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ARTSOE.CA<br />
<strong>March</strong> <strong>2011</strong><br />
Plus:
ISSN 1195-2229 | Volume 23 no.5<br />
Cover Photo: “Self-Promotion”, Edited by Matt Gale.<br />
Contributors to this issue: Denis St-Jules, Alberte Villeneuve<br />
AOE BOARD OF DIRECTORS :<br />
Heather Jamieson, President / Director, Public Affairs<br />
Michael Curran, Vice-President / Director, Business Outreach<br />
Eric Robineau, Treasurer<br />
Marlene Hoff, Director, Membership<br />
Micheline Joanisse, Director, Marketing & Communi<strong>ca</strong>tions<br />
Francis Kenny, Director, Human Resources<br />
Kathy MacLellan, Director at Large<br />
Marc Ouimet-McPherson, Director, Legal Affairs<br />
Don Roy, Director, Outreach<br />
AOE ADMINISTRATION:<br />
Christine Tremblay, Executive Director<br />
Chantal Rodier, Director of the ARTicipate Endowment Fund<br />
Mercedes Déziel-Hupé, Communi<strong>ca</strong>tions Coordinator<br />
Louise Michaud, Program Coordinator<br />
Jocelyne Garbutt, Member Services Coordinator<br />
Ren Tomovcik, ARTnews Editor<br />
Cassandra Olsthoorn, ARTicipate Coordinator<br />
Matthew Gale, Communi<strong>ca</strong>tions & Design Officer<br />
Jacquie Embleton, Bookkeeper<br />
Rachel Crossan, Office Administrator<br />
ARTnews is an official publi<strong>ca</strong>tion of AOE. It is published four<br />
times<br />
a year. The deadline for the next issue is <strong>March</strong> 31, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
Please address all submissions to:<br />
AOE <strong>Arts</strong> Council<br />
Shenkman <strong>Arts</strong> Centre<br />
245 Centrum Blvd., Suite 260<br />
<strong>Ottawa</strong>, ON K1E 0A1<br />
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AOE MEMBERS<br />
Join AOE today to start enjoying the many benefits already valued<br />
by our long list of current members. With AOE, you or your organization<br />
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2767.<br />
AOE THANKS ITS GENEROUS DONORS<br />
Stephen Adler • Jean-Pierre Allaire • Jacqueline Ballhorn •<br />
Elizabeth Bertoldi • Brian Brown • Nancy Burke • Canada Helps<br />
• Jacquie Embleton Claudette Gionet • Roxanna Gregoire • Maria<br />
Guevremont • Marion Hall • Marlene Hoff • Heather Jamieson •<br />
Ted Johnston • Olaf Krassnitsky • Susan Pitt • Jason Pope • John<br />
Stevenson • Asoka Weerasinghe • Christine Tremblay<br />
Organizations:<br />
A Company of Fools • Arteast • <strong>Arts</strong>well • ARTour Prescott-Russell<br />
• 360 Art Zone • Les Ateliers de l’Élan • CAMMAC <strong>Ottawa</strong>/Gatineau<br />
• Canada China Art Association • Cantata Singers of <strong>Ottawa</strong><br />
• Capital Chordettes • Carivibe Ltd • Cercle des conteurs de l’<strong>Est</strong><br />
de l’Ontario (CCEO) • Les Chansonniers d’<strong>Ottawa</strong> • Coalition of<br />
New Canadians for <strong>Arts</strong> & Culture • Common Thread Quilt Guild •<br />
Coro Vivo <strong>Ottawa</strong> • Crichton Cultural Community Centre • Cross<br />
Town Youth Chorus • Cumberland <strong>Arts</strong> & Crafts Guild • Cumberland<br />
Community Singers • Cumberland Heritage Village Museum<br />
• The Cumbrae School of Dancing • Do More Canada • <strong>East</strong> End<br />
Theatre • École secondaire <strong>ca</strong>tholique Béatrice Desloges • École<br />
secondaire <strong>ca</strong>tholique Garneau • Empower Kids Canada • Foyer<br />
Gallery Artist Association • Galerie de la Rive • Gloucester Community<br />
Concert Band • Gloucester Histori<strong>ca</strong>l Society • Gloucester<br />
Music Club • Gloucester Music Teachers’ Association • Gloucester<br />
Pottery School • Goya Theatre Productions • Great Canadian<br />
Theatre Company (GCTC) • Harmonia Choir of <strong>Ottawa</strong> • Health<strong>ca</strong>re<br />
Food Services • Heartwood Gallery • La Nouvelle Scène •<br />
Leadership <strong>Ottawa</strong> • Loch Murray Dancers • MacCulloch Dancers<br />
• MASC • MIFO • Music and Beyond Performing <strong>Arts</strong> • National<br />
Association of Teachers of Singing • National Capital Network of<br />
Sculptors • National Capital Suzuki School of Music • Navan <strong>Arts</strong> &<br />
Crafts Guild • Nepean Fine <strong>Arts</strong> League • ORMTA - Ontario Registered<br />
Music Teachers Association • Odyssey Show<strong>ca</strong>se • Orléans<br />
Photo Club • Orléans Festival d’Orléans • Orléans Studio Tour •<br />
OYP – Orléans Young Players Theatre School • <strong>Ottawa</strong> Artisans<br />
Guild • <strong>Ottawa</strong> Choral Society • <strong>Ottawa</strong> International Children’s<br />
Festival • <strong>Ottawa</strong> Jazz Festival • <strong>Ottawa</strong> Jazz Orchestra • <strong>Ottawa</strong><br />
Little Theatre • OMMA - <strong>Ottawa</strong> Mixed Media Artists • <strong>Ottawa</strong><br />
School of Art • <strong>Ottawa</strong> School of Speech & Drama • The <strong>Ottawa</strong><br />
Story Tellers • <strong>Ottawa</strong> Symphony Orchestra • <strong>Ottawa</strong> West <strong>Arts</strong><br />
Association • Out of the Box Fibre Art Group • Propeller Dance •<br />
