)

Au cours des préparatifs du lancement de cette exposition, les per-

sonnes suivantes ont été saluées pour leur contribution en cou-

lisses ou au-devant de la scène: Lynne Alsford, Claire Ouseley, Che-

ryl Mattice, Maureen Rooney Mitchell, Mike Taylor, Mélanie Oui-

met-Sarazin, Mike Phillips, Gerard Miner, Dorothy Zorn, Christine

Moriceau ainsi que tous les sponsors qui ont généreusement offerts

des prix. Un dernier merci à Lindy Nadarajah, notre présidente,

qui a eu le vent dans les voiles en relançant cette exposition spé-

ciale. Merci, Lindy!

Nous attendons avec impatience l'année prochaine, lorsque nous

présenterons à nouveau cette exposition. En attendant, nous avons

un message à tous les artistes débutants:

Croyez en vous-même, n’abandonnez jamais vos efforts créatifs et

vous atteindrez de nouveaux sommets. Félicitations à tous!

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Budding Artist Exhibition 2019 / Exposition des artistes débutants 2019

Sheila Pollard receives award Cheryl Mattice receives award Catherine Neman receives award

Photos by Mike Phillips

Leslie Lambert and Laurie Hemmings (at the left)

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Meet our Members

Josée Bourassa

As a young child, Josée spent a lot of time drawing and colouring. It was pure pleasure. She remem-bers that, one year at Christmas time, her uncle gave her a box of 60 Prismacolor crayons. Josée was in seventh heaven and carried the box with her everywhere. However, growing up, the day-to-day

concerns of working and raising a family pushed her interest into the background.

Three years ago, with retirement around the corner, Josée was looking for an outlet for those long-ignored artistic inclinations. After trying several painting media, she chose watercolours and pursued this decision with courses, mentorship and lots of practice. She was fascinated with how the watercolour medium captures light, reflections and shadows in painting. It’s like magic for her. The possibilities are endless.

Since retirement last year, Josée has the pleasure of painting on a more regular basis and being able to further pursue her art by discovering and applying new techniques. She challenges herself by trying themes and subjects that are outside her comfort zone. So far, Josée has not yet set her style but leans toward realism and enjoys a variety of subjects—portrait, landscape, still life, etc. She has yet to try abstract. As her port-folio evolves, exhibitions of her work will add to her artistic journey. Most recently, she joined the Arteast community.

Josée was born in Gatineau (Buckingham) but has been living in Orleans for almost 20 years. She has three wonderful grandchildren and three occasionally wonderful cats. Josée enjoys reading, listening to music, crochet and, of course, her crayons.

Jeune enfant, Josée a passé beaucoup de temps à dessiner et à colorier. C’était un pur plaisir. Elle se souvient d’un Noël, son oncle lui avait offert une boîte de 60 crayons de couleur Pris-macolor. Josée était au septième ciel et elle emportait cette boîte partout. Cependant, en grandissant, les soucis quoti-diens de travailler et d’élever une famille ont relégué son inté-rêt au second plan.

Il y a trois ans, en planifiant sa retraite qui approchait à grand pas, Josée rêvait de faire ressortir ses aspirations artistiques. Après avoir exploré plusieurs médiums en peinture, elle a décidé de s’arrêter sur l’aquarelle qu’elle a développé au moyen de formation, de mentorat et beaucoup de pratiques. Elle était fascinée par la façon dont le médium à l'aquarelle capture la lumière, les reflets et les ombres en peinture. C’est comme une magie pour elle. Les possibilités sont infinies.

Depuis sa retraîte l’an dernier, Josée a le plaisir de peindre sur une base régulière et elle continue d’explorer de nouvelles techniques et de les appliquer. Elle se met toujours au défi en choisissant des thèmes et des sujets qui se font sortir de sa zone de comfort. A ce jour, son style ne s’arrête pas sur rien de spécifique mais plutôt sur le réalisme tel que le portrait, paysage, nature morte etc. Au fur et a mesure que son portfo-lio évolue, les expositions seront ajoutés à son voyage artis-tique. Plus récemment, elle a joint la communauté d’Arteast.

Josée est née à Gatineau (Buckingham) et habitée à Orléans depuis près de 20 ans. Elle a trois merveilleux petits-enfants et trois chats parfois fantastiques. Josée aime lire, écouter de la musique, faire du crochet et, bien sûr, ses crayons.

From an early age, Mary loved to draw and sketching people was her first love. While living in Fredericton, Mary studied sketching and painting under Molly Bobak.

