Visual Art
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CRITIPEG: locating the little heartbeats
As the 13-month run of her work our future is in the land: if we listen to it at the Smithsonian National Museum of the American Indian in New York comes to a close, Dr. Julie Nagam mounts another immersive, multifaceted work at the University of Winnipeg’s Gallery 1C03.
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Desire Change: A book club
Once a month, a group of art lovers gathers at MAWA (Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art) to discuss a chapter of Desire Change: Contemporary Feminist Art in Canada.
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First Friday Double Feature: Outward Art
There is an incredible concentration of artists in Winnipeg. Last week's Nuit Blanche celebrations revealed the city’s voracious appetite for art.
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Nuit Noire AfroPeg celebrates Black artists
“Obviously, Nuit Blanche wasn’t named ... after white people,” local poet Chimwemwe Undi says.
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Opening up the stage
FemFest returns! This September, Sarasvàti Productions' annual festival of feminist theatre is back with an exciting lineup of local and international artists – and a new tagline.
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In water
Callie Lugosi is a photographer and writer based in Winnipeg, Man., Treaty One territory and the birthplace of the Metis Nation.
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CRITIPEG: Littoral Landscapes
Winnipeg artist Tracy Peters’ Littoral Landscapes, a video-based installation running at Gallery 1C03 until April 7, uses a minimalist approach to explore local concerns about shores, water and time.
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A Survey of Jan Xylander Exhibition Posters
Minneapolis-based artist and curator Natasha Pestich’s exhibition at Martha Street Studio presents a retrospective collection of screen-printed posters advertising past exhibits by the artist Jan Xylander.
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Discussing drones
The University of Winnipeg’s Gallery 1C03 is displaying an exhibition from local artists Reva Stone and Erika Lincoln until Feb. 17, 2018
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Embodying truth in photography
Winnipeg boudoir photographer Teri Hofford and local business owner JT believe that a greater variance of images in media would lead to a positive shift in perceptions of what women actually look like. They promote this concept through their work.
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Arts Briefs
Half Moon Market // Cold Specks // Pitaloosie Saila at the WAG // Holiday movies at the Park // Terra Botanica // New Constellations at WECC
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Woodshop Workshop
The upcoming Woodshop Workshop at aceartinc. bridges artistry with some basic woodworking and construction skills.
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CRITIPEG: Ruches fantômes / Ghost Hives
Ruches fantômes / Ghost Hives, the newest exhibition by artist Valérie Chartrand, uses multiple media to explore disappearing bees with apocalyptic regard.
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CRITIPEG: The B-Side: Elsa Dorfman’s Portrait Photography
Documentarian Errol Morris has made some of the medium’s most defining pictures. The Fog of War earned him an Oscar, and The Thin Blue Line wrote the book on true-crime docs while freeing an innocent man from death row.
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Arts Briefs
Congratulations to Tina Keeper // Double, Double, Toil and Trouble // Sister Cycle // Local Governor General finalists // Mosaic family programs // Seeking: musicians
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Whose House? Todd’s House!
Propagandhi has always been a political band. Since their inception in 1986, the group has embraced an anarcho-punk ethos centred on social justice that seems especially relevant in 2017. However, bassist and vocalist Todd Kowalski says that 2017 is business as usual for Propagandhi.
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Whiny Femmes is a platform for a well-needed vent
In a patriarchal society that tones down sensitivity, the Whiny Femmes zine is a breath of fresh air.
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Critipeg: SHARDS
Gallery 1C03’s SHARDS is an active conversation between history and the present.
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Critipeg: Only the dead wear shoes to bed
Hotel Room/Only the Dead Wear Shoes to Bed, a multimedia installation which took place in the basement of Forth, featured four videos, a large installation and a performance by artist and contemporary dancer Ming Hon.
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Nuit Noire illuminates Black voices
Nuit Blanche: the name says it all. The French term means “sleepless night,” but the social and cultural implications of the words speak for themselves.