Arts + culture corner
Cultural happenings for you to enjoy / Des événements cultural 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.
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
- 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 Museum of History 100 Laurier St, Gatineau
- First Royals of Europe
- Until January 19, 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 War Museum 1 Vimy Place
- Outside the Lines – Women Artists and War
- Until January 5, 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.
Musée Bytown Museum 1 Canal Lane
- Capital Healers: Ottawa’s Health Care Story
- Until April 2025
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
- https://www.ottawalittletheatre.com/
- Guilty Conscience
- October 30 – November 16
- On the Farce Day of Christmas
- December 4 – 21
FESTIVALS + HAPPENINGS
Saw Gallery 67 Nicholas Street
- Arts Court
- 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
