Potluck and artist walk-about of There's Room Ottawa Artists Respond to the Refugee Crisis
Artists: Michael Davidge, Asal El-Rayes, Zainab Hussain, Maria Gomez, Rachel Kalpana James, Farouk Kaspaules, Jaime Koebel, Zivana Kostic, Stephanie Marton, Jessie Raymond, Laura Taler, Mohamad Thiam, Tavi Weisz
Saturday February 20th, 2:30-5pm
At Gallery 101
51 B Young Street
BEFORE THE POTLUCK:
Indigenous Walk by Jaime Koebel
NOW STARTING at the Enriched Bread Artists (EBA)
951 Gladstone, Saturday February 20th, AT 1PM.
The walk will take one hour and end at Gallery 101 for the artist potluck and walk about for THERE'S ROOM, Ottawa Artist's Respond to the Refugee Crisis
The walk is Free but please register by emailing: office@g101.ca
For more info on Indigenous Walks please visit: www.indigenouswalks.com
Prompted by the refugee crisis, Gallery 101 has invited local artists to reflect on what it means to leave one’s hometown behind and to become part of a new one, the City of Ottawa. Some of the artists in this exhibition were born in Canada and have lived here for years, while others chose to come to this city more recently. Some carry with them recent or long-entrenched memories of traumatic forced migration across many international borders. Together, they create a new unity in the gallery.
Some food and drinks will be provided for this event but please bring a dish if you like!
Gallery 101 gratefully acknowledges the City of Ottawa, the Ontario Arts Council (an agency of the Government of Ontario) and the Canada Council for the Arts. Gallery 101 thanks the Asinabka Festival, our members, volunteers, partners, and all our relations.