Returning to Ottawa, she wanted to try Commercial Art as a profession and obtained a Commercial Art Diploma from Algonquin College, graduating with honours. However, family responsibilities and full-time motherhood prevented Mary from pursuing this new career. Nonetheless, she found there was actually more time to paint so she continued to study portraiture at the Ottawa School of Art under Robert Hyndman as well as take various art workshops. She began working in watercolour, pastel, ink and charcoal and exhibited with the Ottawa Art Association, Westport Annual Art Show and various local exhibitions.

Returning to the workforce at Children’s Aid Society of Ottawa-Carleton, Mary often illustrated the yearly reports, painted a set of greeting cards for the Foster Parent Association and designed a poster for foster parent re-cruitment.

Retirement brought travel, grandchildren, sports activities and social groups leaving little time for serious painting. Eventually, art found its way back onto Mary’s agenda when she discovered Arteast. She now works mainly in oils and often includes children and people in her pieces. Winter canal scenes are a favourite, reminiscent of days spent skating on our won-derful natural skating rink. Portraits are her current endeavour, and she studies under David Kearn.

Arteast opened up many avenues for Mary to pursue her interest in art and to connect with people who are committed and enjoying life as artists. She is a member of the AJAE Committee and looks forward to working with fellow artists and learning more about what makes Arteast work.

Meet our Members

Mary Douglas

Depuis son enfance, Mary aimait dessiner, surtout le sujet des personnes.

Lors de sa résidence à Fredericton, Mary étudiait le dessin et la peinture avec Molly Bobak. À son retour à Ottawa, elle s’orientait vers une carrière en arts graphiques et à cet égard, elle est diplômée avec honneurs au collège Algonquin. En considérant ses responsabilités familiales à cette époque, elle ne s’impliquait pas dans sa profession. Toutefois, elle conti-nuait à étudier le portrait à l’École d’art d’Ottawa avec Robert Hyndman. Elle commença le travail avec l’aquarelle, le pastel, l’encre et le fusain. De plus, elle a exposé avec plusieurs asso-ciations, par exemple, l’Association d’art d’Ottawa, l’Exposi-tion annuelle de Westport et d’autres expositions locales.

Quand Mary a fait son retour sur le marché du travail, elle a illustré les rapports annuels pour la société de l’aide à l’en-fance d’Ottawa-Carleton. Elle s’engageait à d’autres projets comme la création des cartes de souhaits et une affiche pour l’Association des familles d’accueil.

À la suite de sa retraite du travail, Mary voyageait beaucoup et elle s’occupait de ses activités avec les petits-enfants, y compris les sports et la vie sociale. Finalement, aussitôt membre d’Arteast, Mary recommençait à faire la peinture. Elle crée ses œuvres en peinture à l’huile et le sujet reste pour la plupart, les personnages, souvent des enfants. Elle adore les paysages, le canal Rideau par exemple, rappelant des sou-venirs du patinage artistique dans notre milieu local. Pour le moment, Mary crée des portraits et elle suit des cours avec David Kearn.

Membre d’Arteast, Mary poursuit son intérêt dans les arts et elle s’engage avec d’autres artistes. De plus, elle est membre de l’équipe de l’Exposition d’Arteast avec jury et remise de prix et elle espère profiter de l’apprentissage avec ses col-lègues.

Trad. Jacinta Augier

The March meeting went very well with about 27 members present. Mark Stephen-

son was the presenter and had some really engaging ideas about social portraits

and other community projects. Mark is well known as an artist who wants to build

community between the artist and the viewing public. Rather than just creating

artworks to hang in the gallery, Mark wants to reach out in the most unusual ways

through social media. Arteast members might remember Mark’s Firefly project,

which was seen at Nuit Blanche a few years ago. Each little medallion would light

up when it was within range of another medallion. People walking around during

the event would see others wearing the device and the devices would “talk” to each

other with flashing lights. Mark brought some of the devices to the meeting to

demonstrate how the art becomes a facilitator for engagement with other nearby

devices.

Mark also brought samples of his social portrait series. These paintings were beau-

tifully executed and he explained how he paints very quickly and often in oils.

These portraits hung in the Trinity Art Gallery at the Shenkman Arts Centre, and

members of the public were invited to comment via sticky notes or stickers to fur-

ther the work as social commentary as the viewer became part of the process of the

work.

Mark often works collaboratively with a like-minded group of friends who spend

hours constructing Arduinos, which are programmed to do simple tasks (e.g. light

up when another is Arduino is nearby). As the devices communicate, the results

become more and more complex. He also went through the conception and set up

of M, an interactive portrait painting installation he created for CSArt Ottawa sub-

scribers. While one often does not have the technical background to actually make

such devices, the sense that Mark, the artist, gets a whole room of people smiling

and chatting about his artwork is really remarkable. Arteast members really en-

joyed this lively evening of 21st century cutting-edge art. We all became yet another

“happening” art piece on this March night.

