Seeding Art’s New Memes
If you’ve read the play before going to the theatre, will it heighten your enjoyment or minimize the possibility of disappointment? Courtesy of the University of Ottawa. It’s obvious we’re getting a...
View ArticleOttawa’s Arts 2011: 20 Precarious Paths
Sterling Lynch. Photo by David Hicks/Flickr. By Mike Levin Try as I might – and I have tried very hard – I cannot yet see Ottawa as an arts city. It is one of the world’s most pleasant places to live,...
View ArticleThe Characterizations Of Von Allan
Von Allan: Creating characters that move you. Photo by Mike Levin. By Mike Levin Twelve years ago Von Allan became an artist. It happened as he talked to the writers and artists who would come into the...
View ArticleThe Fringe and Creative Addiction
By Mike Levin In most performance on stage there’s a moment, usually early, when the audience knows exactly the domain they’ve entered. It is tradition, the satisfaction delivered for the $20 or $120...
View ArticleThe Goal of Arts Marketing
Community by Hiroshige. Photo by Bernard Allum. By Sterling Lynch Too many of us involved in the arts believe there’s some kind of irresolvable tension between successful art and successful marketing....
View ArticleDown to One Cube
Don Monet has made the decision to close the Cube Gallery on Hamilton Street and focus completely on his new space on Wellington Street. It will happen at the end of the month. Don Monet and wife Becky...
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