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~ Art of a quiet nature by Géraldine Petit-Gras – Ceramic Artist (Ottawa, ON)

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THE SEAHORSE PROJECT – The interview

12 Sunday Jun 2016

Posted by StudioGPG.com in Artist residency, Exhibition | Exposition, Sculpture, Wall decor | Décorations murales

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artist residency, École d'art d'Ottawa, Interview, Ottawa School of Art, seahorse, YouTube

Finally I found time to go to the Ottawa School of Art to use their movie editing software and put this interview together. Mind you the next day there was a giant sinkhole downtown right where I passed by to go home afterwards. Being an artist is risky business. 🙂
TheSeahorseProject_interview
It is now up and running on my YouTube Channel. This was done last year during the opening of my end of Artist Residency at the Ottawa School of Art.

Dawn Dale, artist, friend and mentor, was kind enough to do it and did a great job. I’ll let you be the judge of it.

Reception night for The Seahorse Project

21 Wednesday Oct 2015

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argile noire, Artwork, black and white, black clay, Céramique, Ceramic art, contemporain, contemporary, décoration, Exhibition, Exposition, hippocampe, Interview, Laguna Frost, noir et blanc, objet d'art, oeuvre d'art, Ottawa School of Art, Paula Murray, porcelain, porcelaine, sculpture, seahorse, YouTube

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

Posted by StudioGPG.com in Artist residency, Exhibition | Exposition, News | Nouvelles, Sculpture

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argile noire, artist residency, Artwork, École d'art d'Ottawa, black and white, black clay, Céramique, Ceramic art, contemporain, contemporary, Exhibition, Exposition, Laguna Frost, Ottawa School of Art, porcelain, porcelaine

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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Meeting at La Fab

25 Sunday Jan 2015

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École d'art d'Ottawa, La Fab, La nature des choses, Lines in Nature, OSA, Ottawa School of Art

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Last Saturday, I went to the last meeting at La Fab, Chelsea prior to our group show in May. It grows more and more exciting as the time passes. We are 17 artists! We’re trying to publish an artists’ catalogue for the Reception night. And there might be a Fundraiser event on June 21!!!

One can follow the P1060408news on the Project’s Blog.

What 5 years taught me

21 Monday Jul 2014

Posted by StudioGPG.com in Business of Art | Gestion de carrière artistique

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Business of Art, Edith Trejo, Exhibition, Gestion de carrière artistique, IN FLUX, Katie Argyle, National Capital Network of Sculptors, NCNS, OGP, OSA, Ottawa School of Art, Paule Fournier, Shirley Yik, the Ottawa Guild of Potters

During my presentation

During my presentation

Artists and their family watching the slideshow

Artists and their family watching the slideshow


Earlier this year I was approached by the Ottawa School of Art to be the Alumni Guest Speaker at the 2014 Graduation Ceremony. I was touched by this honour and promptly accepted. I also decided I would be talking about what the last 5 years taught me as a practicing artist.

Catching up with Marc (husband of my departed friend  Paule Fournier).

Catching up with Marc (husband of my departed friend Paule Fournier).


It was a pleasure to meet the 11 promising artists and the Grad show called Meta is open to the public until July 26.
You’ll find the revised version of my presentation in .pdf format (notes were added to the slides).

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Curator/Manager/Artist

Galerie Côté CréationsMarch 31, 2019
Between June 2016 and March 2019 I was the Manager/ Curator/Artist at this Gallery located in Westboro: 98 Richmond Rd, Ottawa (across the CIBC). It is now permanently closed. Entre juin 2016 et mars 2019, j’étais Directrice/Curatrice/Artiste de cette Galerie située dans westboro : 98, chemin Richmond (en face du CIBC). Elle est fermée pour cessation d’activité.

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