Photo: Carving out new skills in Ottawa

Charlie Manning, left, and Neil Evaglok, use files to grind down chunks of serpentine stone July 23 during a free weekly carving drop-in workshop offered this summer by the Ottawa Inuit Children’s Centre. Facilitator Dion Metcalfe said the centre is in the process of hiring a full-time art coordinator who will organize different kinds of art programs this fall such as carving, visual arts and sewing. TD Bank recently paid for four dust vacuum stations where aspiring artists can learn to use power tools on stone indoors without the room filling with dust. Read more about the program later on Nunatsiaqonline.ca. (PHOTO BY LISA GREGOIRE)