A Chalmers grant from the Ontario Arts Council was the launching pad for Alison Pick's novel Strangers with the Same Dream. The money allowed her to travel to Israel three times and to conduct the kind of research needed to prepare a historical novel that
Ottawa's strong literary community was on view Wednesday night as the annual book awards were handed out in City Hall's Jean Pigott Place to John Metcalf, Charlotte Gray and Andrée Christensen. Each took home a prize of $7,500. The other finalists get $1,000 each. The annual
What? The Canadian biennial at the National Gallery is no longer exclusively Canadian, and now includes art from around the world? Why, even the poster image is American — specifically, Nick Cave’s soundsuit, which initially looks like a cross between an embroidered wetsuit and an
By Natalie Harmsen In 1992, led by Laura Margita, a band of students from the University of Ottawa took hold of an empty bread factory building on Gladstone Avenue and turned it into the largest artists studio co-operative in the city of Ottawa. Drawing on the
Canada is a great and prosperous country. But that prosperity always seems so fragile. And as we grapple with a protectionist United States in contentious trade talks we may rightly wonder how we can maintain our standard of living. One of the keys could be a
Ambera Wellmann of Guelph, Ontario, has won the $25,000 RBC Canadian Painting Competition for 2017. Her win was announced at the National Gallery of Canada onTuesdayy night. She emerged as the pick from list of 15 talented artists by a jury of artists, curators, and art directors.
Ottawa filmmaker Amen Jafri is building a decent career out of exploring life in Ottawa. Her first effort The City That Fun Forgot?, explored the capital's reputation for being dull. Now she's tackling an equally misunderstood subject, the federal bureaucrat, with a series called The Secret Lives
The first thing that strikes you about Eden Robinson is her laugh. It's infectious, joyous and always ready to break out. She seems to be a genuinely happy person and that sunny outlook shines through the hard times in her latest book Son of a Trickster.
When she was 10 years old, Eva Tavares' mother took her to the Queen Elizabeth Theatre in downtown Vancover to see a production of The Phantom of the Opera. Tavares was entranced and after the show was over she told her mom, "OK, I want to
NACO’s Ideas of North Festival has gone from strength to strength over the past 10 days, culminating in two memorable final concerts over the weekend. It’s rare for the orchestra to enjoy the luxury of a deep dive into a single composer over an intensive period,
