Best of Ottawa 2019: Museums & Galleries

 ?After over 20-years writing about life in Ottawa, we think we have a pretty good idea of the best of what this city has to offer. In this weekly series, we share our picks with you — our top hotels, live music venues, local brews, bands and more. Check, share and discuss

New art show at Alpha Art Gallery features local artists Luce Marquise and Sylvie Drainville

 Photo: Thick & Thin As the summer fades away and seasons change, Alpha Art Gallery introduces two new exhibitions. Celebrate the diversity of Canadian art and culture at Alpha Art Gallery from September 12 to 29, 2019 with two unique artists who create pieces depicting landscapes and nature. Alpha Art Gallery

Dominik Sokolowski Celebrates “The Great White North of Canada”

 Dominik Sokolowski has been gracing the Ottawa-Gatineau art scene with his work for years now, but his new work is taking things to a whole new level. Even though this Polish-born artist is not Canadian by birth, Sokolowski primarily calls Canada — more specifically, Quebec — his home. His unique

Icelandic-Canadian musician, Lindy Vopnfjörd, to launch new album at Alpha Art Gallery

 Icelandic-Canadian musician, Lindy Vopnfjörd, will launch his latest album You Will Know When It’s Right at Alpha Art Gallery this Friday! With poetic and emotional music, Vopnfjörd distills human experience into the vital emotions that define a moment so crisply, and memorably. You Will Know When It’s Right, Vopnfjörd seventh album, came into fruition after an

Alpha Art Gallery showcases strong, female, Canadian artists

 From April 4 to 14, Alpha Art Gallery presents Pussy Power, an exhibition of bold and blazing female portraits by artists Anicko (Anick Bouchard) and Tina Cartier. Though their styles are very different, together their work captures the duality, fragility and strength of the female subject.  Tina Cartier A visual artist from Montréal, Tina Cartier

Alpha Art Gallery Moves to Bigger and Brighter Home

 Ever since its opening in 2015, Alpha Art Gallery has been surprising and thrilling the Ottawa/Gatineau art scene through its bold and classy multidisciplinary events promoting lcal, Canada and international creators. Visual art shows, concerts, literary events, galas and fashion shows were held frequently as the welcoming but somewhat cramped Murray

Patrick Nunziata: Where art meets fashion

 Photos by Alex Mazur Creativity takes courage and Patrick Nunziata has plenty of it. Nunziata is a young artist from Toronto and graduate from the University of Western Ontario who specializes in symbolic interpretation and abstraction. It was during university that he was able to refine his skill. Originally driven

Canadian artist Patrick John Mills: an expressionist and abstract painter

 Photos courtesy of Patrick John Mills Canadian artist Patrick John Mills is considered an expressionist and also abstract painter. His artwork has been shown in selected exhibitions in cities that evoke art and sophistication such as London, Vancouver, Los Angeles, Frankfurt, Montreal and, of course, Ottawa. “Obsessed, intense, creative and also

Celebrating Canada 150 and before: Krystle Retieffe’s Dreamworks

 Ottawa, July 3, 2017 – Alpha Art Gallery and Ottawa Life Magazine are proud to welcome Krystle Retieffe, the powerful Mi'kmaq female artist born on Nova Scotia's South Shore, who will be presenting her celebrated works at the 25 Murray Street gallery from July 6 to 23, 2017. Vernissage: July

Dominik Sokolowski Celebrates Canada’s 150th With a New Collection

 Photos by Tori McNeely Dominik Sokolowski is coming to the Alpha Art Gallery on June 15th to showcase his most recent collection of paintings entitled, Canada’s Four Seasons. This collection is a celebration of his passion for painting and a testament to his artistic abilities as he has produced 70 pieces