Rag and Bone Puppet Theatre • Rothwell Gallery • SAW Video •<br />
School of the Photographic <strong>Arts</strong>: <strong>Ottawa</strong> • Sinfonia <strong>Ottawa</strong> • Step<br />
Into Motion • Strings of St. John’s Chamber Orchestra • Swing<br />
Dynamite • Tara Luz Danse • Tale Wagging Theatre • Théâtre du<br />
Village Orléans • Thirteen Strings Baroque Ensemble of <strong>Ottawa</strong> •<br />
Vintage Stock Theatre<br />
Business members:<br />
Artech Camps-Imagination in Motion! • Beva Global Management<br />
Inc. • Business Club d’Orléans • Colours Jewellery • Christine<br />
Landry Jewellery • Design DanceR Studio • Foreign Service Community<br />
Association • Irene’s Pub and Restaurant • Maiden Star •<br />
Marc Poirier, Keller Williams <strong>Ottawa</strong> Realty Brokerage • Orléans<br />
Chamber of Commerce • OR DESIGN Glassworks • Le Regroupement<br />
des gens d’affaires • The Studio at GRAYROCK • Transcontinental<br />
Media • Wool N’ Things<br />
AOE SPONSORS<br />
MEDIA SPONSORS<br />
RESIDENT ARTS PARTNER<br />
ARTINIS & APPETIZERS SPONSORS<br />
FINANCIAL SUPPORT
NOTE FROM THE EDITOR<br />
As the season of growth and renewal is upon us<br />
again, let’s nourish our creativity, come together<br />
artisti<strong>ca</strong>lly, and make some great things happen!<br />
We’ve already launched ourselves headlong into<br />
a brand new year packed with activities, exhibits,<br />
collaborations and explorations. From an<br />
adventure in independent filmmaking to a history<br />
lesson about the site of the Shenkman <strong>Arts</strong><br />
Centre, this issue of ARTnews is a true mosaic of<br />
artistic tidbits. If you’re still hankering for more<br />
AOE news, we’d like to remind you that you <strong>ca</strong>n<br />
now find us on both Facebook and Twitter - there<br />
<strong>ca</strong>n never be too much arts promotion, we say!<br />
If you’ve got an event or exhibit to promote or if<br />
you’ve found a great website our members<br />
should see, email it to us and we’ll share it over<br />
our social network. And if you’re looking to<br />
“spring” into some artsy activities, don’t forget to<br />
check out our online Events Calendar for some<br />
ideas, or join us at our upcoming potluck and get<br />
your creative juices flowing. This spring, let’s get<br />
the arts scene hopping!<br />
Ren Tomovcik<br />
Message from the Executive Director & president<br />
As winter gives way to the promise of spring, there is an emerging<br />
sense of optimism within the arts community. At AOE, we feel this<br />
positive energy in many areas and are excited about the year ahead.<br />
On the politi<strong>ca</strong>l level, we strive to develop a positive working<br />
relationship with all our elected representatives and have already<br />
met with the <strong>East</strong> End councillors on the current <strong>Ottawa</strong> city council.<br />
We are reassured by their interest in and understanding of the arts,<br />
and encouraged by their recognition of the value of the arts sector to<br />
the community and the economy.<br />
The city is currently engaged in a review of the <strong>Ottawa</strong> 20/20 <strong>Arts</strong><br />
and Heritage Plan and AOE is an active participant in the renewal<br />
process. The goal of this wide-reaching endeavour is a second fiveyear<br />
<strong>Arts</strong> and Heritage Action Plan for the city to <strong>ca</strong>rry us to 2016.<br />
We will continue to work towards a renewal of the <strong>Arts</strong> Investment<br />
Strategy which brought much-needed financial stability to the arts<br />
sector. A cost-of-living increase in municipal arts funding should be<br />
the least of our expectations.<br />
We applaud Mayor Watson for identifying culture as a key element of<br />
a great city. We welcome his support and look forward to working<br />
with him as he engages the lo<strong>ca</strong>l arts and heritage communities in<br />
the celebrations around the 150th Anniversary of Confederation in<br />
2017. As we did during last fall’s municipal election <strong>ca</strong>mpaign, we<br />
will advo<strong>ca</strong>te for the arts during the <strong>ca</strong>mpaign leading to the October<br />
6th provincial election.<br />
Politics is always about priorities and we are often told<br />
politi<strong>ca</strong>l decisions are based on the majority opinion of<br />
constituents. Here again there is good news for the arts<br />
sector. A survey conducted last fall for the Ontario <strong>Arts</strong><br />
Council showed that a large majority of Ontarians strongly<br />
believe that the arts are important to the quality of life in<br />
their community and to their own personal lives. Further, 81<br />
per cent of Ontarians agree that the government should<br />
spend public dollars to support the arts.<br />
We are also excited about the success of the ARTicipate Endowment<br />
Fund. The first grants totally nearly $53,000, have been awarded<br />
and are already achieving their goal of enhancing and enabling<br />
