Arts
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Arts Briefs
Bow down to your Crumb Queen // The RWB presents Snow White // Reconciling the reel // The Darkroom tour // Gimli Film Fest seeks new executive director // Latent Knowledge @ cre8ery
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Critipeg: Mr. Dressup: the Magic of Makebelieve
Streaming on Amazon Prime Video starting Oct. 10
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Supporting the arts at the ballot box
For artists and arts organizations alike, public funding provides the stability to support a fundamental tenet of the arts: creative risk.
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Where minimalism fuels creativity
Kwae Kobain, a local hip-hop artist, lives in a minimalist apartment, a haven of simplicity and tranquility that fuels his creative process. The apartment’s white walls and uncluttered design provide an ideal backdrop for his artistic thoughts to flow.
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Why the SAG-AFTRA strike matters
An unprecedented labour dispute has marked the summer of 2023, holding the entertainment industry hostage.
On July 14, the Screen Actors Guild (SAG) and the American Federation of Television and Radio Artists (AFTRA) embarked on a strike. Approximately 160,000 members’ demands include better pay, improved working conditions and a fair slice of the ever-evolving entertainment pie.
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Arts Briefs
THIN AIR returns to Winnipeg // CKUW to host DIY DJ workshop // Video Pool has a midlife crisis // Entangled @ MHC Gallery // Nuit Blanche 2023 // Indigenous theatre spotlighted at Royal MTC
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Critipeg: El Conde
Streaming now on Netflix
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A greener world is possible
From temperature maps displaying a sea of red to line graphs depicting exponential CO2 emissions, most of the visual language surrounding climate change evokes nihilism rather than hope.
Yet, in a new, multidisciplinary exhibition called Planet Love, hope is the basis for climate action.
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Real recognize reel
As theatres are inundated with the usual stream of blockbuster fare and self-perpetuating franchises, modern mainstream cinema offerings may seem less and less authentic. But one Winnipeg film festival is keeping it real.
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A living gallery
Erica Wilson, a Metis/Anishinaabe theatre artist and workshop facilitator, has created a home where every item tells a story. That includes a painting gifted by a friend in Kelowna, a mannequin head discovered in Wilson’s first apartment when they were 18, and even the appliances they received as gifts from family members.
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Spreading the sound
The crowd swells inside and surrounds the orange temporary fencing in the Maryland Food Fare parking lot. Fontine serenades the lot filled with people, dogs, bicycles and other odd assortments. It’s a warm fall evening on a day packed with music and art. One of those Winnipeg days where people can’t decide which event to attend. Everything is the same as before, yet a little different.
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Arts editor’s guide to autumn
I’ve always felt that autumn is far more indicative of a new year than Jan. 1.
For the first time since 2003, I’m not returning to school in September. From preschool to the final semester of my undergraduate degree, the yellowing of the leaves marked the beginning of my studies. Though I’m no longer hitting the books, it remains a time of change and regrowth.
I like to colour each season with art, music and recipes to measure time passing. Here are a few things colouring my autumn.
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Arts briefs
Echoes by Alana MacDougall // Drag Werkshop with Vida Lamour // Colette Balcean’s Nostalgie // Art Holm No. 8 // Virgo Rising releases “Tristan” // Jazz Winnipeg presents David Braid
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Critipeg: Shortcomings
Plays at Dave Barber Cinematheque from Sept. 15 to 21
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What sweet music they make!
In the 70-year history of Rainbow Stage, the theatre company has presented countless enduring classics, much to Winnipeggers’ delight. It seemed about time for a change.
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Connecting in a creative haven
Josiah Koppanyi is a Winnipeg-based painter, illustrator and muralist whose work explores nostalgia and faith. He shares his home with his wife, Vanessa, and Caesar, a pet lizard affectionately known as Cease Bees.
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1C03 exhibit explores spiritualism, ghosts, pandemics
A spectre is haunting Centennial Hall.
The Undead Archive: 100 Years of Photographing Ghosts, a multi-site exhibition curated by University of Winnipeg art-history professor Dr. Serena Keshavjee, opens in Gallery 1C03 on Sept. 7.
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Arts briefs
Le Burger Week returns // Shakespeare bites back // A CHAPEL for the arts // Presenting Planet Love // In conversation with Moneca Sinclaire // Andino Suns take the WECC
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Walk the ground, share the land
The body, movement, the earth: seemingly disparate elements, to those not in the know.
Visual artist Jaime Black-Morsette and the Young Lungs Dance Exchange (YLDE), a non-profit dance organization, are collaborating in an attempt to strengthen the connections between people’s bodies and the land.
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Critipeg: Just another girl on the I.R.T.
Plays at the Dave Barber Cinematheque from Sept. 7 to 10