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Learning to Carve
Larissa volunteering at the 2017 festival Every year, the Canadian Stone Carving Festival raises funds for Innercity Arts. Many young...
Jul 11, 2019


Mandala Workshop
“Mandalas are an ancient artistic technique used in many cultures around the world as an aid to understanding who we are as individuals...
Apr 12, 2019


Larissa’s Journey: I Met OIM – Choir & Innercity Arts
Larissa’s Journey is a blog series that we hope will offer insight and understanding into the lives of one of the young people in the...
Dec 12, 2018


Canadian Stone Carving Festival
On July 21-23, thirty-five stone carvers gathered on Ottawa’s historic Sparks Street for the Canadian Stone Carving Festival. Each was...
Aug 1, 2017


Stone Carving Workshop
Innercity Arts was lucky enough to have Patrick Imai, a local carver, volunteer his time to come in to teach us about soap stone carving....
Jun 14, 2017


The Portrait of the Artist
“Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter. The sitter is merely the accident, the...
Mar 15, 2017


Dear Artist:
You and I don’t know each other – but I felt a connection with you.
Oct 31, 2016


Art Show….Sneak Peak!
The youth of Innercity Arts have been working hard, creating some amazing art for the upcoming art show. Here’s a sneak peak! Please come...
May 6, 2016


Terrarium Workshop
Last night was a busy night at art group! We were busy making terrariums! The youth loved choosing their plants and trinkets to make...
Sep 25, 2015


Practicing t-shirt art
The kids are gearing up for a big art project in May using t-shirts. We got a bunch of ‘practice’ t-shirts in from Value Village for them...
May 14, 2015
Shane’s Story, Episode 6: The System – Welfare
Shane’s Story is an eight episode blog post where Shane tells her story in her own words. Each week in December, on Mondays and...
Dec 18, 2014


Mural Reflections
The Passion 4 Youth Fine Arts Program spent the summer painting a mural on the wall of Trinity Anglican Church. It was an amazing...
Sep 18, 2014
In the News…
On November 28th, the Passion 4 Youth Fine Arts Program hosted “Critical Impressions”, an art show showcasing pieces related to the...
Jan 15, 2014


heARTfelt Thursdays: Male Figure in Blue
Claudia grew up in a home with drugs and conflict, prompting her to leave at the age of 17. Claudia ended-up on the streets and using...
Oct 24, 2013
heARTfelt Thursdays: Nothing to See Here
“It’s so much darker when a light goes out than it would have been if it had never shone.” ― John Steinbeck The wonderful thing about art...
Oct 10, 2013


Extra, Extra…Read all about it!
If you haven’t already heard our Youth Outreach Worker was featured recently in a piece by a local journal. The Ottawa Anglican...
Oct 7, 2013


heARTfelt Thursdays: Nursery Drawings
“Every artist was first an amateur.” ― Ralph Waldo Emerson Laura is a very quiet and intensely shy person. She has recently started to...
Sep 26, 2013


heARTfelt Thursdays: Overlap and Blur
“And there are never really endings, happy or otherwise. Things keep going on, they overlap and blur, your story is part of your sister’s...
Sep 19, 2013


heARTfelt Thursday: All in the Detail
This piece is called “Topsy-Turvy”, and has a very unique quality to it. Try imagine that you are looking at it upside down, or even try...
Sep 12, 2013
Stories from the Street: That Time of Year
It is the beginning of a new season for OIM, or so it feels, as the Fall has a particular mood to it. I suppose it is the sight of bright...
Sep 9, 2013
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