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Media Advisory
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
September 16, 2009 Crossing Borders, Canadian Art with an International Flavour
The Coalition of New Canadians for Arts and Culture (CNCAC) and Ottawa Community Immigrant Services organization (OCISO) are pleased to announce their Fall Contemporary Art Exhibition: Crossing Borders, Canadian Art with an International Flavour with print-maker Rozemarijn Oudejans, photographer Rick Carroll and painters Charlene Walker, Rola Bleik and Lillian Holdstock.
This group exhibition includes a variety of mediums, acrylic, water colour, mixed-media, photography, linoleum cut and mono print from artists from around the world. Event Schedule Opening Reception Date: Thursday, October 1, 2009 Time: 6 pm to 8 pm Place: OCISO, 945 Wellington St. W. Ottawa (near Bayswater Ave.). Community Room A Important: See Google Map Exhibition dates: October 1st to October 30th Exhibition hours: Monday to Friday, 10 am to 2 pm Weekends and other hours: By appointment only. Call 613-828-8151 or e-mail at info@cncac.ca Join us for an evening of inspiring and creative art works. The artists will be available at the opening reception on October 1 for photo opportunities and for interviews. See short biographies of the artists. Rozemarijn Oudejans's artwork is inspired by her Dutch roots and the place where she grew up, near the North Sea . Equally important to Rozemarijn are her new surroundings in Ottawa . Her 'Dutch touch' and her 'Canadian experience' are strongly reflected in her work. Rick Carroll's recent photographs are of people living on the streets. His efforts attempt to transform the common into art and wants the viewer to stop and think. For the last 25 years or so, photography has been a regular part of Mr. Carroll's life. Charlene Walker's preferred medium is acrylic and mixed-media on board or canvas. Charlene experiments with a variety of materials and styles, nicely flavouring her work with textures and strong warm colours. She is inspired by nature, man-made creations and sometimes dreams. Rola Bleik is a Lebanese-Canadian visual artist. Rola's work covers a wide range of media which includes drawing, watercolour, and acrylic painting. She represents the contradictions in both traditional and abstract styles, relying on her expressive use of rich colours and bold brush strokes. Embedded in her work is all that she feels, the best of both worlds, an Eastern aesthetic imbued with a Western spirit. Lillian Holdstock is at the beginning of her journey as a painter and is fascinated by curves and geometries that do not represent the norm. It is often Lillian's Latin-American visual history that dictates the colours she uses. In her own words, "My work is a display of how I perceive relationships between emotions, values, achievements and mathematics." CONTACT Julia Yakobi (Organizer and Curator) www.eruptionredart.ca Tel. 613-422-1201 e-mail: juliayakobi@yahoo.com Silvia Alfaro (CNCAC Sector Development Coordinator) Tel. 613-828-8151 e-mail: info@cncac.ca Ottawa Community Immigrant Services Organization (OCISO) www.ociso.org Coalition of New Canadians for Arts and Culture (CNCAC) www.cncac.ca |
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