artistic activity at the Shenkman <strong>Arts</strong> Centre. As the Canadian<br />
economy continues to improve, we <strong>ca</strong>n expect a higher return on our<br />
<strong>ca</strong>pital investment, thereby increasing the amount available to award<br />
in grants; as well as a more positive economic climate in which to<br />
approach donors. We believe we are solidly on the way to <strong>2011</strong><br />
being one of the most successful and productive years for the arts<br />
community.<br />
We look forward to you joining us, our staff, Board and volunteers at<br />
our Annual General Meeting on April 6 in the Richcraft Theatre. We<br />
have lots to celebrate!<br />
Heather Jamieson, AOE Board President<br />
Christine Tremblay, AOE Executive Director<br />
Complete results of the study The <strong>Arts</strong> and the Quality of Life:<br />
The Attitudes of Ontarians <strong>ca</strong>n be found on the Ontario <strong>Arts</strong> Council<br />
website: www.arts.on.<strong>ca</strong>/Page3995.aspx<br />
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<strong>Arts</strong> Instructors<br />
Proposals Wanted<br />
The Shenkman <strong>Arts</strong> Centre is seeking instructors<br />
and teaching proposals in the areas of dance, music,<br />
digital media, video, and other creative arts. Courses<br />
<strong>ca</strong>n be short-term workshops or full-season classes.<br />
Benefits:<br />
• Specialized studios<br />
• Training in First Aid, Health & Safety,<br />
High Five and more<br />
• Promotion of your professional profile<br />
• Competitive compensation<br />
• Easy access by bus or <strong>ca</strong>r<br />
• Free parking<br />
Deadline for proposals and appli<strong>ca</strong>tions for Fall <strong>2011</strong> courses: <strong>March</strong> 15, <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
In the <strong>ca</strong>se of new media, instructor or students may be required to supply equipment.<br />
Contact: Shenkman<strong>Arts</strong>Centre@ottawa.<strong>ca</strong><br />
Mark your <strong>ca</strong>lendars! Culture Days <strong>2011</strong> (Journées de la culture in Québec and Alberta <strong>Arts</strong> Days) will take place in every<br />
province and territory from Friday, September 30 to Sunday, October 2. You <strong>ca</strong>n join the national Culture Days movement<br />
by hosting an activity in <strong>2011</strong> and following Culture Days conversations.<br />
Facebook http://www.facebook.com/pages/Culture-Days-Fete-de-la-culture/316880728014<br />
newsletter http://culturedays.<strong>ca</strong>/en/signup<br />
YouTube http://www.youtube.com/user/cdfdlc<br />
Twitter http://twitter.com/CultureDays<br />
FLICKR http://www.flickr.comgroups/1385275@N20<br />
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These ARTicipate Project Grant recipients held<br />
their events at the Shenkman <strong>Arts</strong> Centre from<br />
November 2010 to January <strong>2011</strong>.<br />
DIGI60 Film Festival<br />
“Digi60 helped me affirm that I am<br />
making my own art, and that I’m<br />
not alone in it – there is a whole<br />
community to draw upon-people<br />
that do this for the love of doing<br />
it…I’m proud of my film, and I’m<br />
even prouder to have been included<br />
among so many great films…”<br />
Kevin Preece,<br />
2010 festival participant<br />
Gharana <strong>Arts</strong><br />
“The arts provide a small window into<br />
the vast depth that is a culture…I<br />
wanted to create an organization<br />
that targeted young Canadians…<br />
Most Canadians, even Indian-<br />
Canadians, don’t have access to<br />
the rich traditional history of India.<br />
Indian-Canadians see a huge barrier<br />
between the arts in India and the<br />
arts in Canada. [I] hope that making<br />
Indian dance accessible to Indo-<br />
Canadian children will motivate them<br />
to explore the traditions and cultures<br />
of India on their own.”<br />
Ravi Singh, Gharana <strong>Arts</strong>.<br />
Alanna Baird<br />
“Receiving the ARTicipate grant was<br />
an incredible enhancement to my<br />
recent exhibition - Metamorphish<br />
2010. The money I received allowed<br />
me to go the extra mile with the<br />
display and create a dynamic visual<br />
experience for visitors to the gallery.<br />
It enabled me to think of the space I<br />
was to exhibit within and do things to<br />
enhance the total experience.”<br />
Vintage Stock Theatre<br />
“Being able to hire lo<strong>ca</strong>l professional<br />
artists, a professional stage manager<br />
and director helped raise the quality<br />
of our show,” Susan Flemming, writer<br />
and co-producer of Vintage Stock<br />
Theatre’s A Dickens of a Christmas.<br />
The story followed a young Charles<br />
Dickens on his travels through Upper<br />
Canada the year prior to penning the<br />
famous story in 1843.“<br />
Susan Flemming<br />
Your continued support will ensure that<br />
projects and artists like these will continue to<br />
fill the Shenkman <strong>Arts</strong> Centre. Visit our new<br />
website, Articipate.<strong>ca</strong>, to read more about our<br />
