Martello Alley art gallery in Kingston, Ontario
Take a stroll through Martello Alley in downtown Kingston, the city's newest outdoor/indoor art gallery. Meet David Dossett, curator and artist and the visionary of this cool space he created for Kingston residents.
Walk About Kingston - Episode 3 - Hidden Gems
Walk About Kingston - Episode 3 - Hidden Gems. You can read about them and the artists here:
Martello Alley in its winter glory. Taken 2017-02-12
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Town Crier Chris Whyman Froid'Art Official Launch at Martello Alley @MartelloAlley @FroidArtKTown
Froid'Art Official Launch at Martello Alley @MartelloAlley @FroidArtKTown via YouTube Capture
Martello Alley Presents Froid’Art 2019
Experience the beauty of winter in Kingston. Experience Froid’Art 2019, presented by Martello Alley.
Artwork by: David Dossett, Annette Bruneau, Cathie Hamilton, Heidi Larkman, Katy Diederichs, classe de Mme Dossett École Rideau Public, Wesley Dossett, Lori Kallay and Kyla Mayne. Map is available at Martello Alley Facebook page
Downpour at Martello Alley
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Martello Alley - Video Sketch Felix Joly 20014220
SPIRITLEAF KINGSTON STORE OPENING
Spiritleaf Opened its doors in Kingston Ontario this April! Take a look.
Spiritleaf Store Opening
A snippet of our store and staff as we opened our doors last month!
Art explosion at Martello Alley
ART EXPLOSION!!!
Martello Alley has been filled to the brim with art from Kingston artists! All proceeds go to pay for the OMB appeal for the Capital Condo.
We have works from Babi Sugarman, Sylvat Aziz, Tim DeRose, Barb Carr, Hennie Marsh, Sunny Kerr, and many more!
City of Kingston - IAP2 Canada 2019 Organization of the Year Award Recipient
Kingston wins when you engage! The City of Kingston has been named the International Association of Public Participation (IAP2) Canada’s Organization of the Year. This award recognizes the commitment to IAP2 core values aimed at ensuring transparency and inclusive involvement in City efforts. This video offers an overview of the award-winning work that has fundamentally changed the way the City engages with residents. The City has held 120+ in-person engagements and 70+ online engagements since its engagement program was approved by council in October 2017. Share. Participate. Engage
Ivory Hour having a session at Martello Alley
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Part Three of My Tour of Studio 22 Kingston with Hersh Jacob
Part Three of my tour of beautiful Studio 22 overlooking historic Market Square at 320 King Street E (2nd Floor) in Kingston, August 1st , 2010 with owner/proprietor Hersh Jacob (tel. toll-free 866 842 9895). The website for Studio 22/The Idea Manufactory is s22.ca. The third leg of the tour shows photography by local Bruce Millen, Encaustic by Susan Wallis, paintings by Jacquiline Staikos, drawings by Rebecca Cowan, and Paintings and drawing by Frank Danielson
Kingston Mills Locks - Winter 2017
Murdoch Mysteries filming in Kingston
Welcome to Kingston to the cast and crew of Murdoch Mysteries! I took some pictures and video of the market square on the way to Martello Alley, and I’m posting them here. You can even see Yannick Bisson meeting the crowd before filming.
Speaking of Martello Alley, wouldn’t it be great as a location if the script ever called for them to go to Paris?
Froid’Art 2020 map is here!
It is so exciting to be writing about Froid'Art 2020! And now we are pleased to announce that the map is available for download from our latest blog at our website MartelloAlley.com
In case you haven’t heard of Downtown Kingston’s public art display that is so Canadian it may get you to miss (dare we say) a hockey game for an evening; then please, let us tell you what all the fuss is about!
It's been five years since Kingston artist David Dossett got tired of gloomy, long, bland winters. While Kingston is a truly beautiful city, the fact is that it is made of limestone. Not the brightest colour of rock, but hey, our founders had to work with what they had. In winter this grey can be, well, kind of depressing.
The answer was ART! To an artist, the answer is always art regardless of the question. So David created Froid'Art. 2-dimensional art, frozen into 300 pound blocks of crystal clear ice. WOW!
No one had ever done anything like this before, but that is David's style. If you're unconvinced, go to his art gallery-Martello Alley in downtown Kingston. You'll understand.
For five years local artists have been creating images on Plexiglass. These are then frozen into giant ice cubes and are placed around downtown Kingston in partnership with local businesses and residents who act as sponsors. For extra zing, or the evening walkers among us, the installations are equipped with lighting. The glow of the art at night is magical and really something to be seen.
It is the partnerships formed over the past five years by both business and many media outlets that have kept Froid'Art a go to event in Eastern Ontario. On behalf of David Dossett, the local artists who have contributed and Martello Alley, thank you for your continued support.
Last winter we feared that it would be our last. Sponsorship and installation issues were a losing snowball fight. With a few tweaks to funding timelines and such, we can proudly say We're Back and we can't wait for you to see what we have in ice for 2020.
A wonderful, artful twist of fate has seen a second Froid'Art exhibit in Lacombe, Alberta. We are so proud to have inspired another community to embrace our Canadian winter through art.
Think cold thoughts; its crazy, we know but the art lasts until the ice melts.
Have an artful day,
Lori Kallay
Martello Alley
Confederation Park Kingston Ontario
A quick look at Confederation Park located in downtown Kingston. It is directly across from our historic city hall and overlooks the marina.
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A night at the PWOR Museum Kingston Ontario
Curator Bob Pollitt recounts some history of the museum, the Princess of Wales Own Regiment and the 21st Battalion CEF
Permission from the PWOR Museum
Kingston Ancient
Kingston Ancient is a comparative documentary piece about two cultural heritage, educational, tourist attractions. One is a manor house, the other is an experimental archaeology centre. Both institutions attempt to represent the past and achieve this through different methods. The piece brings together interviews with the curator of the manor house and the program leader from the archaeology centre. The video is about approaches to representing the past.
Froid D'art in Kingston, Ontario: Art in Ice
Froid'Art Art in Ice is an annual outdoor public art show in Kingston. CogecoTV's newsmagzine program K-Town Source visited Martello Alley recently to find out more about the event from founder David Dossett and a couple of the other artists involved with the project.