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Not everyone listed below participates every First Friday
Please refer to each month's Guide (above)
And Please click on the links for more information & to contact artists, galleries, shops and cafés during the rest of the month !


The Exchange BIZ Patrols are on duty 
until midnight every First Friday 
204 791-3161

 Adelaide Street  According to historian Harry Shave, named “after the daughter of a prominent citizen.”

125-2nd floor cre8ery Gallery & Studios: Hosts bi-weekly exhibitions by local professional and emerging artists. Our auxiliary gallery features cre8ery members and studio artist's work. We have 9 studio spaces which are sometimes open for First Friday.
ON! JUNE 7,12-9pm: Mid Summer Night's Dream by Indra Skuja-Grislis To June 18
                                   Auxiliary gallery & some studios will be open as well
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Golden Angel/Indra Skuja-Grislis
Indra is constantly thinking how to incorporate her North American training and a European background into her own art.
Currently Indra works in oils, acrylics and watercolours; as well she does drawings, photographs and knits
Currently Indra works at her home studio and also has a studio space at SNAC. Past two years Indra was part of a very diverse group of Silpit building artists, where Indra together with these artists, participated in First Fridays Winnipeg open studio events.

Albert Street  Named in1893 for Prince Albert, the Prince Consort of Queen Victoria 

62 (Elevator)
    -lower level  Manitoba Institute of Sculptors  work studio for clay & stone sculptors
    -2nd floor  Gurevich Fine Art     
     John Erkel & Deborah Danelley | IN/ORganic  to May 25
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Deborah Danelley, Book Collage on Canvas, 22" x 30" framed, 2010

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The masculine strength of John Erkel’s metal and mixed media pieces shown alongside Deborah Danelley’s paper-based work compliment and contrast each other showcasing the beauty of things industrial and organic, impermanent and incomplete, the beauty of things unconventional.

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John Erkel, Untitled, Plastic and Mixed Media on Wood Panel
COMING UP ON! JUNE 7 @ GFA:OPENING NIGHT 7:00pm  FAR COUNTRY/Sue Gordon
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    -4th floor Artbeat Studio A mental health recovery initiative promoting recovery, empowerment and community through artistic expression. 
    Tues.-Fri. 12-5pm, Sat. 12-3pm Open to the public for studio tours on Thursdays by appointment  (204) 943-5194   
ON! JUNE 7: info coming soon


63 HAMMOND BUILDING (Elevator)

   
  -407   Sue Gordon  encaustics  See Sue Gordon's exhibition opening at Gurevich Fine Art on June 7, 7pm
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Sue Gordon / "I have some questions for you" encaustic on birch panel 36 x 48”
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Sue Gordon / Memory Spoon / encaustic and concrete 12x12”
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Sue Gordon / Once (I lived there) / encaustic and wood on canvas 12 x 12”
  -505  ON! JUNE 7: Karen Schulz  drawings, prints  
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Karen Schulz / "Bridge"/ photo with stencil/ "Playing Tag" series
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Karen Schulz /untitled topographical drawing
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Karen Schulz / Studio Cloud / collage
   -505 ON! JUNE 7: Noel Bebee  digital paintings 
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Noel Bebee / "Love and Mirage" / digital painting
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Noel Bebee / "Eve" / digital painting
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Noel Bebee / print of original drawing

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Fleet Galleries
  Framing/Art Gallery

70  ON! JUNE 7: David Krindle Pottery, both functional and artistic (2nd fl).
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Artistic and functional pottery by Dave Krindle

75
  Exchange Community Church gallery space used as a church on Sundays
       
84The Haberdashery Guys and Girls / Hats and accessories 
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The Haberdashery owner Luke Nolan

93
  
Urban Forest Coffeehouse 


Arthur Street Named in 1873 for businessman Arthur Wellington Ross.

