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MATERIAL SELF: PERFORMING THE OTHER WITHIN SCOTIABANK CONTACT PHOTOGRAPHY FESTIVAL PRIMARY EXHIBITION AT MOCCA David Favrod Charles Fréger Hendrik Kerstens Namsa Leuba Meryl McMaster Dominique Rey Tomoko Sawada |
 Shaped by ancestry, society, and history, material belongings and body embellishments have always served to communicate an individual's sense of self; clothing and possessions are the fundamental elements through which self-image is expressed. As an outward expression of one's inner most sensibilities and subjectivities, people perform their identities and position themselves in relation to the world around them. Influencing how the self is represented and seen, photography plays a significant role in the social and cultural construction of identity. Material Self: Performing the Other Within brings together photo-based works by eight artists from the four corners of the world, all of whom explore the potential of clothing, costume, uniform, and props to communicate character and to draw a bridge across distances. They fuse cultures, traditions, and customs, linking the past to the present through performative gestures that reveal breakdowns in cultural boundaries and the cross-pollination of identities. While many of them reflect upon their heritage, rituals, and the country in which they live, some seek to examine distant mythologies and internal experiences. Each of the artists make use of materials, props, and associated iconographies and signifiers to articulate shifting identities, while challenging stereotypes and fixed expectations. They bring light to the other within, an entity of the self that emerges from their images. Organized with the Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art Curated by David Liss and Bonnie Rubenstein For more information, visit http://scotiabankcontactphoto.com/primary-exhibitions/1829 http://www.mocca.ca/exhibitions/upcoming-exhibitions/ |
Location: Museum of Canadian Contemporary Art (MOCCA) 952 Queen Street West Toronto, ON Exhibition runs: May 2, 2014 - June 1, 2014 Opening Reception: May 2, 2014 7:00 PM Posted: April 2, 2014 |
100TH ANNIVERSARY GALA School of Art |
 Save the date! The School of Art is hosting its 100th Anniversary Gala Fundraising Dinner on April 26, 2014. There will be a silent auction and door prizes. DATE: April 26, 2014 TIME: 6:30 PM LOCATION: 370 ARTlab Seating is limited. Tickets on sale soon. For more information, please visit the School of Art's 100th Anniversary Gala page. |
Location: Room 370 ARTlab 180 Dafoe Road University of Manitoba Fort Garry Campus Date: April 26, 2014 6:30 PM Posted: February 25, 2014 |
100TH ANNIVERSARY SYMPOSIUM: INDIGENIZING THE CAMPUS THROUGH ART School of Art |
 On Saturday, April 26 the School will be sponsoring a symposium Indigenizing the Campus through Art: Past and Future Perspectives. The symposium is free and all are welcome to attend. For more information, visit the School of Art's 100th Anniversary Symposium page. |
Location: Room 136 ARTlab 180 Dafoe Road University of Manitoba Fort Garry Campus Date: April 26, 2014 1 PM - 4:30 PM Posted: February 25, 2014 |
BFA GRADUATING EXHIBITION 2014 School of Art |
Held Annually, the BFA Graduating Exhibition showcases the artwork of 4th year, Bachelor of Fine Arts Honours students present artwork. Exhibition Runs April 19 - 27, 2014 Public Reception Saturday, April 19, 2014 5 PM - 8 PM School Tours are available by appointment. For more information, visit the BFA Graduating Exhibition page. |
Location: ARTlab 180 Dafoe Road University of Manitoba Fort Garry Campus Exhibition Runs: April 19, 2014 - April 27, 2014 Public Reception: April 19, 2014 5 PM - 8 PM Posted: February 25, 2014 |
ON PRINCIPLE: 100 YEARS OF CREATIVE DIRECTION OF THE SCHOOL OF ART School of Art Gallery |
As part of the School of Art's 100th anniversary celebrations, this exhibition traces the history and evolution of the School of Art through a focused presentation of work created by the Principals and Directors both past and present. Please visit the School of Art Gallery's On Principle page for more details.. |