By Mary Ann Varley

Mark Stephenson - Photo by M. Rooney Mitchell

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Grow With Art -

Engaging a Community with Art with Mark Stephenson

Welcome New Members! / Bienvenue aux nouveaux membres!

Leslie Firth

David Kearn

Kristine Kennedy

Ruth Koch-Schulte

Rita Lamoureux

Elbert Laroc

Pamela Levac

Amirah Mirza

Sheila Pollard

Helen Pruchnicky

Johanne Richer

Henriette Rival

Monica Smith

Dulci Tennyson

Mary White

Supattana Bolger

Leslie Caple

Crystal Chaplon

Pierre Cloutier

Gary Corcoran

Felicité Daniow

Anne Delaquis

John Dixon

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Grow With Art - Rosalie Favell

By Mary Ann Varley

Favell has had a distinguished career in Canada and internation-

ally. She has taught at various universities. Numerous institutions

have acquired her artwork including: the National Gallery of Can-

ada (Ottawa), Canadian Museum of Contemporary Photography

(Ottawa), Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian

(Washington, D.C.), and Global Affairs, Canada. She has received

numerous grants and won prestigious awards such as the Ontario

Arts Foundation’s Paul DeHuek/Norman Walford Career

Achievement Award, the Chalmers Fellowship, the Victor Martyn

Lynch-Staunten Award and the Karsh Award.

It was a pleasure to have such an engaging and delightful speaker

at our GWA meeting. More information on Dr. Favell is available

at: rosaliefavell.com and wrappedinculture.ca.

As a result of the October 2018 Grow With Art presentation by Brian Turner, Arteast arranged for Brian to provide a one-day wa-tercolour workshop in May 2019.

Throughout the course of the day, we worked on two pieces— the first was a study of a fall leaf and the second was a snow-with-rocks scene. These pieces allowed us to apply techniques mentioned in the Grow With Art presentation, particularly masking with tape. Using this method allowed for a lot of freedom with washes and colours, whether we were working on our leaf study or the rocks in our snow scene.

Watercolour Workshop by Brian Turner

We ultimately paid more attention to shapes, lights and darks, rather than spe-cific objects. While there were several watercolourists at the workshop, this method was new to all of us and, even though we were all working from the same reference im-ages, results were dramati-cally different.

Of course, no workshop is without its glitches. Break-ers were flipped as a result of the number of hair dryers

used to dry our works. These hair dryers then had to be scat-tered throughout the community centre where the workshop took place. There may also have been some under-the-breath grumbling about the exacting nature of the type of masking, but no one could argue with the results.

After a workshop is done, I normally don’t work further on my pieces, but I will definitely finish the two I produced. I’m excit-ed by the glowing colours and look forward to trying some of the techniques I learned in future pieces.

By Cheryl Mattice

With cold April rain lashing down and the doors locked at 255

Centrum Blvd., it was not an auspicious beginning to the Grow

With Art meeting. Quick thinking on the part of a couple of mem-

bers—Catherine Niman and Mike Phillips— found a venue at the

Lexus Restaurant. While Mary Ann set up the projector, everyone

settled into the cosy space and ordered refreshments. Rosa-

lie Favell is a phenomenal presenter and was completely unfazed

by all the fuss. She was able to give a very engaging presentation,

even with the final hockey game of the Maple Leafs resonating in

the background.

Dr. Favell is a photo-based visual artist, born in Winni-

peg, Manitoba. Drawing inspiration from her family history and

Métis (Cree/English) heritage, she uses a variety of sources, from

family albums to popular culture, to present a complex self-

portrait of her experiences as a contemporary Aboriginal wom-

an. To date, Rosalie’s work has explored the relationship of pho-

tography to issues of identity. She talked about using the pictures

of her childhood in her initial art making. A major body of recent

work, Facing The Camera (2008-ongoing), is a large document of

500 Aboriginal artists. She then began making painted portraits

of these images first in 25” x 24” format and than twice those di-

mensions. Dr. Favell is currently featured in an exhibition at the

Ottawa Art Gallery—Wrapped In Culture. These works were creat-

ed in collaboration with Australian Aboriginal artists and feature

possum-skin and buffalo-hide robes sewn and “painted” in a co-

operative workshop. On a more personal level, she talked about

her struggles with depression and how it informed her art but also

created challenges for her over the years.

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A storyteller par excellence, Ottawa artist Alex Wyse regaled the audience

at Arteast’s May 28th meeting with tales of his life, art, and creation pro-

cess.

Wyse, now 81, painted verbal pictures of growing up in Tewkesbury, Eng-

land, combining the fine craftsmanship he learned from his father with a

dry sense of humour inherited from his Scottish mother. Adding a healthy

dose of his own dramatic flair, he provided those attending with a special

night they’ll long remember.

