Archives – Exhibition – There’s More Than One Way | School of Art

There’s More Than One Way was curated in conjunction with the Twentieth Anniversary of the Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art and the symposium The Winnipeg Effect. The exhibition explored collective art practices in Winnipeg through a mix of artwork, documentation, and ephemera, showcasing diverse approaches to art-making beyond the singular artist.

Divided into thematic groups, the exhibition highlighted various types of collectives:

Groups creating under a unified entity
Collectives formed to accomplish specific goals
Short-term collaborations for a single project
Artists united by their shared enjoyment of collaborative work

The exhibition examined collective art-making in Winnipeg over the last 50 years, offering insights into the city’s rich history of artistic collaboration.

Featured Collectives

General Idea (AA Bronson, Felix Partz, Jorge Zontal)
Mondo Trasho (Suzanne Gillies, Doug Sigurdson, Al Poruchnyk, Jon Tupper)
Who Are the 500 (Doug Melnyk, Larry Glawson, Maggie Nagle)
Average Good Looks (Sheila Spence, Noreen Stevens)
Fish Brides Collective (Jeanne Randolph, Sigrid Dahle, Diana Thorneycroft, Di Brandt)
Royal Art Lodge (Michael Dumontier, Marcel Dzama, Hollie Dzama, Neil Farber, Drue Langlois, Myles Langlois, Jonathan Pylypchuk, Adrian Williams)
The Abzurbs (Dominique Rey, Cliff Eyland, Tannis Kohut, William Eakin, Ryan Ahoff, Lancelot Coar, Amanda Ing, Vanessa Rigaux, Craig Love, Florian Lassnig)
Pinhole Artist Collective (Sarah Crawley, William Eakin, Lori Fontaine, Beth Johnson, Jen Loewen, Merrell-Ann Phare, Bonnie Tulloch)
Places for Peanuts (Toby Gillies, Josh Ruth, Ben Clarkson, Janessa Brunet, Evin Collis, Claire Childs, Scott Leroux, Elise Nadeau, Ted Barker, Steve Basham, Tea Radic)
The Ephemerals (Jamie Isaac, Niki Little, Jenny Western)

About the Curator: Kegan McFadden’s projects—spanning publications, exhibitions, performances, and artworks—explore history through an archival lens. With an emphasis on the anecdotal, McFadden animates his research to uncover overlooked networks of artistic activity.