Watch our previous Art Talks:
Eli Bird presented his first solo show as an alumnus at the Artbeat Studio. He discussed the title of his show, “Tooth & Nail” and the challenges of maintaining community and personal artistic resilience after working in a group residency. Eli talks about his Indigiqueer identity, and navigating bringing cultural/spiritual objects into an art exibition context.
Curator Lisa Oberik will join Eli and J. A. Süss to discuss “Tooth & Nail” and the role that Artbeat plays in the alumni shows, and how building resource and community through art isn’t therapy.
Curator Lisa Oberik will join Eli and J. A. Süss to discuss “Tooth & Nail” and the role that Artbeat plays in the alumni shows, and how building resource and community through art isn’t therapy.
AUGUST 5, 6:30pm
ONLINE ART TALK: "A Changing Surface As Art"
with Kelly Campbell, Printmaker, and Eric Plamondon of Artspac,
moderated by J. A. Süss
Printmaker Kelly Campbell and Eric Plamondon of Artspace discussed Kelly Campbell’s print installation in the Artspace elevator. The rider is placed in the work as a body, mostly water, that rises and falls, choosing, with the aid of the mechanism, where to go. At the same time, the print depicts a thriving South Indian Lake fishery, and how it fell after the water levels began, and continue, to drastically change after its became a reservoir within a hydro generation system. J. A. Süss moderated a discussion on the artistic extension of a land acknowledgement, creating work as a response to stories, development and expertism, treaties, the wage economy and taking voice in a story.
FRIDAY July 1st
“WE ROCK: Mentorship as Art”
Founder of We Rock Winnipeg, Brandi Olenick and Musician/Creator Ava Wray joined Moderator J. A. Süss to discuss how mentorship and safe space provide a great start for young musicians at a rock camp for girls and gender non-conforming youth. Listen to find out how it works and why it is important.
Friday • June 3
“Crypto Creatives: What Can NFT’s Mean For Your Art?”
with JD Hawk
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“There are more living millionaire artists today than any other time in the history of art, due to the digital art world.” - JD Hawk
JD Hawk, a Red River Métis artist well-versed in oil paints, stone carvings, and India ink as well as digital painting and NFTs, joined moderator Sarah Hodges-Kolisnyk to talk about how artists can connect in the NFT space. As an artist working in traditional (in-real-life) mediums, how can you translate your practice to the digital NFT world? Although this wide-ranging talk isn’t guaranteed to make you into the next millionaire artist, it will provide insight into how to get started! We also discussed some critical insights into the potential opportunities and pitfalls of this emergent, global community.
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Links of interest:
Web 3 and NFT 4 Newbies (podcast)
JD Hawk’s grandfather’s artwork
Online Art Talk • Friday, May 6
Updating the Frame as Art
creating respectful descriptions for work by BIPoC artists
With Neda Masoomifar & Andrea Reichert
Moderator J. A. Süss
Watch the entire Art Talk here:
When Neda Masoomifar took a deep dive into the Manitoba Craft Museum and Library to research, document and photograph objects made by BIPOC makers, she didn’t expect to be moved by familiarity and to be counting dragon’s claws. With help and direction from Andrea Reichert, Curator at MCML, Masoomifar surfaced with an exhibition influenced by sociology, and personal experiences with art and art history mentors. J. A. Süss, with First Fridays, will talk with these two curators about the research and respecting the pieces, about approaches to categorization and information, and the ethics of return and acquisition.
Online Art Talk • Friday, April 1
The Photograph As Art
With Iyunade Judah & Tim Smith
Moderator Sarah Hodges-Kolisnyk
Watch the entire Art Talk here:
Since Kodak’s box camera introduction in the late 19th century, the status of photography as an art form has been debated: is a photograph art? What kind of photographs can be considered art and why? With smartphones increasing the accessibility of cameras and a new ubiquity of images, could the photograph represent the democratization of art?
