BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//GayOut//Event Export//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VEVENT UID:375655@gayout.com DTSTAMP:20261029T083029Z DTSTART:20261106T183000Z DTEND:20261106T203000Z SUMMARY:Mind and Body –\\; November Vernissage DESCRIPTION:Come join us for an evening of art and celebration!  Friday November 6th\\, 6:30-8:30pm at the Ottawa Trans Library.  Featuring the artwork of:\\nMaddie Alexander:\\nMaddie Alexander (They/He) is a trans a rtist\\, archivist\\, and arts worker based in Halifax\\, NS. He holds a BFA from OCAD University (2016)\\, and an MFA from NSCAD University (2020 )\\, where they received The Reznick Family Fund for Student Creativity. Their work has been exhibited locally and internationally\\, with partici pation in residencies such as CSAV– Artists’\\; Research Laborator y at Fondazione Antonio Ratti (Como\\, Italy)\\, and Haystack Open Studio Residency (Maine\\, USA). He was a 2025 AGO x RBC Emerging Artist-Resear cher\\, as well as an Artist in Residence at the SPAO Photographic Arts C entre. His practice has been supported by Arts Nova Scotia\\, and the Can ada Council for the Arts.\\nHis artistic practice explores lived queer an d trans experiences through an autoethnographic approach\\, blending arch ival materials and personal records. Their research based projects centre themes of desire\\, failure\\, care and dissonance and are often site re sponsive and rooted in community collaboration. While his work reflects c ontemporary concerns\\, it frequently draws on the visual and cultural hi stories of 1980s and ‘90s queer activist aesthetics\\, primarily the DI Y print and installation practices of that era. Blending analogue and dig ital processes is a reflection on the fluid and layered nature of their t rans experience\\, coming together to construct something that feels real and whole.\\nHis current work uses sunprinting and video documentation a s a medium to explore his research into the historic and ongoing barriers trans folks face in accessing care. They feel a deep kinship between the chemical\\, time-based nature of sunprinting and the process of HRT (Hor mone Replacement Therapy)— both requiring patience\\, faith\\, and a se nse of magic. Through this\\, they see their work as an act of reclamatio n: of narrative\\, of agency\\, and of time itself. Using medical ephemer a and documentation\\, this work is deeply informed by their own experien ces accessing care as a trans person.\\n”\\;\\nKay Nordman:\\nArtist s Statement –\\; The piece explores how it feels to exist in a margi nalized body\\, particularly a trans and queer body\\, where I feel simul taneously either fetishized or discriminated against because of the body I occupy. Placing the figure in such an intimate way reflects the vulnera bility that comes from being marginalized.\\nAs for a personal artists st atement –\\; I’\\;m Kay Nordman (they/them)\\, a Fine Arts stud ent studying Drawing and Painting at OCAD University in downtown Toronto. I enjoy making art that intersects gender and sexuality theory with the body and our contemporary/digital age.\\nWake Darrah Cook-Kero: \\nWake D arrah Cook-Kero (he/they/hir) is a neurodiverse transmasc comic illustrat or\\, writer\\, and character/creature designer. His family occupies the unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq people in New Brunswick\\, and he is a settler on the unceded territories of thexwməθkwəy̓ əm (Musqueam)\\ , Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish)\\, and səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh) Natio ns. He earned a BFA at Emily Carr University of Art &\\; Design in 202 0 and a diploma of Youth Justice at Douglas College in 2026. His comics a nd illustrations centre the beauty of the trans body\\, the connection be tween the visually monstrous and the socially marginalized through fictio nal graphic narrative\\, and hot babes with swords. Through Wildstar Pres s\\, Wake has published the body-horror comic Iris and was featured in th e pirate-themed anthology Songs of the Sea. Other projects T4T: A Transma sc Zine\\, Cryptid Crew\\, and Sex Ed for Trans Men created alongside his husband\\, River Huckleberry Kero. Their current project is Starstruck\\ , a queer romantic sci-fi graphic novel\\, and Wake’\\;s latest exhi bition was at the Vancouver Outsider Art Festival 2025.