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It was a night of flying bats, dancing zombies, creepy cocktail concoctions and scary-good food as the AOE Arts Council threw the best Halloween party in town Thursday with its annual ARTinis benefit soirée.
More than 300 partygoers poured into the elaborately decorated lower lobby of the Shenkman Arts Centre in the mood to celebrate the ominous occasion. On display were local artists carving creative and unique pumpkins, painting eerie live art and adding gory or glittery makeup effects to the faces of costumed guests.
The Richcraft Theatre at the Shenkman Arts Centre was transformed into a cemetery, with live music from the Miguel De Armas Latin Jazz Quartet, at the Halloween-themed ARTinis, an annual benefit soirée for the AOE Arts Council, held at the Shenkman Arts Centre on Thursday, October 29, 2015.
The Richcraft Theatre was transformed into a musical crypt as the Miguel de Armas Latin Jazz Quartet performed in a graveyard of spooky fog and handmade papier-mâché tombstones and archways (requiring more than 30 pounds of flour for the paste). At the witching hour, a zombie flash mob surprised the crowd with a dance number to Thriller.
Andrew Leslie, newly elected Liberal MP for Ottawa-Orléans, was there with his wife, Karen. Mayor Jim Watson came as himself, or, as he put it, the “Night-Mayor” (a pun on “nightmare”). City councillor Tim Tierney was curiously dressed as a Disco-era pilot, joined by his stewardess-costumed wife, Jenny.
From left, entrepreneurial networker Jarrod Goldsmith with Ottawa-Orleans Liberal MP-elect Andrew Leslie and veterinarian Dr. Ariane Finsten (dressed in honour of her dog Zora) at the Halloween-themed ARTinis benefit soirée for the AOE Arts Council, held at the Shenkman Arts Centre on Thursday, October 29, 2015.
The $75-a-ticket evening included a silent auction, mystery balloon prizes and a raffle for a pair of tickets from Porter Airlines. Organizers were hoping to raise $40,000 for the AOE Arts Council, a non-profit organization that works with the community to develop partnerships, audiences and visibility for the arts. “Really what the Arts Council is here for is to help build a stronger sector and to help our local artists survive, succeed, thrive and share their work with the community,” said executive director Victoria Steele.
Fans of the Arts Council include visual artist Mark Stephenson. “They seem to have their act together in terms of being involved in the arts community and helping artists out,” said Stephenson, who, by the way, dressed as hockey-masked serial killer Jason, from the Friday the 13th slasher flicks, for his live painting performance of a human skull on canvas.
Retired broadcaster Denis St-Jules, board vice president of the AOE Arts Council, with its executive director, Victoria Steele, at the Halloween-themed ARTinis, an annual benefit soirée for the AOE Arts Council, held at the Shenkman Arts Centre on Thursday, October 29, 2015.
Photos: ARTinis benefit soirée
It was a night of flying bats, dancing zombies, creepy cocktail concoctions and scary-good food as the AOE Arts Council threw the best Halloween party in town Thursday with its annual ARTinis benefit soirée.
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More than 300 partygoers poured into the elaborately decorated lower lobby of the Shenkman Arts Centre in the mood to celebrate the ominous occasion. On display were local artists carving creative and unique pumpkins, painting eerie live art and adding gory or glittery makeup effects to the faces of costumed guests.
The Richcraft Theatre at the Shenkman Arts Centre was transformed into a cemetery, with live music from the Miguel De Armas Latin Jazz Quartet, at the Halloween-themed ARTinis, an annual benefit soirée for the AOE Arts Council, held at the Shenkman Arts Centre on Thursday, October 29, 2015.
The Richcraft Theatre was transformed into a musical crypt as the Miguel de Armas Latin Jazz Quartet performed in a graveyard of spooky fog and handmade papier-mâché tombstones and archways (requiring more than 30 pounds of flour for the paste). At the witching hour, a zombie flash mob surprised the crowd with a dance number to Thriller.
Andrew Leslie, newly elected Liberal MP for Ottawa-Orléans, was there with his wife, Karen. Mayor Jim Watson came as himself, or, as he put it, the “Night-Mayor” (a pun on “nightmare”). City councillor Tim Tierney was curiously dressed as a Disco-era pilot, joined by his stewardess-costumed wife, Jenny.
From left, entrepreneurial networker Jarrod Goldsmith with Ottawa-Orleans Liberal MP-elect Andrew Leslie and veterinarian Dr. Ariane Finsten (dressed in honour of her dog Zora) at the Halloween-themed ARTinis benefit soirée for the AOE Arts Council, held at the Shenkman Arts Centre on Thursday, October 29, 2015.
The $75-a-ticket evening included a silent auction, mystery balloon prizes and a raffle for a pair of tickets from Porter Airlines. Organizers were hoping to raise $40,000 for the AOE Arts Council, a non-profit organization that works with the community to develop partnerships, audiences and visibility for the arts. “Really what the Arts Council is here for is to help build a stronger sector and to help our local artists survive, succeed, thrive and share their work with the community,” said executive director Victoria Steele.
