Arteast's Featured Artist


Carol Leslie Anderson-Dorofi is our featured artist.

Carol Leslie Anderson-Dorofi has been painting in watercolour for over 20 years, in oils for 5 years and teaching watercolour painting for 10 years at various venues, including the Ottawa Carleton District School Board, numerous community centres in Ottawa and Gatineau and for many years at the former Visual Arts Centre Orleans (VACO). She volunteers her time with Arteast, the Ottawa Art Association, the Ottawa Tulip Festival, was formerly on the Board of Directors of VACO and is sought after as a jury member for exhibitions in various Ontario/Quebec locations.

An award winning artist, she has participated in numerous group shows in the National Capital Region, including Promenade Arteast, the Ottawa Art Festival, Tulip Festival and has held many successful solo exhibitions in Ottawa, Gatineau and Brussels. Painting mainly landscapes and florals, her artistic goal is to capture special moments which provide a sense of peace and contentment into which viewers can retreat at the end of the day.

Her paintings are privately held throughout North America, Europe, Japan, Austrailia and New Zealand and are in the public collection of the tiny towns of Sablet and Serguet, in Provence. They can also be seen 'live' at Galerie Old Chelsea, or online at www.galerieoldchelsea.ca and www.arteastottawa.com




Member News


Arteast, Grow with Art presents a two day workshop in English with Andrea Warren, of Golden Acrylics, Acrylic Possibilities for the Mixed Media Artist. Where: Queenswood Heights Community Centre. Two days: Saturday Feb. 6 from 10:00 to 4:30 and Sunday Feb. 7, from 9:00 to.4:00. Cost for members is $150.00 and non-members is $170.00. THINGS TO BRING: Brushes and palette knives. Contact: Mary Ann Varley, Lead Co-ordinator, Grow with Art at 613-745-2996 varleys@rogers.com / L'Art en herbe d'ARTEAST offre un atelier de deux jours (anglais seulement) avec Andrea Warren, représentante de "Golden Acrylics" Intitulé. "Les possibilités en acrylique pour la technique mixte". Endroit : Centre communautaire Queenswood Heights. Samedi, le 6 f*eacutevrier de 10 h à 16 h 30 et Dimanche, le 7 février, de 9 h à 16 heures. Coût : 150 $ pour les membres, 170 $ pour les non-membres. À APPORTER : pinceaux et couteaux à palette. Contact : Mary Ann Varley, Coordonnatrice en chef, L'Art en herbe au 613.745.2996 varleys@rogers.com. CLICK HERE for the registration form in Word format. CLICK HERE for the registration form in PDF format.

The January 2010 Arteast Newsletter is now available. Click HERE to read it.


The Arteast Bylaws are now available. Click HERE for the English PDF version. Click HERE for the French PFD version.


Invitations for the upcoming Long Serving Volunteers - Arteast Promenade. Click HERE if you would like more information or to print the invitations.

Check out the Grow with Art brochures for 2009-2010. Grow with Art - English Brochure and Grow with Art - French Brochure

See who the winners were of the 28th Annual Art & Photo Exhibition - Winners. Click HERE.

Notice to all members: The Rules and Application documents for the 2010 exhibition to be held at the Shenkman Art Centre, Trinity Art Gallery are now available under the FORMS section of the web site or by clicking HERE. You will find a description of the theme listed under the Gallery section.

Arteast has a new address. As of June 5th, the new address in the Shenkman Centre is: AOE: Attention Arteast, Box 5, 245 Centrum Blvd., Orleans, Ontario K1E 0A1


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This website was last updated January 21, 2010.