Our guest speakers are featured artists of the 2022 Flash Photographic Festival. Iyunade Judah works in photography, film and sound, using re-imagination and symbolism to explore themes around blackness and its relationship to subjects like love, masculinity, and tradition. Tim Smith is an award-winning documentary photographer whose exhibition In the World But Not Of It is one of the most extensive documentations of Hutterite culture ever produced.
They share their work as a way to discuss different viewpoints about the conceptual nature of the photograph, its indexical qualities, and its place within the art world & how photographs give space to underrepresented voices. Moderated by Sarah Hodges-Kolisnyk, the discussion dances around the question: is the photograph the democratization of art?
March 4, 2022
Increasing the Space for Art
Featuring Nampande Londe and Mahlet Cuff.
Moderated by J. A. Süss
Watch the entire Art Talk here:
During the Art Talk on Friday March 4th, Nampande Londe and Mahlet Cuff, moderated by J. A. Süss, covered topics of otherness, false discourse of choice, creating narratives for choose your own adventure video games, tarot, self care and the pressure to produce, the right to rest and the Nap Bishop, Blackness and identity in art, curating as art practice, showing elements from the inner world, Black Horror, standing on the shoulders of those who came before us and the 2 AM world of emo.
Nampande Londe on Instagram @its.nampande
Mahlet Cuff on Instagram @mahlet.c
Here are some links, quotes and ideas to help our FIRST FRIDAYS audience learn more.
THE NAP MINISTRY and the NAP BISHOP, TRICIA HERSEY
https://thenapministry.wordpress.com/
BLACK WITCH ON THE PRAIRIE
https://www.instagram.com/blackwitchontheprairie/
BLACK HORROR and Afrofuturism genre scholar TANANARIVE DUE
https://www.tananarivedue.com/
CINEMATHEQUE SCHEDULE
https://www.winnipegfilmgroup.com/black-horror-perspectives-interventions-march/
TONI MORRISON
“I’m writing for Black people. I don’t have to apologize.”
AUDRE LORDE
"Caring for myself is not self-indulgence, it is self-preservation, and that is an act of political warfare.”
EPISODE video game link - Nampande Londe’s story, DO FOR LOVE
http://episodeinteractive.com/r/s/5284980512194560
Musical Influences
SAMPHA - No One Knows Me (Like The Piano)
SOLANGE - Solo Star (album release April 2021)
Moses Sumney (tiny desk concert)
Nampande Londe is a Black, queer, diasporadical, multi-disciplinary artist and community organizer. Born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba, her work centres on capturing the experiences of Black Canadians in the Prairies and truth-telling as a means of liberation.
Mahlet Cuff is an artist, curator and community organizer based in Winnipeg, Manitoba (Treaty 1 Territory). Their artistic practice focuses on questioning conventional narratives about relationship-building both within themselves and with their kin in the world.
February 4, 2022
The Art of Reconciliation:
A conversation on place, language, and the role of the artist.
Featuring Dr. Suzanne M Steele. Moderated by Sarah Hodges-Kolisnyk
Watch the entire Art Talk here:
This Art Talk centers around Li Keur: Riel's Heart of the North, a new dramatical musical production and accompanying aesthetic translation database project by Dr. Suzanne M. Steele and Neil Weisensel.
However, Dr. Steele and Sarah Hodges-Kolisnyk engage in a dynamic and wide-ranging discussion exploring topics like reconciliation, women’s art, Indigenous languages, place, and history... and end up with an inspiring message of hope from Dr. Steele.As we consider the Covid-19 pandemic, Dr. Steele says:
"Many of our peoples around the world have been through something like this…it echoes for the Métis peoples and the Indigenous peoples. What do I take away? We never stop making something beautiful…and we have to continue to sew together our family.”
Dr. Suzanne M Steele is an award-winning poet, installation artist, Canadian War Artist, librettist, and scholar. She is Métis (Gaudry and Fayant) with roots that extend back to the first families (French and Anishinaabe). Dr. Steele and composer Neil Weisensel recently received a SSHRC Award to establish a database of aesthetic translations of Indigenous languages, in connection to their ground-breaking musical production of Li Keur: Riel’s Heart of the North.
