SPAO Print Sale

The School of the Photographic Arts is proud to report that it’s Print Sale was a huge success. Students from first, second and third year had the chance to display pieces of their work that they have completed so far throughout the year. The money raised from the prints will go towards each students’ goal for fundraising for the year-end exhibition. Visitors also had a chance to get a one-of-a-kind polaroid taken in the SPAO Studio by the school’s darkroom teacher, Angelina McCormick.

The auction, which started half way through the night, was also a great way to compliment the print sale. Local and international photographers kindly donated prints to be auctioned off to raise money for the school. Altogether they raised over 5000$!

Make sure to keep up to date about local art shows in our Upcoming Events page!

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Winterlude 2012 Part Two – Confederation Park

Another year another Winterlude!

The heart of this years Winterlude could be seen and experienced at Confederation park these past three weeks. With a little bit of everything and the worlds longest skating rink next door, the park has been the centre of activity during these Winterlude celebrations.

Among the many attractions in the park was the Rogers Crystal Home. It featured a full kitchen and living room crafted from ice. The Crystal Home also doubled as a home and set for the Rogers Daytime shows, which broadcasted live from Confederation Park for the opening and closing of this years Winterlude festival.

Maybe the most notable and crowd drawing feature of the park was its prize winning ice sculptures and the artists who created them, who could often be seen on the grounds or at work on their pieces. There was a wide array of truly stunning works, and although the warm weather took a toll on some of the sculptures towards the end of the festival, even with some melt damage they were nothing short of breath-taking.

Many of the ice sculptures were given places of sheltered display in the park with the flag of the sculptors home nation hung proudly above their work. The sculptures saw hundreds of people pass them by in admiring observation.

There was of course many tasty winter treats on hand as well as displays of craft and talent, with souvenirs available to spectators that were just made right in front of them.

Probably the hottest part of the entire festival had to be the SUB-ZERO music series which had its feature stage in confederation park where some artists and DJ’s would preform from inside the Winterlude Snow Globe! Hopefully everyone had the chance to get out and experience Winterlude for themselves, if not theres always next year, and in the meantime enjoy these exclusive bywardofmouth.ca pictures from Confederation Park Winterlude 2012.

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Fashawn

At the beginning of February, Fresno, California native Fashawn rolled through Ritual Nightclub, in the heart of downtown Ottawa. This was Fashawn’s second time playing at Ritual, previously opening for Brother Ali last year, this time headlining the tour himself.

Opening the show for Fashawn were locals Homebased, and Notes to Self (Swamp Donkey, Roshin, BronzeOne and DJ Dopey of MTV Live fame), who hail from Toronto. NTS have been blowing up over the past few years (if you haven’t been keeping track of the scene), and their ability to maintain quality (and defend) Canadian hip hop it’s no wonder they have worked with greats like SupaDaveWest (of De La Soul) and Evidence (of Dilated Peoples).

Fashawn played a mix of old hits from his Grizzly City Mixtape days, and plenty of new tracks as well, keeping the crowd vibe-ing (especially the females in the crowd when he ended the night with his single, Samsonite Man).

Kapacity Entertainment has and will always bring unreal underground, breakthrough artists, and legends of the rap game to the city. They’ve been the staple in the Capital’s hip hop scene for over a decade, so keep posted on the upcoming events page for all concert announcements and updates and see your new favourite artists before they blowup!!

Also, make sure to get Fashawn’s latest mixtape- Higher Learning 2 & don’t forget to keep that local love alive and get NTS’s album A Shot In The Dark !

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DJ ACRO @ Winterlude

Theres nothing quite like skating on the worlds longest rink only to reach the end throw your boots on and take a stroll through the enchanting world of Winterlude. Winterlude is an annual festival celebrating all that is winter, and it is famous for offering people of all ages many different forms of cultural and entertainment experiences. One aspect of the entertainment being offered this year is live music and preformances on an out door stage in the heart of the city. Local DJ and youth worker DJACRO is one such performer who will have the privilege of performing live from inside the Winterlude Snow Globe as part of the sub-zero music series. Specifically he will be part of the line-up for this years closing ceremonies this Friday Feb. 17th.

We met up with DJAcro in Confederation Park which has been transformed into an impressive Winterlude wonderland. With stunning works of ice sculpting, delicious smelling foods and the sounds of crafts at practice all around us we got DJAcro to fill us all in on some of the things he’s currently working on here in the Nations Capital.

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Winterlude 2012 Part One: Jacques-Cartier Park

Classic Winter Fun!

February, Winter and Ottawa. Three possibly very frightening words when combined. However here in the Nations Capital we have the annual Winterlude festival to amaze, entertain and distract us from the cold.

Now wrapping up it’s second of three weeks, Winterlude is well underway and on route to being another huge success in its twenty-third year. Proof of this can easily be seen and experienced first hand and for free, at either of the two primary festival sites. This week we were just across the river in Hull, QC at the Jacques-Cartier Park. The park itself has been transformed into a true winter wonderland.

