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Aboriginal Art Featured in ’100 Masters’ Exhibit

May 18, 2013 07:32 AM in Entertainment • 0 Comments

Aboriginal artists are featured in the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s new 100 Masters: Only in Canada exhibition.

The exhibition opened May 11 and brings five centuries of the world’s greatest art to Winnipeg, including stunning examples of Indigenous works from coast to coast to coast.

“It’s absolutely right 100 Masters should have Bill Reid’s Wasgo and Alex Janvier’s Lubicon alongside Rodin’s The Kiss and Warhol’s Mao,” said Stephen Borys, WAG CEO and executive director. “When I made my requests for one hundred masterpieces from galleries across Canada, choosing works that highlight this country’s stellar Aboriginal artists was a given. Their level of craft, their quality of expression and their cultural significance undeniably make these artists masters.”

The exhibit runs until August 18 and is the final exhibition in the WAG’s centennial year.

WAG Workshops to Channel Famed Artists

April 30, 2013 06:55 AM in Entertainment • 0 Comments

To coincide with an upcoming masterful exhibit at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, students are drawing on the inspiration of the world’s most celebrated artists.

100 Masters: Only in Canada will open May 11 and include works from Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Van Gogh, Monet, Picasso, and Warhol.

Leading up to the exhibit, the WAG Studio will be offering eight-week painting and drawing workshops that give students the opportunity to study the work of some of the greatest artists of all time.

‘Masterful’ Art Pieces Part of New WAG Exhibit

April 24, 2013 06:54 AM in Entertainment • 2 Comments

The Winnipeg Art Gallery will be showcasing some of the most well-known art pieces of all time in a new exhibition this spring.

100 Masters: Only in Canada will open May 11 and include works from Rembrandt, Gainsborough, Van Gogh, Monet, Picasso, and Warhol. The pieces have been collected from 30 museums and lent out to create the largest exhibition in the WAG’s history.

“The wonderful tradition of museums sending their best pieces to celebrate the opening or anniversary of a sister institution is longstanding,” said Dr. Stephen Borys, WAG director and CEO.

Dinner and an Art Show at the WAG

March 9, 2013 07:33 AM in Entertainment • 0 Comments

Posted by David Klassen

Art connoisseurs will enjoy a night out on the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s penthouse level on Friday, March 22 for the WAG’s Art Eats event.

Serving up a dinner at Storm Bistro, chefs will create an Arctic-inspired dinner based on salmon and wild rice, with even the dessert having a salty pop of salmon roe. The meal will be inspired from the exhibition “Creation & Transformation: Defining Moments in Inuit Art,” currently showing at the WAG.

Dinner will be followed by a tour of the exhibition led by Dr. Darlene Coward Wight, curator of the exhibit, and one of the world’s experts on Inuit art.

Tickets are $45 for WAG members and $50 for non-members and available at wag.ca, by calling (204) 789-1290, or e-mailing education@wag.ca. Art Eats runs from 6 to 9 p.m.

Arctic Adventures Explored at WAG Family Day

March 1, 2013 06:55 AM in Entertainment • 0 Comments

Those wanting to learn how to do all-things winter will have a ball at the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s Arctic Adventure Family Sunday on March 17.

From 1:30 to 4 p.m., families will learn what life is like in the Arctic. Everything from playing Inuit games and learning to build an igloo, to tasting bannock and writing your name in Inuktitut, the day will be an educational opportunity for families of all backgrounds.

“We have pretty much everything Arctic here except polar bears,” said Rachel Baerg, WAG Art Educator. “Creation & Transformation: Defining Moments in Inuit Art is one of our major Centennial exhibitions and it lends itself so perfectly to a really busy and fun Family Sunday.”

Admission is $10 per family (2 adults and up to 4 children 18 and under).

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In other WAG news, last Saturday’s Birchwood BMW Art & Soul: One Hundred event raised $68,000 for the museum.

– Staff

WAG Counting Down to ’100 Masters’ Spring Exhibition

February 3, 2013 08:40 AM in Entertainment • 0 Comments

Posted by David Klassen

If you’ve been noticing strange wooden crates popping up around town lately, it’s nothing to be worried about, it’s all part of an upcoming exhibition at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.

The crates, which feature nothing more than an artist’s signature, are part of a lead up to 100 Masters: Only in Canada, an exhibition opening at the WAG on May 11. The exhibit will include works from some of the biggest names in visual art, from Rembrandt, Van Gogh, Matisse, Warhol, Picasso, and Monet, and others.

The 100-day countdown began earlier this week at 100masters.wag.ca. Each day the website will reveal a new artwork that will be appearing in the exhibition.

“We chose to mark our centenary by organizing an exhibition that celebrates what is truly great about Canada and its cultural holdings,” said WAG executive director Stephen Borys. “You could call it a love letter to our sister institutions, a thank-you to them for their support over the last century.”

Artist’s Drawings the Focus of New WAG Exhibition

January 29, 2013 08:33 AM in Entertainment • 0 Comments

Posted by Tyler Sutherland

The drawings of artist Robert Archambeau will be showcased in a new exhibition at the Winnipeg Art Gallery opening next month.

“Drawn and Fired: Robert Archambeau” takes the work produced over the last three years and displays it for audiences, along with examples of Archambeau’s ceramics drawn from the WAG’s collection.

“The textures of his ceramics emerge in the rubbed surfaces, or the silk textiles laid and affixed to the paper,” said chief curator Helen Delacretaz. “The minimalistic aesthetic of his drawings is indicative of the deceptive simplicity of his clay vessels. The earthy, robust physicality of his pots are complemented by the heady odour of ink and varnish and the tactile nature of the woven pulp surfaces.”

