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Welcome to the Ottawa Art Gallery.  As a public art gallery, the OAG is a space for reflection and respectful dialogue. We believe that art plays an important role in addressing and helping us to better understand the complex, global challenges of our time. To that end, we prioritize care in all we do and we condemn all forms of hate.

OTTAWA ART GALLERY IS SITUATED ON TRADITIONAL ANISHINĀBE AKI.Odāwā ojichigan-wābandahidiwigamig ate Anishinābe-akìng egā wìkād kā pagidinigādegOttawa Art Gallery is situated on Traditional Anishinābe Akìx

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The Ottawa Art Gallery is home to the Art and Artists of the Ottawa-Gatineau region; where you can experience the collections, exhibits and events that link us, and where connection happens between Art and City. Ottawa, YOUR ART IS HERE.

Admission to the OAG is always FREE.

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How do we interact with the places we inhabit? Whether it be our homes, the wider community, or even our perceptions of self, this exhibition explores place as it exists through sensory experiences, between boundaries and memories, and across a set of ongoing, changing relationships.

Exploring the intricate intersections of art, motherhood, and societal perspectives, the exhibited works vary significantly, mirroring the unique lived experiences of Mothers/Artists.

Examining our relationship to the spaces we move through in our day to day lives, the artworks presented in this exhibit show different perspectives on how we impact a space through our presence or our absence, and how those spaces shape us in turn.

The Firestone Collection of Canadian Art is a significant art collection that spans the modern period and includes work from a wide range of Canadian art styles, geographical regions, and periods. The two largest themes represented in the collection are landscape and abstraction.

Come to the Jackson Café to discover two large murals, featuring the digital artwork of Eric Chan (aka eepmon).

This piece is a digitization of a birch bark biting that has then been reproduced through risograph printing. The biting can be interpreted as chickadees flying around flowers.

This retrospective exhibition highlights the work of Ottawa-based artist Norman Takeuchi. Together, an array of drawings, paintings, and prints spanning the years 1961 to 2022 demonstrate the continuity of his artistic rigour.

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It’s the final week to see Shapes in Between: Norman Takeuchi - A Retrospective! 👀 The exhibition wraps up this Sunday, March 24th. Don’t miss it!

L’exposition Être entre les formes. Rétrospective de Norman Takeuchi ferme ce dimanche (24 mars) ! Passez la voir, 👀ou la ...revoir, cette semaine !

SAVE THE DATE ✅ and get ready to Paint the Town Pink 💖 on May 16, 2024 at the OAG GIVE TO GET ART AUCTION! 🎉🥂 We can’t wait to see you there! 🎟️ Tickets on sale April 8 at 👉 OAGGAO.CA

#PaintTheTownPINK #GiveToGetArt

DATE À RETENIR ✅ : le 16 mai on déroule ...le tapis rose 💖 pour l’encan DONNEZ-VOUS À L’ART de la GAO ! 🎟️ Achetez vos billets dès le 8 avril, 👉 OAGGAO.CA

#ondérouleletapisrose #donnezvousalart

COLLECTION RACONTÉE ✨

Le saviez vous ? Cette oeuvre de @marthakyak est la première oeuvre pouvant être portée à faire partie de la collection de la Galerie.

Cet objet est un sakiaguti, une décoration inuite recourbée traditionnellement placée sur un amauti, un parka pour... femmes muni d’un capuchon pour transporter un bébé. Il est fabriqué à partir de plusieurs matériaux, y compris des perles qui forment une longue frange contemporaine, et de la peau de phoque, un matériel dense, chaud et imperméable qui fait partie intégrante de la culture inuite et constitue un moyen de subsistance dans le Nord.   

Martha Kyak est une conceptrice de mode de Mittimatalik (Pond Inlet, au Nunavut), qui élabore sa collection InukChic à Ottawa, en Ontario. Sa pratique mêle motifs inuits traditionnels et influences contemporaines. Pour Kyak, le savoir-faire en matière de couture est transmit par les femmes de sa famille - y compris par sa mère dont le patron original a été utilisé pour réaliser cette œuvre - et la mode est une forme d’autoportrait et d’expression communautaire.

L’œuvre sera présentée au @mbacanada dans le cadre de Perler, radicalement (du 17 mai au 20 octobre 2024), une exposition organisée et mise en circulation par le Musée d’art MacKenzie @mackenzie.art.gallery.

