Artsparks’ flame may go out after NGC layoffs
To bring in younger audiences, the National Gallery of Canada (NGC) partnered with Guerilla Magazine for the publication’s launch. The event, Artsparks featured live performances, silk-screening and guided tours March 25.
“It’s a group that’s reluctant to go on their own,” said David Monkhouse, the education co-ordinator of the NGC who has been organizing Artsparks since 2006. He said by designing events that are linked but not limited to the exhibitions it makes the gallery more inviting to 20- to 40-year-olds.
Film Review: Greenberg
Greenberg
Noah Baumbach
Scott Rudin Productions
3.5/5 stars
There comes a point in the careers of many prolific comedy actors – Jim Carrey and Adam Sandler, for instance – where they branch off from their loony mainstream comedies to riskier dramatic material.
The latest actor to make this trip is Ben Stiller.
CD Review: Old Man Luedecke
My Hands are on Fire and Other Love Songs
Old Man Luedecke
Black Hen Records
3.5/5 Stars
It’s no accident that Chris Luedecke evokes “spring fever” in the opening track of his latest album, My Hands Are On Fire and Other Love Songs.
There’s something about the banjo, his instrument of choice, which makes his music vibrant and organic much like that first whiff of earth after a long, snowy winter.
Mash-ups highlight of annual bash
Mash-up artist Girl Talk performed to more than 2,000 Carleton, University of Ottawa and Algonquin students at the Ottawa Civic Centre March 31 as part of Pandamonium, an annual end-of-year concert celebration.
The event, which in the past has played host to more mainstream acts such as Sam Roberts and Metric, decided to host a more unconventional artist this time.
Fantasy at CUAG
The Bookwas inspired by fairytale illustrations but instead of glass slippers and enchanted forests audiences will see plastic crocs and barren fields in Carol Wainio’s paintings.
The Carleton University Art Gallery (CUAG) exhibit focuses heavily on scarcity, the Ottawa artist said.
“Long ago, a clever cat dressed a peasant as a prince. Far away, in a field of cheap shoes, magic seeds multiply crops and destroy soil,” Wainio said in her artist statement which resembles the makings of an industrial fairytale.
