About this Event
Welcome to the Ottawa School of Art - Artist Talk Series!
Join us for an exciting in-person event at the GALERIE ANNEXE, Ottawa Art Gallery at 50 Mackenzie King Bridge, Ottawa, Ontario, K1N 0C5, CANADA, where we're hosting an inspiring hour of conversation and insight.
This session takes place on Thursday December 3rd from 4:30 to 6:00pm, 2026, and features talented artists, including Bill Staubi, Andrew Morrow; and Olivia Johnston, sharing their insights, inspiration, and creative processes.
There are only 50 spots available for this event, so be sure to reserve your spot for free!
It's a fantastic opportunity to connect with the local art community and gain valuable knowledge from these experienced professionals. Don't miss out on this enriching experience!
Bill Staubi
In the many years I have been buying original artwork, most often by emerging artists, I've worked to support the local arts community in various ways: financially, mentoring, sharing opportunities, donating, and working with like-minded individuals and organizations.
My goal has been to help artists get their start, reach their potential, and be able to make their living in Ottawa-Gatineau. Contributing to a vibrant local arts community is my way of ensuring I have a creative and exciting city to live in.
Andrew Morrow
Through my Relationally Based Studio Practice, I position the gallery space as a site of experimentation, gathering, and collective attention. I work with sitters as active participants, creating durations where conversation, observation, gesture, and silence shape the process. Continually transformed by these encounters, my paintings and drawings combine figures, objects, abstract passages, and fragments of personal text, tracing our exchanges and making painting a social space where connection takes material form.
Olivia Johnston https://www.oliviajohnston.com/about
Olivia Johnston is an artist and art historian living and working in Ottawa, Canada. In her practice, she investigates her own experiences of chronic illness and trauma, and examines the iconography of sacredness in contemporary life. Catholic aesthetics often serve as a visual framework in her practice in order to explore questions about images, gender, the body, the self, beauty, illness, and art history.
Johnston’s practice includes lens-based imagery, site-specific installation, and sculpture; her award-winning work has been exhibited across Canada and abroad and is in multiple private and public collections. She has received grant support from the Canada Council for the Arts, the Ontario Arts Council, and the City of Ottawa. She holds a Bachelor Honours Art History from Carleton University and a Photographic Arts and Production Diploma from the SPAO Centre. Johnston is currently pursuing a Master of Fine Arts at the University of Ottawa.
More info at https://www.artottawa.ca/event-details/osa-artist-talk-series-fall-2026
Agenda
🕑: 04:30 PM
Introductions by OSA Staff
🕑: 04:35 PM
OAG representative: a brief introduction about the gallery
🕑: 04:45 PM
Artist Presentation
Host: Bill Staubi
Info: 15-minute presentation followed by a 10-minute Q&A session
🕑: 05:10 PM
Artist Presentation
Host: Andrew Morrow
Info: 15-minute presentation followed by a 10-minute Q&A session
🕑: 05:35 PM
Curator Presentation
Host: Olivia Johnston
Info: 15-minute presentation followed by a 10-minute Q&A session
Event venue & nearby stays
Ottawa Art Gallery, 50 Mackenzie King Bridge, Ottawa, Canada
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