54   Toad Hall Toys  Winnipeg's premiere toy store Open until 9 pm every Friday

70 Silpit Building        
    -425 Louise Kollinger acrylic paintings
ON! JUNE 7: Louise welcomes guest artist Andrew Zurawsky               
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    -553  Manitoba Craft Council creating a thriving contemporary craft scene / exhibitions & programming
   Featuring embroidery from the Manitoba Crafts Museum and Library's collection
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Leatherwork, needlework, Aboriginal, maker and date unknown
    -603  Peter Graham oils/printmaking
             Nora Kobrinsky painter and printmaker             
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Nora Kobrinsky / 'Resting Deer' / Monotype with chine colle
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Nora Kobrinsky /'Bulljumpers in the Exchange' /Intaglio with hand colouring
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Nora Kobrinsky / 'Musical Interlude' / Oil on canvas
                                                                                  
    -611 Leona Brown  artist/mentor-works primarily in acrylics & teaches watercolours          
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Leona Brown's Studio
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  Kelly Ruth painter & fiber artist 
         
     -680   Helen Maxime Stein  ARTBYMAXIME: working studio, view work in progress/ purchase original art, posters, reproductions,cards      
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Painting by Helen Maxime Stein
                                                                                 
                    
     -702  Gaëtanne Sylvester  ceramics/printmaker 
              Marlene Campbell  painter/printmaker
                                    
85  cake-ology  Cake, Treats & Everything In Between
     Stop by our cozy bakery full of imperial cookies, whoopie pies, cakettes and more!

100 Artspace Building (Elevator) Corner of Arthur & Bannatyne
      -main fl  PLATFORM centre for photographic & digital arts 
      
       -4th fl.  CARFAC MB Developing, protecting & promoting the social & economic interests of visual artis
      -5th fl. Allan Geske printmaker Prints on view & for purchase
                 Bryan Johnson Creations custom jewelry design  10% off custom jewellery designs to all First First Fridays visitors.
                 Bonnie Wrighton watercolourist Watercolours on view & for purchase
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Allan Geske / "Expecting Rain" / engraving
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Bryan Johnson Creations / Abela Earrings
      -6th fl.  Mary Kreiger  printmaking, painting, photography              
                  Pauline Braun   printmaker & mixed media artist  

Bannatyne Avenue

204-211  Winnipeg Contemporary Dancers Canada's oldest modern dance company-A moveable feast

Donald STREET

374 2nd floor Skullspace Winnipeg's first and only Hackerspace 
Visit the place for hackers, builders, programmers, artists and anybody interested in how stuff works 


Main Street well.. it is Main Street

611 -The Edge Urban Artist Village    CALENDAR

     -MAWA Mentoring Artists for Womens' Art 
 ON! June 7: noon -1:00 pm FIRST FRIDAY LECTURE 
THE CURRENT BENEATH THE SURFACE with Annie Lalande
Presented in partnership with Centre culturel franco-manitobain
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Annie Lalande
Drawing upon works by multicultural Canadian artists in different disciplines, this lecture will frame a discussion regarding the complexity of identity, particularly with respect to visible minority, multi-ethnic French Canadian artists. For Lalande, it was the creation of a body of work in celebration of the 200th anniversary of the abolition of slavery that connected her art, her roots and motherhood.
  DAILY-NESS Artist Mothers Exhibition to May 28
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The Artists Mothers Group at MAWA presents an exhibition of daily artwork. Mothering takes a lot of energy, and artmaking is often pushed aside. The participants assigned themselves the challenge of making a sketch, poem, sculpture, photograph or painting each day for a month. 


678 Dominion Gallery in the historic Dominion Bank Building   Wheelchair accessible on first floor gallery / Parking available behind building
                                     Housing original work /a sister space of BridgmanCollaborative Architecture.


782-3rd fl. Flatlanders Studio https://www.facebook.com/FlatlandersStudio?ref=ts&fref=ts
                 Multi-use space:  dance studio, drop-in arts program, community art projects, a live music venue, with a counselling room, a band practice
                 & recording room,  a computer lab for full-time techy's, and a gallery
Open Saturday & Sunday, 1pm - 4pm: Matt Sawatzky /Sad Sort of Clean: Hydropower In Northern Manitoba
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Our TV's and toasters are plugged into remote hydro-electric dams that few Manitobans have ever seen. Photographer Matt Sawatzky and Cree elder Ellen Cook travelled north to visit the people and waterways at the other end of the transmission line.

 Martha Street 

11 Martha Street Studio and Gallery  
All accessible community-based traditional & digital printmaking facility / classes, outreach programs / local, international, emerging & master artists 

 McDermot Avenue  Named in 1873 for businessman Andrew McDermot

212 Mayberry Fine Art  Specializing in Contemporary & Historical Canadian Art. Appraisals, custom framing and art shipments.
                                       Member of the ADAC (Art Dealership Association of Canada)

221 Bate Building (stairs only)  4th floor Brenda Stuart  Photography


222  Warehouse Artworks  Framing/Art Gallery
"Its time to say goodbye #1" work in glass, wood, metal and stone by  Jolanta Sokalska & Zbigniew Sokalski. 