As a boy, he witnessed an industrial accident in which a factory dumped a

load of detergent into the local river. Wyse recounted his awe at seeing

“glorious pink and purple clouds” coming down the river, floating by the

village church. And yet, despite this lovely spectacle, all the fish died.

Thus, at an early age, Wyse developed an appreciation of the strangely aes-

thetic side of environmental catastrophes, which in turn shaped his unique

approach as a visual artist. In his art, he creates humorous and pleasing

vignettes out the randomness he sees in the world around us.

Alex Wyse attended Cheltenham College of Art from 1953 to 1956 and the

Royal College of Art in London from 1959 to 1961. Following this, he immi-

grated to Canada and, by 1962, was teaching engraving to the Inuit in Cape

Dorset. There he met his future wife and collaborator, Anne Wyse, who was

the school principal. They moved to southern Ontario later that year where

Anne taught on the Kettle Point First Nation while Alex developed his art

practice. In 1972, the Wyse family moved to the nation’s capital with their

daughter, Margaret. Alex has been a fixture in the Ottawa art community

ever since.

Local filmmaker and author Chris Delorme introduced Alex Wyse with a

slide show of his art through five decades.

Grow With Art -

Alex Wyse: My Life and Art, a Retrospective

By Les White

Alex Wyse Photo by Claire Ouseley

Chris Delorme Photo by Claire Ouseley

Bear Carving Workshops with Patrick Imai

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What a day! When Arteast arranged for Patrick Imai, self-taught

sculptor and member of both Arteast and the National Capital

Network of Sculptors, to run a one-day bear-carving workshop

in March, little did we know what we were getting into.

To begin, Patrick told us to imagine we were master carvers and

our apprentices had prepared our blocks of soapstone for carv-

ing. Having prepared stone was necessary in terms of being able

to finish our works by the end of the day. Everyone was then

provided files and sandbags to put our works on to begin the

first stage of shaping our bears. Patrick provided inspiration

photos as well as examples of carved bears. The stone was rela-

tively easy to file; however, Patrick provided pointers to under-

stand the bear positioning and how to reflect movement in the

bear. The filing stage took several hours, giving people the op-

portunity to chat while working. Once this stage was done, it

was sanding, sanding, and more sanding, moving from 80 grit to

150, then on to wet sanding from 220 to 2000. This is where we

saw our bears come to life. The water gave us a glimpse of what

the stone would look like once polished and the variety was

amazing, especially since everyone started with similar grey

blocks. The fine slurry produced once we moved to the higher

grits allowed us to see any fine scratches left on our pieces and to

sand them out. Excitement was building. Once we were happy

with the level of smoothness achieved, each bear had to go into

the oven to be heated to allow for the application of paraffin wax

as the final step. After a quick rub down, once the wax was ap-

plied, we were done.

Despite a few ‘broken’ ears and legs, which go

along with the territory in carving (and which Pat-

rick was able to fix), ultimately we all had a fin-

ished bear by the end of the workshop.

Participants were so pleased with their experience

and the resulting sculptures that a second work-

shop was held in May where participants could

carve a crouching or standing bear. Again, we all

marvelled at our creations at the end of the day.

Many thanks to Patrick for his patience and skill

guiding us through the carving process. Everyone

ended up with a very unique creation and enjoyed

the experience.

By Cheryl Mattice

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Montreal Bus Trip -Thursday, June 13th, 2019

By Mary Ann Varley

Despite an initial bus breakdown, a new coach arrived quickly and Ar-

teast members, family and friends boarded for the annual trip to Mon-

treal. The weather was cool and cloudy with the occasional sunny break.

The McCord Museum is a little gem with a unique collection of artifacts

from Canada’s history, in particular First Nation, Métis and Inuit cul-

tures. In each area, the historical works were juxtaposed in a sensitive

manner with more modern artworks. In the Haida: Supernatural Sto-

ries exhibition, exquisitely crafted objects were displayed with photog-

raphy and innovative techniques of artists working today with multi-

media materials. Again, the Wearing Our Identity show displayed the

historical roots of many current works such as a beautiful red coat with

a northeast coastal motif collar, which was presented beside a cloak

made of woven cedar strips. The bead work was intricate as was the

embroidery—all made with love by mostly female artisans and given to

family members with pride and ceremony. What struck me about the

installations in the Hannah Claus exhibition was her exquisite tea cups

fashioned from beeswax and arranged in a circle pattern evocative of

the tea cups used in homes and in communities across Canada in times

past and today. The Polaroid Project, which was not about Indigenous

people, added a technological dimension with its historical display of

Polaroid photography.