Location: School of Art Gallery Dates: April 17, 2014 - May 23, 2014 Celebratory Reception: April 26, 2014 11AM - 1PM Posted: March 19, 2014 |
WINNIPEG PORTRAIT PRIZE Winnipeg Sketch Club |
 April 5 and 6, 2014 RBC Convention Centre Winnipeg, Rooms 15, 16 Saturday 10:30 am to 8:00 pm and Sunday 11:00 am to 4:00 pm Live Music and Cash Bar Saturday 5:00 to 8:00 pm April 17, 2014 Manitoba Legislative Building 7:00 pm in the Rotunda, Display of the finalists, Winner and People's Choice Awarded April 22 - May 9, 2014 Exhibit to continue in the Keystone Gallery, Manitoba Legislature. |
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METROPOLIS PANEL DISCUSSIONS Oliver Botar Brenda Austin-Smith Julian Pellicano James Manishen Serenity Joo Tina Chen |
 Film Worlds Research Cluster (University of Manitoba) in collaboration with the Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra Description Fritz Lang's 1927 science fiction classic "Metropolis" was a stunning film achievement not only in its time but in ours. The Winnipeg Symphony Orchestra will present this masterpiece of film-making Saturday April 12 with the orchestra performing the gigantic Gottfried Huppertz score live to the movie. There will be 2 panel discussions on Metropolis. Thursday, March 27 McNally Robinson, 7 PM Free and Open to the Public "Fritz Lang's Metropolis - a panel roundtable." Panelists:
Saturday, April 12 Pre-Concert Panel Discussion, Concert Hall, 6:15 PM Tickets available through the WSO box office Panelists:
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Dates: March 27, 2014 7:00 PM McNally Robinson April 12, 2014 6:15 PM Concert Hall Posted: February 25, 2014 |
WALKING WITH OUR SISTERS Urban Shaman Contemporary Aboriginal Gallery |
 Walking With Our Sisters A Commemorative Art Installation for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women of Canada and the United States. EXHIBITION March 21 - April 12, 2014 OPENING RECEPTION & CEREMONY March 21 (Time TBA) GALLERY HOURS Tuesday to Saturday, 10am - 8pm ALL WELCOMED Over 600+ Native women in Canada are reported missing or murdered in the last 20 years. Many vanished without a trace with inadequate inquiry into their disappearance or killing paid by the media, the general public, politicians and even law enforcement. This is a travesty of justice. Walking With Our Sisters is a commemorative art installation created and donated by hundreds of caring and concerned individuals to draw attention to this injustice. Each pair of vamps represents one missing or murdered Indigenous woman. The unfinished moccasins represent the unfinished lives of the women whose lives were cut short by murder. Collectively together the vamps represent all these women; paying respect to their lives and existence on this earth. They are not forgotten. They are sisters, mothers, aunties, daughters, cousins, grandmothers, wives and partners. They have been cared for, they have been loved, they are missing and they have not been forgotten. Moccasins are symbolic of the path a person walks in life and within some traditions; moccasins are placed on the body of the person in death to help them on their journey into the next life. Moccasin vamps are the top part of the moccasin that most often carry adornment of some type, whether beads, quills, embroidery or other materials. Whether fully beaded or partially, different nations have developed their own variations on the size, style, shape and choice of imagery on the vamps. This art exhibit will also bring attention to this issue as the numbers of Indigenous women going missing and becoming murdered continue to grow. According to the most recent research, the numbers are currently estimated as being as high as 824 women and girls missing and murdered in the last twenty years alone. INSTALLATION LOCATION Urban Shaman Contemporary Aboriginal Gallery 203-290 McDermot Ave Winnipeg MB R3B 0T2 p: 204-942-2674 www.urbanshaman.org info@urbanshaman.org The exhibit is currently scheduled