About this Event
HAPPY ART ANIMALS WITH BEN ANIMALIA 🎨😀 & OPEN STUDIO
Let’s build some happy art animals together!
Join Happiness Habits 613 coleads Stephen (@bytownboy) and Tamara (@tammynutrition) for a May afternoon of happiness at the Ottawa Art Gallery as we dig into an animal-centric art project with Canadian autistic artist Benjamin Lachapelle (@benanimalia). All art supplies for this specific project will be provided. YOU ARE GONNA WANT TO BE HERE FOR THIS ONE!!!
📅 Sunday May 17 2026
⏰ 3PM-5PM
📍 Ottawa Art Gallery studio (10 Daly Ave next to Jackson Cafe)
🔋 Powered by happiness
💰 FREE
🅿️ free street parking in Sandy Hill
🚇 Rideau LRT
‼️limited spaces‼️
BEN ANIMALIA: 23 year old Ben Lachapelle is a Canadian autistic artist & passionate environmentalist whose imaginative connection to animals through art is a powerful voice for change. This is a rare opportunity to see the artist up close at work in his happy medium. Ben's Animals, a new documentary, just had it's U.S. premiere in New York City during Intenational Autimism Month: https://events.humanitix.com/bens-animals
It’s also HAPPINESS OPEN STUDIO time, so please feel free to bring along your current art project (drawing, painting, writing, beading, sewing, lyrics, whittling, you name it ... except anything that will get super messy) & art supplies and use the energy of the community to uplift your creative process.
* Please note that in 2026, the studio space is a “bring your own art supplies” space. Very limited art supply resources may be available on site *
This is a space for community connection, inspiration, creative expression and fun!
Ottawa Art Gallery: The OAG is home to the art and artists of the Ottawa-Gatineau region; where you can experience the collections, exhibits and events that link us, and where connection happens between Art and City. Ottawa, YOUR ART IS HERE.
Happiness Habits 613: We are a grassroots group in Ottawa-Gatineau created in 2015 that cultivates healthy habits in the community through the 9 Pillars of Happiness. Join us throughout 2026 for our community events.
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Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Ottawa Art Gallery, 50 Mackenzie King Bridge, Ottawa, Canada
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