Join us again for an electrifying evening in the Art Battle in Ottawa! Watch in awe as talented artists transform blank canvases into breathtaking masterpieces within just 20 minutes, competing across three adrenaline-pumping rounds. Your vote will decide the winner! Why attend and bring a friend? ✨ Live Artistic Showdown – Witness the thrill as...
Allyson Ludtke leads the Ottawa Independent Living Resource Center (OILRC) group where several artists from the center bring a painting to life using bright colors and their talents.
In partnership with Arteast, the Ottawa Plein Air Painters group bring their easels and various mediums to paint the tulips “en plein air”. Come and be dazzled by the process artists use to be able to paint on location. Artists welcome art-related questions. The public have the opportunity to vote on their favorite painting. Voting...
Josie and Clarisse invite adults and children to create tulip mini-paintings. Discover and have fun with watercolour, inspired by the beautiful tulips of the festival. Materials provided by Josie and Clarisse.
Carole invites adults and children to purchase small blank relief tulip tiles, originally sculpted in clay and cast in plaster. Participants can paint their tiles on-site, bringing them to life with their favorite tulip colors. Paint and brushes provided by Carole.
Carole invites adults and children to purchase small blank relief tulip tiles, originally sculpted in clay and cast in plaster. Participants can paint their tiles on-site, bringing them to life with their favorite tulip colors. Paint and brushes provided by Carole.
In partnership with Arteast, the Ottawa Plein Air Painters group bring their easels and various mediums to paint the tulips “en plein air”. Come and be dazzled by the process artists use to be able to paint on location. Artists welcome art-related questions. The public have the opportunity to vote on their favorite painting. Voting...
Elena NL, an Arteast member, will be hosting a live gouache speed-painting demo. Watch as she creates a small painting from scratch in just 15 minutes, and take home the finished piece, beautifully matted. The subjects vary, including landscapes, flowers from life, and fruits based on reference photos.
In Maurice Dionne's latest art exhibition, "Urban Perspectives," he invites viewers to explore the intricate interplay between its built environment and the life that pulses within it. Through a series of captivating cityscapes and streetscapes, Dionne captures not just the architecture and buildings but also the very essence of urban existence—the stories that unfold before...
Carole invites adults and children to purchase small blank relief tulip tiles, originally sculpted in clay and cast in plaster. Participants can paint their tiles on-site, bringing them to life with their favorite tulip colors. Paint and brushes provided by Carole.
Six artists present their “stories” of migration, reflecting the vast instinctual or altered journeys of animals and plants, and forced human expulsion or immigration to places of hope and opportunity. The intertwining of these diverse migration stories reveals the growing complexity and urgency of species in motion. The Migration artists are members of the Ottawa-Gatineau...
Join us for our inaugural event in Ottawa! Experience vibrant art displays, live performances, and immersive exhibits showcasing the city’s top visual artists, musicians, dancers, and performers. Join us for unforgettable night of inspiration, connection, and artistic expression!
In Waves of Want, interdisciplinary artist Nadia Myre weaves personal and political narratives around Indigenous identity, both current and historical. Welcome to the Dreamhouse tells the story of Skawennati’s dynamic artistic trajectory as she envisions Indigenous people in the future.
In Waves of Want, interdisciplinary artist Nadia Myre weaves personal and political narratives around Indigenous identity, both current and historical. Welcome to the Dreamhouse tells the story of Skawennati’s dynamic artistic trajectory as she envisions Indigenous people in the future.
The Red Trillium Studio Tour was started by a group of talented local Artists & Fine Craftspeople, all working alone in their Rural Studios, who wanted to collectively share and bring awareness to the Art & Fine Craft in their community. When you visit our Artists in their Studios, you are welcomed into their private...
In this installation composed of photographs, videos, and objects, Judith Bellavance embraces evocation, suggestion, and poetic resonance to explore themes of disappearance and transformation in the natural world. Like contemporary still lifes, the works that guide this immersive, walk-through experience form a shifting narrative centered on the idea of loss. Using impermanence as a unifying...
