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Join this month's meeting of the NEW Ottawa Comix Jam at the Shanghai Restaurant, 651 Somerset St. W. The last Wednesday of the month sees artists of varying levels who are comic enthusiasts getting together to draw. Artwork is posted on the official site on a monthly basis.
SAW Video and the National Gallery of Canada present a curatorial talk with internationally renowned curator and author Sarah Cook
Exhibition No. 5
Wednesday, April 21, 2010, 8pm
PUSH/PULL MAGAZINE LAUNCH
Spring has arrived at Gallery Farina with a new exhibition of David Houlton's floral paintings. Houlton's work can best be described as Romantic Expressionism. His objective is to create a still life of plants and flowers together with figure studies that are a presence, not a background. Inspiration is taken from Michelangelo’s quote, “All good paintings start with the figure.&...
GLBTQ positive art space which hosts the annual 24 Hour Comics day event in October. Also promotes indie comix and women in comics with independent publication of the anthology "aBraxIa". Host the Ottawa Comix Jam at the Shanghai Restaurant (last Wednesday of the month, 7pm-10pm).
A writer focusing mostly on the medium of the short story, I also have been known to have small humour articles published on the likes of black20.com. A huge advocate of Ottawa's zine scene, in particular Matilda Zine and Standard Issue - keep a lookout for my in-the-works zine: "Borderline Narcotic".
I make ambient electronic music from a discreet space station on my desktop. These 'songs' then seek to populate various corners of digitized space like multicoloured gelatinous dendrites gone haywire.
Less than a year ago, I began promoting my love of music around Ottawa, playing for the love it, in concrete stairwells and transit station overpasses. I first started with impromptu acoustic sessions in random apartment complex lobbies, winning the hearts and attention of my immediate community. As synchronicity would have it, I met and began collaborating with Ryan Potter, a seasoned Ottawa musician and closet producer. Now, with the outlandish encouragement of friends, family and music lovers, I am in the process of bringing a life-long dream to fruition — my first solo album “Universe in a Soft Shell”. In aim of making this dream a reality, I'm inviting the local community to support me in my mission of connection through music and mindfulness.
I have played in small bars, cafés and galleries (40-120 capacity) between Kingston-Ottawa-Montreal: Avant Garde Bar, Daniel O'Connell's Irish Pub, The Carleton, The Royal Oak, Irene's Pub, Quinn's Pub, 3 Minots, Tir Nan Og, Kaffe 1870, Café Nostalgica, Umi Café, Church Café, Ecclesiax Gallery and Saw Gallery. In addition, I offered my time and creative energy to charity events and local fundraisers.
Bloomistry began in 2004 with a name inspired by an Ottawa storefront, H.H. Bloom Sound Enterprises. Based in the Capitol Region of Canada, Bloomistry records and mixes at The Underground in Hull, at Bova Sound and at Little Bullhorn Productions in Ottawa, Ontario.
I'm a singer, songwriter, autoharpist and a member of she said she said (an indie, folk, pop-rock band) who loves painting and photography.
