** OTTAWA NEWS **

Perceptions - Reinterpreting the City of Ottawa’s Fine Art Collection
City Hall Art Gallery, December 3, 2010 to January 16, 2011

Perceptions explores how art can be experienced in new and non-traditional ways. It asks us to consider how exhibitions can explore diverse perceptions and develop creative approaches to accessibility. This show features new works by seven Canadian artists with disabilities and Deaf artists who have reinterpreted existing artworks from the City of Ottawa’s Fine Art Collection. 

Perceptions This call for submissions is aimed at Canadian artists who are Deaf and/or have a disability that work in visual and media arts, performance art, craft, design, and other new art forms.
Exhibit Date: City Hall Art Gallery, December 3, 2010 to January 16, 2011
 

Perceptions La présente demande de soumissions s’adresse aux artistes canadiens qui sont des personnes sourdes ou des personne handicapées de s’adonner aux arts visuels et médiatiques, à l’art performance, à l’artisanat créatif, à l’art du design et aux autres formes d’art nouvelles.
Exposition:Galerie d’art de l’hôtel de ville, du 3 décembre 2010 au 16 janvier 2011
 

 

"in the eye of phonocentrism" 
video documentation of the presentation by Jolanta Lapiak
at SLIAO's 2nd annual Phil Parker Lecture
Oct 1 /09 at the National Gallery of Canada
available on DVD in ASL with English captions
contact:   www.lapiak.com

 

"Getting to Know the Library in ASL"
new video resource in ASL
contact:  Ottawa Community Coalition for Literacy  www.occl.ca