After a quick lunch outside at picnic tables under the urban forest—wire

frame trees hung with hundreds of white ribbons—we were off to the

Botanical Gardens. The late spring had held back many of the flowers

but the irises and peonies were spectacular as usual. Visiting the newly

restored Chinese garden and the Japanese teahouse was a treat. As the

clouds gathered, we were back on the bus and headed for home.

Thanks to the 23 members, family and friends for participating in the

excursion. In addition, thanks to President Lindy Nadarajah and

Treasurer Dorothy Zorn for handling the contracts and to Cheryl Mat-

tice for organizing the event.

(Editor’s note: also thanks to Mary Ann for helping to organize the

trip.)

Thanks To Our Sponsors!

Arteast gives a huge thanks to our sponsors for their generous support of various Arteast programs and activi-

ties.

Select Fine Art Materials – Sponsor of our 2018 AJAE exhibition and 2018 Volunteer

Awards Night. Offers 10 percent discount to Arteast members.

www.selectfineartmaterials.ca

Wallack’s – Sponsor of our 2019 Mosaic exhibition and 2018 Volunteer Awards Night. Offers

10 percent discount to Arteast members. In addition, join Wallack’s new Orange Circle re

wards program. www.wallacks.com

DeSerres – Sponsor of our 2018 Volunteer Awards Night. The St. Laurent store offers 10 per

cent discount to Arteast members. www.deserres.ca

Sponsors’ Corner

Photo by Mike Phillips

Photo by Lynne Alsford

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A great opportunity was presented to members of Arteast to display their work

to the public eye in Promenade Arteast at the Shenkman Arts Centre. The More

Mosaic vernissage took place in good timing on March 24. The Ottawa School of

Art and the Calligraphy Society of Ottawa were also hosting visual arts-oriented

functions at the same time in the Shenkman Centre, adding both numbers and

variety to the audience.

Having the More Mosaic works hung along the hallway worked favourably in

that they were the first to be seen by people entering through the doorway. A

total of 23 artworks were on display in a variety of media with their share of

show highlights, among them 4 miniatures inside the glass cabinet.

The number of people attending the event made for a great opportunity for all

who had their work on display. Photos by Mike Phillips

By James Cook

More Mosaic / Mosaïque Plus

21 March/mars – 21 May/mai 2019

Une belle occasion s’est présentée aux membres d‘Arteast pour exposer leurs

oeuvres au public à la Promenade Arteast au Centre des Arts Shenkman. Le

vernissage de Mosaïque Plus a eu lieu le 24 mars dernier. Conjointement et

par la même occasion, l‘École d‘Art d‘Ottawa et la Société de Calligraphie

d‘Ottawa animaient des événements liés aux arts visuels ajoutant donc

nombres et variété pour les visiteurs.

Les oeuvres de Mosaïque Plus étaient exposées tout au long du corridor et

étaient le premier coup d’œil à l’entrée des visiteurs. En tout, 23 œuvres com-

plétés en des médias variés dont 4 oeuvres miniatures en vitrine comptaient

parmi ceux-ci.

Le nombre de gens qui ont participé au vernissage de Mosaïque Plus ont

contribué et offert une occasion exceptionnelle pour tous qui exposaient

leurs oeuvres.

On Friday, June 14th, Arteast helped the

Shenkman Arts Centre celebrate its 10th

anniversary. The City and Centre’s staff

had planned a block party to take place

on the plaza in front of the Centre from 4

-10 p.m. with shows, demonstrations and

activities by arts performers and visual

artists going on at various locations

throughout the evening. While the day

turned out to be rainy, wet weather didn’t

dampen anyone’s spirits and it was possi-

ble to go ahead indoors on the lower level

instead with many of the shows and ac-

tivities. Musicians, actors in costume and

visual artists were out in force including,

of course, Arteast. Eight of our members

set up their easels in front of the Prome-

nade Arteast wall and gave a live-paint

demonstration. In addition, Arteast had set up a selfie station—a huge

wooden board painted with three figures with cut-out faces—so that visi-

tors could pose there to have photos taken.

Happy 10th

Anniversary – Shenkman Arts Centre!

By Lynne Alsford

Three of our members created this fabulous piece especially

for this event. A huge thanks goes to: Mari Brown, for de-

signing the painting; Helen Rosseau, for constructing the

board and producing the outline of the figures; and, Lindy

Nadarajah, for painting the figures. Also, much thanks goes

to our team of live painters—Randy Bablitz, Josée Bourassa,

Ginette D’Aoust Castonguay, Diane Charlebois, Christine

Godin, Kerstin Peters, Johanne Richer and Robin Whit-

ford—and to Lindy for organizing Arteast’s contribution to

the event. The selfie station will stay in the Shenkman Cen-

tre to be used for other fun events.