to tour to over 31 locations across North America and will wrap up in 2020. This project is being solely supported by donations made by thousands of Indigenous and non-Indigenous men and women across North America. Walking With Our Sisters web site: http://walkingwithoursisters.ca Winnipeg FaceBook Group: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Walking-With-Our-Sisters-Winnipeg-MB/676607989040404 Twitter: @WWOS1 MEDIA INFORMATION Daina Warren- Director of Urban Shaman Gallery E: daina@urbanshaman.org T: 204-942-2674 Marcel Balfour E: mbalfour@manitobachiefs.com T: 204-987-4114 Walking With Our Sisters gratefully acknowledges the support of our friends, volunteers, community and all our relations, Assiniboine Credit Union, The Fort Garry Hotel, The Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs Secretariat Inc., Ma Mawi Wi Chi Itata Centre Inc., Helen Betty Osborne Memorial Foundation, The Native Youth Sexual Health Network (NYSHN) ~GITCHI MIIGWETCH / HAI HAI |
Location: Urban Shaman Contemporary Aboriginal Gallery 203-290 McDermot Ave Winnipeg MB R3B 0T2 204-942-2674 Gallery Hours: Tues - Sat 10 AM - 8 PM Opening Reception & Ceremony: March 21, 2014 Time TBA Exhibition Runs: March 21, 2014 - April 12, 2014 Posted: March 11, 2014 |
GROWTH David McMillan |
 David McMillan– View of Forest, Dental Hospital, Pripyat, 2012, Archival Inkjet Print, 44" x 54". Growth. "I began photographing in the Chernobyl Exclusion Zone in 1994, eight years after the nuclear accident. I had been interested in the relationship between nature and culture - the contest between the natural world and the built environment - and I anticipated the exclusion zone would offer a unique set of circumstances. Cities and villages in the affected area were rendered uninhabitable, requiring the evacuation of 135,000 people. As well, a large pine forest surrounding the nuclear power plant died within days of the accident and had to be buried as nuclear waste. Journalists characterized the area as a "dead zone", which is what I expected to find. However, having photographed there on eighteen different occasions, it's apparent that nature has proliferated while the built environment has deteriorated. In the city of Pripyat, where the employees of the nuclear power plant once lived with their families and where these photographs are from, the courtyards and walkways have become dense with bushes and trees, and the spread of vegetation extends to the interiors of buildings. This growth has hastened the decay of the city, with roots weakening joints and cracking concrete, causing buildings to collapse. Soon, indoors and outdoors will become blurred, obscuring the remaining traces of a once thriving culture." - David McMillan Growth will encompass both the main gallery space and the project space. The exhibition brochure includes a response text by Derek Dunlop. The artist will be present at the opening reception on Friday, March 14th and will be giving a talk about his work on Saturday, March 22nd at 3pm. All events are free and open to the public. www.dsmcmillan.com |
Location: Martha Street Studio 11 Martha Street Winnipeg, MB R3B 1A2 Opening Reception: Friday March 14 5:00 PM - 8:00 PM Artist Talk: Saturday, March 22 3:00 PM Exhibition Runs: March 14, 2014 – April 22, 2014 Posted: March 11, 2014 |
MY MONUMENT Cam Bush Steven Leyden Cochrane Roewan Crowe Paul Robles |
 MY MONUMENT is a multimedia exhibition featuring artistic exchanges among artists cam bush, Steven Leyden Cochrane, Roewan Crowe, and Paul Robles using Crowe's new book Quivering Land as a point of connection to explore monuments and vanished feminist/queer/alternative cultural sites. The double-sited exhibit will be shown in Gallery 1C03 (1st floor, Centennial Hall) and in the Hamilton Galleria (4th floor mezzanine, Centennial Hall in the Library), both at The University of Winnipeg.. Public reception: March 6, 4:00 – 6:00 p.m. Ghost Launch performance with Chandra Mayor: March 15 at 2:00 p.m. The Book is Happening with Roewan Crowe: March 20, 12:00 – 4:00 p.m. Conversation with the artists: March 26 at 7:00 p.m For more information, visit the Gallery 1C03 page |