Fans of the Arts Council include visual artist Mark Stephenson. “They seem to have their act together in terms of being involved in the arts community and helping artists out,” said Stephenson, who, by the way, dressed as hockey-masked serial killer Jason, from the Friday the 13th slasher flicks, for his live painting performance of a human skull on canvas.
Retired broadcaster Denis St-Jules, board vice president of the AOE Arts Council, with its executive director, Victoria Steele, at the Halloween-themed ARTinis, an annual benefit soirée for the AOE Arts Council, held at the Shenkman Arts Centre on Thursday, October 29, 2015.
Photos: ARTinis benefit soirée
It was a night of flying bats, dancing zombies, creepy cocktail concoctions and scary-good food as the AOE Arts Council threw the best Halloween party in town Thursday with its annual ARTinis benefit soirée.
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Retired broadcaster Denis St-Jules, board vice president of the AOE Arts Council, with its executive director, Victoria Steele, at the Halloween-themed ARTinis, an annual benefit soirée for the AOE Arts Council, held at the Shenkman Arts Centre on Thursday, October 29, 2015.
From left, entrepreneurial networker Jarrod Goldsmith with Ottawa-Orleans Liberal MP-elect Andrew Leslie and veterinarian Dr. Ariane Finsten (dressed in honour of her dog Zora) at the Halloween-themed ARTinis benefit soirée for the AOE Arts Council, held at the Shenkman Arts Centre on Thursday, October 29, 2015.
It's alive, it's alive, it's alive! From left, Kyle Noyes as Frankenstein with his bride, Karine Levesque, and Julien Levesque as Dr. Frankenstein at the Halloween-themed ARTinis, an annual benefit soirée or the AOE Arts Council, held at the Shenkman Arts Centre on Thursday, October 29, 2015.
Malika Welsh, development and fundraising coordinator for the Ottawa School of Art, hams it up with Peter Honeywell, executive director of the Ottawa Arts Council, at the Halloween-themed ARTinis, an annual benefit soirée for the AOE Arts Council, held at the Shenkman Arts Centre on Thursday, October 29, 2015.
From left, BOOM 99.7 radio host Wendy Daniels as Maleficent with Mayor Jim Watson and Beacon Hill-Cyrville Ward Councillor Tim Tierney as a 1970s-era pilot and his wife, Jenny, as his stewardess, at the Halloween-themed ARTinis, an annual benefit soirée for the AOE Arts Council, held at the Shenkman Arts Centre on Thursday, October 29, 2015.
How's that for a makeover? From left, Michel Pennington, president of On Scene Fx professional makeup services, gives Jordan Rogers a gory look at the Halloween-themed ARTinis, an annual benefit soirée for the AOE Arts Council, held at the Shenkman Arts Centre on Thursday, October 29, 2015.
From left, Kathi Langston, director of OYP (Orleans Young Players) Theatre School, with Caroline Obeid, artistic producer and manager of the Shenkman Arts Centre, at the Halloween-themed ARTinis, an annual benefit soiréef or the AOE Arts Council, held at the arts centre on Thursday, October 29, 2015.
From left, Debbie Orth in costume with AOE Arts Council board member Donna Roney, dressed as the Queen of OrlÈans, at the Halloween-themed ARTinis, an annual benefit soirée for the AOE Arts Council, held at the Shenkman Arts Centre on Thursday, October 29, 2015.
Carlos Camarena, seen with Jessica Farsi, was dressed as Ezio from Assassin's Creed, at the Halloween-themed ARTinis, an annual benefit soirée for the AOE Arts Council, held at the Shenkman Arts Centre on Thursday, October 29, 2015.
Flash mob dancers performed Michael Jackson's Thriller at the Halloween-themed ARTinis, an annual benefit soirée for the AOE Arts Council, held at the Shenkman Arts Centre on Thursday, October 29, 2015.
Flash mob dancers performed Michael Jackson's Thriller at the Halloween-themed ARTinis, an annual benefit soirée for the AOE Arts Council, held at the Shenkman Arts Centre on Thursday, October 29, 2015.
Flash mob dancers performed Michael Jackson's Thriller at the Halloween-themed ARTinis, an annual benefit soirée for the AOE Arts Council, held at the Shenkman Arts Centre on Thursday, October 29, 2015.
Adrian Garcia was carving elaborate pumpkins as part of the Halloween-themed ARTinis, an annual benefit soirée for the AOE Arts Council, held at the Shenkman Arts Centre on Thursday, October 29, 2015.
From left, David Lawrence and Gisele Rivest, holding their Spooky Night Martinis, at the Halloween-themed benefit soirée for the AOE Arts Council, held at the Shenkman Arts Centre on Thursday, October 29, 2015.
The Richcraft Theatre at the Shenkman Arts Centre was transformed into a cemetery, with live music from the Miguel De Armas Latin Jazz Quartet, at the Halloween-themed ARTinis, an annual benefit soirée for the AOE Arts Council, held at the Shenkman Arts Centre on Thursday, October 29, 2015.
Cassandra Olsthoorn, program manager with the AOE Arts Council, was part of a team that worked for months constructing the papier mache cemetery entranceway arches and gravestones for the Halloween-themed ARTinis, an annual benefit soirée for the AOE Arts Council, held at the Shenkman Arts Centre on Thursday, October 29, 2015.
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