#Arts and Culture #Ottawa Festival NetworkGroup calls for more investment in arts, heritage and culture for 2017 budget_ (press release) _ ** OTTAWA, November 3, 2016 ** _ – _ As the City of Ottawa continues with deliberations and discussion around the City’s 2017 draft budget, the Ottawa Festival Network (OFN) is encouraging Councillors to support increasing the City’s investment in programming grants for arts, heritage and culture. ...
#arts #Arts and Culture #culture #OpeningsOttawa Art Gallery summer exhibitions open June 4The Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG) presents its summer exhibitions. At the forefront is an exhibition of works by renowned photographer Lynne Cohen; an artist formerly of Ottawa who achieved international acclaim, and who sadly passed away in 2014. Also on view is an interactive installation Terrors of the Breakfast Table by emerging artist Tyler Tekatch, as well as the historical exhibition Female Self–Representation and the Public Trust: Mary Wrinch and the AGW Collection, which continues OAG’s exploration of mid-century female artists whose significant art practice deserves critical attention. ...