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Indigenous cinema celebration

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Jen Doerksen
The Winnipeg Aboriginal Film Festival (WAFF) kicks off on Thursday, Nov.23. The four-day fest features some of the best of Indigenous cinema. WAFF brings in some of the biggest names in Indigenous cinema each...
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IsKwé – The Fight Within, 3/5

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Jen Doerksen
The new album from IsKwé, called The Fight Within, is a grand experience of heavy electronic music.  Dedicated vocal lines take flight in a landscape marked with rocky hills of percussion, covered in the soft...
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Animal Teeth – A List of Things to Say, 4/5

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Jen Doerksen
  Winnipeg-based indie sweethearts Animal Teeth released their newest album, A List of Things to Say on Nov. 4.  Their second full-length LP occasionally departs from the shores of pure indie to explore some roots and...
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Home is where the art is

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Jen Doerksen
Montreal-based graphic designer and artist Sébastien Aubin is the University of Manitoba’s first Indigenous designer in residence.  Aubin will be producing a new body of mixed media work during his six-month residency, which began in...
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Pretty in print

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Jen Doerksen
Art from one of Cape Dorset’s oldest printmakers is currently being showcased in a public exhibition for the first time at the WAG. "A Personal Journey” is a collection of Pitaloosie Saila’s drawings and...
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A snapshot of local talent

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Jen Doerksen
Many public spaces became art galleries for Flash Photographic Festival, which ran from Oct. 2 to Oct. 29. Over 80 photographers showcased their work in restaurants, offices, and pubs across Winnipeg for the festival,...
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Supporting collaborative voices

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Jen Doerksen
Indigenous artists collaborated live for the first time at the Indigenous Voices Rising concert on Oct. 18 at Circle of Life Thunderbird House. Musicians Leonard Sumner and Moe Clark facilitated a collaborative show combining genres that ranged...
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