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“Participants will listen to a story in very short segments and then respond to each segment using a new method or material, such as using their non-dominant hand, using both hands simultaneously, rotating their paper and more. Each step in the process will highlight or focus on a distinct element of art such as color, line, shape, etc. Participants will interpret the story as literally or abstractly as they choose. At each stage, I will make suggestions as to how media can be used in addition to specific instructions for that stage”, Jadzia says.

Following the art making activity, participants will be invited to examine their own and others’ artwork and to share their observations about their own process, interpretations of the story elements and likes/dislikes. The project offers opportunities to use different parts of the brain, develop visual literacy, imagination and critical thinking, enhance listening and fine motor skills, promote self-awareness, and engage with others while sharing their experiences of the project.

Materials: paper, pencils, markers, paint, or whatever the participant may have including household objects such as Q-tips, straws, and tissues for moving paint or other media.

Jadzia Romaniec is an Ottawa artist with over 20 years of exhibitions to her name. She has worked as an art therapist with the Salvation Army Stabilization Program, Canadian Breast Cancer Network, Bereaved Families of Ontario, and National Gaucher Foundation of Canada. Jadzia has also taught art classes for adults with the City of Ottawa and at the Wild Pigments Studio, and also led drawing classes with the OCDSB and Ashbury College.

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This is one of a series of 13 free, unique online sessions in the arts featuring some of Ottawa-Gatineau region’s top professionals. From visual arts and ceramics to creative movement, screenwriting, instrumental music, voice and dramatic arts, these individual sessions are helping meet the clear hunger for inspired virtual connection as the pandemic enters its second year.

“These sessions represent a win-win of sorts, pairing up local arts workers – who have been deeply impacted by not being able to work in traditional venues – with members of the community who, while following the stay-at-home protocols, can still be enlightened and pursue their love of learning through the various artistic disciplines being offered,” says David Globerman, who coordinates the Supporting Cast team at PAL Ottawa, a local charity dedicated to providing affordable housing and supports to senior arts workers in the National Capital Region.

The free programming runs twice a week from February 3 to March 31, 2021, Wednesday afternoons at 2 pm and Saturday evenings at 7 pm. They will be recorded and shared later on the PAL Ottawa Youtube channel for those unable to attend the sessions in real time.

A complete schedule and details of courses, along with registration details, is at https://palottawa.org/online-course-details-and-registration/

This series is produced with the generous support of Employment and Social Development Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program

Story Based Artwork with Jadzia Romaniec

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Part of the PAL Ottawa Spotlights 2021 Free Online Ats Festival!

“Since the earliest cave drawings were discovered 40,000 years ago, drawing has been a universal tool for expression owing to its immediacy. Based on my experiences of drawing from life, I’d like to apply the lessons learned to these elements of mindfulness training: Exploration (letting go of conscious thought and control and drawing spontaneously); Rapport Building (using conversational drawing to consciously communicate in a new way) and Interpersonal Relations (being attentive to each other). Slowing down the process of looking, these exercises give participants the opportunity to practice being more “present”, and to have fun without expectations. The results can be quite amusing! The session will include a presentation on how drawing fits into the big picture of how humans relate to each other, concepts of mindfulness, and how drawing can help us to develop self-awareness. Participants will do some automatic drawing during the presentation. This will be followed by more drawing exercises. Materials for the exercises would be fairly simple: paper, pencil or pen, and some water media, like coffee, tea or watercolour (optional)”, Charlene says.

Charlene Lau Ahier is an experienced teacher, technical communicator, arts advocate, and visual artist, specializing in perceptual painting and drawing. She has taught classes and led lectures, demonstrations and workshops in painting and drawing at a number of venues, including National Gallery of Canada, Orange Gallery, Canterbury High School, Ontario Teachers Federation, Glebe Neighbourhood Activities Group, Nuit Blanche Ottawa Gatineau, University of Ottawa Faculty of Fine Arts, University of Ottawa Faculty of Medicine, and private mentoring and workshops at Studio 6 and LiveLab.

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This is one of a series of 14 free, unique online sessions in the arts featuring some of Ottawa-Gatineau region’s top professionals. From visual arts and ceramics to creative movement, screenwriting, instrumental music, voice and dramatic arts, these individual sessions are helping meet the clear hunger for inspired virtual connection as the pandemic enters its second year.