Lindy Nadarajah, Mike Phillips, Mike Taylor Photo by Lynne Alsford

Photo by Mike Phillips

Young At Art

Of all the community events in which Arteast participates, this one

shines a light on the future of visual arts. Young At Art is orga-

nized by the City of Ottawa each year to showcase the talents of

young artists (high school students) in the National Capital Re-

gion. The City turns over its galleries to exhibitions of artwork by

young people who will be the new face of visual arts. The Trinity

Gallery in the Shenkman Arts Centre hosts works by students in

the eastern part of Ottawa, and the students must compete within

their schools to earn a spot on the gallery walls. Arteast partici-

pates as one of several prize sponsors by choosing award winners

from among the artworks on display in this location. We select a

winner and an honourable mention in each of the senior and jun-

ior categories.

As in previous years, the talent and skill on display in the 2019

Young At Art show was outstanding. These young people showed

an incredible degree of creativity and artistic capability. We’d bet-

ter watch our backs as the next generation of artists is coming up

fast.

Being a judge in this competition is one of my favourite Arteast

volunteer roles. It is a pleasurable experience going to the gallery

alone just after the works have been hung to take a long, leisurely

look at each piece during a quiet morning at Shenkman. Next step

is for the Arteast judges to meet and decide on the winners. This

year, Mary Ann Varley and Maureen Rooney Mitchell joined me in

this task. We had some very interesting discussions and I found

their critiques informative. It didn’t take long for us to agree on

the following choices:

Senior Winner – Morgan Hamilton-Kirk for Justice RBG

(mixed media painting)

Senior Honourable Mention – Emmanuelle O’Bryan for

Serré (mixed media)

Junior Winner – Grace Pham for Qui suis-je? (painting)

Junior Honourable Mention—Marie Frédérique Caron

for Winterlude’s Icy Lights (photography)

The competition culminated in an awards gala at Centrepointe for

the Young At Art winners across the city on Thursday, 9 May. Ar-

teast President, Lindy Nadarajah, attended the event to represent

our organization and present Arteast’s awards to the four artists

we had selected. Arteast looks forward to participating in Young

At Art again next year.

By Lynne Alsford

Morgan Hamilton-Kirk, Senior Winner

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Emmanuelle O’Bryan, Senior Honourable Mention

Grace Pham, Junior Winner

Marie Frédérique Caron, Junior Honourable Mention

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By Lindy Nadarajah

Arteast members enjoyed a fun-filled project with the students

at St. Brother André Elementary School in partnership with the

Ottawa Tulip Festival and Wallack’s art store.

Debra Corkery, Arteast member and retired teacher who had

taught at St. Brother André, requested a project for the children

so they would have an opportunity to work with professional

artists. The school does not have a budget for art and so it is not

part of the curriculum.

I contacted the Tulip Festival organizers to inquire about chil-

dren’s activities and was delighted when Daniella Donati agreed

to give St. Brother André eight tulips (one for each grade) to

paint for the Festival on May 10, 2019.

Upon arrival of the tulips at the school, Arteast volunteers and

each grade were assigned a 5-foot tulip and the children selected

the themes for each one. On April 2nd, Arteast’s artists created

the following theme designs and outlined them on the tulips:

unicorns and rainbows; outer space; tulips with a stunning sun-

set; military theme with poppies; books we love!; the four sea-

sons; underwater; and, Group of Seven.

Tulip Festival - St. Brother André Elementary School Outreach Project

The next day, the artists assisted 300 eager children

in painting the tulips—teaching them how to mix col-

ours and use palettes and brushes to apply the paint.

In addition, some of our artists taught the kindergar-

ten children how to create Group-of-Seven paintings

on canvas. The final step—varnishing the tulips—was

done by Arteast members on April 5th in the school’s

playground.

All this was accomplished thanks to our wonderful

team of volunteers—Debra Corkery, Dorothy Zorn,

Josée Bourassa, Angèle Gagnon, Wendy Glover, Mary

Ann Varley, Fran Falconer, Monique Laframboise,

Nahid Shukralla, Maureen Rooney Mitchell, Nasri

Georges, Kokila Jeffery, Lynne Ethier, Roxanne Decel-

les, Cheryl Mattice, Rachel Lapalme, Daisy Desson,

Claire Ouseley, Ginette D’Aoust-Castonguay and me.

I am proud that Arteast was able to provide art les-

sons with professional artists to the children of St.

Brother André Elementary School.

A huge thanks to Debra for bringing this project to

Arteast and to the volunteers who made the children

very happy and proud of their art and their tulips!

Five francophones members of Arteast were selected by

MIFO to show their artworks at the Centre’s Eugène-

Racette Gallery from March 5th to the 28th.

