Tuesday, March 27, 2007

El artista Victor Hernandez en Ottawa, Marzo 30, 2007

Please come join us at La Petite Mort Gallery on Friday, March 30, from 7 - 10pm, for an exhibit of New Works on Paper by Victor Manuel Hernandez Castillo, entitled "Mitographies Interieures".

This exhibit is for One Night Only, and the artist will be joining us in person for this special event, all the way from Mexico City, in collaboration with the Mexican Embassy.

Artist Statement:


The process showed in my graphics, which involves concepts as web as techniques, is to compare with traveling, where image and play are current issues. This process also includes the formal lines which gives structure in space and form to each one of my works. When I talk about image and play I am thus pointing to an animic and emotional impulse which brings us a graphic script undoubtedly related with poetry

My graphic creations have a metaphoric meaning, thus in my opinion, it is very important to the observer to make his/her own interpretation and own narrative. In some cases these might become anecdote. Under the rules of grotesque esthetic I emphasize too much on ironic and hilarious fantasies where humans share their beings with animals, creating hybrid forms; thus we talk about anthropomorphous animals, imaginary beasts, animals and fantastic cross breeding which build up various poetic visual metaphors.

Expressiveness in graphic figures is obtained throughout metal engraving and it comes to its most capacity of expression due to the character and speed of the line. In Xilography the different amounts of black and white spots are handled with spontaneity creating the expression of gesture.

Finally, my current work are close to the oneiric product
ions which are far away from the limits of human logic". Victor Manuel Hernandez, 2007

Victor Hernández Castillo, who lives and works in Mexico City, is a printmaker who specializes in large etchings and linocuts. He was trained at the National School of Plastic Arts in Mexico with further studies in Poland and France. He has presented solo exhibitions in Poland and Mexico and has also exhibited his work in groups shows in those 2 countries as well as Canada, Cuba, Norway, Japan, Germany, Bulgaria, Italy and the Czech Republic. He was awarded the Jean Claude Bergeron Gallery Purchase Award in OSA's First International Miniature Print Exhibition in April. Mr. Castillo's provocative and emotional work is based in the traditions and aesthetics of grotesque art .



Thank you,

Guy Berube, director / La Petite Mort Gallery / 306 Cumberland / Ottawa / 613.860.1555 / www.lapetitemortgallery.com





El artista Victor Hernandez en Ottawa, Marzo 30, 2007

Please come join us at La Petite Mort Gallery on Friday, March 30, from 7 - 10pm, for an exhibit of New Works on Paper by Victor Manuel Hernandez Castillo, entitled "Mitographies Interieures".

This exhibit is for One Night Only, and the artist will be joining us in person for this special event, all the way from Mexico City, in collaboration with the Mexican Embassy.

Artist Statement:


The process showed in my graphics, which involves concepts as web as techniques, is to compare with traveling, where image and play are current issues. This process also includes the formal lines which gives structure in space and form to each one of my works. When I talk about image and play I am thus pointing to an animic and emotional impulse which brings us a graphic script undoubtedly related with poetry

My graphic creations have a metaphoric meaning, thus in my opinion, it is very important to the observer to make his/her own interpretation and own narrative. In some cases these might become anecdote. Under the rules of grotesque esthetic I emphasize too much on ironic and hilarious fantasies where humans share their beings with animals, creating hybrid forms; thus we talk about anthropomorphous animals, imaginary beasts, animals and fantastic cross breeding which build up various poetic visual metaphors.

Expressiveness in graphic figures is obtained throughout metal engraving and it comes to its most capacity of expression due to the character and speed of the line. In Xilography the different amounts of black and white spots are handled with spontaneity creating the expression of gesture.

Finally, my current work are close to the oneiric product
ions which are far away from the limits of human logic". Victor Manuel Hernandez, 2007

Victor Hernández Castillo, who lives and works in Mexico City, is a printmaker who specializes in large etchings and linocuts. He was trained at the National School of Plastic Arts in Mexico with further studies in Poland and France. He has presented solo exhibitions in Poland and Mexico and has also exhibited his work in groups shows in those 2 countries as well as Canada, Cuba, Norway, Japan, Germany, Bulgaria, Italy and the Czech Republic. He was awarded the Jean Claude Bergeron Gallery Purchase Award in OSA's First International Miniature Print Exhibition in April. Mr. Castillo's provocative and emotional work is based in the traditions and aesthetics of grotesque art .



