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2023 FINE ARTS DIPLOMA ALUMNI EXHIBITION – RECEPTION | 2023 EXPOSITION DES ANCIENS DU PROGRAMME DE DIPLÔME EN BEAUX-ARTS – VERNISSAGE

11 Saturday Feb 2023

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Every 2 years I participate in the Alumni Exhibition at the Ottawa School of Art Orleans Campus Gallery. The Exhibition featured the work of 25 artists between Jan 9 and Feb 4, 2023.
Here are pictures taken during the Jan 15 Reception.

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Tous les 2 ans je participe à l’exposition des anciens de l’École d’art d’Ottawa. Celle-ci a réuni les oeuvres de 25 artistes entre les 9 janvier et 4 février 2023.
Voici les photos prises lors du vernissage du 15 janvier.

The latest flyer for our Gallery

28 Wednesday Dec 2016

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Here is the latest flyer for Galerie Côté Créations. Wishing Hanna MacNaughtan all the best in her artistic pursuits. Her work is available at Santini Gallery and Kevin Dodds Gallery in Ottawa and in other galleries outside of town. We are pleased to welcome Wendy Feldberg in our group. 🙂

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Galerie Côté Créations

14 Monday Nov 2016

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Early June this year I have embarked on an exciting journey as an Artist, Curator and Manager for a Pop-up Art Gallery in Westboro Village (in between two trendy Ottawa neighbourhoods Westboro and Hintonburg).
It is called Galerie Côté Créations after the artist who got the space in the first place, Yan-Éric Côté (a painter from the Mont-Tremblant area).
We’re located on the ground floor of a complex of condominiums in an unfinished retail space and it is gigantic so much so we’re using only half of it.

Front of the Gallery.

Front of the Gallery.

We give part of our proceeds to the Ottawa Hospital Foundation.
We’re now 12 artists + a pianist-in-residence who comes to play almost every day we’re open on his baby grand piano.
Our address is 98 Richmond Road (just west of Island Park Drive, across the CIBC). We are open Tuesday-Sunday, 11 am – 6 pm except for the first Thursdays of the month (until 9 pm).

First official donation to the Ottawa Hospital Foundation.

First official donation to the Ottawa Hospital Foundation.

I am proud of what we have accomplished so far and will keep on improving our customers experience.

Front and back of our flyer.
Front and back of our flyer.
Opening Night (06/30/16). Pieces by Sandra Marshall.
Opening Night (06/30/16). Pieces by Sandra Marshall.
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Painting by Yan-Éric Côté.
Painting by Yan-Éric Côté.
Hannah Ranger demonstrating her feltmaking techniques during our Open House (09/17/16).
Hannah Ranger demonstrating her feltmaking techniques during our Open House (09/17/16).
Thomas and his friend performing during our Open House (09/17/16).
Thomas and his friend performing during our Open House (09/17/16).
Hanna MacNaughtan demonstrating soapstone carving Open House (09/17/16).
Hanna MacNaughtan demonstrating soapstone carving Open House (09/17/16).
Watercolours by Alena Liapko.
Watercolours by Alena Liapko.
Poster for our 1st Thursday of the month - Art Walk.
Poster for our 1st Thursday of the month – Art Walk.
Stiched paintings by Karen Goetzinger and Watercolours with oil pastels by Alena Liapko.
Stiched paintings by Karen Goetzinger and Watercolours with oil pastels by Alena Liapko.
Felt pieces by Hannah Ranger.
Felt pieces by Hannah Ranger.
When nature feels at home on my work, I can't stop thinking I must be doing something right.
When nature feels at home on my work, I can’t stop thinking I must be doing something right.
Glasswork by France Grice.
Glasswork by France Grice.
Galerie Côté Créations
Sculptures by Cairn Cunnane and paintings by Yan-Éric Côté.
Sculptures by Cairn Cunnane and paintings by Yan-Éric Côté.
Sculptures by Cairn Cunnane
Sculptures by Cairn Cunnane
Holiday Season Shop with glass work by Miriam Silburt.
Holiday Season Shop with glass work by Miriam Silburt.

Panorama of the Gallery.

Panorama of the Gallery.

Reception night for The Seahorse Project

21 Wednesday Oct 2015

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After a big Fall storm, some people were brave enough to come and have a chat during the Reception for my show at the Ottawa School of Art.
Fellow ceramic artist Hilde Lambrecht got me a wonderful bottle of wine with a Seahorse on it called “Promised Land”. It was very “À propos” for this show. Thanks Hilde! Thanks as well to all of those who showed up and those who have already visited and left a note in my book, as well as those who will come prior to Wednesday (when I’ll take it down).
A big thanks to Dawn Dale as well for graciously accepting to interview me for a YouTube video.

Nice!
Nice!
Fellow ceramist Hilde Lambrecht writing a note
Fellow ceramist Hilde Lambrecht writing a note
Awesome gift from Hilde.
Awesome gift from Hilde.
Refugees.
Refugees.
Friends and fellow artists.
Friends and fellow artists.
On the Line
On the Line
Ready when you are.
Ready when you are.
Still Standing.
Still Standing.
The Pacifist.
The Pacifist.
Flagship Species.
Flagship Species.
The Fallen.
The Fallen.
Friends and fellow artists.
Friends and fellow artists.
Friends and fellow artists.
Friends and fellow artists.
View from outside, at night.
View from outside, at night.
View from outside, at night.
View from outside, at night.
View from outside, at night.
View from outside, at night.

