UnFolding is a Web magazine about the arts in Ottawa. That’s arts, with an “s” because at last count there were about 55 categories of creative production, about 40 more than ever get recognized with awards or, better yet, with funding. UnFolding speaks to artists in every discipline, whether they spell it with a guitar, with the word Slam or without any words at all. This Website does not focus exclusively on creative product but tries to unveil the creative process, hoping people will be inspired or maybe even see something of themselves in it. The magazine section of the site includes features, previews, reviews and news, and is published each month. The events calendar and other sections are updated daily.

If there is a professional creative event happening in and around Ottawa, we’d like to hear about it to include in our calendar. We also have lots of space for stories about creative people because they are the ones with passion in their eyes. The more media, online or off, that reveal this passion, the more this city will find equanimity in its own charm and talent. This is a goal UnFolding wants to contribute to. We’re too old to be edgy, too tired to stay up late; but we do know how to tell stories in which all demographics can find optimism and beauty.

If you like the material on this site, tell a friend; if you don’t, tell an enemy. Or better still tell us.

This Website is run by Mike Levin, a journalist for the past 30 years. He started by covering sports for several daily Canadian newspapers before moving to Asia for 12 years where he reported on business for Asian magazines and contributed regularly to The Globe and Mail, Canadian Press, The Financial Post and The New York Daily News, among other North American media. From 1991 to 1996 he was Billboard magazine’s Far East Bureau Chief. Back in Canada he continued writing about the music industry as well as the arts and sciences. In 2007 he started Kitch Art, a journal of creativity in Ottawa that has since UnFolded.

UnFolding is published by:

Mike Levin – mike@unfolding.ca

Victoria Sunderland – vsunderland@bell.net

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SUBMISSIONS

UnFolding is looking for the following content:

Feature stories and opinions – 600-2000 words

Previews and reviews – 500-1000 words

News and people items – 100-200 words

Contest entries  – 400-800 words

Book excerpts and poetry

Illustrations

Photos

We use 2-4 features, opinions, previews and reviews an issue and currently pay $25 per item for one-time publication rights.

All submissions must be original and never before published in any media.

Please contact mike@unfolding.ca about your submission or with any questions.

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