2021
RELATIONSHIP & RESISTANCE AS ART
December 3, 2021
Featuring Elder Dr. Ellen Cook. Moderated by J.A. Süss
Watch the entire Art Talk here:
Dr. Ellen Cook is a Cree teacher who instructs other Cree teachers on how to teach Cree. She is from Misipawistik, The Singing Waters, Grand Rapids, Misipawistik Cree Nation and grew up listening to the sounds of the rapids. She remembers the beauty and the gifts of this land every day. Elder Dr. Ellen Cook will speak to the damage done in northern communities from Manitoba Hydro's dams and water diversion projects, and show the art she makes and commissions to communicate this loss. Cook asks that viewers consider the actual relationship between people in the south who use hydro power and people in the north whose way of life continues to be washed away. "We are already connected, the north and the south."
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Elder Dr. Ellen’s Cook works with
www.hydroimpacted.ca - Wa Ni Ska Tan Research Alliance
www.hydrojustice.org - Interchurch Council on Hydropower
www.accountablehydro.ca - Manitoba Hydro Accountability Board - publicly elected
Sturgeon Marking Project
https://hydrojustice.org/sturgeon-marking-project/
Sturgeon Stencil information
https://hydrojustice.org/sturgeon-resources/
Singalong Video
This Dam Shame - www.youtube.com/watch?v=uF7LrzBV80c
Interviews with Elders were taken from this film
The Other End of the Line - www.youtube.com/watch?v=r2UR-dexoq0
Researcher hired by Misipawistik and Nehiyawak communities, Dr, Robin Gregory
Decision Research - https://www.decisionresearch.org/researchers/robin-gregory
Augmented Flow Graphic - https://www.accountablehydro.ca/augmented_flow_graphic
Wa Ni Ska Tan funds scientific poster projects
https://hydroimpacted.ca/research-posters/
Nov. 5, 2021
SPIRIT AS ART
Featuring Jorge Requena Ramos (Of The Mariachi Ghost); Dr.
Serena Keshavjee (curator and art historian focusing on the Hamilton Family archive) and Paul Robles (visual artist).
Moderated by J.A. Süss and Sarah Hodges-Kolisnyk
CONTENT WARNING: In the Art Talk “Spirit as Art”, we have managed to speak about some topics that need to be flagged as a trigger warning. The warnings are as follows: ghosts, fraud, violence, suicide, death of a child, pandemic.
Watch the entire Art Talk here:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53KyC_i56YM
Haunted Houses, friendly ghosts and costumed ghouls may have made recent appearances at Halloween celebrations, but ideas of supernatural manifestations abound throughout the seasons and the ages through artistic expression. In an age when we might find ourselves haunted by a global pandemic, societal upheaval, and historic trauma, what insights can be found in the ways artists have explored spirits, mourning and grief?
THE HEALING ARTS
Fri, June 4, 2021
In our June 4th First Friday Art Talk, we chatted with Julia Wake and Annie Beach about art during the pandemic. They both worked on the online project Creating as Care, believing that art can be a crucial form of self-care during times of stress, helping to support emotional health, create connections and foster resilient communities.
Julia talked about some of the innovative programming the Graffiti Gallery and Studio 393 have been doing during COVID to support young emerging artists, and Annie discussed some community and public art projects she’s collaborated on, from murals to art scavenger hunts, and why they mattered so much in this difficult year.
They looked at the pluses and minuses of Zoom projects vs. IRL art events, and the lessons the cultural sector might take from the pandemic going forward, in terms of using technology to broaden accessibility.
MOTHERHOOD ISSUES
Fri, May 7, 2021
This May, the First Fridays art talk marked Mother’s Day by chatting with Loricia Pacholko and Sandra Brown. Members of the Artist Mothers Group at MAWA, the two women discuss the challenges facing artist mothers in a culture that too often views mothering and artmaking as incompatible. For over 10 years, Sandra explains, the MAWA group has become place for artist mothers to encourage each other, set creative goals, learn skills -- and sometimes just vent! Loricia speaks about how joining the group helped counteract the often isolating experience of motherhood in our culture, particularly single motherhood.
