Cultural happenings for you to enjoy
Des événements culturels pour votre plaisir
By Robin Etherington
Fall is the season for arts and heritage activities – all within walking distance.
L’automne est la saison des activités artistiques et patrimoniales, le tout à distance de marche.
“Chaos Bloom – Tidal Wave” by Eric Chan (a.k.a EEPMON) commissioned by the Ottawa Art Gallery in partnership with MASSIVart.
(Photo: Robin Etherington)
GALLERIES – GALERIES
City Hall Art Gallery
110 Laurier Avenue West
Egils Rozenbergs, Signs of the Time
Until November 24
Galerie Jean-Claude Bergeron
150 St. Patrick Street
An ongoing program of exhibitions featuring Canadian and international contemporary artists.
Galerie St-Laurent + Hill
293 Dalhousie Street
Contemporary art gallery featuring leading Canadian and local artists.
Karsh-Masson Gallery
110 Laurier Avenue
Origin Story (group exhibition)
Until October 27
Nicholas Crombach, Landslip
November 7, 2024 – March 23, 2025
L.A. Pai Gallery
13 Murray Street
Contemporary jewellery and sculptural arts
National Gallery of Canada 380 Sussex Drive
2024 Sobey Art Award
Until April 6, 2025
Stan Douglas 2011 ≠ 1848
Until November 3
Woven Histories: Textiles and Modern Abstraction
November 8, 2024 – March 2, 2025
The Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts 2024
November 15, 2024 – March 23, 2025
Ottawa Art Gallery
50 Mackenzie King Bridge
Inviting the Conflict
Until October 20
Visions and Views: Landscape and Abstraction in the Firestone Collection of Canadian Art
Until January 5, 2025
Rachel Kalpana James, “Bright Oriental Star”
Until January 5, 2025
Through the Ground Glass: Reframing William Topley
Until February 9, 2025
MUSEUMS – MUSÉES
Canadian War Museum 1 Vimy Place
Outside the Lines – Women Artists and War
Until January 5, 2025
Canadian Museum of Nature
240 McLeod Street
Rewilding: The David Suzuki Foundation Arts Prize
October 11, 2024 – September 8, 2025
Our Land, Our Art
November 30, 2024 – April 14, 2025
Canadian Museum of History
100 Laurier St, Gatineau
First Royals of Europe
Until January 19, 2025
Musée Bytown Museum 1 Canal Lane
Capital Healers: Ottawa’s Health Care Story
Until April 2025
Indigenous Peoples Space
100 Wellington Street
Exhibitions by the First Nations, Metis, and Inuit Peoples
Open Wednesdays through Sundays, 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.
Vanier Museoparc 300 des Pères-Blancs Avenue
Un musée communautaire dédié à la francophonie de Vanier et entièrement rénové avec un parcours numérique vous attend
PERFORMANCE
La Nouvelle Scène Gilles Desjardins
333 King Edward Avenue
Iphigénie à Pointe-Aux
23 au 26 octobre 2024
Actoral
5 au 9 novembre 2024
Ottawa Little Theatre
400 King Edward Avenue
Guilty Conscience
October 30 – November 16
On the Farce Day of Christmas
December 4 – 21
FESTIVALS
Saw Gallery
Arts Court, 67 Nicholas Street
Mama Food Project
Until November 6
Zasaan by Barry Ace
Until April 6, 2026
+ an ongoing schedule of fabulous events at Club Saw!
Ottawa Canadian Film Festival
Presented at the Bytowne Cinema, 325 Rideau Street
November 7 – 9, 2024
Senate of Canada Building and House of Canada free tours
https://lop.parl.ca/sites/Visit/default/en_CA/Senate