Thank you,

Guy Berube, director / La Petite Mort Gallery / 306 Cumberland / Ottawa / 613.860.1555 / www.lapetitemortgallery.com




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Monday, March 19, 2007

Agenda General y noticias culturales 2007

Cortesia de www.artemapale.com

Toronto. Concurso Nuestra Palabra 2006. Anita Junge-Hammersley, artista y escritora chilena, quien hace parte de los artistas de la galería virtual Mapalé Artes y Letras ha ganado el segundo premio en el concurso Nuestra Palabra 2006 celebrado en Toronto con el cuento Cerrando el círculo. Y Alejandro Saravia, colaborador de Mapalé Artes y Letras ganó el tercer premio con el cuento La orureña. El primer premio fue para Angel Fernández (Gélico), 141 Rue.

Gatineau. (secteur de Hull ). Danse. ­Ballet Flamenco Arte de España : Or rouge. Or rouge est une œuvre chorégraphique inspirée de la pièce Les Belles-sœurs de Michel Tremblay. Le flamenco est un mode d’expression de sentiments universels. Or rouge est un exposé parfois drôle, parfois lugubre, sur la solitude de chaque femme captive d’un contexte culturel duquel il est difficile de sortir. Le 22 mars 2007 20 h - 25 $; Étudiants : 20 $ 25, Salle Jean-Despréz rue Laurier, 819 595-7455. (más información)

Ottawa. Fundraising Event. Proyecto - Peru – Project. Nuestros niños nos necesitan. Saturday, March 24th. Sagrada Familia Church, 152 Glenora Street. From 6:00 to 12:00 pm. $20 (includes full meal prepared by Chef Segundo). Music and dancing with Los Paisanos y Colores Andinos con Luis Abanto. (más información)

Gatineau. Café Velada. UNAM. Biblioteca "Juan Rulfo". Invita a comentar La hojarasca de Gabriel García Márquez el 28 de marzo y Cien años de soledad en el mes de octubre. 7 p.m. 55 promenade du Portage, Gatineau, QC. Tel. (613)777-8626 (más información)

Montreal. El Consulado General de El Salvador en Montreal presenta en el marco de “Arte en el Consulado”: MADE IN, obra reciente de Luis Cornejo. 29 de marzo al 31 de mayo. Inauguración: 29 de marzo a las 17H30 en los locales del Consulado General. Más información: Consulado General de El Salvador en Montreal, suite 840. Montreal. Tel.: (514) 861-6515 - consuladoelsalvador@qc.aira.com

• Canadá. Convocatoria a la III Exposición mural y virtual del Registro Creativo de la Asociación Canadiense de Hispanistas, Congreso de la ACH en homenaje al "Encuentro Internacional de Escritoras" y sus organizadoras. Temas: "aire", "agua", "tierra", "fuego". Fecha límite: 30 de marzo. (más información)

Buckingham, QC. Alicia Borisonik and The Argentinian Project en trio. Café des Artistes de la Lievre. 408 Buckingham (Buckingham, Quebec). ½ hour from Ottawa. Take Higway 50 direction Montreal. Sabado 31 de Marzo. Info: 819- 281-1987

Québec City. Exhibition.The Baroque World of Fernando Botero. Painter, sculptor and draftsman. Fernando Botero (born in Colombia in 1932) has created a unique world that is both accessible and enigmatic, illustrated by a strange mixture of violence and beauty. Sent on tour by Art Services International, the exhibition constitutes the exclusive Canadian showing of about one hundred works (paintings, sculptures and drawings) produced by the artist over his artistic career. Until April 22. Musée National des beaux-arts du Québec. Parc des Champs-de-Bataille, Phone: (418) 643-2150 (more information)

Toronto . Exhibición: Descubriendo el Antiguo Perú: Tesoros en oro de una civilización perdida. Nivel 3 Block central, Royal Ontario Museum , 100 Queen’s Park. Hasta el lunes 6 de agosto de 2007 (más información)

Ottawa. Novedad literaria. Se ha publicado el último libro de Pablo Urbanyi, El zoológico de Dios. Es la historia de cómo un niño es arrojado de su tierra natal luego de una serie de peripecias durante una guerra. Pero se llevará consigo el aprendizaje, el infinito placer (la suavidad, la ternura, el calor) que le brindó una niña apenas mujer y que fue mucho más: una madre. De venta en Girol Books, 120 Somerset St. W. Ottawa. Tel. 613-233-9044.


