These beautiful photographs were taken at the Beaver Pond Forest (South March Highlands) in Kanata, Ontario as a way to preserve these magnificent trees that are being destroyed by a company to build houses.
Tuesday, April 23, 2013
Exhibition "Finding the Extraordinary . . ."
These beautiful photographs were taken at the Beaver Pond Forest (South March Highlands) in Kanata, Ontario as a way to preserve these magnificent trees that are being destroyed by a company to build houses.
Tuesday, March 19, 2013
Exhibition - San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Gilda was invited by Atenea Gallery in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico to present her mixed media pieces from the series Ancient Symbols. This series depicts the mysticism and symbolism of pre Columbian cultures such as the Mayas and the Aztecs.
On February 24, 2013
gilda presented her mixed media pieces and her photographs
at "Puente Viejo" Club House in San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
Gilda with Silvia Estefan Karam
during the opening of the exhibition
During the
month of February 2013, Gilda participated with Andree Christensen, Naz
Ikramullah and Bina Mirza in the exhibition Mixed Media Collages at
Rothwell Gallery, Ottawa, Ont. Canada
Tuesday, November 13, 2012
Saturday, September 22, 2012
PREMIO OHTLI
On September 15, 2012 the Ambassador of Mexico in Canada H.E. Francisco Barrio, on behalf of the Government of Mexico, awarded Gilda Pontbriand the "Premio Ohtli".
Gilda with Araceli Tyo
She has donated more than 50 pieces of art and helped in the organization of fundraising events to help organizations such as the Ottawa General Hospital, the Canadian Leukemia Study Group, the Lung Association, the Ovarian Cancer Society, Children’s Aid Foundation, The National Arts Centre Dance Group, Doctors Without Borders, etc., as well as to help people in Peru, Mexico, Bolivia, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Niger, etc. when those countries have been affected by natural disasters.
Gilda with Maruka Comtois
Gilda with Nora Bustamante
The prize called Ohtli
is awarded by the Government of Mexico to Mexicans who have dedicated their lives, as
volunteers, to promote their culture and who have opened the way for other
Mexicans who have arrived in Canada. For
the aboriginal people of Mexico
called Nahuas, the words Melahuac Ohtli meant the “right way”; the one that your
heart asks you to follow and the one that would take you to your destiny.
Gilda started
promoting Mexican and Latin American culture 25 years ago by organizing over
150 exhibitions of paintings/photography and dozens of concerts, gastronomic and
film festivals, conferences, workshops, etc., etc. She was the founder of the first Association
of Latin American Artists in Canada,
member of the first Mexican folkloric ballet in Ottawa, first Mexican who offered cooking
classes at the Ottawa Carleton Board of Education and first curator and organizer of annual Latin
American art exhibitions for over 12 years.
For many years she devoted herself to find a place in Ottawa
to install the sculpture of Mexican artist Leonardo Nierman and in 2007 the Embassy
of Mexico unveiled the sculpture at the National Arts Centre in Ottawa.
She has donated more than 50 pieces of art and helped in the organization of fundraising events to help organizations such as the Ottawa General Hospital, the Canadian Leukemia Study Group, the Lung Association, the Ovarian Cancer Society, Children’s Aid Foundation, The National Arts Centre Dance Group, Doctors Without Borders, etc., as well as to help people in Peru, Mexico, Bolivia, Honduras, El Salvador, Guatemala, Niger, etc. when those countries have been affected by natural disasters.
Gilda with Maruka Comtois
Gilda with Nora Bustamante
Monday, September 17, 2012
Latinamerican Heritage Day 2012
Gilda was selected to represent Mexico at the Latin American Heritage Day celebrations in Ottawa, Canada. "Dia de la Herencia Latinoamericana en Canadá"
Hundreds of people gathered at Ottawa City Hall on September 8, 2012 to celebrate, for third year in a row, the Latin American Heritage Day.
Gilda presented two of her latest paintings from the Ancient Symbols series entitled Mayan Kines and Aztec Calendar.
Lilia Faulkner, curator of the show, brought together the best artists from Latin American countries such as Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Chile, Colombia, etc. which made the exhibition a memorable one, according to critics.
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson attended the ceremonies together with other members of the municipal and provincial governments.
" Mayan Kines"
Mixed Media on Board
Aztec Calendar
Mixed Media on paper
Hundreds of people gathered at Ottawa City Hall on September 8, 2012 to celebrate, for third year in a row, the Latin American Heritage Day.
Gilda presented two of her latest paintings from the Ancient Symbols series entitled Mayan Kines and Aztec Calendar.
Lilia Faulkner, curator of the show, brought together the best artists from Latin American countries such as Peru, Mexico, Guatemala, Honduras, Chile, Colombia, etc. which made the exhibition a memorable one, according to critics.
Ottawa Mayor Jim Watson attended the ceremonies together with other members of the municipal and provincial governments.
" Mayan Kines"
Mixed Media on Board
Aztec Calendar
Mixed Media on paper
Friday, July 6, 2012
Pintoras Latinoamericanas
A group of Latin American Artists presented the exhibition "Ellas, su Pasión y su Arte...." at the St. Brigid's centre for the Arts in Ottawa, Ontario on May 23, 2012. Lilia Faulkner, organizer of the event, invited artists from Mexico, Peru, Cuba, Costa Rica, Venezuela and Chile among others.
Wednesday, May 16, 2012
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