grantees and to make a donation.<br />
All annual donations will be on our Virtual<br />
Donor Wall and on our Annual Donor Wall<br />
for one year. All cumulative donations of<br />
$2,500 are permanently recognized on the<br />
Donor Wall.<br />
Make a donation today, help us support lo<strong>ca</strong>l arts!<br />
The deadline for the next funding cycle is May 31, <strong>2011</strong>. More information about the ARTicipate<br />
grant program is available at articipate.<strong>ca</strong>. Funding is awarded for the production of artistic work<br />
that will be exhibited or presented in the Shenkman <strong>Arts</strong> Centre.<br />
ARTNEWS DECEMBER 2010 5
Hula Seventy<br />
Photo: Gilda Furgiuele<br />
hulaseventy.blogspot.com<br />
photo: AGM 2010<br />
AOE <strong>Arts</strong> Council will hold its AGM on Wednesday April 6th from 7<br />
p.m. to 9 p.m. in the Richcraft Theatre at the Shenkman <strong>Arts</strong> Centre.<br />
The business meeting will be followed by refreshments and live<br />
entertainment. We will also take this opportunity to thank our<br />
dedi<strong>ca</strong>ted volunteers. Come and enjoy the evening with us!<br />
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Interview with Pierre C. Bélanger on Social Media<br />
By Mercedes Déziel-Hupé<br />
Social media is the hottest trend of the digital age. Should we develop our Facebook and Twitter profiles? What is a “following” worth? An<br />
interview with Pierre C. Bélanger, Full Professor of Communi<strong>ca</strong>tions at the University of <strong>Ottawa</strong>, brings the ’status‘ up to date.<br />
“We must not deceive ourselves, there is one giant among social media – and it’s Facebook. The others are far behind. Everyone is a victim<br />
of the effects of fads,” explains Prof. Bélanger. He then adds, “Facebook creates a false impression of social media and we must put things<br />
back into context, but they do encompass a mandatory transition.” Twitter is the next most popular, says the professor, but with only 140<br />
characters of content at a time the possibilities are limited.<br />
For the artist in <strong>2011</strong>, success depends not only on their experience, but on the professional links they create; thus the importance of social<br />
media, but to what end? According to Prof. Bélanger, it is not enough to talk solely about one’s work, one must at the same time become a<br />
key figure in one’s field and therefore establish oneself as a reference by sharing relevant information. The clincher is that when information<br />
is diffused rapidly it becomes repetitive. “Social media has brought us an abundance of redundancy.”<br />
What we are not told is that attached to social media is the obligation to perform. “we must manage the content, the traffic and the direct<br />
interaction with our friends or fans. We agree that the ‘social’ character of the medium is actually fed by conversation and therefore the<br />
public’s expectations are heightened; we must reply quickly to the comments and messages generated.” Professor Bélanger reiterates that<br />
to be active in social media requires several hours of involvement daily. “One <strong>ca</strong>n also use multiplying agents, such as fans, to raise interest<br />
in one’s page. But be <strong>ca</strong>reful; if you wish for popularity, you just might get it!”<br />
The Five Pillars of Social Media<br />
According to Bélanger, the characteristics of social media are found in five pillars: fragmentation, frequency or renewal of content, short<br />
duration of <strong>ca</strong>mpaigns, quality of content and constant commitment. “We live in a s<strong>ca</strong>ttered world, seeking to fulfill a plethora of needs,<br />
which leads to the fragmentation of media consumer markets,” says Prof. Bélanger. “Material should be posted often and should be original<br />
or recycled into something new since so few things have a long shelf life on the Web.” He continues, “we have to share information, not only<br />
commentary. It’s through this referencing of related content that ensures the popularity of a blog, for instance.” Finally, we must accept the<br />
imperative: “It requires a daily commitment or else one loses rapport with their following.”<br />
“Social media has brought us an<br />
abundance of redundancy.”<br />
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Photo: Courtesy of Shenkman <strong>Arts</strong> Center<br />
Look way up to the ceiling of the Shenkman Art Centre’s upper lobby. The 27 wooden panels of different widths and lengths<br />
suspended from the ceiling are more than just random pieces of wood. The source for these panels was the grove of mature trees<br />
that had occupied the site of the Shenkman <strong>Arts</strong> Centre for as long as 100 years before the land was cleared to make way for the<br />
building.<br />
Known as Philippe Doyle, one of the Centre’s architects, was determined that the copse of trees would continue to be “a part of the<br />
community’s fabric.” The fundamental concept behind the design of the <strong>Arts</strong> Centre is that “the arts as a whole are a reflection of<br />