Sandra and Loricia look at examples of art from the group’s annual member exhibitions, works that examine the full range of experiences of motherhood -- not just the idealized and sanitized version we see in Mother’s Day cards.
These works express joy and exhaustion, feelings of guilt and inadequacy but also unexpected strength and resilience. And they give the often invisible labour of motherhood visual form.
YOU'VE COME A LONG WAY (MAYBE?)
Fri, April 2, 2021
April’s First Fridays talk with artist and activist Bev Pike starts off by revisiting 1975, when the Winnipeg Art Gallery marked International Women’s Year with an exhibition showing pictures of women – often nudes by male painters – rather than pictures by women. Winnipeg artist Sharron Zenith Corne led the push to organize a parallel WAG group show, Woman as Viewer, which became the first show at a major public gallery in Canada with an explicitly feminist theme. Bev gives a vivid sense of the controversy surrounding this ground-breaking show. While audiences were used to female nudes, woman artists using penises as subject matter seemed to make a lot of people nervous, including some WAG installers and the first company hired to print the catalogue.
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Bev also talks about her own practice, which focuses on intricately beautiful, monumentally scaled paintings that explore issues of women’s spaces and women’s bodies. And she brings her acid wit and sharp observations to the question of what constitutes feminist art and what does not, including a hilarious takedown of a particularly bad tribute to Mary Wollstonecraft.
'Sunken Séance Meeting Hall' • Bev Pike • 2020 • 2.5 x 5.5 m •
gouache on paper
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BEYOND THE PERIMETER
Fri, March 5, 2021
Alexandra Ross, who lives and works in Mitchell, Manitoba, talks about the challenges and rewards of being a rural artist, and why innovative ways of learning, exhibiting, connecting and creating are so important outside the city limits.
WARMING TRENDS:
Winnipeg's Warming Huts
Fri, February 5, 2021
Architect Peter Hargraves talks about the origins of the first Warming Huts competition in 2009: he initially went to the Forks Foundation to talk about getting access to the river but ended up with $10,000 seed money as well!
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And while the huts offer warmth and fun, they have also grappled with the fact of climate change and helped raise awareness of the urgent shelter needs of people experiencing homelessness.As Peter points out, during this difficult pandemic year, a fuschia-coloured, dipsy-doodling skating path visible from the windows of St. Boniface Hospital has been a literal bright spot.
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2020
CRAFT WORKS
Fri, December 4, 2020
It's so compelling to hear that Peter has made it a lifelong journey to walk every Winnipeg street in discovery of abandoned treasure for making his art. It is also revealed that, after 40 years, he continues to fine-tune his original SX-70 photos because “they just don’t seem finished”.
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He describes craft as 'thinking with your hands" and, as well as working with clay, explains why he embraces the satisfying impermanence of a medium called "snice".
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NORTHERN LIGHTS
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ONLINE, November 6,2020, Northern Lights
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PUBLIC ART IN THE
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Watch the October 2, 2020 Talk now: Public Art in the Time of COVID
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THE ART THAT
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ONLINE, September 4, 2020: The Art That Won't Let Go
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BUILDING A
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ONLINE, Friday, August 7, 2020: Building A Post-Pandemic Future
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THE SCIENCE OF ART
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ONLINE, Friday, July 3, 2020, Our free, COVID-adjusted Art Talk moves online.
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June 5, 2020 Art Talk postponed in deference to the Justice 4 Black Lives peaceful rally at the Manitoba Legislature.
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Breaking for COVID
March 6 ART TALK/ART WALK: 'Eco Art'
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ON! February 7, 2020.
Art Talk/Art Walk: ACCESS AND ABILITY: This First Friday, we’ll be talking with Jenel Shaw, artist and executive director of Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba, about visual artists who are dealing with disabilities and how this lived experience might impact their art-making processes and their art. We’ll also be examining the ways AANM is working to make culture more accessible for all Manitobans.
