Community Outreach

Arteast Ottawa is a not-for-profit art organization that promotes bringing visual art into our community. Arteast’s Community Outreach program hosts many art related projects each year.

Our Goal

Our goal is to reach those who might otherwise not have the opportunity to participate in the visual arts. We have been actively involved in the community outreach programs since 1996.

Community Projects

Outreach operates on a project by project basis. We work collaboratively with community organizations such as the Tulip Festival, Therapeutic Recreation Specialists (Acquired Brain Injury Day Program and Variety East), Garry J. Armstrong Home as well as projects that help individual well-being.

Arteast has provided adults and children in the community a variety of specialized workshops suited to their learning abilities, emotional and intellectual challenges. Through partnering with Arteast members, we are always looking to use art as a tool for the promotion of well-being. Some of the workshops include watercolour painting, still life painting, painting 5 foot tulips,and colour mixing classes.

Partner with Arteast Ottawa

If your organization would like to partner with Arteast for an art activity in our community, please contact Pira Urosevic .

Volunteer With the Community Outreach Program

We are always looking for Arteast Ottawa members interested in volunteering in the Community Outreach Program. Contact Pira Urosevic , Community Outreach or Rashmi Rekha Gupta, Volunteer Coordinator.

2025 Community Outreach Activities

This outreach event is part of the ongoing, once a month commitment Arteast has with the Post-stroke and Acquired brain injury group to provide a painting activity.

Arteast’s April Outreach Event at the Bob MacQuarrie Recreation Complex. Thanks to Gwen Cowan, Moira Duchesne, Doreen Dyet, Lynne Ethier, Marie Lanoue and Pira Urosevic who all assisted the artists painting a vibrant, faux stained glass image featuring Spring tulips.

Arteast’s March Outreach Event at the Bob MacQuarrie Recreation Complex. Thanks to Gwen Cowan, Moira Duchesne, Doreen Dyet, Istvan Jobst, Monique Laframboise, Susan Tudin and Pira Urosevic who all assisted the artists creating a Spring-themed painting featuring crocuses poking up through melting snow amidst clumps of birch trees.

Arteast’s February 2025 Outreach Event at the Bob MacQuarrie Recreation Complex. Thanks to Allyson Leudtke, Marie Lanoue, Lynne Ethier, Monique Laframboise, Istvan Jobst and Pira Urosevic who all assisted the artists in painting a bunch of brightly coloured balloons pulling a girl skyward.

Arteast’s January 2025 Outreach Event at the Bob MacQuarrie Recreation Complex. Thanks to Allyson Leudtke, Moira Duchesne, Doreen Dyet, Lynee Ethier , Istvan Jobst and Pira Urosevic who all assisted the artists in painting a crazy chicken to get the new year started with lots of smiles.

2024 Community Outreach Activities

Arteast’s November Event at the Bob MacQuarrie Recreation Complex. Thanks to Allyson Leudtke, Marie Lanoue, Monique Laframboise, Doreen Dyet, Nadine Harper and Pira Urosevic who all assisted the artists in painting a cheerful VW Beetle.

Arteast’s October outreach event at Bob MacQuarrie Recreation Complex. Thanks to Allyson Luedtke, Istvan Jobst, Marie Lanoue, Monique Laframboise and Pira Urosevic who all assisted the artists in painting a cute fox sitting by the shore under a starry night sky.

Arteast’s September outreach event at Bob MacQuarrie Recreation Complex. Thanks to Allyson Luedtke, Istvan Jobst, Marie Lanoue, Christian Grivon, Monique Laframboise, Lynne Ethier and Pira Urosevic who all assisted the artists in their creation a painting featuring wind sculpted trees along a northern Ontario shoreline.