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NEIGHBOURHOOD ARTS OTTAWA

The Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corporation (CCOC) is a community-based, tenant- and member-directed, non-profit housing organization whose mission is to create, maintain and promote housing for low and moderate income people. CCOC continues to be run by dedicated volunteers and staff who believe in the basic idea that everyone should have control over their housing.

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​Meet the Organizations & people on the ground helping our recipients and your community.

CONTACT US

Shenkman Arts Centre
245 Centrum Blvd, Suite 260
Ottawa, ON K1E 0A1
Tel: 613-580-2767
info@artsnetottawa.ca

Charity number:
121777023RR0001

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We acknowledge that our offices are on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation. The peoples of the Algonquin Anishinaabe Nation have lived on this territory for millennia, stewarding the land, the water and all that contributes to life in this region.  Today, many Indigenous communities continue to be denied the opportunity and resources to make and experience their traditional art on this land. We pledge to make justice and reconciliation a priority through our work by amplifying Indigenous voices and their experiences.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

Six Nations of the Grand River, seedkeeper, storyteller

Elder

ALMA LO TUSCARORA

Haudenasaunee, seedkeeper, traditional gardener and craftsperson

Elder

RACHELLE LAPANSEE

Kitigan Zibi Anishinabeg, traditional knowledge carrier

Elder

EVELYN COMMANDA DEWACHE

Ph.D, Quechuan nations from Bolivia, sessional professor in Indigenous Studies at University of Ottawa

Elder

MARCELO SAAVEDRA-VARGAS

The Eagle and Condor Collective was formed in 2017 by Indigenous knowledge keepers, elders, artists, musicians and allies to share cultural knowledge between the Indigenous nations of the Americas and with others including both settler and newcomer populations. Our members and participants come from diverse racial, socio-economic, spiritual and gender backgrounds. To date, we have had a spiritual gathering in the spring of 2018 at Origin Arts and Community Centre. We also have done pop up traditional gardening and harvesting in 2018 and 2019. In the spring of 2019, we partnered with other nonprofits to create the No Borders Arts Festival. The collective recruited Indigenous artists for the gallery show, and led circles with five knowledge carriers, artists, musicians, and traditional gardeners. In 2020 we have distributed seeds for traditional medicines and are proud to be initiating this Neighbourhood Arts Ottawa project, Circles of Knowing.

Artist Collective

THE EAGLE AND CONDOR COLLECTIVE

Margaret Boyle is a multidisciplinary visual artist, an Indigenous traditional craftsperson and a hand drummer. She has been a professional artist and art educator for over thirty years after graduating from NSCAD University. She has taught Arts from Kindergarten to grade 12, as well as art education courses at three universities and the Ottawa School of Art. Marg embraces community art initiatives and is founder of the Eagle and Condor Collective as well as FNMIEAO. She creates artwork that focuses on traditional medicinal knowledge, spiritual visions and Msit No’kmaw.

Mentor Artist

MARGARET BOYLE

Nelson Akawui Riquelme Catalan is a singer-songwriter of Quebecois and Chilean origins. His father, Nelson Fernando Riquelme Pincheira, introduced him to South American folk music at the age of three years. From then on, he spent his childhood busking in the streets of Montreal and Vancouver with his father`s band, playing Andean music. These experiences, along with his deep connection with his Indigenous Chilean heritage have inspired Akawui’s unique musical blend. Akawui is currently working on his first solo album, creating music that bridges his Indigenous roots with a contemporary electronic sound. Akawui is passionate about creating connections between Indigenous people internationally and is a member of First Nations drum group Sacred Wolf Singers.

Mentor Artist

NELSON AKAWUI RIQUELME CATALAN

Edgar Hernandez is a prolific artist whose work in sculpture, film, media projection, and digital technologies focuses on the difficult questions of habitat renewal, conservation and restoration. In two award-winning short documentaries, “Heroes of Pollination” (2019) and “Collective Presence” (2018), we can see his approach clearly. These films and others by Hernandez have been screened at festivals and galleries in Ottawa and Toronto. Born in Guatemala, Edgar Hernandez is based in Ottawa, Canada. He holds degrees in art and design, including a BFA (Sculpture and Media) from the University of Ottawa (2015) and a Diploma in graphic computing from La Cité. In 2015, the artist was awarded the University of Ottawa prize in sculpture. Nonetheless, this busy working artist still finds time to be an active community volunteer. He also contributes to community projects in Guatemala and the Dominican Republic.

Mentor Artist

EDGAR HERNANDEZ

COLLABORATORS

Elders are involved in this project as guest storytellers, artists, musicians, knowledge carriers and seedkeepers in order to connect the tenants in this neighbourhood with connections to authentic Indigenous knowledge that underlies the circular themes of this art project, in an authentic way.

CONTACT US

Shenkman Arts Centre
245 Centrum Blvd, Suite 260
Ottawa, ON K1E 0A1
Tel: 613-580-2767
info@artsnetottawa.ca

Charity number:
121777023RR0001

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We acknowledge that our offices are on the traditional, ancestral and unceded territory of the Anishinaabe Algonquin Nation. The peoples of the Algonquin Anishinaabe Nation have lived on this territory for millennia, stewarding the land, the water and all that contributes to life in this region.  Today, many Indigenous communities continue to be denied the opportunity and resources to make and experience their traditional art on this land. We pledge to make justice and reconciliation a priority through our work by amplifying Indigenous voices and their experiences.

LAND ACKNOWLEDGEMENT

THE EAGLE AND CONDOR COLLECTIVE

CIRCLES OF KNOWING

Circles of Knowing is a multidisciplinary art project that includes teachings for Indigenous Elders of the Americas, plant teachings by knowledge carriers, art workshops and music workshops all created by Indigenous arts professionals. The neighbourhood of Beaver Barracks of the Centretown Citizens Ottawa Corporation CCOC will have socially distanced art activities until the pandemic restrictions lift. The project includes artwork creation that will go into the public spaces of the five buildings of this eco-friendly neighbourhood that has diverse tenants, including over 100 children. Each season’s theme—Circle of Life, Circle of Rhythms and Circle of Community—has activities for children, adults and families and seeks to encourage a greater sense of neighbourhood community connections and tenant wellbeing, while building bridges between the Indigenous-run collective and the neighbourhood members. Some activities will be open to the public and all are grounded in wellbeing for the families and sustainability for the community in this unique neighbourhood.

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