society and of an epoch,” Doyle says. “I felt strongly that the architecture should reflect the lo<strong>ca</strong>l, or natural context, as well as the<br />
community.”<br />
To reflect the community, the decision was made to integrate the art commissions with the fabric of the building. This is particularly<br />
evident with Stand, by Adrian Göllner, which makes up the front glazed façade of the Centre and uses coloured glass and light to<br />
enhance the Centre’s sense of identity.<br />
“The vivid colours and patterns of the façade commemorate the stand of trees that once graced the site, and evoke an abstract<br />
theme of seasonal change,” explains the Shenkman <strong>Arts</strong> Centre website.<br />
Doyle <strong>ca</strong>rries the analogy further by noting that the wood panels hanging from the ceiling replaced the natural <strong>ca</strong>nopy of trees<br />
with a man-made one. “The panels express the same lightness and disposition that a <strong>ca</strong>nopy of trees would,” he says. “There are<br />
neither solid nor continuous and appear to shift with the viewer’s perspective.”<br />
It was, in fact, Doyle’s keen personal interest in woodworking, and his architecture firm of LaLande + Doyle paying the cost, that<br />
ensured as much as possible of the wood was salvaged. The best pieces were taken and used in the ceiling panels, which Doyle<br />
laughs, be<strong>ca</strong>me known as the Flying Pigs by the construction workers. “I don’t know why,” he says, “but it stuck!”<br />
What stands out as particularly symbolic for Doyle is not only was there a lone ash tree in the midst of the forest of primarily red<br />
and sugar maples, with some bass, there is one Flying Pig which includes three strips of ash at one end.<br />
“Without knowing it, the mill worker repli<strong>ca</strong>ted the story of the grove of trees which stood on this site for 100 years. Art imitates life.<br />
Life imitates art. I couldn’t have planned it better myself,” he says.<br />
There are more stories about the fate of the trees that once graced the site of Shenkman <strong>Arts</strong> Centre and we will continue to share them.<br />
By Heather Jamieson<br />
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Look up! Look wayyy up!<br />
Know as the Flying Pigs by the Shenkman <strong>Arts</strong> Centre construction crew, 27 wooden panels<br />
represent the <strong>ca</strong>nopy of trees that stood on the Centre’s site and were the source for the<br />
wood from which they were made.
www.ottawaartisansguild.<strong>ca</strong><br />
www.arteastottawa.com<br />
City Councillor Steve Desroches officially opened the<br />
<strong>Ottawa</strong> Artisans Guild Christmas show and sale in<br />
Riverside South at St. Francis Xavier High School. Guild<br />
President Catherine Ten Den welcomed him to the event<br />
and assisted at the opening. The Guild will return to<br />
Lester B. Pearson High School on Ogilvie Road in North<br />
Gloucester for its annual spring show April 2 and 3.<br />
Mary Ann Varley, right, was installed as the new President of<br />
Arteast in January. She was congratulated by outgoing President<br />
Carmen Dufault (left) who had held the position for two years.<br />
AOE met with three of <strong>Ottawa</strong>’s <strong>East</strong> End councillors in January to discuss arts issues and priorities.<br />
Below, left to right: Rainer Bloess (Innes), Bob Monette (Orléans), Christine Tremblay, Heather Jamieson, Chantal<br />
Rodier, Tim Tierney (Beacon Hill-Cyrville)to: Mercedes Déziel-Hupé<br />
Photo: Mercedes Déziel-Hupé<br />
ARTNEWS DECEMBER 2010 9
Shooting La Sacrée in Vars:<br />
The first Franco-Ontarian feature film<br />
By Alberte Villeneuve<br />
The residents of Vars, a village south-east of <strong>Ottawa</strong>, had the thrill of hosting a film crew last October 2010. The first Franco-Ontarian<br />
feature film, the romantic comedy La Sacrée (The Damned), a production of Mark Chatel from Productions Balestra, was filmed in Vars and<br />
the surrounding area.<br />
The team started shooting on October 6 with a budget of $1.2 million. Telefilm Canada, Ontario Media Development Corporation, CBC and,<br />
above all, TFO (The French Language Television Network of Ontario), ensured the film’s financial support.<br />
La Sacrée introduces us to François, played by Sudbury native Marc Marans, François is a professional con man who is dating Sofia (Marie<br />
Turgeon) to get his hands on her money. To do this, he must prove to her the depth of his feelings by getting her pregnant.<br />
When François discovers that he is infertile, he decides to return to Fort-Aimable, his birthplace in eastern Ontario. There, he will try to<br />
convince Angélique (Geneviève Bilodeau), the wife of the town’s mayor (Roch Castonguay), to entrust him with the traditional recipe for<br />
the famous beer La Sacrée, which is attributed with miraculous powers. François enlists Martine (Louison Danis) and his childhood friend,<br />
Denis (Damien Robitaille). In doing so, François brings life back to Fort-Aimable.<br />
