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Two local show organizers, Creative Creations Events (Carleton Place) and the OVCC (Ottawa) have joined forces to create one of the largest summer craft shows the city has ever seen. Scheduled for July 25 and 26, the event - entitled “HOMEmade Sizzle” - will be held at a location where one would normally not expect to find local artisans and crafters: the former “Target” store at the Hazeldean Mall in Kanata. ...

Mayor Jim Watson is inviting Ottawa students in Grades 1 to 12 to create the official postcards for the Ottawa 2017 celebrations.  Mayor Watson was joined by Ottawa 2017 Co-chairs, Councillors Jean Cloutier and Mathieu Fleury, to officially launch the city-wide competition today at Featherston Drive Public School in Alta Vista Ward. ...

[caption id=“attachment_13825” align=“alignright” width=“219”] Mary Pratt Red Currant Jelly, 1972. NGC, Ottawa. Photo © NGC[/caption] From April 4 to January 4, 2016, the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) presents Mary Pratt: “This little painting”, as part of its program Masterpiece in Focus. ...

** AOE Arts Council initiates a group of young emerging Arts professionals ** (Ottawa, Ontario) AOE Arts Council is excited to initiate a new Young Art Leaders Committee and is looking to attract a dynamic membership to this group during a Wine & Cheese Mixer event to be held at Club SAW on Tuesday, April 14, from 6-8 p. ...

Are you ready for this..? Here’s a selection of April events that showcase the work of some amazing local artists, artisans and craftspeople. Enjoy! ** Diana Jackson & Lea Hicks Exhibit ** Old Post Office Stairwell Gallery, 73 Mill Street, Almonte. ...

The City of Ottawa is seeking artists to paint murals on the underside of Queensway underpasses located on Carling Avenue and on Bank Street.  This is the second year that the City has chosen to paint murals on underpasses. In 2014, murals were painted on Metcalfe Street where it passes under the Queensway, and Riverside Drive where it passes under Bronson Avenue. ...

The Ottawa Lapsmith Club was founded as a small interest group in 1966. The club incorporated in 1997 and amalgamated with the Ottawa Valley Mineral Association to form the Ottawa Lapsmith & Mineral Club (OLMC), thus expanding its field of interest to mineralogy as well as to the many facets of lapidary work. ...

March 14 was a big day for Craft Ontario, as it marked the official launch of the non-for-profit’s “Citizens of Craft” movement which is aimed at reclaiming the word “Craft”. The push for the movement came after Craft Ontario, in partnership with Canadian Crafts Federation and all provincial and territorial craft councils in Canada, started to become concerned that the ‘craft’ designation was becoming synonymous with large corporations pushing the idea of handmade. ...

Melting snow and milder temperatures are not the only signs that spring is on its way; there is a lot of activity in the arts and crafts world as well. The earliest of the spring shows have already come and gone and there are a lot more planned for the coming months, which means that event organizers are looking for artists, artisans and crafters to fill their venues. ...

Today, Dr. Mark Kristmanson, chief executive officer of the National Capital Commission (NCC), and David Smythe, general manager of Ottawa’s landmark Lord Elgin Hotel, unveiled a portrait of the 8th Earl of Elgin, who served as governor general from 1847 to 1854, and for whom the hotel was named. ...