Jason Baerg goes back home and into the future
Visual artist Jason Baerg has recently gone back to his hometown of Sarnia, Ontario—a place in which he has not lived since 1995—as part of…
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A space to practise revolution
At the very least, performance art creates a space of risk-taking, and at best, it sets the stage for a possible transformation. On Nov. 8,…
‘Give it time’
What do you expect from an artist who has lived almost one century? If that artist is 90-year-old Eli Bornstein, expect something magnificent. Curator Oliver…
Campus news briefs
Final exam policy changed The U of M implemented changes to the final exam and final grades policy effective Sept. 1 of this year. The…
Creative futures for street kids
Rebuilding lives means more than just providing the basic necessities, and sometimes art can play a part in building a future that involves more than…
Meet the intercultural poltergeist
What can we possibly expect from a performance art piece described only as “a live art ritual involving body-based practice and spoken word”? The answer…
Bizarre-o-tainment
As part of their fundraising efforts for the United Way of Winnipeg, the multi-talented people of Graffiti Art Programming (GAP) and Art City are teaming…
Emerging Voices
On Sept. 28, coinciding with Culture Days, Winnipeg’s private and public art galleries—as well as other cultural institutions and installations in public spaces—will open to…
Shepherds, weavers, knitters, spinners, and dyers
This Saturday, knitters, weavers, dyers, spinners, and shepherds, and other fibre craftspeople and artisans will be coming together for the first annual Manitoba Fibre Festival…
Traditional functions redefined
I visited Dong-Kyoon Nam at aceartinc., just days before the opening reception of his first solo exhibition. He was in the gallery by himself, up on…