Manitoba Showcase 2024 Highlights
Manitoba Showcase 2024 marked a milestone 40 years of bringing artists, presenters, and arts organizations together to celebrate the power of live performance. This year’s event featured electrifying showcases, insightful industry panels, and invaluable networking opportunities, reinforcing its role as a key platform for fostering the arts in rural Manitoba.
Attendees experienced a dynamic lineup of emerging and established artists, engaged in professional development sessions, and built connections that will shape future touring opportunities. The energy, collaboration, and passion for the arts were undeniable, making this anniversary edition one to remember.
11 Performing Artist Showcases
6 RBC Emerging Performing Artist Showcases
4 Visual Art Exhibitions
Pre-Conference Artist Professional Development
Professional Development Sessions
Ask an Expert Sessions
Networking Events
Block Booking Meeting
Sharing Circle
BENEFITS OF ATTENDING THE MANITOBA SHOWCASE & CONFERENCE
- Support, education, and help for aspiring, emerging, and accomplished Canadian artists from diverse backgrounds.
- Peer-to-peer and one-to-one career advice and information from Manitoba Arts Network staff, specialist advisors, and other showcase artists.
- Block booking meeting to share interest from presenters for the Showcase performances to bring to their communities.
- Block booking opportunities to work with MAN to liaise between presenters and artists/agents to collect bids from presenters and submit tour offers to the showcasing artists/agents.
- Professional development opportunities through seminars, workshops and panel discussions.
- Visual art touring exhibitions for 2025.
- Artist trade-show contact and exhibit room.
- Networking events focused on connecting artists, agents, industry professionals, and arts presenters.
- Exposure to the latest techniques and digital trends to help you stand out from your competition.
Still deciding whether to attend? Click here to hear Anthony Kost from Fire and Water Music Festival share his experience attending the MB Showcase for the first time in 2023.
What Our Delegates Said!
As always, Manitoba Showcase was vital to our programming year. The scope of the offerings, from performing arts to visual arts to professional development, was amazing considering how we managed to pack it all into one weekend.
We were particularly pleased wiht the focus on indigenous arts, culture, and practices at this year’s Showcase event. We came away with reams of new ideas and advice on how to carry on and move forward as an arts centre in Manitoba.
As Presenters, Manitoba Showcase is the most important event for us each year. Manitoba Arts Network helps us to select performances, attract bigger audiences, and teach us new event management skills
Showcase is a perfect chance to network with our colleagues, and to get excited about the talent and potential shows that we can bring to our communities. We wouldn’t miss it!
Amazing performances and great time to network with other organizations/stakeholders!
Questions?
Registration & Payment Support
Manitoba Arts Network
admin@mbartsnet.ca
1.866.919.2787
Are you new to Showcase and unsure of what to expect? Wondering, “What’s in it for me?”
Jane Ireland
2024 Showcase Ambassador
manitobashowcase@gmail.com
