Ottawa Citizen: Duncan de Kergommereaux, 80, has his first solo exhibition in Ottawa in 20 years. “De Kergommereaux was born in northern British Columbia and started his painting career in 1950. In 1951 he attended the Banff School of Fine Arts.”
[This article appears to have his name spelled wrong. According to several references on the web (1 2 3), his name is de Kergommeaux.]
Embassy (Ottawa): “In an effort to fill a gap in Canada’s public diplomacy strategy, a group of Canadian cultural leaders asked Heritage Minister Josée Verner yesterday for $150 million to establish an international institution to project its culture and identity onto the world stage…. Among those contributing to the proposal were the heads of the National Arts Centre, the Banff Centre for the Performing Arts, the Vancouver Opera, the Museum of Civilization and the Canadian Arts Summit.”
Vancouver Sun: Orlando is making her choreographic debut with Ballet British Columbia, her home company. “She started choreographing in 1997 at the age of 25, crafting miniature self portraits, and has functioned as a dancer-choreographer since. A turning point came last year when she won the Banff Centre’s Clifford E. Lee Prize and made Winter Journey, an ensemble work for 13 dancers. ‘The Banff experience gave me the courage to work with large groups,’ Orlando says. ‘It helped me figure out dynamics and patterns.’”
Boston Globe — St. Lawrence String Quartet first violinist speaking before a concert in Boston.
CBC Arts — “Sandra Laronde, an award-winning director, dancer and actor based in Toronto, has been appointed director of the aboriginal arts program at the Banff Centre. Laronde, an Anishinabe from Temagami in northern Ontario, will continue her role as artistic director of Toronto’s Red Sky Performance, an arts company she founded in 2000.”