Vars is where Mark Chatel and a team of some 40 actors, technicians and other artists created the fictional village of Fort-Aimable. Filming<br />
took place in Mr. Quesnel’s general store on Farwel Street, an old barn on Dunning Road, St. Andrews Church at the edge of town and at<br />
the home of Monique Belliveau.<br />
Monique, who lives in a Centennial home that was the Royal Bank from 1909 to 1956, has nothing but praise for the film’s director, Dominic<br />
Desjardins. Dominic was a consummate professional, she says, which allowed the three scenes that were filmed in her home to go off with<br />
absolute synchronicity. Monique’s parlour was used as the rectory and two upstairs rooms were used for the bedroom scenes. She says<br />
the whole thing was a wonderful experience.<br />
The film La Sacrée will be broad<strong>ca</strong>st on CBC and TFO next summer. Watch for it!<br />
AOE Gallery<br />
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JACK SHADBOLT<br />
© 1990 by Scott Watson<br />
Douglas & McIntyre, Vancouver/Toronto<br />
By Elizabeth Bertoldi<br />
ISBN 0-88894-613-9<br />
Jack Shadbolt (1909 – 1998) was one of the most respected Canadian artists of the 20th century. This<br />
coffee-table first edition by Scott Watson contains many images of Shadbolt’s work, from his early interest<br />
in Aboriginal art and the Canadian lands<strong>ca</strong>pe to abstract paintings based on nature and symbolic motifs.<br />
Another wonderful find on the shelves of the AOE Resource Library.<br />
Born in England, Shadbolt grew up in Victoria, B.C. and studied art in Vancouver, New York, London and<br />
Paris. He knew and admired Emily Carr and her lands<strong>ca</strong>pes of forest interiors. He wanted to create art that<br />
had social meaning and embraced social realism. He served as a Canadian war artist in Europe. During this<br />
period he worked mainly in watercolour. (page 31, Granville Street at Night, 1946.) After the war and following<br />
successful exhibitions in New York and Toronto, he and his wife Doris returned to Vancouver where he taught<br />
at the Vancouver School of Art until 1966.<br />
In the 1960s, he shifted to the introspective world of abstraction. His use of oil paint on <strong>ca</strong>nvas led to brighter,<br />
bolder paintings, influenced in part by a sabbati<strong>ca</strong>l in the south of France. One of his best-known abstracts from<br />
this period is Winter Theme #7, 1961, (page 94). He also executed the delightful Blob and Scratch series,<br />
experimental “automatic” works with ink, water and paper (pages 87-90).<br />
A 1969 retrospective of his work at the Vancouver Art Gallery prompted Shadbolt to review his <strong>ca</strong>reer and to<br />
confront critics’ comments on his apparent lack of “sustained direction” in his work. In the 1970s, Shadbolt<br />
changed his style again as he attempted to exorcise the “ghost” of Emily Carr’s influence on his work. At his<br />
cottage on Hornby Island he engaged in artistic dialogue with her through his work. From these meditations<br />
emerged a series of powerful expressionist paintings based on images of nature, the female, the shaman, and the<br />
forest (pages 123-124).<br />
The last chapters of the book show the artist coming into his full power, his paintings bursting with life and dealing<br />
with death. One of the most notable being “Butterfly Transformation Theme,” 1981 (pages 199-203) six panels of<br />
bold, dynamic, abstracted works that jump off the page. Watson’s book does not deal with the last eight years of the<br />
artist’s life, but we know that Shadbolt was painting right up to his death at age 89.<br />
A great read for the winter season!<br />
Some web references on Jack Shadbolt:<br />
www.the<strong>ca</strong>nadianencyclopedia.com/index.cfm<br />
Cybermuse.gallery.<strong>ca</strong>/cybermuse/search/artist<br />
www.warmuseum.<strong>ca</strong><br />
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We are taking advantage of the recent<br />
release of a work of art by a proficient<br />
Outaouais artist to give you a brief profile of<br />
the artist and his work.<br />
F, an exceptional work of art from Stéphane-<br />
Albert Boulais, is the culmination of more<br />
than 40 years of creation.First, a word about<br />
the artist. Stéphane-Albert Boulais, a 61<br />
years old artist, show<strong>ca</strong>ses his love forhis<br />
region, the Outaouais, in his abundant<br />
writings.<br />
He made his living, for the most part, by<br />
teaching film at the CÉGEP de l’Outaouais.<br />
His passion for words made him a novelist,<br />
author-composer, essayist, poet, story teller,<br />
publisher and even an actor. His written<br />
works include the novels Je t’aime, Abigail !<br />
and Le sablier du Grand Zor, as well as the<br />
Appartment numerous tales Studio, in the impressive series<br />
in Blisse, photo: titles Ryoto that Aokianyone familiar with the<br />
literary reality of the Outaouais will<br />
recognize.<br />
Now Stéphane-Albert Boulais is drawing<br />
from his entire wealth of artistic experience<br />
