Join us for Possible Worlds’ last event in our Chinatown location before we move to our new digs in Hintonburg!

Stop by for DJ beats, live sets, refreshments and a peek into our crowdfunding campaign launching March 4.

Plus find out more about our 2020 exhibitions, workshops and how you can get involved with PW this year. We have lots planned for our five year anniversary and in our new space. 

Thank you to all the artists, collaborators, customers, friends and family who have supported PW during our five years on Somerset Street West.

Entry is free and open to all.

Join us for our last event before the holidays to celebrate!

Thanks to all the artists, collaborators, customers, friends and family who have supported PW this year.

Stop by for yuletide beats, refreshments, holiday cheer, and some big news.

We'll be open late for your last minute shopping. Pick up unique art x vinyl from Canadian and international artists for your holiday gifts and stocking stuffers.

Plus find out more about our 2020 exhibitions, workshops and how you can get involved with PW next year. And it's a great opportunity to check out PW in Chinatown if you've never been before! 

Entry is free and open to all.

PW is turning 4! Join us to celebrate with the opening of a new exhibition and launches:

> Opening of exhibition and launch of artist edition by interdisciplinary artist Kimberly Edgar (Toronto/Dawson City/Ottawa), The Purpose is to Feel Deeply, runs March 8-31, 2019

> Launch of the Possible Worlds Alternative Arts, Culture and Resource Online Map

> Find out more about our 2019 exhibitions, workshops, silkscreening 2.0, mobile art studio, meetups and other new initiatives this year

> DJ beats by Jason Skilz throughout the night

> Anniversary treats and refreshments

A portion of sales from the anniversary weekend will go towards our new PW Community Silkscreening Scholarships.

Entry is free.

This event takes place on the second-floor of a plaza and is only accessible by stairs (unfortunately there is no ramp or elevator).

We acknowledge that PW is located on unceded Algonquin territory.

"You can't be what you can't see".
-Marian Wright Edelman, American activist

2019 promises to be an exciting period for PW, with new ways of seeing and doing. This includes expanded opening hours, a slightly revamped website and physical space, new programs, initiatives, collaborations and exchanges - some of which we have already launched - in addition to fresh art and music in shop. 

Co-Director Melanie Yugo will be committed to PW full-time, alongside other key volunteers and collaborators. We will continue to provide an inclusive art and music platform that helps advance creative and cultural dialogue in Ottawa and beyond.

From a one-year experiment to a community-driven space, numerous PW projects, activities and events have been activated in our 330 square feet home. To staff, volunteers, artists, partners, allies and you, we are truly grateful for your support over the years.

Thank you for joining us in this adventure! We are looking forward to the year ahead.

DOUBLE BOOK LAUNCH: ON THE ORIGIN OF SPECIES BY CINDY DEACHMAN X NEW NATURE BY MATT KING

DATE: Thursday, December 15, 2016, 7:00-10:00 PM
WEBSITE: possibleworldsshop.com
INSTAGRAM: @possworldsshop
For inquiries, contact info@possibleworldsshop.com

As part of our Possible Worlds holiday party and December mega launch, we're celebrating the releases of two Ottawa-based creatives: 
* On the Origin of Species by Cindy Deachman
* New Nature by Matthew Isaac King

If you can't make the event, you can purchase the books in our online shop.

On the Origin of Species - By Cindy Deachman (Ottawa)

DESCRIPTION
A curiosity.
Select pages from On the Origin of Species overlaid with images. Words and pictures drift in & out. A witty Los Caprichos aquatint by Goya; an anonymous depiction of the comet of 1664; but also drawings by Cindy Deachman, the artist who put this book together. Art, then science. Past, then present. All melds together in a poetic rendering of Darwin’s revolutionary classic.

BIOGRAPHY

Born 1954
Studied art at OCAD University & New School of Art, Toronto
Exhibited work in Ontario & Quebec
Published art/food/science mag Burnt toast (2003-7) 
Not dead yet

When I was 11, I had an idea to snare rabbits in the neighbouring woods. Surprisingly, I managed to scrounge twine for a noose from the basement. Unfortunately though, the catching of rabbits came to nothing. So I turned to communicating with groundhogs instead, crouching, holding my breath, at the entrance to their holes. 

At 12, I discovered that ants are like humans, both being social creatures and all. But when I watched those insects running around every which way, willy-nilly, I wondered. Should I really believe the myrmecologists?

Nowadays, I have dreams that put me to sleep, dreams about great mats of algae clamouring onto dry land. Once awake, I make stuff up. Ghostly Jimson weeds with white wax. Shadow boxes with mackerel skin. Each time I make something, I think I've nailed it—yes, this is what I meant to say. After that though, everything turns hazy and I'm left scratching my head. So I start all over again.

New Nature by Matthew Isaac King

DESCRIPTION

A book of photographs and writing which also documents a series of public installations in which plastic flamingos, sometimes in small AstroTurf environs, were placed throughout the city by the artist. The installations confront physically, the sentiments expressed in the writing; an examination of where our natural place is in a world of shrinking natural spaces. 

"Matthew King re-wilds the city to remind us where we came from, who we were once and no matter how inevitable change becomes, it can be bright pink flamingos, not boring ass beige nothings." 

It’s a MEGALAUNCH and Holiday Party at PW on Thursday, December 15 from 7-10 PM! Join us for our last event before the holidays to celebrate:

• Opening of exhibition/installation by JG JG (Montreal), Fly Seagull Fly, runs December 15 - January 11

• Music Performance x Book Launch: Fly Seagull Fly, co-published by JG and Possible Worlds

• Book launch and reading: Cindy Deachman (Ottawa), On the Origin of Species

• Book launch and installation: Matthew King (Ottawa), New Nature

• All works and books available for purchase that evening.

PLUS...

• Yuletide treats, beats and refreshments throughout the night!

• Pick up unique art x vinyl from Canadian and international artists for

• your last minute shopping and stocking stuffers.

• Find out more about our 2017 exhibitions, workshops and membership program.

• A portion of sales from the night will go towards donating Christmas hampers to the Caring and Sharing Exchange Program.

Entry is free and open to all.

If you can't make it to the event, scroll down to purchase works below or check out our new online shop.