The Art in the Park Festival, held in Ottawa’s vibrant Glebe neighborhood, caters to all collectors. Whether you’re seeking paintings, sculptures, crafts, or unique items for your home or garden, there’s something special for every taste. As you stroll through the park under the summer sky, you'll be amazed by the diverse selection on display....
WALL SPACE GALLERY is pleased to present Threads of Memory, an exhibition featuring the work of Julie Gladstone and Olivia Mae Sinclair. In this powerful and introspective presentation, both artists engage in intimate dialogues with themes of trauma, memory, and transformation. Through their deeply personal practices, they navigate the intersection of inner experience and external...
Kohut Biography Peter Kohut was born and raised in Winnipeg, moved to the West Coast (Victoria) to work as a graphic designer for 15 years, and then moved to Ottawa to study for his MFA (completed 2021). His project is an exploration of repetition, process, and time as a way of linking the medium of...
WALL SPACE GALLERY is pleased to present Threads of Memory, an exhibition featuring the work of Julie Gladstone and Olivia Mae Sinclair. In this powerful and introspective presentation, both artists engage in intimate dialogues with themes of trauma, memory, and transformation. Through their deeply personal practices, they navigate the intersection of inner experience and external...
The exhibition Pierre Debain: The Journey of a Dedicated Artist, curated by Kali Kim, Lindsay Sabourin, and Philippe Bourdau, will be on view at Espace Pierre-Debain from June 18 to August 17, 2025. Celebrating a milestone, L'Imagier traces its roots back to 1975, when it began as a vibrant community space for friends, family, and...
Resistant Fibres, curated by Julie Graff, presents 18 textile and fibre works of art from the Canada Council Art Bank collection by artists who use this medium as a powerful tool for protest, resistance, celebration, joy and healing.
This exhibition surveys the fascinating and multifaceted career of Erica Rutherford (b. Edinburgh, 1923 – d. Charlottetown, 2008), whose work explores themes of persona and gender, home and landscape, and whose life was shaped by the search for identity and community. The show includes over 100 works, accompanied by memorabilia and photographs that support the...
The exhibition Pierre Debain: The Journey of a Dedicated Artist, curated by Kali Kim, Lindsay Sabourin, and Philippe Bourdau, will be on view at Espace Pierre-Debain from June 18 to August 17, 2025. Celebrating a milestone, L'Imagier traces its roots back to 1975, when it began as a vibrant community space for friends, family, and...
From July 3 to 20, 2025 - Wednesday to Saturday from noon to 6 pm and Sunday from noon to 5 pm Vernissage: Saturday July 5, 2025 from 1 to 3 pm Galerie Old Chelsea is delighted to present the wonderful intimate nature photographs of Catherine Veilleux, who presented her magnificent exhibition “Entre-deux” two years...
Regular season event winners and All-Stars from Ottawa return for their chance to become the 2025 Ottawa City Champion and head to the Canadian National Championships in Toronto on July 24th! Be part of the decision-making process and vote for the ultimate winner. And don't miss your chance to own a piece of the action...
Vernissage: Saturday July 5, 2025 from 1 to 3 pm Galerie Old Chelsea is delighted to present the wonderful intimate nature photographs of Catherine Veilleux, who presented her magnificent exhibition “Entre-deux” two years ago. As Veilleux tells us, "After ‘Entre-deux’, which has guided my gaze over the last few years, I'm now presenting images in...
“Art on the Land” celebrates our agricultural landscape and its people. This community exhibition features artworks by farming families, along with functional objects transformed into art by skilled makers. It also includes representations of local agriculture from those inspired by its beauty. Over 30 pieces have been generously loaned by local individuals and institutions, honouring...
Crystal Beshara is an award-winning realist painter from Ontario whose work is inspired by her rural upbringing. Working in watercolour, gouache, and oil, she blends fine detail with expressive strokes to explore themes of nature and rural life. An experienced educator and international exhibitor, Crystal also leads painting workshops across North America and Europe. Shelley...