$25 (plus tax)Please reserve and pre-order: wfpnewscafe@gmail.com or phone 204 421 0682
December 6 Art Talk/Art Walk: IMAGES AND ICONS
Winnipeg artist Michael Boss will be discussing religion, art and his own artistic practice, which embraces the spiritual qualities of everything from Christian saints to Harley-Davidson motorcycles. We’ll be chatting about how faith has been expressed through centuries of art history, as well as the challenges of creating religious art in the contemporary art scene.
November 1, 2019, ART TALK/ART WALK
A TREE GROWS IN WINNIPEG:
(Read moderator Alison Gillmor's pre-talk article HERE)
Artist Connie Chappel works in assemblage and installation, often using found materials like fallen branches, tangled roots, fungus knots and sap to make hybrid objects. Examining the connections between humans and nature, her work tracks cycles of life and death, growth and decay. She discussed art, trees and the rewards – and occasional risks! -- of working with natural materials.
October 4 Art Talk/Art Walk: A SENSE OF PLACE
Artist Miriam Rudolph has lived in Paraguay and Canada, and her printmaking practice deals with notions of home and belonging, as well as dispossession and displacement. On October 4 she discussed how art can connect us to our environment, both to the places we live in and the places we leave behind.
September 6, 2019: Re: Building
Even as the fire was put out at Paris’s Notre Dame Cathedral, controversy ignited about the practical, esthetic and ethical implications of architectural restoration. Whether it’s the Hudson’s Bay building, a Crescentwood mansion or a modernist office block, those issues resonate here in Winnipeg, as well. Susan Algie, director of the Winnipeg Architecture Foundation, and architect James Wagner looked at the rich architectural heritage of our town and discussed questions surrounding preservation, restoration and adaptive reuse.
August 2, 2019: ART BY THE BOOK
There's a lot of discussion about what an artist's book can be. Whether it's a unique sculptural object or a widely distributed multiple, whether it uses words, pictures (or a bit of both), whether it's freely handled or carefully preserved, a bookwork is a perfect fusion of form and content. Erwin Huebner, Debra Frances Plett and Ann Stinner spoke about their often misunderstood medium, their creative processes and why the artist's book is so important in our digital age.
July 2019-no Art Talk/Art Walk
June 7, 2019: Artists in Residence:
Whether it involves the beauty and isolation of Churchill or the crowded noise of Brooklyn, a residency can change an artist's viewpoint and charge up their creative process. At this month's Art Talk, artists Craig Love and Diana Thorneycroft spoke about their experiences -- good, bad and unexpected -- with artist residencies.
May 3, 2019: Art Works and Art as Work
On the 100th anniversary of the Winnipeg General Strike, we’ll be talking with artist Kristin Nelson about art, labour and value. Examining Nelson’s fascination with time-intensive processes, we’ll discuss overlooked objects and undervalued work.
April 5, 2019: KID STUFF
“My feeling is that if you can think creatively, you can survive almost anything.”
-Wanda Koop, artist and Art City founder.
On April 5, we spoke with Josh Ruth and Eddie Ayoub, from the community-based arts organization Art City, and Stacey Abramson, an art educator in the public school system, about children’s art education and why it matters. Not every child who takes art lessons will become a professional artist, but art education can boost visual literacy, increase civic engagement and expand creative thinking. Moderated by Alison Gillmor.
March 1, 2019: ART AND THE CITY.
We spoke with Carol Phillips, Executive Director of the Winnipeg Arts Council, about what art brings to cities. Access to culture can expand our sense of place and history. It can foster awareness, build social engagement and enhance the economy. We’ll talk about what makes a creative city, and why Winnipeg has become home to so many fearless and original art makers.
February 1, 2019: CRITICAL CONDITION
Gatekeeper? Cheerleader? Arbiter? Translator? Publicist? Provocateur? What are the roles of the art critic today? We talked with Stacey Abramson, Winnipeg artist, art educator and art writer, about the often tricky relationships between artist and critic and between critic and reader.
January 2019-no Art Talk/Art Walk
December 7, 2018 Art Talk/Art Walk: Hanging Out
We spoke with artists Theo Sims and Collin Zipp, who also run Walleye Art Services, about historical approaches to hanging art and their own adventures in contemporary art installation.
