Ottawa Artist Claude Latour to Unveil his Latest Works at Patrick Gordon Framing

 Chances are you know Claude Latour. Even if you have never met the Ottawa artist, his most notable work, Monz, a moose antler-styled bench, sits gracefully at the edge of the Flora Street Footbridge and Queen Elizabeth Driveway. In 2019, Latour premiered the inaugural Makwa exhibition, followed by a second,

Anishinaabe artist Claude Latour brings modernity and art together with Makwa’s Horizon.

 ABOVE: Kitigan Zibi Anishinaabeg First Nation artist Claude Latour and his public art bench titled Monz. If you’ve strolled down the Rideau Canal on a summer walk or a winter skate, you’ve likely spotted Claude Latours’ work. The Kitigan Zibi Anishinaabeg artist’s beautiful bench Monz sits gracefully at the foot of Flora footbridge.

Acclaimed Algonquin artist Claude Latour’s public art piece is installed at the Flora Footbridge

 The sleek new Flora Footbridge (named after former the legendary Conservative MP and Foreign Affairs Minister Flora MacDonald) crosses Colonel By Drive and links the Old Ottawa East and Glebe communities via Clegg Street and Fifth Avenue. It opened with little fanfare in June 2019 and this new public space has