237  Winnipeg Free Press News Café  food / drink / debate  
ART TALK/ART WALK
6:00 pm: Dinner and Talk followed by a First Fridays Tour of Exchange Galleries &Studios
Please reserve a spot at The News Café: 204.697.7069   $25.00 per person
ON! June 7:
What makes a good photograph? How do the artists behind the lens see differently than the rest of us? 
Karen Asher’s photographs are humorous, awkward, and beautiful, transforming ordinary Winnipeggers into surreal versions of themselves. 
Sarah Crawley works with pinhole cameras and unusual perspectives, creating images that are at once otherworldly and familiar.
Join Sarah Swan as she interviews these incredibly distinct photographers.


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 tara davis studio boutique  http://www.facebook.com/TaraDavisStudioBoutique 
        Jewellery, gifts & art made with love in Canada by over 50 local and national makers
My Favorite Animal' by artist Garrett Van Winkle
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'My Favorite Animal' /Garrett Van Winkle


New works in watercolor and unwitting collaborations. 
The unwilling collaborations are creatures placed in second hand paintings, meshing with the style and feeling of the original piece.


290 (Elevator)
       lower level -Raw: Gallery of Architecture and Design experimental and exploratory architecture


       2nd floor  
-ace art  artist-run centre

                      -Urban Shaman  contemporary Aboriginal Art
       3rd floor -Outworks Studios artists' collective working in a variety of mediums   
                      Karen Wardle & Susan Birdwise  oils and encaustics & acrylics 
                                         
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Susan Birdwise/ ' Flurries on the North Perimeter' / 24x36 inches / Encaustic on panel
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Karen Wardle / 'Ste Gen. Marsh Road' / oil on canvas / 2013 / 10 x 30 inches

Pacific Avenue probably commemorates the nearby switching yards of the C. P. R.

213  Ching Wu  authentic traditional martial arts training in kung fu, Chen tai chi, sanda, lion dance
ON! June 7: 6-8:00 pm Shaolin kung fu class.  Watch - or participate! All ages and levels welcome
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Ching Wu on Pacific Avenue
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Lion dance in front of Ching Wu

Princess Street

74 hutK an Exchange District based furniture and design store focused on showcasing international design brands Tom Dixon, Bensen, Blu Dot, Emeco, Modernica, Kartell and more
Featuring a curated collection of design objects and furniture from around the world. 
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Ross Avenue Named in 1893 for postmaster William Ross, son of Alexander Ross.


318  Frame (Functional Residences (& Studio Spaces) for Artists and Media Enterprises) For show information contact: bookings@frameartswarehouse.com
ON! June 7: 5-10 pm  May Makers Market Artisan Sale
https://www.facebook.com/WinnipegMakersMarket                 
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A monthly market to help you buy local. Featuring soaps, jewelry, hand bags, scarves, stuffed animals, vintage items, coffee, perfume, photos, paintings and much more.

If you care about conscious communities, sustainable living and supporting the local arts, then this market is for you.

If you're interested in being a vendor email; makersmarket.frame@gmail.com

Be Vocal, Buy Local! 
                       

William Avenue

312 B (East Side, Loading Dock Entrance) 
ArtsJunktion a community-based, charitable organization gathering quality materials considered to be waste and redistributing them, at no charge, for the purpose of ART. Open to all!
ON! JUNE 7: The Stuff of Motherhood- MAWA Artist Mothers Group Show
                     with  the music of David Sweatman 
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We have an amazing party planned for the June First Friday @ ArtsJunktion!
Come out to listen to the music of David Sweatman 
while enjoying the art of MAWA's Mother's group. 
The show will include a celebration of another publishing of "Mother Zine" 
and the art of many local women/mother artists who create together at MAWA. 
It is going to be our best First Friday yet!
The depot will be open for business and so you will be able to 
pick up materials for your next project.
Learn about and Join ArtsJunktion (It's Free!).  
Come and be inspired in so many ways. All are welcome!!!
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To the end of May: Heather Stuart's new photograhs from the series "Garden and Woods".
firstfridayswinnipeg@hotmail.com / 505-63 Albert Street, Winnipeg MB, R3B 1G4