Location: Gallery 1C03 Exhibition Runs: March 6, 2014 - April 5, 2014 Posted: February 25, 2014 |
POURING WATER ON A DROWNING MAN Divya Mehra |
 A Brown Woman Drowned, 2014, neon sculpture, 26 x 44 x 5.5 in, ed. of 3 Georgia Scherman Projects is proud to present: Pouring Water on a Drowning Man, Divya Mehra's first solo exhibition in Toronto.. Mehra's research-fueled practice explores marginalization, otherness and – what she calls – the empty promise of diversity. Through appropriating, editing and reassembling a variety of literary, comedic and musical sources, she creates an acerbic dialogue on the construction and consumption of race and identity politics. Often foregrounding the ongoing struggle with her personal diasporic identity and cultural expectations, she calls into question our own unexamined beliefs. Mehra's work explores a dialogue and discourse limited only by our apprehension to perceived difference, and our hyper-willingness to have it immediately labelled and classified. Focusing on this difference the exhibition presents multiple perspectives and potential readings, which open up an endless assortment of political, emotional and physiological interpretations of the contemporary experience of difference. In conjunction with Pouring Water on a Drowning Man As We Try & Sleep Press has published a limited edition artist book of the same title, featuring a series of ten original droodles (doodles + riddles) by Mehra, which conflate personal memory with political speeches, historical figures and hip-hop quotables. This artists' book will be launched at Art Metropole, 1490 Dundas Street Dundas Street West at the intersection of Dufferin Street, Toronto, on Saturday, March 8, 4-6pm. Media Contact: Christopher Lacroix. 416.554.4112 info@georgiascherman.com To schedule an interview, request images or obtain more information on the exhibition, please contact the gallery. Divya Mehra would like to acknowledge the generous support of the Manitoba Arts Council. |
Location: Georgia Scherman Projects 133 Tecumseth Street Toronto, ON M6J 2H2 Canada Tuesday - Friday 10am to 5pm Saturday 11am to 5pm, or by appointment. Exhibition Runs: March 7, 2014 - April 12, 2014 Posted: March 11, 2014 |
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SENSING THE FUTURE: MOHOLY-NAGY, MEDIA AND THE ARTS Curated by Oliver Botar |
 Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art is pleased to invite you to the Opening Reception of Sensing the Future: Moholy-Nagy, Media and the Arts on Friday, March 7 at 7:00pm. The reception is free, and all are welcome. Sensing the Future: Moholy-Nagy, Media and the Arts considers the impact of technology today by exploring how it was addressed in the practice of the Hungarian polymath artist László Moholy-Nagy (1895 – 1946), a key figure in the history of Modernism. Curated by Oliver Botar, Sensing the Future: Moholy-Nagy, Media and the Arts combines historical artworks with works by contemporary artists. These artists include: Eduardo Aquino (Winnipeg); the team of Nike Arnold, Andreas Haus, Aline Helmcke, Frédéric Krauke and Walter Lenertz (Berlin); Naomi Claire (Baltimore); Lancelot Coar (Winnipeg); Olafur Eliasson (Berlin); Oskar Fischinger; Ken Gregory (Winnipeg); Patrick Harrop (Winnipeg); the team of Gottfried Jäger and Karl Martin Holzhäuser (Bielefeld); Eduardo Kac (Chicago); György Kepes; the team of Jörg U. Lensing, Gudula Schröder, Jürgen Steger, Thomas Neuhaus, Malou Airaudo and Sascha Hardt (Düsseldorf); Erika Lincoln (Winnipeg); Norman McLaren; the team of Guy Maddin, Evan Johnson, Galen Johnson, Bob Kotyk and Ryan Simmons (Winnipeg); Bernie Miller (Winnipeg); Lucia Moholy; Francisco Javier Navarro de Zuvillaga (Madrid); Freya Olafson (Winnipeg); István Sebök; and Peter Yeadon (New York). For more information, please visit the Plug In ICA event page. |
Location: Plug In ICA Exhibition Runs: March 7, 2014 - May 11, 2014 Opening Reception: March 7, 2014 7:00PM Posted: February 25, 2014 |