For three weeks, on the white walls of this open space,

one could admire works by these artists: Carole Renaud

(acrylics), Clarisse Cheseaux (watercolours), Lise Rochon

(oils), Diane Bertrand (felt and bark compositions), and

Patrick L. Nantel (black and white photos).

You had to see that family of chickadees, made of felt, fly-

ing off a branch, or those owls with big, round eyes in their

cozy nest, and that dromedary, which seemed to emerge

from the canvas. Then there were the fascinating colours of

those flowers (watercolour), especially the blues of that

iris. You also had to admire those little turtles fresh out of

the egg and rushing towards the sea. It was an honour for

me to see my photographs alongside the works of such ac-

complished artists, so attentive to nature and full of tender-

ness.

Many thanks to Émilie Brunet for organizing this exhibi-

tion, also to Arteast, and to MIFO, which is celebrating its

40th anniversary this year.

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Exhibition By Arteast Members At The MIFO Centre’s Eugène-Racette Gallery

By Patrick Nantel

Selon la sélection de MIFO, cinq membres francophones

d’Arteast ont été choisis pour exposer leurs œuvres à la Gale-

rie d’art Eugène-Racette du 5 au 28 mars.

Dans cet espace ouvert avec des murs blancs, les œuvres de

ces artistes étaient exposés pendant trois semaines. À l’af-

fiche : les acryliques de Carole Renaud, l’aquarelle de Clarisse

Cheseaux, la peinture à l’huile de Lise Rochon, les composi-

tions en feutre et en écorce naturel de Diane Bertrand et les

photographies en noir et blanc de Patrick L. Nantel.

Entre autres, on voyait le sujet des mésanges façonnées en

feutre, ces chouettes aux grands yeux ronds dans leur nid

douillet. Une autre toile représentait un portrait d’un droma-

daire. L’aquarelle avec des couleurs fascinantes des fleurs

surtout, l’iris bleu était remarquable. Une autre attraction

était la peinture des petites tortues sorties tout juste de l’œuf,

en route vers la mer. Il fut un honneur de voir mes photogra-

phies à côté des œuvres d’artistes expérimentés. Leur travail

témoignait la tendresse dans l’interprétation de la nature.

Nos remerciements à madame Émilie Brunet pour son travail

de curateur de cette exposition, à Arteast et à MIFO - qui cé-

lèbre ses 40 ans d’opération en 2019.

Photo by Josie de Meo

Bernard Poirier (1929-2019)

Described as a “scholar and gentleman”

by all who had the honour of knowing

him, Bernard was a member of Arteast

for many years and is a valuable part of

our history. He was editor of Communi-

qué for a number of years and a member-

at-large on the Management and Plan-

ning Committee. A lawyer by profession,

he revised our bylaws for incorporation

and provided his expertise generously,

where required. He was a member of the

Promenade team and was responsible for

ensuring that the hanging requirements

were met. As a result, he was nicknamed

“the Hanging Judge” by Maureen Rooney

Mitchell, Lead Coordinator of Prome-

nade, which amused him greatly. He was

a wonderful watercolour painter and gift-

ed Arteast with many of his artworks,

which were awarded as prizes. He will be

remembered in Maureen’s words as “a

lovely, kind, humorous gentleman”.

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In Memoriam

By Claire Ouseley

Joy Rutherford (1948-2019)

A Past President of Arteast (2007-

2008), Joy came to Arteast at a

particularly low point in our organi-

zation. No member was prepared

to assume the presidency and Joy

stepped in, following a search to fill

this role. Joy’s leadership skills

helped develop Arteast and meet

the challenges of leaving the Visual

Arts Centre of Orleans (VACO) to

form a new partnership with the

City of Ottawa in the Shenkman

Arts Centre. Joy was a musician

and was a member of A’Chord East,

which provided music to many

Promenade vernissages at the

Shenkman Arts Centre. Joy will be

remembered for her warmth, en-

couragement and support by many

Arteast members.

Ted Johnston (1939-2019)

Well-known for his sense of humour

and witty character, Ted was key to

helping move Arteast toward incorpo-

ration. As a member-at-large of the

Management and Planning Commit-

tee, he provided tremendous support

to the management team with his ex-

perience, knowledge and profound

insight. He was a career diplomat who

lived a life of service, not only to the

Arts but to the wider community. As

an artist, Ted worked in woodcut and

block prints. He focused on local ar-

chitecture and scenes that depicted

Canadian icons such as the RCMP Mu-

sical Ride. He was often seen at many

vernissages wearing his signature

blazer and hat. He was also the Arteast

archivist and has left us his invaluable

collection of newsletters and all the

information on exhibits and activities

held by Arteast.

Since the last issue of Communiqué, Arteast has lost two members and one former member. They will be dearly missed.