November 2, 2018 Art Talk/Art Walk: Memory, Monuments and Anti-Monuments.
At this month's First Fridays' Art Talk, we spoke with Tricia Wasney and Andrew Boardman about public art and public memory. How do we mark significant people and events through art, who is represented and who gets left out, and who gets to decide? What do we do with historical pieces that are now divisive and controversial, and what do we need to memorialize now?
October 5, 2018 Art Talk/Art Walk:Representing Representation
We talked with Jenny Western -- curator, writer, educator and part of The Ephemerals artist collective -- about her own multilayered practice, about ideas of identity and representation, and about recent directions in Indigenous art.
The September 7, 2018 Art Talk/Art Walk looked at art school: What can it teach and what should it teach? How did artists train in the past, and how should they prepare for a very complex future? We chatted with artist, School of Art studio instructor (and former art student) Derek Brueckner and Oliver Botar, a professor of Art History at the School of Art.
ART TALK/ART WALK, August 3rd, 2018: Picturing Women Artists
Paula Kelly is a Winnipeg filmmaker and co-curator of the current Winnipeg Art Gallery show Defying Convention: Women Artists in Canada, 1900-1960.
Paula, with moderator Alison Gillmor, talked about feminist art history, overturning old artist stereotypes, and shining a light on some undervalued female artists.
ART TALK/ART WALK JULY 6, 2018: ART WE LOVE
At July's Art Talk, Nils Vik -- designer, owner of Parlour Coffee and longtime supporter of the Winnipeg art community -- and Sarah Jo Kirsch -- vocalist and passionate music pundit -- talked about why they love the art they do; what draws them, what connects them and what visual art has meant in their work and their lives.
ART TALK/ART WALK JUNE 1, 2018: CURATE THIS
What do actual art curators do?
We talked with Collin Zipp, director of Platform Centre and an artist-curator, and Jennifer Smith, an arts administrator and currently the Indigenous Curator In Residence at aceart, about their multiple roles in an increasingly complex and controversial art world.
ART TALK/ART WALK, May 4, 2018: Picturing Human Rights.
The news may inform us, but art can inspire us. Artists Gabriela Aguero and Lita Fontaine will be talking about the power of art to explore and express human rights issues, whether that involves promoting environmental activism, protesting a military dictatorship or helping refugees find a voice.
the Winnipeg Clinic.
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ART TALK/ART WALK, April 6, 2018: If You Build It
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ART TALK/ART WALK, March 2, 2018: ART and LIFE.
Alison Gillmor talked with artist, curator and art writer Cliff Eyland about the connection between an artist’s bio and an artist’s work, how we feel about awful people who make great art -- we’re looking at you, Picasso! -- and whether the #MeToo movement is spreading to the art world.
Read Alison's article HERE
ART TALK/ART WALK, February 2, 2018: Better Together
Moderator Alison Gillmor talked with Diana Thorneycroft, Michael Boss and Peter Graham, all members of the Frost Shield Kerfuffle group, about why artist collectives are so important -- creatively, emotionally and practically. From manifestoes to mentoring to moral support, they’ll spoke about why Winnipeg artists like to “huddle together to stay warm.”
2017
December 1, 2017- Art Talk/Art Walk: Fresh Prints
Thanks to Mariana Muňoz Gomez and Alison James who talked about their artistic practices, the power of printmaking, and why prints are a great way to kick off your art collection.
NOVEMBER 3, 2017 ART TALK/ART WALK:
Myths of Inspiration.
Where does art come from?
Artists hannah_g and Toby Gillies talked about the intriguing and often unpredictable nature of inspiration. People, places, events, ideas, music, books -- whatever inspires artists, in whatever roundabout ways, to make art.
OCTOBER 6, 2017 ART TALK/ART WALK:
Art's Past & Art's Present
Serena Keshavjee talked with moderator Alison Gillmor about her work as an art historian.
From looking at early 20th-century photographs of Elmwood seances to exploring our city's modernist architecture, she explained why art history is not just about the past-- and how we can use its tools and techniques to change the way we see the present.