Gatineau. El Centro sobre la diversidad cultural y las practicas solidarias (CEDISOL) invita a los artistas y a los artesanos de diferentes origines culturales, que residen en la región de l'Outaouais, a inscribirse en el Repertorio de Artistas y de Artesanos, que se está elaborando conjuntamente con la ciudad de Gatineau. (más información)

Toronto. Three Latin artists challenge our perception in a group show. Imagine Otherwise at Spence Gallery presents Oswaldo De Leon Kantule, Nahum Flores and Marcelo Suaznabar. -588 Markham Street. Tel. (416) 795-2787 (more information)

Montreal. Los Cuatro Gatos. Poesía. Compartir literatura y música ibero-americana. Tercer miércoles de cada mes - 6:00 a 8:00 p.m. - Halte Entraide Sans Frontiere - 100, Place Charlemoyne, Longueuil – local 06. Info: 450-679-7111 (más información)

Ottawa. El Taller Cultural El Dorado se reúne el último viernes de cada mes en Rasputin's Folk Cafe para compartir poemas, narraciones y música. 696 Bronson Ave., Ottawa, (613) 230-5102 a las 8:00 p.m. (más información)

• Ottawa International Writers Festival, Spring Edition. Sunday, April 15 to Sunday, April 22 - Including the Climate Change Forum, with David Suzuki on April 22. Library and Archives
Canada 395 Wellington Street.

Ottawa. 16th Annual Kanata Artists Studio Tour 2007: El 4, 5 y 6 de mayo tendra lugar este evento donde los artistas abren las puertas de sus casas al publico. Participan Violeta Borisonik, Allison Fagan, Ben Gatien, Susan Goold, Janis Miller-Hall, Peggy Hughes, Elizabeth Potvin, Rosemary Randell. (más información).

Ottawa . Alicia Borisonik and The Argentinian Project and Colores Andinos. Invitados: BOOM! (grupo de percussion de adolescents de la escuela Fisher Park/Summit). National Archives Canada, 395 Wellington Street. Viernes 11 de mayo - 7:30. Info: 819-777-7041

INTERNACIONAL

Colombia, Cartagena. El IV Congreso Internacional de la Lengua Española, tendrá lugar en Cartagena de Indias entre el 26 y el 29 de marzo del 2007. (más información)

Puerto Rico. CIRCA Puerto Rico, the First Interantional Art Fair in Puerto Rico and the Caribbean. From March 30th to April 2nd. (más información)

Colombia, Bogotá Capital Mundial del Libro 2007. Del 23 de abril de 2007 al 23 de abril de 2008. Esta distinción fue otorgada por la UNESCO y otros organismos internacionales, en virtud del compromiso de la ciudad frente al reto de lograr que los casi siete millones de habitantes de la ciudad lean, escriban y tengan acceso al libro. (más información)

• Brasil. La SP Arte es una feria sin precedentes en Brasil. Es la primera que reúne a las mejores galerías de arte moderno y contemporáneo del país, así como algunas importantes galerías internacionales invitadas, en un único local – el Pabellón de la Bienal – un edificio que es un símbolo para el arte nacional. Del 19 al 22 de abril de 2007 (más información)

• México. MACO México Arte Contemporáneo. La feria internacional de arte contemporáneo en México contará con la participación de más de 70 galerias nacionales e internacionales. Del 25 al 29 de abril
del 2007. (más información)

• México. 21 Feria Internacional del libro de
Guadalajara. La mayor reunión del mundo editorial en español. Del 24 de noviembre al 2 de diciembre 2007. Autores, agentes literarios, bibliotecarios, libreros y más de mil 600 casas editoriales de 39 países visitan cada año la feria. Colombia, es el Invitado de honor. (más información)

Friday, March 16, 2007

Dépanneur Sylvestre, Tertulia 16 de Marzo 2007

Dépanneur Sylvestre, Tertulia 16 de Marzo 2007


Dépanneur Sylvestre 2007

Lectura Poesia, Musica y Literatura

Español y Francés

Gatineau Quebec, Canadá

http://www.culturequebec.info/depanneursylvestre/

todos son bienvenidos!

Friday, March 02, 2007

OLA's POETRY AND MUSIC NIGHT!!!

Event Info Name: OLA's POETRY AND MUSIC NIGHT

Host: Ottawa Latin American Association~OLA
Type: Party - Club Party
Time and Place Start Time: Saturday, March 3, 2007 at 7:00pm
End Time: Sunday, March 4, 2007 at 2:00am
Location: URBAN WELL
Street: 244 LAURIER Ave. EAST
City/Town: Ottawa, ON
Contact Info Email: ola3000@gmail.com

The Urban well

Type Bistro / Lounge
Location 244 Laurier ave. East
Phone # (613) 234-2914
Website www.urbanwell.ca