“These sessions represent a win-win of sorts, pairing up local arts workers – who have been deeply impacted by not being able to work in traditional venues – with members of the community who, while following the stay-at-home protocols, can still be enlightened and pursue their love of learning through the various artistic disciplines being offered,” says David Globerman, who coordinates the Supporting Cast team at PAL Ottawa, a local charity dedicated to providing affordable housing and supports to senior arts workers in the National Capital Region.

The free programming runs twice a week from February 3 to March 31, Wednesday afternoons at 2 pm and Saturday evenings at 7 pm.

A complete schedule and details of courses, along with registration details, is at https://palottawa.org/online-course-details-and-registration/

This series is produced with the generous support of Employment and Social Development Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program

Drawn Together: How Lessons from Art Are Connected To Mindfulness Training

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Footloose Fitness with Kayla McSorley and Lisa Paquette

Footloose Fitness is a workshop designed to help musical theatre lovers who may be recovering from injuries, who are hoping to strengthen a targeted muscle group, or who are seeking to improve mobility, to create a health and fitness regimen on their terms while leaving lots of room to express their artistic creativity as they dance to some classic show tunes. After all the secret to a sustainable healthy lifestyle is to enjoy the process!

Kayla McSorley is a French-Canadian actor, singer, dancer and theatre teaching artist from Ottawa, Ontario. Since acquiring her BFA Theatre Performance from Niagara University, New York, she has worked in the USA, Taiwan, Toronto and Ottawa. As a result of the pandemic, Kayla has been focusing on furthering her dance training to extend that passion and offer healthy outlets through classes and workshops to members of the community who are feeling stagnant in their daily routine. This multifaceted artist currently offers performance classes at Artishow and Top Rock, is a member of the TRAPT Ottawa dance troupe and is the artistic director of Pirate Life Ottawa. In 2021, Covid restrictions permitting, Kayla will be seen performing in a variety of performances across Ontario starting with the Oh Canada Eh Ottawa dinner theatre this spring. More info on Kayla’s work can be found on the following social media platforms:
www.kaylamcsorley.com
@mcsokayl

Lisa Paquette is a Registered Kinesiologist in the Ottawa area who focuses on physical rehabilitation in order to better the daily lives of clients. Lisa has worked as a Kinesiologist for 4 years now, both in physiotherapy clinics, and in the houses of clients working with victims of car accidents. Lisa has recently been working for the Dementia Society providing supportive counseling and education about dementia and the caregiving role.

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This is one of a series of 13 free, unique online sessions in the arts featuring some of Ottawa-Gatineau region’s top professionals. From visual arts and ceramics to creative movement, screenwriting, instrumental music, voice and dramatic arts, these individual sessions are helping meet the clear hunger for inspired virtual connection as the pandemic enters its second year.

“These sessions represent a win-win of sorts, pairing up local arts workers – who have been deeply impacted by not being able to work in traditional venues – with members of the community who, while following the stay-at-home protocols, can still be enlightened and pursue their love of learning through the various artistic disciplines being offered,” says David Globerman, who coordinates the Supporting Cast team at PAL Ottawa, a local charity dedicated to providing affordable housing and supports to senior arts workers in the National Capital Region.

The free programming runs twice a week from February 3 to March 31, 2021, Wednesday afternoons at 2 pm and Saturday evenings at 7 pm. They will be recorded and shared later on the PAL Ottawa Youtube channel for those unable to attend the sessions in real time.

A complete schedule and details of courses, along with registration details, is at https://palottawa.org/online-course-details-and-registration/

This series is produced with the generous support of Employment and Social Development Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program

Footloose Fitness with Kayla McSorley and Lisa Paquette

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The PAL Ottawa Spotlights 2021 Online Arts Festival presents this outstanding introductory primer. (Learn more about the Festival at https://palottawa.org/online-course-details-and-registration)

You can find documents related to this presentation at https://palottawa.org/screenwriting-documents/

As a veteran TV writer (You Can’t Do That On TV, The Raccoons, etc.) with five feature films to his name (with stars including Ernest Borgnine, Eli Wallach, Teri Garr, Michael Moriarty. Pat Morita, and Graham Greene), Dan was invited some time ago to teach a pair of screenwriting courses at Algonquin College. He went on to teach them for over a dozen years, earning, over that time, some of the highest evaluation rankings among the college’s PT instructors. He has adapted these courses into a two-hour primer delivered via ZOOM, for those interested in trying their hand at developing their own big or small screen story.