to offer us a work of art that sets itself apart<br />
by its boldness and originality. Simply put, F<br />
is an audio book, but to hold to such a<br />
description would be to show disrespect.<br />
Yes, there is a book and an album, but it is<br />
so much more than that.<br />
To quote the author: [translation] “F is a<br />
literary, musi<strong>ca</strong>l and visual triptych.” There<br />
are three parts; first, a futuristic tale, La<br />
houleuse princesse de Gatineau-La-Grande<br />
[the tumultuous princess of Gatineau-La-<br />
Grande], which takes us to the year 2049 in<br />
what the author’s fertile imagination sees as<br />
the new city of Gatineau; the envy of the<br />
residents of the other side of the river. It is a<br />
story of love between a young artist and a<br />
princess.<br />
The second part - or the central panel - Le<br />
secret de F [the secret of F] - is made up of<br />
14 songs. Thus, the album. The last part,<br />
Saulerie, is an intimate poetic journal: 30<br />
days of summer in the country of Blisse.<br />
The visual element of the work is made up<br />
of three paintings, or icons, of the artist<br />
Louis Godbout.<br />
With F, Stéphane-Albert Boulais fulfils,<br />
among other things, the great dream of<br />
recording an album of his songs. He<br />
acknowledges that music is his first love,<br />
one that he has neglected a bit since his<br />
young college years. But F is also a<br />
culmination, a synthesis of the artist that he<br />
is; the expression of his passion for<br />
literature and music; a summary of his life<br />
and of his conception of love. He proudly<br />
states that F represents an important<br />
moment in his life.<br />
A project of this s<strong>ca</strong>le does not come about<br />
without a lot of work and financial support.<br />
It is interesting to note that the author<br />
<strong>ca</strong>lled on a number of sponsors, the most<br />
signifi<strong>ca</strong>nt of which are the MRC (Regional<br />
County Municipality) Haute Gatineau and<br />
the city of Gatineau, which adds to the<br />
originality of the approach.<br />
Stéphane-Albert Boulais may have created<br />
a synthesis work, but that does not mean<br />
that we have heard the last of him; his<br />
passion will continue to provide him with<br />
numerous ideas and projects.<br />
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F, Courtesy of Stéphane - Albert Boulais, Paintings by Louis Godbout
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New Organizations<br />
Nestled in the heart of beautiful downtown <strong>Ottawa</strong>, the annual TD<br />
<strong>Ottawa</strong> International Jazz Festival attracts scores of music fans to<br />
Confederation Park. There are also other convenient venues to<br />
enjoy some of the most celebrated jazz artists. For more than 30<br />
years, the Festival has presented some of the most dynamic jazz<br />
superstars, such as Herbie Hancock, Dave Brubeck, Roy Haynes,<br />
Toots Thielemans, Wynton Marsalis, Smokey Robinson, Diana<br />
Krall and many, many more. Join us for the 31st edition of the<br />
Jazz Festival from June 23 to July 3, <strong>2011</strong>. Enjoy all the benefits<br />
by becoming a member.<br />
CARIVIBE is an annual celebration of Caribbean culture in<br />
theNation’s Capital. It offers a diverse array of tropi<strong>ca</strong>l<br />
rhythms, cuisine, <strong>ca</strong>rnival and culture. Over the years,<br />
CARIVIBE has grown into the largest Caribbean event on the<br />
lo<strong>ca</strong>l <strong>ca</strong>lendar. It provides a forum for edu<strong>ca</strong>tion, community<br />
togetherness and cultural pride. As <strong>Ottawa</strong>’s cultural<br />
community continually grows, CARIVIBE believes it is<br />
important to provide a place where the community <strong>ca</strong>n<br />
participate in multicultural celebrations and events. CARIVIBE<br />
is dedi<strong>ca</strong>ted to providing cross-cultural understanding,<br />
acceptance and interaction between peoples of diverse<br />
nationalities and heritage through the celebration of art and<br />
music.<br />
The Crichton Cultural Community Centre (CCCC) is a not-forprofit,<br />
charitable organization that was established 10 years ago<br />
to save the historic Crichton School building in New Edinburg and<br />
develop it into a dynamic artistic and regional community hub. It<br />
provides a broad range of community and cultural programmes,<br />
events and activities for people of all ages, interests and<br />
backgrounds. It also includes a music studio and four artists’<br />
studios which are the home base of 16 members of the<br />
MainWorks Artists’ Co-operative. The CCCC welcomes<br />
communities from across the region and encourages the<br />
engagement of both professional and amateur community-based<br />
artists.<br />
Every year, the <strong>Ottawa</strong> International Children’s Festival holds<br />
a five-day extravaganza of the finest quality theatre, dance<br />
and music for young audiences in the community. The group<br />
creates programs for children of all ages, focused on<br />
