Arts & culture corner

Cultural happenings for you to enjoy

By Robin Etherington

Winter is finally with us as are winter festivals and cultural activities – all within our reach in, or with a short walk from, our vibrant Lowertown area.

Galleries

Karsh-Masson Gallery

110 Laurier Avenue West

Tenuous Systems, works by Emily DiCarlo,

February 1 to April 14

https://ottawa.ca/en/arts-heritage-and-events/art-centres-galleries-and-exhibition-spaces/galleries-and-exhibition-spaces

Ottawa School of Art 35 George Street

Breathing Words | 날숨, an exhibition of works by Joonwook Park

Until February 18 2024

https://artottawa.ca/

City Hall Art Gallery

110 Laurier Avenue West

A Glimmering Feel Towards the Now, works by Atticus Gordon, Megan Kyak-Monteith, and Alex Sutcliffe

February 23 to May 12

https://ottawa.ca/en/arts-heritage-and-events/art-centres-galleries-and-exhibition-spaces/galleries-and-exhibition-spaces

View of the exhibition, Rising Tide, at the City Hall Art Gallery. (Photo: Robin Etherington)

National Gallery of Canada

380 Sussex Drive

The Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts 2023, until March 3

Nick Sikkuark: Humour and Horror ᓂᑯᓚ ᓯᑯᐊ. ᐃᒡᓚᕐᓇᖅᑐᑦ ᐊᒻᒪ ᑲᑉᐱᐊᓇᖅᑐᑦ; until March 24

Riopelle: Crossroads in Time, until April 7

The Black Canadians (after Cooke), until August

Stan Douglas 2011 (insert does not equal symbol) 1848, until September

https://www.gallery.ca/

Ottawa Art Gallery

50 Mackenzie King Bridge

Shapes in Between, Norman Takeuchi, A Retrospective, until March 24

Chickadees and Flowers by Mairi Brascoupé, until June 13, 2025

https://oaggao.ca/

Museums

Canadian War Museum

1 Vimy Place

Canadian Forces Artists Program, – Group 9, until March 17

Canada, Korea and the War, until March 31

Legion National Foundation’s Poster and Literary Contest Winners 2023, until October 13

https://www.warmuseum.ca/

Canadian Museum of History 100 Laurier St, Gatineau

Canada’s Got Game presents a collection of objects from Canada’s Sports Hall of Fame, until 6 October

https://www.historymuseum.ca/

Vanier Muséoparc 300 des Pères-Blancs Avenue

Totally renovated. Enjoy wonderful bilingual exhibitions and programs, as well as the rebuilt Sugar Shack.

https://museoparc.ca/en/

Musée Bytown Museum 1 Canal Lane

Three cheers for this community museum that won an Ontario Museum Association Award of Excellence in 2023 for a permanent installation that presents Indigenous murals and labels in Algonquin. Open by appointment during winter.

https://bytownmuseum.com/

Performances

Ottawa Little Theatre 400 King Edward Avenue

Murder on the Orient Express, February 28 to March 16

Grand Horizons, April 3 to 20, 2024

https://www.ottawalittletheatre.com/

The National Arts Centre

1 Elgin Street

https://nac-cna.ca/en/

Special activities

Winterlude 2024 Various locations

February 2 to 19