That’s right – if you’re in our nation’s captial and want to see the new Canon EOS 7D in action, you have 4 opportunities to do so. We’ve got demonstrations taking place Thursday, Oct. 9 at 4:30, 5:30, 6:30 & 7:30 pm. And, like the Toronto show, space is limited, so make sure you register in advance. Canon representative Neil Stephenson and pro photographer Errol McGihon will be on hand to put the new Canon powerhouse through its paces & answer any questions you may have.

What: Ottawa VIP Event | Download the Invite PDF
When: Thursday, October 29, 2009, 4–8 p.m.
Where: 499 Bank Street (Our new Ottawa store) View Map

Food – Refreshments – Music – Gifts – WIN an EOS 7D
Pro Photographer shooting live models
Draw for prizes – Special product pricing

Not only will you get to see the EOS 7D in action and test drive it for yourself… you get to check out our BRAND NEW digs. As of October 19, Vistek Ottawa has a new home at 499 Bank Street (at Argyle), just 2 blocks south of where we are now. The new 7,500 square foot facility will have more of all the amazing gear, equipment and rentals you’ve come to expect from Vistek – and that’s reason enough alone to celebrate!

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Glenbow Museum (Calgary, AB)
Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway (June 20 – Sept. 20, 2009)
→ Includes works by 20 artists who travelled west on the railroad promised by Sir John A. Macdonald in 1871. The artists featured in this exhibition captured images of the prairie and the mountains in over 130 art works and photographs from Glenbow, and from public and private collections in Canada and the United States.

Vancouver Art Gallery (Vancouver, BC)
Andreas Gursky: Werke/Works 80-08 (until Sept. 20. 2009)
→ More than 70 works from throughout his career, reaching back in time to his student days at the Folkwang Hochschule Essen, followed by the period in which he studied in the class taught by Bernd and Hilla Becher at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.

Anthony Hernandez (until Sept. 7, 2009)
→ The first Canadian exhibition of this Los Angeles artist’s work, Anthony Hernandez will present a remarkable collection of photographs from the 1970s and 1980s.

Stan Douglas: Klatsassin (until Sept. 13, 2009)
→ In addition to the video installation (Klatsassin) and a body of black & white portrait photographs of the video’s principal characters , this exhibition  includes a Group of Seven location photographs of sites as diverse as Barkerville, Quesnel Forks, Stanley and Vancouver.

National Gallery of Canada (Ottawa, ON)
Scott McFarland: A Cultivated View (until Sept. 13, 2009)
→ While not an exhibit actually taking place on the west coast, McFarland’s is a major body of work focused on Vancouver gardens.

Have you got an upcoming exhibit you’d like to promote? Let us know – we’re more than happy to give you a shout out.

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