🎨 Martha Kyak, ᓴᑭᐊᒍᑎ [Sakiaguti], 2021, peau de phoque, perles, feutre, appliqués. Collection de la Galerie d’art d’Ottawa : acquise grâce au soutien financier du Programme d’art Elizabeth L. Gordon, programme de la Fondation Gordon administré par la Fondation des arts de l’Ontario ainsi qu’au généreux soutien de la Fondation RBC dans le cadre du programme Artistes émergents RBC, 2023. Photo : OAG / @chrissnowvideo

OAG COLLECTION STORY ✨

Did you know? This work by @marthakyak is the first wearable work to enter OAG’s collection.

A sakiaguti is a curved Inuit adornment that was traditionally placed over an amauti: a woman’s parka with a pouch to carry a baby. It is made of several ...materials, including beads that form a long contemporary fringe, and sealskin, a very dense, warm and waterproof material that is integral to Inuit culture and a means of subsistence in the North.

Kyak is a designer from Mittimatalik (Pond Inlet), NU, who has been building her fashion line InukChic in Ottawa, ON, blending traditional Inuit designs with contemporary influences. Although sewing skills are passed down through the women in Kyak’s family — including her mother whose original pattern was used to make this work — fashion is also a form of self-portraiture and community expression.

This work will soon be on view at the @natgallerycan for the exhibition Radical Stich (May 17 - October 20, 2024), organized and circulated by the @mackenzie.art.gallery.

🎨 Martha Kyak, ᓴᑭᐊᒍᑎ [Sakiaguti], 2021, sealskin, beads, felt, appliqué. Collection of the Ottawa Art Gallery: Purchased with the support of the Elizabeth L. Gordon Art Program, a program of the Gordon Foundation and administrated by the Ontario Arts Foundation, as well as with the generous support of the RBC Foundation through RBC Emerging Artists, 2023. Photo: OAG / @chrissnowvideo

Stop by the OAG during March Break! ☀️ We’re open 10 AM to 6 PM Tuesday, Wednesday and Sunday and from 10 AM to 9 PM Thursday, Friday and Saturday. Admission is always FREE! 😊💖

Profitez de la GAO durant la semaine du congé de mars ! ☀️ La Galerie est ouverte le mardi, ...mercredi et dimanche de 10 h à 18 h et le jeudi, vendredi et samedi de 10 h à 21 h. L’entrée est toujours GRATUITE ! 😊💖

Today is International Women’s Day! #IWD2024 #InspireInclusion

On view now at OAG, the exhibition “Nobody Sees a Flower” 🌸 by the 44.4 Mother/Artist Collective @44point4 presents a collection of work informed by American Modernist painter Georgia O’Keeffe’s legacy.

...The 44.4 Mother/Artist Collective is a growing group of women artists working on the unceded, unsurrendered Territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation. Bridging motherhood and art, their collective shares knowledge, supports creative self-actualization, and empowers professional advancement. Participating artists include Sarah Anderson @sarah_anderson_art, Jennifer Cherniack @the52in2project, Rebecca Clouâtre @rebecca.clouatre.art, Sarah Jane Estabrooks, Greta Grip @greta_grip, Sayward Johnson @saywardjohnson, Alexa Mazzarello @alexamazzarello, Andrea Mueller @andreamuellerfinejewellery, Kristine Nyborg @kristine_nyborg, Lucie Raymond @luciekraymond, and Victoria Solan @the_northern_gannet.

Learn more 👉 link in bio.

C’est la Journée internationale des femmes ! #JIF2024 #InspireInclusion

Présentée en ce moment à la GAO, l’exposition Personne ne voit une fleur 🌸, du collectif « 44.4 Mother/Artist » met en avant une collection d’œuvres inspirées par l’héritage de la peintre moderne américaine Georgia O’Keeffe.

Le collectif « 44.4 Mother/Artist » est un groupe de femmes artistes travaillant sur le territoire non cédé de la nation algonquine Anishinābe. Grandissant en nombre chaque année, le collectif, qui se situe à l’intersection de la maternité/d’être mère et de l’art, partage ses connaissances, offre du soutien envers l’épanouissement créatif et favorise l’avancement professionnel.

Les artistes : Sarah Anderson, Jennifer Cherniack, Rebecca Clouâtre, Sarah Jane Estabrooks, Greta Grip, Sayward Johnson, Alexa Mazzarello, Andrea Mueller, Kristine Nyborg, Lucie Raymond, et Victoria Solan.

