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(Posted 6:30 a.m., Jan. 9)
Shenkman
galleries welcome three new exhibits
By Fred Sherwin
Orléans Online
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 The
work of Ottawa portrait photographer Michelle
Valberg will be on display in the Trinity
Gallery at the Shenkman Arts Centre this month
in an exhibit entitled ‘Arctic Kalidescope’.
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The
Shenkman Arts Centre is kicking off the New Year with
three new art exhibits featuring the work of a well-know
Ottawa photographer; a local mouldmaker and sculptor;
and a multi-media display by a trio of artists who refer
to themselves as the Three Blind Brats.
Michelle
Valberg is one of Canada’s best known portrait photographers
and a Nikon Canada Ambassador. She is also an award winning
wildlife and landscape photographer and one of her favourite
places to visit and work is the Arctic.
“Arctic
Kaleidoscope” is a collection of images Valberg has
shot during her many visits to Canada’s arctic.
Her
passion for the North and its people are beautifully portrayed
in each and every vivid image. It’s also led to the
creation of Project North, a not-for-profit organization
committed to delivering education and sport-based opportunities
to youth in Canada’s Arctic.
Since
the program’s inception in 2009, over $700,000 in
new hockey equipment has been delivered to more than 20
Inuit communities.
The
“Arctic Kaleidoscope” exhibit can be viewed
in the Trinity Gallery Salon A on the ground floor of
the Shenkman Arts Centre from January 7 to February 9.
A
special vernissage during which members of public can
meet the artist will be held on Friday, Feb. 23at 11
a.m.
Nathalie
Grice is an Ottawa painter, mouldmaker and sculptor who
employs a variety of media in her work. Her dead animal
sculptures in their burlesque attire invoke a spirit world
that causes the viewer to question their perception of
beauty.
“Forêts
des Folies” is very much in that same vein. The large-scale
sculpture of an idyllic deer family very much brings into
question our relationship with nature.
The
exhibit can be viewed in the Trinity Art Gallery Salon
B from January 7 to February 9. Ms. Grice will also be
available to meet the public on Jan. 10.
The
AOE Gallery located next to The Trinity Galleries will
welcome a new exhibit by the self-proclaimed Three Blind
Brats on Jan. in which the collective talents of Corinne
Morgan, Oran Frankl and Jacquie Pinard will on display
in “Sounds and Silence”.
Pinard’s
distinctive style reflects her passion for travel and
the outdoors, that is, as she describes it, “a little
unusual and challenging”. Her themes often explore
the artist realm between reality and imagination, portraying
images of trees, friends and remote spaces found off the
beaten path and deep within her mind.
The
artists will also be in attendance at the vernissage on
Jan. 10.
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Other
exhibits are still ongoing at the Shenkman Centre. The
ceramic exhibit featuring the work of Reid Flock will
be on display in the Gloucester Pottery School gallery
until Feb. 10, and the Promenade Arteast will continue
to display various works by Arteast members until Feb.
9.
(This
story was made possible thanks to the generous support of
our local business partners.)
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