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Audio-Visual Resource Centre The AVRC serves the School for Studies in Art & Culture (SSAC) at Carleton University The Jacques Emond Jazz collection, made up of approximately 3300 LPs.

The Audio-Visual Resource Centre (AVRC) is the resource centre for the School for Studies in Art and Culture (SSAC) in the Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences (FASS) at Carleton University (CU) in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. The AVRC serves the combined faculties of Art History, Music and Film at CU. Our teaching and research collections include:

An Art History and Film Reference Collection (made up thousands of exhibition and sales catalogues, journals and books). Approx. 250,000 35mm slides and to date approx. 101,500 digital images (accessible through a web-based fire-walled system). Original material, largely acquired through donations, has and will continue to play a significant role in our digital image collection development. The Helmutt Schade collection, for example, is comprised of approximately 35,000 images. Our teaching collection is being developed on a course-by-course basis and will compliment subscription-based image resources supported by the Carleton University Library. Approx. 2500 VHS tapes, 2900 DVDs and BDs, 370 Laser Disks, and 5000 16mm films, including approx. one-third of all NFB productions donated by the National Film Board of Canada (partially housed across campus), and to date about a dozen 35mm films. The Archive of Canadian Woman Artists, a multi-media archive made up of thousands of items. The archive was created by the late Natalie Luckyj, former member of the School’s Art History faculty.

09/25/2026

Set in Cameroon during World War I, Jean-Jacques Annaud's debut film BLACK AND WHITE IN COLOR premiered 50 years ago today. The anti-war black comedy later won the Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film, giving the Ivory Coast its sole Oscar.

James McGowan "New Life" at The Gladstone, tonight at 7:30, tomorrow 1:30 or 7:30pm.https://thegladstone.ca/shows/new-li...
09/25/2026

James McGowan "New Life" at The Gladstone, tonight at 7:30, tomorrow 1:30 or 7:30pm.
https://thegladstone.ca/shows/new-life/

Jazz-rock dramedy about a family healing from abuse, rediscovering connection, and rebuilding their lives together.

"... The story is set in 2010, partly in the country and partly in the nearby city, as progressive values are seemingly starting to permeate society. They discover that they need each other to counter homophobia, transphobia, substance abuse, and intimate-partner abuse that they struggle with. Combining emotional ballads and energetic ensemble pieces, this story honours the lives of beautiful, but flawed characters, just like you and me, and offers hope to move past our lonely solitudes for a better, new life surrounded by loved ones who drive us crazy."

Jeffrey Overstreet at LookingCloser reviews the antebellum documentary Natchez
09/22/2026

Jeffrey Overstreet at LookingCloser reviews the antebellum documentary Natchez

In my favorite film of 2026 so far, director Suzannah Herbert gives us a tour of homes that reveal history that Americans ignore to their own peril.

08/19/2026
Tomorrow (Friday) 12:30-3:30 with Indigenous filmmakers Neil Diamond and Joanne Robertson at 412 St Patrick's Building, ...
03/26/2026

Tomorrow (Friday) 12:30-3:30 with Indigenous filmmakers Neil Diamond and Joanne Robertson at 412 St Patrick's Building, Carleton University. "Discussion about the film, their work, and the surprising truths behind the Indigenous imagery buried in history."

Red Fever is a witty and entertaining documentary about the profound – yet hidden – Indigenous influence on Western culture and identity. Join directors Neil Diamond and Joanne Robertson for an in-person screening and discussion about the film, their work, and the surprising truths behind the In...

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