enriching the school curriculum and promoting the arts as an<br />
integral part of children’s edu<strong>ca</strong>tion. They have hosted<br />
performers from Brazil, China, Denmark, England, France,<br />
Germany, Holland, Kenya, Korea and Peru, as well as artists<br />
from across Canada. The <strong>2011</strong> Festival runs from June 1<br />
– June 5 and marks the group’s 26th year as one of Ontario’s<br />
only festivals dedi<strong>ca</strong>ted to presenting the performing arts for<br />
young people, their families, and their edu<strong>ca</strong>tors. Come<br />
explore this wonderful world of excitement, imagination, and<br />
innovation. Discover the world at your doorstep!<br />
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In 2010, AOE <strong>Arts</strong> Council welcomed a record number of<br />
new individual, organization and business members.<br />
Regretfully, many of them were not listed in the Welcoming<br />
New Members in 2010 section in our December issue. We<br />
are happy to rectify that oversight and extend a warm<br />
welcome to everyone who joined our organization last year.<br />
AOE exists to serve our members and we look forward to<br />
continuing to do so in the months to come.<br />
Os<strong>ca</strong>r C. Jocson Karen Miller Marie Paquette Marc Scott Kamalanathan Thiyagarajah<br />
360 Art Zone<br />
ARTour Prescott-Russell<br />
<strong>Arts</strong>well<br />
Coalition of New Canadians for-<br />
<strong>Arts</strong> & Culture<br />
Common Thread Quilt Guild<br />
Do More Canada<br />
École secondaire <strong>ca</strong>tholique-<br />
Garneau<br />
Empower Kids Canada<br />
Foyer Gallery Artists Association<br />
Galerie de la Rive<br />
Great Canadian Theatre-<br />
Company (GCTC)<br />
Health<strong>ca</strong>re Food Services<br />
Leadership <strong>Ottawa</strong><br />
Music and Beyond Performing-<br />
<strong>Arts</strong><br />
Navan <strong>Arts</strong> & Crafts Guild<br />
Orléans Festival d’Orléans<br />
<strong>Ottawa</strong> International Children’s-<br />
Festival<br />
<strong>Ottawa</strong> Jazz Festival<br />
SAW Video<br />
Swing Dynamite<br />
Tale Wagging Theatre<br />
Artech Camps-Imagination in Motion! Inc.<br />
Beva Global Management Inc.<br />
Christine Landry Jewellery Design<br />
Maiden Star<br />
Marc Poirier, Keller Williams <strong>Ottawa</strong> Realty<br />
The Studio at GRAYROCK<br />
Ryota Aoki<br />
Jay Anderson<br />
Leigh Archibald<br />
Peggy Atherton<br />
Lana Awad<br />
Alan Bain<br />
Maureen Ballagh<br />
Steve Bissonnette<br />
Cavelle Bowes<br />
Carole Brazeau<br />
Connie Burke<br />
Barbara Carroll<br />
Margaret Carver<br />
Arlette Castonguay<br />
John-Félice Ceprano<br />
Linda Chenard<br />
Robert C.J. Chi<br />
Sara Chivot<br />
Jacqueline Collin<br />
Sharon Collins<br />
Gabriela A. Condrut<br />
Susan Cornthwaite Grenier<br />
Brian Davidson<br />
Peter de Gannes<br />
Ann Karine De Grace<br />
Cristina Del Sol<br />
Pas<strong>ca</strong>l Demonsand<br />
Lynn Dempster<br />
Moira Duchesne<br />
Ann Dunlap<br />
Judy Duppa<br />
Linda Dyson<br />
Richard Ellis<br />
Eiko Emori<br />
Zeynep Ergin<strong>ca</strong>n<br />
Susan Flemming<br />
Vladimir Frolov<br />
Stefan Fuchs<br />
Allan Garbutt<br />
Carolyn Gibbs<br />
Claudette Gionet<br />
Frances Graff<br />
Diane Groulx<br />
Sandra Hawkins<br />
Louis Helbig<br />
Hélène Alarie<br />
Carolina Hernandez<br />
Hernandez<br />
Barry Hobden<br />
Normand Roy Hooper<br />
Cargnello Ivano<br />
Christopher James<br />
Micheline Joanisse<br />
Brenden Johnstone<br />
Françine Jolicoeur-Seguin<br />
Leah Jones<br />
David Kearn<br />
Sylvia Klein<br />
Jacintha Krish<br />
Madhu Kumar<br />
Diane Lalonde<br />
Eleanor N. Lamoureux<br />
Kerry Landry<br />
Alfredo Lascoutx<br />
Katherine Lavender<br />
Dennis Paul Lecuyer<br />
Jung Hee Lee-Marles<br />
Denise Lemire<br />
Lisa Lorenz<br />
Colin Mack<br />
Suzan Mandla<br />
Sandra Marshall<br />
Hélène Martin<br />
Alexander Martins<br />
Ron Matton<br />
Marc Ouimet-McPherson<br />
Nicole McGrath<br />
Dalia Mendoza<br />
Kasturi Mishra<br />
Eihab Morgan<br />
Sara Nadeau<br />
Linda Palasy<br />
Alenka Paquet<br />
Jo-Anne Parthenais<br />
Raphaël Pirard<br />
Luc Pomerleau<br />
Gilda Pontbriand<br />
Jason Pope<br />
Anna Pozdniakova<br />
Etienne Ranger<br />
Madeleine Rathwell<br />
Jo Ann Raven<br />
John Redmond<br />
Carole Renaud<br />
Mary Anne Robblee<br />
Claudette Roberge<br />
Judy Ross<br />
Natalie Roy<br />
Shawnah Roy<br />
Amalie Russell<br />
Judith Savic<br />
Roberta Schulz<br />
Luminita Serbanescu<br />
Sheryl Siddiqui<br />
Ravi.S.K. Singh<br />
Nancy Smart<br />
Katrin Smith<br />
Michel Soucy<br />
Victoria Steele<br />
Janice Street<br />
Betty Sullivan<br />
Frederic Sune<br />
Eric Tardif<br />
Jacqueline M. Thibodeau<br />
Colette Tremblay<br />
Sidney K. Treml<br />
Anita Utas<br />
Mary Ann Varley<br />
Angela Verlaeckt Clark<br />
Sasa Vre<strong>ca</strong><br />
Jennifer Waterman<br />
Gordon Webster<br />
Roy Whiddon<br />
Julia Wong<br />
Jo-Ann Zorzi<br />
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