Upon entering the grounds you are immediately immersed into an almost unreal snow world. Among the many things to see and experience at Jacques-Cartier Park are the brilliantly carved snow sculptures. They are all made of white snow and then misted over with water to harden and keep form. Some of them are as big, if not bigger, then your average house. Amongst such stunning works is a fully detailed and true to word “snow fort” and two giant “Ice Hogs” (the official mascot of the Winterlude festival). Also hard to miss is a breathtaking mountain side landscape collage paying homage to mountain climbing built into the side of one of the giant ice slides.

Truly the Jacques-Cartier Park has been turned into a dream come to life for any child. In addition to the stunning works of snow sculpting, the park offers children of all ages countless fun and exciting opportunities. Among such is the Ice Hog band who perform live musical shows on the snow flake stage. Of course the highlight of Winterlude for any child is its trademark giant ice slides. The fun doesn’t end there however. There are numerous other games and snow structures to occupy the kids attention and when their finally ready for a break Winterlude offers some of the worlds best, and Canada’s most famous, winter treats and food.

Representatives from the Canadian Coast Guards and Army Rangers were also on site by the water front. For both young and old, they have a wide range of displays, equipment and vehicles for your inspection. They are also offering demonstrations and simulations of some of their winter practices, exercises and training.

RogersTV 22 & 23 were on site for live tapings of their Ottawa Daytime Shows.

If all the food, sights and physical fun wasn’t enough to keep peoples attention, with both the local French and English Rogers Ottawa Daytime shows on location people had a chance to get on television and watch a couple of live productions in action.

So get out to the Jaques-Cartier Park before Winterlude ends next week and have some fun, and remember, there are no age restrictions on those slides!

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SPAO Print Sale

SPAO’s annual Print Sale will be taking place on February 9th, from 6-9pm. This event is a fantastic way to acquire some local and international art and to support the School of the Photographic Arts: Ottawa.

Events like this are a great feature for photographers of all ages, it provides space and opportunities to engage in conversations with others with similar interests- much like a local printing shop or darkroom would have had back when film was more popular.

This year there will be a live auction from 19:00…-19:30 for the non-student work (including photographs from some very talented established photographers such as Tony Fouhse, Rob McInnis, and Marie-Jean Musiol). This work will be featured on the Red Wall Gallery (inside of the School of Photographic Arts) on Wednesday , February 8th as a preview, and the next day they will be ready to bid on at the opening!

As usual, there will be a Polaroid portrait studio where you will be able to purchase your very own portrait for $5! Complimentary beverages and snacks will be served.

Three of bywardofmouth’s photographer’s (Blair Smith, Zac Pantalone & Jenn Schad) work will be featured in this show- So make sure to go out and SUPPORT a LOCAL emerging artist !

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A$AP Rocky

Harlem’s own, A$AP Rocky aka Pretty Flacko wasted no time in the Nation’s Capital. The event was jam-packed and sold out days before as it left people scrambling to figure out how they could infiltrate Ritual Night club. That P.M.F. (Pretty Mutha Fucka) has been growing at a rate where he is about to set sail on tour with the Canadian and international sensation Drake. So you know he had Ottawa’s attention when he tore it up!

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Flight Distance

New visual fire from the local homies Flight Distance. Peep game real quick! #ottawa

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RastaMonsta Chopped Not Slopped

Triple B’s Cashtro Crosby hooks up with DJ Candlestick & OG Ron C for official chopped up not slopped up version of Cashtro’s latest album Rasta Monsta. A Concept Built around How to make in America, Canada & More. Pittsburgh & Ottawa’s 1st Official Chopped & Screwed album. S/O to @Djmes @candlestickem  @OGRONC. No Kids, No Felonies Album in Early March. Nopumpfaking.com

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Open Mic Night @ Fall Down Gallery

Last Friday was Fall Down Gallery’s second Open Mic Night. This time around, the featured art was a collection of pennants from one man’s travels throughout the 1960s, 70s and 80s. He explored Europe, North and South America over those years and at every stop bought a pennant- that is until they stop producing them in the 90s. The collection will be up until the end of the month, so make sure to check it out.

The upstairs of the gallery was transformed back to Hand Down Your Pants vintage clothing collection, while the downstairs stage was shedding light on some of Ottawa’s up and coming talent as well as local favourites. Multitalented artist Kaylie Seaver hit the stage, Highneken & Dudka performed an acoustic rap set and Randy Hogg, a Fall Down affiliate, covered songs from some of Canada’s new indie-alternative groups, such as Rural Alberta Advantage. We also saw Adrock Acoustic, another local artist who has been grabbing everyone’s attention. Fortunately, he will be playing his own show at Fall Down Gallery tonight with guests Condokrew, hailing from Toronto. If you like raw talent, this is not a night to miss.

Big ups to all those in attendance, these nights are sure to become a staple in Ottawa nightlife this winter.

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