The exhibition will run until April 28.

Igloos Constructed on Roof of Winnipeg Art Gallery

January 25, 2013 07:56 AM in Entertainment • 0 Comments

A team from the Manitoba Urban Inuit Association (MUIA) constructs an igloo on the rooftop of the Winnipeg Art Gallery. (WAG HANDOUT)

You don’t need to ask Mother Nature to bring igloo weather to Winnipeg, and thankfully for a group of builders at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the temperatures have played in their favour.

Two igloos are currently being built atop the WAG by the Manitoba Urban Inuit Association (MUIA). The igloos have been constructed next to an inukshuk by Manasie Akpaliapik — just in time for the opening of an exhibition highlighting 115 Inuit works from the WAG’s collection.

“Because we have so much happening here involving Inuit art, we felt we wanted a connection to the Inuit people themselves,” said Aline Frechette, WAG art educator. “So we contacted the MUIA and Fred Ford, one of their board members, became our liaison. We discussed a number of issues, and Fred made this great suggestion of building an igloo on our roof.”

One of the igloos measures approximately 9 feet in diameter and 7 feet tall. Another will be completed by later this week.

The public can view the snowy creations with the price of regular museum admission.

WAG Names New Contemporary Art Curator

January 24, 2013 07:40 AM in Entertainment • 0 Comments

Paul Butler (WAG)

The Winnipeg Art Gallery has appointed Paul Butler as their curator of contemporary art.

Butler will move into the position effective May 1. The artist and curator will be responsible for expanding the WAG’s collection of regional, national, and international contemporary art, which encompasses painting, sculpture, video, installations, photography, and multi-media production.

Butler is a Winnipeg native who currently lives in Montreal. He is a multi-disciplinary artist whose focus in on community, collaboration, and artist-run activity.

“As both artist and curator with an accessible approach to contemporary art curating and discourse, Paul adds a very valuable perspective to our curatorial team,” said chief curator Helen Delacretaz.

– Staff

WAG Names New Development, Marketing Director

January 18, 2013 07:43 AM in Entertainment • 0 Comments

Judy Slivinski (WINNIPEG ART GALLERY)

The Winnipeg Art Gallery has appointed a new director of development and marketing.

Judy Slivinski assumed her new position on January 14.

Her duties will include overseeing all aspects of the WAG’s development program with emphasis on major gifts and program sponsorship, building strong member relationships and strategic partnerships in the local and national community. She will also oversee the gallery’s marketing and communications department.

“The WAG has been an important part of my life since elementary school, and my son was just two weeks old when he made his first visit in 1999, to the exhibition Art in the Age of Van Gogh,” Slivinski said in a statement. “I very much look forward to joining Dr. (Stephen) Borys (WAG executive director) and his capable team to move the WAG forward into its second century.”

– Staff

WAG’s Art and Soul the ‘Winter Encounter of the Year’

January 17, 2013 08:24 AM in Entertainment • 0 Comments

Birchwood BMW Art & Soul: One Hundred The Winnipeg Art Gallery’s 100th anniversary will be honoured on Saturday, February 23 with a cocktail fundraiser.

Birchwood BMW Art & Soul: One Hundred will celebrate the most memorable moments, iconic personalities, and events of the past century at the WAG.

“Engaging our community is what the WAG is all about, particularly during our centennial year,” said WAG executive director Stephen Borys. “Art & Soul draws hundreds of people each year, offering some visitors their first taste of a gallery experience. This is a fabulous opportunity to be introduced to all the WAG has to offer, get creative, and meet new people.”

Each floor of the WAG will showcase an eclectic and vibrant social scene from every era of the last one hundred years. The party will include interactive experiences, live entertainment, access to art exhibitions, costumes, exquisite beverages, and more.

Tickets are $50 each (or 10 for $450) and are on sale now at artandsoul.wag.ca.

Mint Honours Inuit Art with Gold Coin

January 15, 2013 07:38 AM in News • 0 Comments

The Royal Canadian Mint unveils a 1/25 oz pure gold coin featuring Owl Shaman Holding Goose, a historic sculpture from the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s famous Inuit art collection, in Winnipeg, on Tuesday, January 15, 2013. (STAN MILOSEVIC / CHRISD.CA)

The pure gold coin featuring Owl Shaman Holding Goose will honour Inuit art. (ROYAL CANADIAN MINT / HANDOUT)

Canadian Inuit art was honoured in the form of a new gold coin put out by the Royal Canadian Mint on Tuesday.

The Mint unveiled the coin at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, who has been focusing on Inuit art in recent months with a series of exhibits and symposiums.

“The Royal Canadian Mint is proud to celebrate Canada’s history, culture and values with special collector coins,” said Ian E. Bennett, president and CEO of the Royal Canadian Mint. “This gold coin honours Canadian Inuit art through an intricate design inspired by the original carving of Inuit artist Joannassie Nowkawalk, Owl Shaman holding Goose, part of the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s world-class contemporary Inuit art collection.”

Winnipeg South MP Rod Bruinooge joined the WAG’s executive director, Stephen Borys, and Bonnie Staples-Lyon, director of the Mint’s board of directors, for the unveiling this morning.

A total of 10,000 coins will be made and cost $129.95 through the Mint. Collectors can order online at Mint.ca, or by calling 1-800-267-1871 in Canada and 1-800-268-6468 in the U.S.

Updated at 12:45 p.m.

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