The 38th annual Arteast Juried Awards Exhibition (AJAE) will be held at St. Laurent Complex, 525 Côté Street, Ottawa, K1K 0Z8 from Sunday, September 15th, 2019, through Wednes-day, November 13th, 2019.

Click on these links for the rules of the exhibition and the registration form. These links and a full version of the Call For Artists can also be found on www.arteastottawa.com and will be in the August Digests. Registration is online only from Thursday, August 1

st, 2019 to Sunday, September 1

st, 2019.

Contact Istvan Jobst at 613-601-9107, should you require as-sistance. Artists will receive an electronic acknowledgement upon receipt of their application.

Attention Members! / Attention membres!

AJAE Call for Artists

La 38ième exposition d'Arteast avec jury et remise de prix aura lieu au Complexe St-Laurent, 525 rue Côté, Ottawa K1K 0Z8, le dimanche 15 septembre jusqu'au mercredi 13 novembre 2019.

Cliquez sur ces liens pour accéder aux règlements de l'exposition et le formulaire d'inscription . Ces liens et une version plus détaillée de l’Appel aux artistes se trou-vent aussi sur le site web d'Arteast et seront disponible dans le Digest en août 2019. L’inscription se fait en ligne seulement. L’inscription est en cours le jeudi 1er août au dimanche 1er septembre 2019.

Contactez Istvan Jobst (613-601-9107), s’il y a lieu. Les artistes recevront un accusé de réception de leur appli-cation.

Appel aux artistes

Notices and Hanging Schedules

GROW WITH ART Professional Development for Visual Artists / Développement professionnel pour les artistes en arts visuels. Meetings on the 4th Tuesday of every month, 7:00 p.m., Orle-ans Client Services Centre, 255 Centrum Blvd., (except in July, August, and Decem-ber) September 24

Presentation by Jacky Macdonald: Palette

knife demonstration

October 22

Presentation by Suzanne Powell: Exploring

the uniqueness of every individual

November 26

Volunteer Appreciation Night: venue TBA

LIBRARY EXHIBIT SCHEDULES Library exhibits change every second month: January, March, May, July, September, and November. Orléans Library 1705 Orléans Blvd. Changes on the first Tuesday between 10:30 and 11:30 a.m. Contact: Corinne Feasey, 613-834-1159, c_feasey@hotmail.com North Gloucester Library 2036 Ogilvie Rd. Changes on the second Tuesday: 10:30 - 11:30 am.

Contact: Darina Boldizar, 613-233-6565

dboldizar@sympatico.ca

Blackburn Hamlet Library 199 Glen Park Dr. May 25 – Jul 27 Hélène Lepage

Jul 27 – Sep 28 Otto Graser Contact: Josée Bourassa, 613-824-6126 jbou1963@outlook.com St. Laurent Library, 515 Coté St. Jun 28 – Sep 27 Hélène Lacelle Sep 27 – Jan 10 Diane Bertrand Contact: Linda Dabros, 613-731-5652, ldabros@sympatico.ca PROMENADE ARTEAST Six shows a year at The Shenkman Arts Centre, 245 Centrum Blvd. May 23 – Jul 16 Budding Artist Jul 25 – Sep 24 Members Show

Sep 26 – Nov 26 Autumn Inspiration Contact: Maureen Rooney Mitchell, promenade@arteastottawa.com Budding Artist contact: Leslie Lambert TRINITY ART GALLERY Shenkman Arts Centre

Mosaic 2020, dates TBA

Contact: Maureen Rooney Mitchell, promenade@arteastottawa.com

ST. LAURENT COMPLEX, 525 Coté St.

May 9 – Jul 11 Limitless Imagination

Jul 11 – Sep 12 Visual Dreams

Sep 15 – Nov 14 Arteast Juried Awards

Exhibition (AJAE)

Contact: Jennifer Garland, 613-837-6227,

sjgarland@sympatico.ca

AJAE contact: Mary Ann Varley,

varleymaryann1@bell.net

Open Studio: 2nd & 4th Thursdays Contact: Dorothy Zorn or Corinne Feasey, openstudio@arteastottawa.com

FRANÇOIS DUPUIS RECREATION

CENTRE, 2263 Portobello Blvd.

May 13 – Jul 15 Summer Colours

Jul 15 – Set 16 Full Bloom

Set 16 – Nov 11 Fall Rhapsody

Nov 11 – Jan 13 Changes in the Air Contact: Cheryl Mattice, cherylmattice@me.com LUNASOLE RESTO-BAR 5935 Jeanne D'Arc Blvd. S. Jun 18 – Jul 16 Hélène Lepage

Jul 16 – Sep 17 Shirley Moulton Sep 17 – Oct 15 Darina Boldizar Contact: Gwen Cowan, gwencowan@rogers.com For updated listings, visit

www.arteastottawa.com