Ottawa Arts Review

article written by Erika Sampson I am fully aware that a single piece of art cannot be universally appreciated. Every person has a slightly different (or hugely different) definition or criteria of ‘art’. Art that I enjoy is certainly not the favoured art of many of my friends, and that is perfectly fine; no issues… Continue reading Art Should Travel Too

article written by Sophie Poirier When I was a little girl, I was shy, quiet, and socially awkward with self-esteem and family issues. I never knew exactly how or where I fit into the world, and I most often kept to myself. I was the too-skinny little girl with glasses, who often got teased for… Continue reading The Journey of a Lost Girl

article written by Megan McKague The Ottawa Arts Review has been very busy this last year! Since being brought onto the team as the Editor in Chief in late October of 2018, I have seen the incredible progress and hard work my team has dedicated to keeping this opportunity available to emerging creatives in the… Continue reading Sincerely, OAR’s Editor in Chief

written by Erika Sampson I find romance exhausting and overused. Sorry, buzz kill alert, I am simply not interested in faking or embellishing reality. Sure, I will watch a romantic movie, or read a romance novel from time to time, but it has to be done sparingly. Innately, I would argue that I am a… Continue reading A Realist and a Romantic Walk into a Bar …

article written by Sophie Poirier She didn’t know how to begin. She sat on the couch with her fingers on the keyboard and her eyes staring at a Word document, the pages as blank as the thoughts in her mind. She became frustrated. Writing has always been her passion, and she was good at it.… Continue reading A Story About Overcoming Writer’s Block

article written by Atticus Gordon So you like making art, and you want to become a professional artist, but where do you start? How can you tackle this difficult road? As I’m sure you guessed, there is no single straightforward answer, the way is as varied and shifting as there are forms of art. However,… Continue reading For the Emerging Artist

article written by Erika Sampson Okay so the photo that I took for this is so totally staged. But can we just pretend that I am this artsy when I critique submissions? My weekly critiquing task does somewhat resemble the photo, just not as perfectly staged. I always have a notebook, my laptop, my glasses… Continue reading The Politics of Critiquing Art

article written by Sophie Poirier Preparing myself a hot cup of tea, I open my laptop to this week’s subpack. A subpack is a collection of about a dozen anonymous submissions that is sent out every week for OAR readers to evaluate. It always fills me with joy knowing I’m a part of a process… Continue reading A Reader’s Thoughts

article written by Atticus Gordon      Bright, airy, and adorned with hanging plants, Emma Carney’s studio is pleasantly arranged with paintings at once playful, and serious. Smiling and jovial Emma is at home in this comfortable studio setting. She is a painters painter, that is to say, she has fallen in love with the seductive… Continue reading A Visit to Emma Carney’s Studio

The Ottawa Arts Review is proud to present the launch of their stArt Campaign. This fundraiser has been created as a way to get artists the attention they deserve while encouraging them to get involved and collaborate with other artists in the Ottawa community. Through a series of events over the course of a week artists of… Continue reading OAR’s First stArt Campaign