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Firing up at 1000 Miles Apart

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Boris Tsun Hang Leung
U of M hosted 1000 Miles Apart, an annual ceramics conference, from Oct. 1 to 3, welcoming visiting artists and students into the ARTlab for talks, demonstrations and exhibitions. Abigail Grenke, the president of the...
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If sacredness had a colour, what would it be?

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Boris Tsun Hang Leung
Colours of sacredness might summon mystical visuals of gilded religious texts or richly decorated places of worship, but for hannah_g, its hues are all around us. Galerie Buhler Gallery in St. Boniface Hospital opened What...
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From the herbarium to the gallery

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Boris Tsun Hang Leung
La Maison des artistes visuels francophones presented Dry Media VIII: Plant Fibres on Sept. 3, an art exhibition showing works by Textile and Fibre Artists of Manitoba (TFAM) created in response to botanical specimens...
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Never far from home

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Boris Tsun Hang Leung
Maryam Bagheri, who resides in Winnipeg with her husband and two children, has not been able to visit her family in Iran for the past nine years. She keeps in contact with her mother with...
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Dafoe Library exhibits 2000-year-old papyri

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Boris Tsun Hang Leung
Dafoe Library unveiled The Ancient Inbox on Aug. 17, an exhibit showcasing 19 papyri from Roman Egypt. This is the first public display of papyri in Winnipeg, according to U of M classics professor...
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Rethinking landscapes at the WAG

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Boris Tsun Hang Leung
The Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) unveiled its latest exhibition, Terra Cognita/Incognita, on Aug. 19, featuring over 125 landscape-themed artworks from the gallery’s permanent collection and pieces by four local artists. Riva Symko, the WAG curator...
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Chris Simonite paints satirical wildlife in Hinterland WTF?

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Boris Tsun Hang Leung
Local artist Chris Simonite has added his own twist to an iconic Canadian wildlife film series in his latest exhibition, Hinterland WTF? at 226 Main Street Gallery.  The works in the exhibition are inspired by...
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