Central Art Garage Featured in the Globe and Mail’s City Confidential

Joi T Arcand includes Central Art Garage in her Ottawa picks

Ottawa, Ontario

IMMERSE YOURSELF IN INDIGENOUS ART

• Must see: The nation’s capital is currently home to two great destinations for Indigenous art and culture. For cinephiles, the Asinabka Festival features screenings from Indigenous filmmakers around the world, plus art exhibits and musical performances. Central Art Garage, in Chinatown, highlights contemporary Indigenous artists, and is often a stepping stone for emerging talent about to make it big.

• Also great: Moo Shu Ice Cream works with local famers, brewers and roasters to create inventive flavours. Options include: ginger and ground cherry; lime leaf and fresh mint; and Do You Bay Leaf in Magic – a mix of concord grape ice cream and bay leaf ice cream.

See what else Ottawa local Joi T Arcand recommends for your visit.

Excerpt from Globe and Mail Ottawa City Confidential article written by Maryam Siddiqi:

See Underground Indigenous Art at Central Art Garage

Located in Chinatown, this gallery hosts “really amazing contemporary Indigenous artists that live in Ottawa,’ Arcand says. For many artists, this space has become a stepping stone to being shown in much bigger galleries, including the Art Gallery of Guelph and Thunder Bay Art Gallery, and national institutions such as the Crown-Indigenous Relations building. Arcand is one of the artists featured in the gallery’s summer show, Conveyance, which features seven women artists.