SEPTEMBER 1, 2017 -ART AS HEALING
How can art make us better, happier, more whole? For expressive painter Shelley Vanderbyl, whose work ranges from large scale abstract frescoes to miniature pill-box landscapes, art is “a material language of hope.” In conversation with fellow artist Elise Dawson, she talked about art as care, comfort and unexpected beauty.
AUGUST 4, 2017 - Art Talk/Art Walk
At this month's Art Talk we celebrated the new C2 Centre for Craft with artists Seema Goel and Jessica Hodsgon, whose work breaks down and blows up the old barriers between art and craft. Looking at issues such as the relationships between humanity and the environment, food and sustainability, and the links among art, science and creativity, we discussed what craft materials and craft techniques can do in this new expanded field.
July 7, 2017-Lens-based Art in an iPhone Age, with Sarah Crawley and Diana Thorneycroft.
JUNE 2, 2017 - Can Good Design Save Your Life?
Darren Stebeleski
This month teacher and graphic designer Darren Stebeleski talked about what makes good design, why design matters and how he uses it in his work; and he showed how good design can actually save your life!
May 5, 2017 - SERIOUSLY FUNNY
Ray Fenwick and Glen Johnson.
Both artists use language in their work, allowing for a sharp look at the mishaps of human communication, some smart social commentary -- and lots of deadpan jokes.
We talked about art, language and the serious side of being funny.
We talked about art, language and the serious side of being funny.
April 7, 2017 - Electric Dreams: Art and Technology
Reva Stone
We spoke with Governor General Award-winning artist Reva Stone, whose pioneering intermedia work explores the impact of technology on human life. & how artists can make a space to examine the ethical and moral questions raised by new technologies.
Artists are working with robotic exoskeletons, extreme body-modification, facial recognition algorithms,
smart textiles and amino acid chains.
Reva’s own work has examined videogames and gender identity, the effect of communications technology on our social relationships and, more recently, the ethical ramifications of drone technology "in a world that is always at war"
Artists are working with robotic exoskeletons, extreme body-modification, facial recognition algorithms,
smart textiles and amino acid chains.
Reva’s own work has examined videogames and gender identity, the effect of communications technology on our social relationships and, more recently, the ethical ramifications of drone technology "in a world that is always at war"
March 3, 2017 - Art is a Motherhood Issue
Lisa Wood
One of the historical obstacles for female artists has been the stubbornly persistent notion that it is impossible to combine motherhood and creative work. (As controversial British artist Tracey Emin said in 2014: “There are good artists that have children. They are called men.”
Manitoba artist Lisa Wood, whose paintings often deal with identity, family and community, made the case for being both a mother and an artist, with each role enriching and informing the other. We talked about practical challenges and real rewards, while challenging social stereotypes of moms and artists alike.
Manitoba artist Lisa Wood, whose paintings often deal with identity, family and community, made the case for being both a mother and an artist, with each role enriching and informing the other. We talked about practical challenges and real rewards, while challenging social stereotypes of moms and artists alike.
February 3, 2017 - tears at the gallery
With curator Andrew Kear, art historian and artist Liv Valmestad, and artist Derek Brueckner.
People used to tremble and faint in the presence of paintings, and while the 21st-century gallery experience tends to be more subdued, there are still art objects with the power to move us and leave us breathless.
We discussed how and why some art evokes strong emotions.
We discussed how and why some art evokes strong emotions.
2016
December 2, 2016 - the value of art
with Bill Mayberry, president of Mayberry Fine Art
Most of us view art as a creative, crucially important human activity. But it’s also part of a dollars-and-cents marketplace.
Bill Mayberry, president of Mayberry Fine Art, recounted his decades of experience as an art dealer.
He talked about buyers who look at art as sentimental memory, as sofa-sized décor, as shrewd investment and as the object of pure, ardent love.
How art prices are determined, the future of the Canadian art market, and the chances of a priceless masterpiece popping up in your great-aunt’s attic were up for discussion.