The Seahorse Project is up!

13 Tuesday Oct 2015

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Last week on Wednesday I set up my Artist in Residence Exhibition. Here are the pictures of the show that will be in the Lee Matasi Gallery until October 21. Reception will be this Thursday evening. Unfortunately on of my pieces broke its tail during the week-end (most likely because part of it was mended with glaze prior to the second firing and it couldn’t hold part of the weight once attached on the wall, although it was attached o the wall in 3 different points). Oh well, lesson learned. It has also been advertised on the Ottawa School of Art Website.

Artist Statement:
“Seahorses are fascinating creatures that have long captured our imagination. Part chameleons with their independent eyes and ability to camouflage, part horses with the shape of their head and long neck and part monkey with their prehensile tail, these odd fish still hold many mysteries for scientists.
Seahorses are being harvested and decimated by the millions every year. When climate change and pollution threaten the natural habitat of these coastal-living animals, they are facing yet another challenge.
When your population is driven to the point of extinction, what do you do? Do you adapt, stay and fight? Do you migrate against your own nature? Where can you seek asylum in foreign territories? ”

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Ultramarine – Galerie Le repaire des 100 talents (Montréal)

28 Saturday Mar 2015

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This is one big step forward for me in my artistic career as I decided to apply to a juried show in Montreal. It’s a first for me to be exhibiting in a big city outside of Ottawa. I’m very excited. We are 31 artists. And in case you didn’t notice, it is right up my alley with the sea/ocean as a theme. And the poster has one of my pieces on it. 🙂

The gallery is called “Le repaire des 100 talents” (the hideout of the talented 100s).  Here is a gallery tour (slideshow) including the boxes I brought with my pieces ready to be hung/put on a shelf. Some walls are barren because this is the time in-between shows when some artists are picking up their works and others are bringing theirs.

I am hoping to be able to make it for the April 5th Reception. If you can’t make it, here is a sneak peek of some of the work that will be presented.

 

Dates: April 1rst – May 10th, 2015 (Reception in the presence of artists on April 5th from 4:30 pm – 9 pm)

Address: 5867 St-Hubert blvd, Montreal QC (Rosemont Subway)

 

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Video of my interview on TV Rogers

10 Tuesday Mar 2015

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Hello,

Finally I managed to edit the video of my interview on TV Rogers (French only) and uploaded it on YouTube. If you don’t know what I’m talking about, you can check the related Post I made in January.

Artist Residency – Work in Progress (8)

01 Sunday Mar 2015

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Starting in February I have been focusing on implementing ideas for the Lines in Nature Project/La nature des choses Project.
Here are some photos of the work in progress. (more to come)
Note: I have also posted some sketches and concept developed during the partnership with ceramic artist Paula Murray on the Project’s blog.

Piece for Concept #2
Piece for Concept #2
Piece for Concept #2 in the kiln to be bisqued
Piece for Concept #2 in the kiln to be bisqued
Sketches for Concept #3
Sketches for Concept #3
Newspaper backing prior to laying my slabs (note: the height of the project is made so the piece will fit on a kiln shelf half)
Newspaper backing prior to laying my slabs (note: the height of the project is made so the piece will fit on a kiln shelf half)
I sketched a layout for the piece
I sketched a layout for the piece
Completing the drawing of the back of my piece (it will be 3D)
Completing the drawing of the back of my piece (it will be 3D)
Cutout of the backing of my piece for Concept #3.
Cutout of the backing of my piece for Concept #3.

Artist Residency – Work in progress (7)

17 Tuesday Feb 2015

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Sorry for being late with my posts, I did some updates on my Website (CV, Links, News and Press sections) and it takes time and I have been working on a large piece for the Lines in nature Project (photos are coming soon). I also have also been working on a mangrove piece for my end of residency show using both black clay and my white porcelaineous Laguna Frost clay. It’s pretty long and wide enough that it didn’t fit a half kiln shelf so the tech will have a hard time putting it in. I hope it’ll be OK… (I did offer my help in case she needs a second pair of hands). I also glazed my second piece for the bell jar and prepared some tiles for the Lines in nature Project (spoiler alert: I might try some terra siggilata on them).

Mangrove piece
Mangrove piece
Mangrove piece
Mangrove piece
Mangrove piece
Mangrove piece
glaze firing
glaze firing
glaze firing
glaze firing
glaze firing
glaze firing
glaze firing
glaze firing
test tiles for the Lines in nature Project
test tiles for the Lines in nature Project

Ontario Arts Council Grant recipient | Lauréate d’une subvention du Conseil des arts de l’Ontario

31 Saturday Jan 2015

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I am honoured to be one of the 2015 recipients of the Ontario Arts Council granting programme aimed at Francophones “Visual artists and Craft artists”. It will allow me to better explore the “Lines in Nature/La nature des choses” theme of the upcoming exhibition at La Fab, Chelsea (May 23 – June 21). I have mentioned this in a previous post.

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J’ai le plaisir de faire partie des lauréats de 2015 pour le programme de subvention “Artistes visuels et des métiers d’art” du Conseil des arts de l’Ontario. Cela me permettra d’explorer le thème de “Lines in Nature/La nature des choses” pour ma prochaine exposition à la Fab, Chelsea (23 mai – 21 juin). J’en avais parlé dans un billet précédent.

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