Pour en savoir plus 👉 suivez le lien dans notre bio.

OAG Extends Access to Collections with Launch of New Online Database 🔎

Housing over 3,200 artworks from both the Permanent Collection as well as the Firestone Collection of Canadian Art, the OAG has now made the move to increase access to these Collections through the launch of a new ...online database.

Learn more 🙂👉 link in bio.

Les collections de la GAO maintenant plus accessibles grâce à une nouvelle base de données 🔎

Comptant plus de 3200 œuvres partagées parmi sa collection permanente et la Collection Firestone d’art Canadien, la nouvelle base de données de la GAO facilite l’accès à ses collections.

En savoir plus 🙂👉 suivez le lien dans notre bio.

🎨 Annie Pootoogook, Everyday Life [La vie quotidienne], 2003, coloured pencil and ink on paper / crayon de couleur et encre sur papier, 66cm x 50.8cm / 66cm x 50,8cm. Collection of the Ottawa Art Gallery: purchased with the support of OAG Acquisition Endowment Fund, 2018 / Collection de la Galerie d’art d’Ottawa : achat grâce au Fonds de dotation de la GAO, 2018.

Chickadees and Flowers Artist @mairibrascoupe to lead birch bark biting workshop for March Break Art Camp 2024!

Campers will not only have the chance to learn from Brascoupé in the workshop, but they will also tour the various exhibition spaces at the OAG and directly engage in person ...with her Chickadees and Flowers, which showcases the intricate folding technique of birch bark biting.

Learn more 🙂👉 link in bio.

👀 The registration deadline has been extended to Sunday, March 3rd. REGISTER TODAY to secure your spot! 🎨👉 Link in bio.

The registration deadline for March Break Art Camp is Monday, February 26th! 👀 Don’t miss out! Register today 🙂👉 Link in bio

Campers will have the chance to meet and work with local Indigenous artist, Mairi Brascoupé for a Birch Bark Biting Workshop! Mairi Brascoupé’s ...artwork, Chickadees and Flowers (2019), is currently on view at the OAG.

📸 @lindsayralph

Enjoy a Relaxing Family Day at Home! 😊🏡 From puzzles 🧩 to paint-by-number kits, 🎨 the @oagshop_annexe has you covered with all your essential stay-at-home activities and crafts.

Browse activities and crafts 🙂👉 link in bio

Pour célébrez le Jour de la Famille ...à la maison … Casse-têtes 🧩 et trousses de peinture par numéros 🎨 … la boutique OAG Shop offre une excellente sélection d’activités et de bricolages pour occuper tous les membres de votre famille !

Découvrez les activités et les trousses 🙂👉 suivez le lien dans notre bio

📸 @lindsayralph

If you missed our Firestone Chat 👀 Looking Beneath the Layers: In Conversation with Alexandra Badzak, Rebecca Basciano and Germain Wiseman this past Sunday, you can watch a recording on our YouTube page 🙂👉 link in bio.

Family Day DIY Craft! 🎨
Fluffy Winter Landscapes ☃️❄️

Get creative at home this Family Day with a special wintery craft inspired by paintings from the Firestone Collection of Canadian Art. Using household items, you can create a textured winter landscape with fluffy white ...snow! ❄️

Download the instructions 😊👉 link in bio.

Brico pour le jour de la Famille 🎨
Paysage d‘hiver douillet ☃️❄️

Profitez du jour de la Famille pour explorer votre côté créatif en vous inspirant d’oeuvres de la Collection Firestone d’art canadien. Réalisez un paysage d’hiver enneigé tout douillet avec des choses que vous avez à la maison ! ❄️

Téléchargez les instructions 😊👉 suivez le lien dans notre bio.

🎨 George Pepper, Old Barn, Quebec St. Urban, Baie St. Paul, [Vieille grange, Québec, Saint-Urbain, Baie-Saint-Paul], 1937, oil on canvas / huile sur toile, 64.1 x 54 cm / 64,1 x 54 cm. Firestone Collection of Canadian Art, the Ottawa Art Gallery. Donated to the City of Ottawa by the Ontario Heritage Foundation. / Collection Firestone d’art canadien. Galerie d’art d’Ottawa. Don de la Fondation du patrimoine ontarien à la ville d’Ottawa.

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