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Local painters on display in joint art exhibition

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Zoë LeBrun
The cre8ery gallery and studio has a treat in store for art lovers this month: an exhibition titled Two Painters: A Visual Dialogue — David Cooper and Linda Olzewski, featuring two Winnipeg-based artists. The project...
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U of M student wins big in Canada-wide competition

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Zoë LeBrun
Gabriel Roberts, set to graduate from the U of M’s school of art next summer, has been named the Manitoban winner of the 2020 BMO 1st Art! competition. His winning piece, A Closet Painted Blue,...
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Manitoban artist takes art lovers on journey to the past

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Zoë LeBrun
Manitoba-born Kandis Friesen is a multimedia artist whose work mainly centres on archival processes, diasporic languages and cultures closely intertwined with her family history. Friesen currently has an exhibition up at the Plug In Institute...
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Two Manitoba heritage museums reopen their doors

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Zoë LeBrun
In the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic and discouragement from travelling out of province, those looking for both a fun and educational outing without leaving Manitoba’s borders can look no further than the Cooks...
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Come home to the WAG again

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Zoë LeBrun
To the joy of many local art lovers, the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) officially reopened May 5 in the wake of COVID-19. Apart from its first two days of opening which were reserved for frontline...
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Stranger things have happened, and we want more

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Zoë LeBrun
Bold, bright and colourful — these are the words that best describe the energy emanating from the work of Winnipeg Oji-Cree artist Jordan Stranger. Originally from Peguis First Nation, Stranger was born into an artistic...
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