Author Archives: VisualArtsCentre

Successful Tea Ceremony and fundraiser for Ashinaga

Posted on 08/06/2012 by VisualArtsCentre

Congrats to Olaf de Winter and Mari Clayton for the success of their fundraising event last Sunday in the McClure Gallery — a Japanese Tea Ceremony by Tatsuko Cooper in support of the Ashinaga Fund.  Ceramicists from across the community … Continue reading →

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Inspiring and charming essay on drawing

Posted on 23/04/2012 by VisualArtsCentre

April  23, 2012 I just finished reading Bento’s Sketchbook: How does the impulse to draw something begin? by art critic/writer/artist John Berger. It’s a meditation on the practice of drawing, inspired by Berger’s curiosity about Spinoza – also known as … Continue reading →

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Visual Arts Centre at Governor General Awards ceremony For Visual and Media Arts in Ottawa’s Rideau Hall.

Posted on 11/04/2012 by VisualArtsCentre

So inspiring to hear the laureates accept their awards and talk about their life long commitment to their art practice.  Montreal’s Jana Sterbak was amongst them and Geoffrey James honoured Montreal’s Gabor Szilasi as one of his ongoing inspirations. Rideau … Continue reading →

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Harold Klunder, Ann McCall, Carl J. Heywood, Marc Sequin amongst other Quebecers in exciting Print show in Toronto: Prints Today: 2012 at John B. Aird Gallery.

Posted on 10/04/2012 by VisualArtsCentre

The Royal Canadian Academy of Arts is presenting a Print exhibition by 22 RCA artist members from Ontario and Quebec at the John B. Aird Gallery, April 3 – 27, 2012. The show presents an overview of what’s current in … Continue reading →

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FIFA, don’t miss it!

Posted on 02/03/2012 by VisualArtsCentre

Have you seen the list of films showing at the 30th FIFA, Montreal’s  International Festival of Films on Art?  I’ve already booked 8 tickets, mostly for films on painters such as Anselm Keifer, Cy Twombly, Odilon Redon and Lucien Freud.  … Continue reading →

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Music and Art

Posted on 17/02/2012 by VisualArtsCentre

As a visual artist, listening to music is a sure stimulus to the imagination.  Over the last month I’ve attended two concerts and was reminded yet again of the way in which the two art disciplines share a language and … Continue reading →

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David Lafrance – Club de fête

Posted on 09/02/2012 by VisualArtsCentre

Here’s some photos from David Lafrance’s vernissage in the McClure Gallery last Thursday.  As you can see it was well attended.  We published a 28 page catalogue to accompany the show and were lucky enough to have Robert Enright and … Continue reading →

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Square Affair, a resounding success!

Posted on 21/12/2011 by VisualArtsCentre

Well, its over – Square Affair – our end of November fundraising exhibition. 300 works on the gallery walls: two long days and nights to hang, five days on show, two more days to dismantle.  A tremendous effort by exhausted … Continue reading →

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Second Printing of John Fox: Refiguration now available at the McClure Gallery

Posted on 09/11/2011 by VisualArtsCentre

Due to popular demand, the McClure Gallery has recently undertaken a second printing of the book John Fox: Refiguration. Originally published in 2010 to accompany an exhibition of the same title, the book explores the artist’s return to representation in … Continue reading →

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Why IS art important to youth???

Posted on 09/11/2011 by VisualArtsCentre

Recently I was asked to give a talk on why art is important to children.  The research on the benefits of arts education is so far reaching, it was hard to know where to begin.  When a child creates, they … Continue reading →

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