Francis Cooper, Upon Waking, chalk pastel on toned paper, 16″x12″, 2022 From Within is a virtual art exhibit that will provide audiences with Indigenous personal art study from four artists, are Frances Cooper (metis), Annie Courchene (Anishinaabe), Tess Ray Houston (Metis), and Kristy Janvier (Dene), all Manitobans, whose artwork reflects each personal artistic self-expression that using Land as the foundational base within their […]
Join Zoom (Meeting ID: 857 9874 3111) This webinar will focus on requesting funding from Manitoba Arts Council (MAC) to be able to attend MB Showcase in Portage la Prairie October 27-30, 2022. It will be geared towards arts administrators, including volunteer art administrators of rural arts organizations. Why do I need to apply for a […]
Free for Members; $10 for Non-Members (registration link provided below) Reconciliation Statements are an important addition for all arts & culture organizations. Reconciliation Statements allow for your organization to establish purposeful actions towards reconciliation and help to enhance the relationships being fostered within your community, while also addressing such Calls to Action as: Missing Murdered […]
Free for Members; $10 for Non-Members (registration link for non-members provided below) Following Part 1 to the series, participants will be given the time to draft their Reconciliation Statements and email their drafts to Albert before the 2nd session, where a few examples will be chosen (based on consent) to review during the session. -- […]
This annual exhibition features award-winning artworks in a variety of media by over 50 rural and northern Manitoba artists from the regional juried arts shows held across Manitoba each year. Artwork submitted to regional Juried Art Shows are selected to participate in MRNJAS each year. Previously hosted in person, this year the show will be […]
Maada’ookii: s/he distributes something, distributes gifts, shares something with others. Presented in partnership with Manitoba Arts Network and the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba One of the values within Indigenous ways of knowing is sharing and reciprocity, which resulted in the name for this exhibition. These recent artworks by Kristy Janvier, Annie Courchene, Frances Cooper […]
This webinar will focus on preparing your application to Manitoba Arts Council (MAC) for their Support-Operating Grant, with a special focus on Category D of the application. It will be geared towards arts administrators, including volunteer art administrators of rural arts organizations. Shawna Dempsey is an established artist and Co-Executive Director of Mentoring Artists for […]
This exhibition encourages seeing animals as beings with thoughts and feelings but it is interesting to note that the personalities and emotions we ascribe to animals are not likely to be their actual feelings but are based on our human perceptions.
Mind and Heart is a series of black ink drawings and alcohol ink paintings exploring the connection between neuroscience and the human heart. Victoria’s work is inspired by the drawings and cell-stained illuminations of neuroscientists Santiago Ramon y Cajal and Camillo Golgi. Golgi created a staining technique making brain cells (neurons) visible under the microscope. Deeply […]
Nets are patterns that catch and hold. The patterns of our lives also ensnare us. Often, those patterns are beneficial routines, but there are many patterns that hold us back. This series of work is a consideration of patterns generally as well as the work it takes to construct and deconstruct those patterns.
One golden autumn day, I looked skyward to the honking of southbound Canada Geese. Reminded of practicing scales on the piano with each bird a note, I envisioned a musical staff superimposed, or “tagged”, over the iconic flying V formation. Suddenly, musical notes and sounds seemed to be hiding everywhere.
