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Living Through the ArtsThe Art of Cooking II!
The Art of Cooking! In the latter part of the 15th Century, the great chef, Maestro Martino de Rossi, who worked for both the Princes of the State and the Church, wrote what seems to be the first truly cooking manuscript in Italy. Following the humoral theory of the...
The Lives of Others; excerpts from Guerilla magazine.
The Lives of Others by Monica Marquez As we all know Monica Marquez is icscis/walkthearts’ project manager. Her last show in Ottawa provoked much discussion within the artist and gallery community, the purpose of art. As a result, Monica’s works are featured as the...
Our second intern
Welcome Amanda! We are proud to announce that Amanda Garreau is our new intern at icscis/walkthearts. She will replace Claudia Gutiérrez who unfortunately had to leave. Amanda will take care of the logistics of our Alumini show on March 5th, 2011. “My name is Amanda...
The Art of Cooking I
Painting and eating Two treatises were written in the beginning of the Italian Renaissance. The first one in Florence in 1436 by the great humanist, Leon Battista Alberti, entitled Della Pittura (On Painting), and the second one in Rome around 1460 by the “eminent”...
Coloris sur la baie Colors on the Bay
Thank you and Merci! In October, Yves M. Larocque was appointed honorary president of Colors on the Bay, an art exhibition regrouping more than 30 artists from Québec and Ontario. What follows, is his conclusion key note to everyone who participated in this great...
Contemporary Art in Ottawa!
The Visual Arts in Ottawa; A time for change? Summary of panel discussion which took place on Friday October 22 at the Enriched Bread Artists studios in Ottawa, Canada. The four panelist were Peter Honeywell (E.D. Council for the Arts in Ottawa), Patrick Mikhail...
The meals of Studio Italia
Art and cuisine in Tuscany, of course! How can we leave without underlining the marvellous food we had. “At Studio Italia”, proclaimed Yves in that ebulliently Gallic Yves manner, “we eat very well, but we do not gain weight!” Hmmm. We'll let our scales be the...
Studio Italia ; the end.
Art is powerful. Just returned from Arezzo where l left the group. It was certainly an intense painting workshop: lots of laughs, tears were shed, many calories ingested, in brief, a very productive workshop. More than 120 paintings were done; some...
In search of a vanishing point
A Vanishing Point Before Tuscany, I was on a horizon line in search of a vanishing point. This painting journey has brought questions forward. How to express the essential with a few colours, lines and contrast? This is not a text... Avant la Toscane...
Pontormo, the Mannerist
My favorite artist? Here we are once again in Firenze (Florence) and I had to stop once more at Santa Felicita Church, just across the Ponte Vecchio to see my favorite painting done by one of my favorite artists: Pontormo. I do not know why I love this artist. I...
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