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A well-known and popular couple with long and deep roots to the Ottawa Art Gallery (OAG) has stepped forward and donated $100,000 toward the gallery’s capital campaign, it was announced at a reception Thursday to launch of the gallery’s latest art exhibitions.
The generous gift from Glenn McInnes, who co-founded the municipal gallery and served as its first board chair, and his wife, Barbara, retired president and CEO of the Community Foundation of Ottawa, will go toward the creation of a third-floor gallery to be named after them at the OAG’s expanded new building.
From left, Mayo Graham with Ottawa philanthropists Barbara McInnes and Glenn McInnes, and Tina Sarellas, regional president of RBC, at the Ottawa Art Gallery on Thursday, February 18, 2016, for the announcement of the McInnes’s $100,000 to the OAG’s capital campaign and RBC ‘s gift of $50,000 to support aboriginal exhibitions.
“In a small way, we’re giving this gift to all of the artists who have made this a better community,” McInnes, a passionate contemporary art collector and arts advocate, told the crowd with his wife at his side. “Art enhances where we live. It challenges us. Having art in our lives is like being surrounded constantly by friends. We can share this love of art with our children and our friends and our whole community.”
The McInneses’ donation follows on the heels of $50,000 unveiled last fall from McInnes and the gallery’s inaugural director, Mayo Graham, toward a Founders Lobby. It will be located on the mezzanine level, next to the new Firestone Gallery.
From left, artist Russell Yuristy with his wife, Mayo Graham, the first ever director of the Ottawa Art Gallery, and its current board chair, lawyer Lawson Hunter, at a VIP reception held at the gallery on Thursday, February 18, 2016, to announce another $100,000 gift to the gallery’s capital campaign.
In attendance for the announcement were OAG staff and board members, including its chair, lawyer Lawson Hunter, who’s also head of the capital campaign (he’s already given $100,000 out of his own pocket). Others in the crowd included local artists and city councillors Jean Cloutier, Mathieu Fleury and Tobi Nussbaum.
From left, Ottawa city councillors Jean Cloutier (Alta Vista), Mathieu Fleury (Rideau-Vanier), OAG director and CEO Alexandra Badzak, and Ottawa city councillor Tobi Nussbaum (Rideau-Rockcliffe) at a VIP reception held at the Ottawa Art Gallery on Thursday, February 18, 2016, to announce a $100,000 gift to the gallery’s capital campaign.
Also announced that night was $50,000 from the RBC Emerging Artists Project to support the gallery’s aboriginal exhibitions. From the Royal Bank was its regional president, Tina Sarellas.
From left, Claudia Chowaniec and Lilly Koltun, both board members with the Ottawa Art Gallery, were seen at a reception held at the gallery on Thursday, February 18, 2016, to announce the latest gift to the gallery’s capital campaign.
From left, RBC’s Sue-Ellen Holst with the bank’s regional president, Tina Sarellas, and Ottawa city councillor Mathieu Fleury, and Anika Reza, also with RBC, at the Ottawa Art Gallery on Thursday, February 18, 2016, for the announcement of the bank’s $50,000 gift to support aboriginal exhibitions at the gallery.
The gallery is more than half way toward achieving its fundraising campaign’s $3.5-million goal. Its new and improved building is slated to open in 2017 and will have a new address of 50 Mackenzie King Bridge.
carolyn001@sympatico.ca
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The generous gift from Glenn McInnes, who co-founded the municipal gallery and served as its first board chair, and his wife, Barbara, retired president and CEO of the Community Foundation of Ottawa, will go toward the creation of a third-floor gallery to be named after them at the OAG’s expanded new building.
From left, Mayo Graham with Ottawa philanthropists Barbara McInnes and Glenn McInnes, and Tina Sarellas, regional president of RBC, at the Ottawa Art Gallery on Thursday, February 18, 2016, for the announcement of the McInnes’s $100,000 to the OAG’s capital campaign and RBC ‘s gift of $50,000 to support aboriginal exhibitions.
“In a small way, we’re giving this gift to all of the artists who have made this a better community,” McInnes, a passionate contemporary art collector and arts advocate, told the crowd with his wife at his side. “Art enhances where we live. It challenges us. Having art in our lives is like being surrounded constantly by friends. We can share this love of art with our children and our friends and our whole community.”
The McInneses’ donation follows on the heels of $50,000 unveiled last fall from McInnes and the gallery’s inaugural director, Mayo Graham, toward a Founders Lobby. It will be located on the mezzanine level, next to the new Firestone Gallery.
From left, artist Russell Yuristy with his wife, Mayo Graham, the first ever director of the Ottawa Art Gallery, and its current board chair, lawyer Lawson Hunter, at a VIP reception held at the gallery on Thursday, February 18, 2016, to announce another $100,000 gift to the gallery’s capital campaign.
In attendance for the announcement were OAG staff and board members, including its chair, lawyer Lawson Hunter, who’s also head of the capital campaign (he’s already given $100,000 out of his own pocket). Others in the crowd included local artists and city councillors Jean Cloutier, Mathieu Fleury and Tobi Nussbaum.
From left, Ottawa city councillors Jean Cloutier (Alta Vista), Mathieu Fleury (Rideau-Vanier), OAG director and CEO Alexandra Badzak, and Ottawa city councillor Tobi Nussbaum (Rideau-Rockcliffe) at a VIP reception held at the Ottawa Art Gallery on Thursday, February 18, 2016, to announce a $100,000 gift to the gallery’s capital campaign.
Also announced that night was $50,000 from the RBC Emerging Artists Project to support the gallery’s aboriginal exhibitions. From the Royal Bank was its regional president, Tina Sarellas.
From left, Claudia Chowaniec and Lilly Koltun, both board members with the Ottawa Art Gallery, were seen at a reception held at the gallery on Thursday, February 18, 2016, to announce the latest gift to the gallery’s capital campaign.
From left, RBC’s Sue-Ellen Holst with the bank’s regional president, Tina Sarellas, and Ottawa city councillor Mathieu Fleury, and Anika Reza, also with RBC, at the Ottawa Art Gallery on Thursday, February 18, 2016, for the announcement of the bank’s $50,000 gift to support aboriginal exhibitions at the gallery.
The gallery is more than half way toward achieving its fundraising campaign’s $3.5-million goal. Its new and improved building is slated to open in 2017 and will have a new address of 50 Mackenzie King Bridge.
carolyn001@sympatico.ca
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