Congratulations to Colin Muir Dorward (MFA '13), Natasha Doyon (MFA '13), Andrew Morrow (MFA '09), Guillermo Trejo (MFA '12), Gillian King (MFA '16), Sarah Fuller (MFA '17), Zoltan Veevaete (MFA '18), Laura Taler (MFA '11), David Kaarsemaker (MFA '14), Kelsey McGruer (BFA '16), Jinny Yu (Professor) and Justin Wonnacott (Professor) for being included in 2017's acquisitions to the City of Ottawa's Art Collection.
As a gallery run by women, Studio Sixty Six wishes to focus its efforts towards encouraging local Canadian women/femmes artists. Co-Curator Myka Burke interviewed all 39 artists regarding their experiences and perspectives as women/femmes artists working in the region, compiled and available to listen during the exhibition and on a special online minisite.
"McGruer often appears in her own artwork, and this project, now showing at Allsaints Gallery, was no exception. She created an organic piece by moving about the landscape and filming her wanderings... "
"Kelsey McGruer incorporates traditional floral patterns into her framed collages. The artist mixes source material of various origins and texture..."
"The Self Collective is a one-night media and performance art exhibition exploring contemporary notions of the body as a site of identity..."
"Digital art opens for us the doors to a magical era, where smart objects and ubiquitous environments become producers of meaning. From this point of view, this art connects us..."
"After amalgamation in 2001, artworks from the Region of Ottawa–Carleton and 11 municipalities were brought together as one art collection. Today, the City of Ottawa Art Collection is comprised of more..."
"Ode showcases the work of forty-three emerging artists reunited in the context of the University of Ottawa’s Bachelor of Fine Arts program. The exhibition is the product