Photo: Courtesy of Cory Hunlin
Artwalk Ottawa
Kick off Artwalk Ottawa’s 2024 season with a fascinating conversation between Sobey Art Award finalist Nico Williams and prominent journalist Lucy van Oldenbarneveld.
The conversation takes place in the Gallery’s outdoor amphitheatre: the perfect setting in which to begin an afternoon discovering the ByWard Market’s rich and vibrant art scene.
Artwalk Ottawa involves the National Gallery of Canada, the Ottawa Art Gallery, and private art galleries in the ByWard Market area. During their tour of private galleries, participants will also meet some of the artists represented by the galleries. The walk ends with a reception at the Ottawa Art Gallery, where participants will be able to browse current exhibitions.
Conversation
2:00–2:45 p.m. (NGC Amphitheatre)
Walk
2:45–4:00 p.m. (ByWard Market)
Reception
4:00–6:00 p.m. (Ottawa Art Gallery)
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In English, followed by a bilingual question period.
American Sign Language (ASL) interpretation is available for the 2:00 – 2:45 p.m. conversation portion of the program, when requested a minimum of 10 business days in advance of the event. Email [email protected] with the event name, date and time.
Photo: Courtesy of Cory Hunlin
Nico Williams ᐅᑌᒥᐣ lives and works in Tiohtià:ke/Montreal, and is a member of the Aamjiwnaang First Nation (Anishinaabe). His multidisciplinary and often collaborative practice is centred around sculptural beadwork.
Williams is the 2024 Sobey Art Award finalist for the Quebec region. His work is also featured in the exhibition, Radical Stitch, on view at the Gallery until September 30, 2024.
Williams has recently exhibited at the Musée d’art contemporain and at the PHI Foundation, both in Montreal, and was featured in the group exhibition Young Elder at James Fuentes Gallery in New York City, and Indian Theater: Native Performance, Art, and Self-Determination since 1969, at the Hessel Museum of Art in Annandale-on-Hudson, New York. In 2021, he was awarded the prestigious Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Fellowship in Contemporary Art.
Artwalk is organized by a local volunteer committee chaired by Sarah Jennings, with the support of the National Gallery of Canada, the Ottawa Art Gallery and the Byward Market District Authority.
Proceeds raised will be shared with local organizations supporting people who are homeless.
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