\\nArthur Alves: I make art about my everyday experiences and trans existence. I love to in clude as many details as I can and I love to capture moments and dreams a nd fantasies that would otherwise be passed by\\nSameena Anis:  Sam is a Queer\\, Brown and Disabled artist. They use many mediums\\, such as ill ustration\\,\\ncomics\\, printmaking\\, fabric and textiles\\, ceramics\\ , resin and other sculptural work\\, and digital\\nsuch as film and anima tion. They love playing with colors\\, characters and conceptual visuals to\\nshare stories.\\nI am a South Asian\\, queer\\, disabled\\, new gene ration\\, multi-disciplinary artist\\, working in craft\\n(textiles—emb roidery\\, rug making\\, weaving\\, ceramics and paper) and visual arts ( drawing\\,\\npainting\\, printmaking\\, zines and comics).\\nBorn in Indi a\\, I moved to the UAE\\, and immigrated to Canada in 2014. I found it i solating\\, lonely\\,\\nand had difficulty making friends\\, these are th e themes I explore in my art—not belonging here\\nor anywhere. I expres s this through visual characters and fiction storytelling\\, using imager y of\\nloss and loneliness and colours to express moods. I embrace each m edium in the craft\\,\\nusability\\, and storytelling\\, e.g. in ceramics \\, I embed stories visually while making it functional.\\nAs a low-incom e artist I find affordable materials such as fabric from thrift stores an d free\\ncommunity-based supplies. That is how I got into zine culture (s mall\\, independently published\\nbooks)\\; where the focus is affordable \\, DIY art for the community\\, and include experimental craft\\,\\ne.g. pins and embroidery patches. I enjoy combining mediums as I find multidi sciplinary art to be\\nmore expressive and unique.I am inspired by zine c ulture to apply a sense of community and\\nreusability in craft. I contin ue to make art as a form of therapy and using storytelling I can\\naddres s my loneliness\\, struggles with relationships\\, and isolation.\\nI see k to continue experimenting and developing my skills in various craft med iums so I am able\\nto express myself more authentically and find communi ty through my characters and worlds.\\nI am interested in making art for this project because I particularly love public art! I love\\nshowcasing my art in public\\, to see how people would appreciate it and whether the y can relate\\nto my stories. I love seeing other artists’ art on banne rs\\, murals\\, and sculptures all around\\nOntario. Public art always li vens a place up\\, making it more colourful and welcoming.\\nC. R. Gill:\ \nBiography\\nC.R. Gill (they/them) is a trans/non-binary artist explorin g subjective experience and the absurdities of life. They were born and r aised on the east coast of Canada and now make their home in Ottawa\\, On tario. They work in oil paint\\, water soluble encaustic\\, wax\\, and mi xed media\\, creating portraits\\, still life\\, and botanical paintings. . C.R. Gill was trained in classical figure painting and drawing by Sarah Marie Lacy at The Drawing Room (Ottawa\\, ON\\, Canada) and painting by Michelle Tully at Studio Escalier (Argenton-Chateau\\, France\\, online). They are Secretary of the Board of Directors for Studio Space Ottawa and a member of the Ottawa Society of Botanical Artists (OSBA). They have ex hibited in group shows in Ottawa\\, Cornwall\\, Kingston\\, and Toronto.\ \nWebsite: https://www.crgillart.com\\nBlueSky: @catalyst-artworks.bsky.s ocial\\nInstagram: @catalyst_artworks\\nStatement\\nAs a trans/non-binary artist C.R. Gill (they/them) is interested in the subjective experiences and absurdities of people. Their work plays with connections between the absurd\\, death\\, nature\\, and the drive to live authentically. In par ticular\\, they are fascinated by big emotional footprints and exploring moments of transformation\\, transition\\, humour and joy. They see art a s a means to start conversations through encouraging curiosity about ours elves and others in an ongoing process of discovery and confrontation. Th ey delight in painting trans and non-binary people\\, and are working on a series of portraits of trans and non-binary people.\\n \\;\\nhttps: //www.gayout.com/usa-canada/canada/ottawa/events/mind-and-body-8211-novem ber-vernissage-2026-11-06 LOCATION:ottawatranslibrary.ca URL:https://www.gayout.com/usa-canada/canada/ottawa/events/mind-and-body-8211-november-vernissage-2026-11-06 STATUS:CONFIRMED END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR