Ottawa born animator David Barlow-Krelina begins with the human body. He always has. "I guess it started with drawing and styling the human anatomy. In art school I was looking at the body and learning all the detail of the anatomy and having fun with
By this point, Edward Burtynsky’s status among Canadian art seems to reach to the very sky, like the giant “augmented—reality" tree that he, and two collaborators, have planted at the National Gallery. Burtynsky is collected, seen and heard worldwide, in talks and movies and, of
Edward Burtynsky began his career taking pictures of the natural world. "I was doing photography of landscapes with a large format camera." He was taking images of these pristine places, "looking for really complex forms in the spring and fall when the leaves are down. I
In her recent work, the American artist and animator Stacey Steers combines imagery from silent films, the legendary photographer Eadweard Muybridge, along with thousands of her own handmade collages in her animations. Steers' films have screened across the U.S. and internationally including at the National Gallery
They say that the artists can lead the way. The Ottawa Art Gallery certainly seems to believe that. They have just announced a publication and program called Contemporary Indigenous Arts in the Classroom. The idea is to provide elementary and high school teachers with lesson plans prepared by contemporary
When Alain Trudel announced the 2018-19 season of music for the Ottawa Symphony Orchestra this past spring, he said the opening concert would be something special. Turns out he meant it. The OSO will be breaking lots of new ground on Nov. 4. First, the event will
Had we all been even once graced with a teacher like Dewey Finn, the world might be a happier place right now. Dewey is the slacker dude whose passion for rock ‘n’ roll, generous heart and super-sized personality ignite Andrew Lloyd Webber’s rowdy if predictable musical
Museum of Symmetry is the National Film Board Animation Studio’s first ever interactive Virtual Reality "experience" and Ottawa's Paloma Dawkins is the co-writer, director and animator the project. Museum of Symmetry was developed by Montreal's by Casa Rara Studio. Dawkins was part of the National Film Board's
ARTSFILE is talking to some of the artists who are attending the Ottawa International Animation Festival this week. Today Ottawa's Pixie Cram talks about her work seven minute animation Emergency Broadcast (2017) and much more including her name, which she says was given to her
The axiom “history is written by the victors” is, in essence, a grim twist of the truism “perspective is everything.” War artists have influenced that perspective, often as a counter to propaganda, even when dispatched by the victors. The art of Mary Riter Hamilton offers
