University of Manitoba - My Work as Gift

After a print leaves my studio, I often don't know where exactly it will end up. What an honour to find out that My Winnipeg VIII has been given as a thank you to Drs. Wayne and Eleanor Chiu.

University of Manitoba is proud to announce a transformative $5.4 million gift from Drs. Wayne [BSc(ME)/80, LLD/23] and Eleanor Chiu to establish the Chiu Centre for Business Serving Community, a visionary initiative housed in the Asper School of Business.

The Centre will empower students and future leaders to approach business with compassion, drive innovation with purpose, and create meaningful impact. Read more on UM Today: https://news.umanitoba.ca/business-that-cares/...

(Image copied from UManitoba Instagram).

ArtAlive in the Winnipeg Free Press

There is a great article in the Winnipeg Free Press from October 27 about ArtAlive, a new online art education resource created by MAWA (Mentoring Artists for Women's Art). Thank you for including me and my work in this resource! (More information about it in my previous post).

ArtAlive is live!

ArtAlive is live! MAWA (Mentoring Artists for Women's Art) has created a new art education resource for teachers about living, contemporary, Manitoba artists. I am excited and honoured to have been included in the artist selection among a number of amazing Manitoba artists, which means that there is a teaching resource about my work available now. Check out the new web resource here https://artalive.mawa.ca/teaching-guides/my-winnipeg-vi

The fun part is that the work can be used in different teaching areas besides art classes, like social studies, geography, history, and language arts.

 

MTYP Poster

My print as part of the MTYP poster design and social media ads. I think it turned out beautifully!

Print for the MTYP

I'm finally sharing my little print that was commissioned by the Manitoba Theatre for Young People for the promotion of the upcoming play 'Gather' and the inauguration of the new MTYP Richardson Studio Theatre. Opening Oct. 3.

I played a bit with the title 'Gather' and chose The Forks as the central image in my print. The Forks have been a gathering place for millennia and the MTYP is also located at The Forks. The circle also stands for bringing people together, or a kind of gathering circle, connected with bridges. In the play, there is a post office, a dr. office, a school, and a library, represented in my print by the historic post office on Provencher, St. Boniface hospital, a playground, and the Cornish library.

Printing plate for MTYP

This summer I worked on a little commission for the Manitoba Theatre for Young People for the promotion of the upcoming play 'Gather' opening on Oct. 3, and the inauguration of the new MTYP Richardson Studio Theatre. Here is a little preview of me inking up the plate of a small linocut.

My son helped me set up the camera for this video and he loves being a narrator for how stuff is made.

Exhibition Installation at the Gallery in the Park, Altona

Yesterday we installed two exhibitions at the Gallery in the Park in Altona. It was one of the most satisfying and efficient exhibition installations I've ever done. It only took five hours to instal both exhibitions. Thanks to detailed measurements provided by the gallery I had already done the whole layout and the math regarding the spacing of the prints prior to our Paraguay trip. Thanks to Terry Hildebrand and gallery curator Susie Fisher for all the work you did! It was a team effort! And you gotta love laser levels!

This is such a beautiful exhibition space and park, I highly recommend you check it out some time. It's in an old, beautifully maintained farm house that is situated in a gorgeous park and extensive sculpture garden.