For some kids, becoming a rock star is an exciting career choice. But they may not realize how important classical music can be when they rock a drum solo. Andrew Knox is a professional musician and music teacher, and he can tell us why.
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Jewellery can be made out of lots of things: beads, glass, seashells. Ottawa’s own Karine
Halpenny makes jewellery out of armour: more specifically chainmaille. She tells us
how the art of making chainmaille jewellery has calmed her, comforted her and helped
her come out of her shell.
Ashley Courchene is an Ojibway man who is passionate about storytelling. For this
Indigenous rights activist, the spoken word has become a creative outlet for him to express not only his feelings about the position of Indigenous peoples in Canada, but also his vision for the future. This summer, Courchene was part of the #reoccupation movement on Parliament Hill, an experience he says changed his life. Now in his new podcast, The Skoden Chronicles, Courchene is taking the oral storytelling tradition to the air waves.
It’s more than photography of nature and earthly things. It’s art that has the ability and
potential to influence and encourage the audience to think critically about their own
lives and the issues with consumerism, and our overall impacts on the environment.
Whitney Lewis-Smith is a photo-based artist. She uses an old camera, old photographic
processes requiring a dark room, and taxidermy to tell her stories and share the impacts
of globalization in a unique and visual way. In a world where pretty much everything is
instantaneous, the audience might assume her photographs are equally instantaneous.
What they don’t know is that Whitney would easily test their patience if they followed
her along on a day of shooting.
For most people in Ottawa, Hogs Back Park is your everyday local green space, but for
Ryan Sutherland it is a battleground, a meeting place, and a home away from home.
From wizards to assassins, LARP, or live action role play, has become much more than
a weekly hobby. For many, including Sutherland, it is an outlet for self-expression, and a
chance to practice self-defense in a safe environment.v
Aya Hamed has a personality that is just as colourful as her make up collection. She
performs temporary and permanent make up on clients out of a basement studio, much to the dismay of her Muslim community, which has not always approved of her artistic career choices. Watch as she explains to us why her passion outshines her critics.
The 25th Hour team heads out to Almonte, a quaint town just outside of Ottawa to film their last show of the season!
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