Start of a new season in OSCA

The winter is almost over, time to wake up and OSCA is waking up as well. Please check our Program for upcoming events. First exhibition opens at April 9th!
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We got the charitable number!

We have got our charitable number finally, so now you can get a tax receipt when you donate money/items to OSCA. Keep it in mind :)

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Exhibition "Return to the Land of Souls" by Jordi Esteva

Photographic exhibition  "Return to the Land of Souls" by Jordi Esteva will be presented in Out In The Sticks Art Gallery until November 30th.

Jordi Esteva is an artist-photographer from Spain. He lives in a small village near Barcelona. His photographs picture the ancient ceremonies and rich spiritual life of the people of Ivory Coast (Africa).

This traditional culture is strongly endangered by a modern life-style, globalization and the influence of white people, including missioners of various Christian churches. It may cease to exist very soon. Jordi documented it in his photographic project and in the documentary movie, which we presented at the opening, also titled "Return to the Land of Souls". It's a great testimony of a very special cultural formation. We may like it or dislike it or not care about, but it's there, it may be not there anymore in just few years, and it's worth having a look at.

Jordi Esteva masterfully evokes the spirit and the atmosphere of the ceremonies he photographs. His minimalistic, black and white photographs don't intrude into that exotic world, like colourful illustrations for the glossy magazines would do. They sneak into it quietly and become part of its mysterious magic
 

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Please note that the Gallery is open by chance or by appointment.


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OSCA Fubdraising Raffle - the winner announced !

Yesterday at 5:10 pm we had a draw in our first fundraising raffle. The lucky winner will receive chosen photograph from our current exhibition: "Weather Report" by Andrzej Maciejewski. It will be the museum quality print (from limited edition of 25), numbered, dated, signed and framed, worth over $ 700.

The winning number is 009.

If you are the winner - please contact us asap and tell us which photograph you want. You may visit the Gallery again to choose it or  if you remember how they look printed, but you don't remember the number of your favourite one, take a look at our website: http://www.outinthesticks.ca/artists/Andrzej Maciejewski/AndrzejMaciejewski/index.html
You may collect your prize on October 23rd.



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Weather Report at Art Daily

Art Daily is very good art magazine online. We are very happy that they posted an information about Andrzej Maciejewski's exhibition "Weather Report". You can find it at www.artdaily.com .

Weather Report #30, November 27, 2003, 7.15 am, Mostly Cloudy; Temperature: 1°C; Wind: 5.6 km/h, ENE; Pressure: 1023.4 hPa; Humidity: 93%; Visibility: 16 km.

 

 

 

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Story on Phantasmagoria in The Whig Standard

There is a nice short story by Greg Burliuk, with pictures, about our cultural centre in Saturday's Whig Standard.
You can find it online HERE or or get the PDF HERE.


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Thanks to Wallace Edwards for books donation for our event for kids

Wallace Edwards, very famous children books illustrator has donated three of his beautiful books (signed) for the prizes for our chalk drawing contest, which happens tomorrow. We are very very grateful and the kids, who win those books certainly will be very happy about it!


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