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.

Gallery in the Park, Altona - Exhibition Openin

Exhibition invitation: tomorrow evening (June 5) is my exhibition opening at the Gallery in the Park in Altona, Manitoba at 7pm! I will show two exhibits - 'Layered Histories' and 'Storied Land'. If you missed these shows in Winnipeg in 2023, this might be your last chance to see them in person in Manitoba. If you can't make it to the opening, the exhibition is up until May 31. Please check the gallery website for hours.

Mark your calendars: I will give an artist talk about 'Layered Histories' on Thursday, June 19 and one about 'Storied Land' on Thursday, July 24 (I believe both will be at 7pm).

Legados coloniales - resonancias contemporáneas

I would like to share the invitation for the exhibition adjacent to mine by the Indigenous artist collective artes vivas at the Museo del Barro. 

 

Legados coloniales - resonancias contemporáneas

I am currently in Paraguay to instal an exhibition of my work Layered Histories: Perspectives on Colonization from the Chaco, which deals with the colonization history of the Chaco region in Paraguay where I grew up as a descendant of German-Canadian Mennonites. The opening reception is on Saturday, May 24, at 7pm at the Museo del Barro in Asunción, along with three other exhibitions of all the artists who were part of the (long-distance) artist residency with the British Museum in 2022: Indigenous artist collective artes vivas, Indigenous photographer Lanto'oy' Unruh and the work of linguist and author Hannes Kalisch († 2023). Those of you who receive my newsletter in Paraguay, I would love to see you at the opening! It's been seven years since I was here last and it is a pleasure to bring this body of work to its intended audience. I have given two public presentations in German about my work here since I can't bring the show to my home community, which is five hours from the capital. I will give one more public presentation in Spanish at the Instituto Cultural Paraguayo-Alemán Goethe-Zentrum in Asunción on May 21 at 7pm together with my collaborator and fellow exhibition organizer Ursula Regehr, curator at the Museum der Kulturen in Basel, Switzerland. I look forward to seeing some of you there!