Dan Lalande is a professional writer based in Ottawa. Dan’s career began at the age of nineteen, as a staff writer on Nickelodeon’s flagship series You Can’t Do That on Television (named one of the 50 greatest sketch comedy shows of all time by Rolling Stone magazine) and the Canadian animation sensation The Raccoons. Dan also contributed to The Adventure of Teddy Ruxpin, Under the Umbrella Tree, For Better or For Worse, Young Robin Hood, White Fang, Mouse Sports, and other family-friendly series. While writing and performing as a member of the Skit Row comedy troupe, the sketch and improv ensemble that was Ottawa’s answer to Second City, Dan enjoyed a parallel career in professional communications. Dan researched, wrote, and co-produced informational and instructional content for government departments, small to medium sized businesses, national and area charities, and Ottawa’s then booming high tech sector. Over this time, Dan was also penning a myriad of TV specials and series, in the comedy, drama and documentary genres. Broadcasters included CTV, CBC, Bravo!, Discovery, and W. Dan is also an accomplished journalist and short story writer.

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This is one of a series of 13 free, unique online sessions in the arts featuring some of Ottawa-Gatineau region’s top professionals. From visual arts and ceramics to creative movement, screenwriting, instrumental music, voice and dramatic arts, these individual sessions are helping meet the clear hunger for inspired virtual connection as the pandemic enters its second year.

“These sessions represent a win-win of sorts, pairing up local arts workers – who have been deeply impacted by not being able to work in traditional venues – with members of the community who, while following the stay-at-home protocols, can still be enlightened and pursue their love of learning through the various artistic disciplines being offered,” says David Globerman, who coordinates the Supporting Cast team at PAL Ottawa, a local charity dedicated to providing affordable housing and supports to senior arts workers in the National Capital Region.

The free programming runs twice a week from February 3 to March 31, 2021, Wednesday afternoons at 2 pm and Saturday evenings at 7 pm. They will be recorded and shared later on the PAL Ottawa Youtube channel for those unable to attend the sessions in real time.

A complete schedule and details of courses, along with registration details, is at https://palottawa.org/online-course-details-and-registration/

This series is produced with the generous support of Employment and Social Development Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program

Big and Small Screen Storytelling: A Screenwriting Introduction with Dan Lalande

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Part of the PAL Ottawa 2021 Spotlights Online Arts Festival.
Participants explore a variety of ways to transform ideas into action through games and fun exercises using principles of direction, weight, speed and flow. Discover your own personal movement vocabulary and surprise yourself! Fitness, enjoyment and expression come together in an inclusive format open to all ages and abilities. Specifically adapted to online platforms and small spaces. No experience necessary.

Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson is a Franco-Ontarian dance artist from the traditional unceded territory of the Algonquin Anishnawbe people (Orléans ON). Under the name TAKE UP SPACE Elizabeth creates/performs/collaborates through connections between people/places/artforms from an inclusive, feminist perspective that aims to create space for collaborators and audience members alike.

See Elizabeth's work at
1) where the wings grow

https://vimeo.com/384403826

2) Open, Wide & Relentless Series
https://vimeo.com/364202399
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This is one of a series of 13 free, unique online sessions in the arts featuring some of Ottawa-Gatineau region’s top professionals. From visual arts and ceramics to creative movement, screenwriting, instrumental music, voice and dramatic arts, these individual sessions are helping meet the clear hunger for inspired virtual connection as the pandemic enters its second year.

“These sessions represent a win-win of sorts, pairing up local arts workers – who have been deeply impacted by not being able to work in traditional venues – with members of the community who, while following the stay-at-home protocols, can still be enlightened and pursue their love of learning through the various artistic disciplines being offered,” says David Globerman, who coordinates the Supporting Cast team at PAL Ottawa, a local charity dedicated to providing affordable housing and supports to senior arts workers in the National Capital Region.

The free programming runs twice a week from February 3 to March 31, 2021, Wednesday afternoons at 2 pm and Saturday evenings at 7 pm. They will be recorded and shared later on the PAL Ottawa Youtube channel for those unable to attend the sessions in real time.

A complete schedule and details of courses, along with registration details, is at https://palottawa.org/online-course-details-and-registration/
This series is produced with the generous support of Employment and Social Development Canada’s New Horizons for Seniors Program

ABCs in Action: An Introduction to Contemporary Dance with Elizabeth Emond-Stevenson

YouTube Video VVV3eDVUWE0zZDlOWW45RGtrOU5ITXNnLm9zUmMxWUNPZEJ3

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