Bill Mayberry, president of Mayberry Fine Art, recounted his decades of experience as an art dealer.
He talked about buyers who look at art as sentimental memory, as sofa-sized décor, as shrewd investment and as the object of pure, ardent love.
How art prices are determined, the future of the Canadian art market, and the chances of a priceless masterpiece popping up in your great-aunt’s attic were up for discussion.
November 4, 2016 - Portrait of the artist
Alison Gillmor
Artist Carole Freeman talked about portraiture with moderator Alison Gillmor.
Freeman has painted versions of her Facebook contacts, as a way of bringing the virtual wall to the gallery wall.
She has offered painted takes on paparazzi shots with portraits of TIFF stars, and she’s debuting a new show that explores the faces of Winnipeg’s history.
She raised ideas of identity, celebrity and the value of the painted portrait in the Internet age.
Freeman has painted versions of her Facebook contacts, as a way of bringing the virtual wall to the gallery wall.
She has offered painted takes on paparazzi shots with portraits of TIFF stars, and she’s debuting a new show that explores the faces of Winnipeg’s history.
She raised ideas of identity, celebrity and the value of the painted portrait in the Internet age.
October 7, 2016 - 'Coming and Going: The Winnipeg Effect'
Simon Hughes, Bev Pike
What does Winnipeg mean, for artists who come here, for artists who stay, and for artists who leave? How has our cold, somewhat isolated and idiosyncratic town -- and warm arts community -- affected their careers, their creative work and their everyday lives?
Previewing some of the topics that will be raised at the Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art’s 20th-anniversary symposium (November 3-5), we talked to Simon Hughes, a born-and-bred Winnipeg artist, and Bev Pike, an Alberta-raised painter who made the deliberate decision to come here in the 1980s, about their city and their art.
Previewing some of the topics that will be raised at the Centre for Contemporary Canadian Art’s 20th-anniversary symposium (November 3-5), we talked to Simon Hughes, a born-and-bred Winnipeg artist, and Bev Pike, an Alberta-raised painter who made the deliberate decision to come here in the 1980s, about their city and their art.
SEPTEMBER 2, 2016 - WHY WOMEN?
SHAWNA DEMPSEY
Moderator Alison Gillmor and Shawna looked at the historical barriers that faced women artists, the more subtle challenges facing them now, and the role of MAWA and mentoring for women artists in Winnipeg.
AUGUST 5, 2016 - Public Art: Take It Outside
Tricia Wasney
A look at art made for audiences outside gallery and museum walls
* There was no ART TALK/ART WALK on July 1st, 2016. Happy Canada Day !
June 3, 2016 - Can Art Change the World?
KC Adams, Alison Gillmor
Even if you don’t regularly visit art galleries, you probably saw some of KC Adams’ work in the weeks following the notorious Maclean’s Magazine article that labelled Winnipeg “Canada’s most racist city.”
'Perception' a photographic series the Winnipeg-based First Nations artist started in 2014, was all over the place, facing down racist stereotypes from bus shelters, billboards and across social media.
Adams will be discussing her work, as well as talking about what is often called “Social Practice Art.”
In this movement, artists work collaboratively with individuals and communities, dealing directly with social issues and ideas. They aim to engage big audiences, often outside the usual gallery and museum setting.
In conversation with moderator Alison Gillmor, Adams will be covering some tough and topical questions: What is the relationship between art and activism? What does it mean to be a political artist in the 21st century? How can artists connect with wider audiences? How can we use art to start conversations about important and difficult subjects? Can art actually change the world?
'Perception' a photographic series the Winnipeg-based First Nations artist started in 2014, was all over the place, facing down racist stereotypes from bus shelters, billboards and across social media.
Adams will be discussing her work, as well as talking about what is often called “Social Practice Art.”
In this movement, artists work collaboratively with individuals and communities, dealing directly with social issues and ideas. They aim to engage big audiences, often outside the usual gallery and museum setting.
In conversation with moderator Alison Gillmor, Adams will be covering some tough and topical questions: What is the relationship between art and activism? What does it mean to be a political artist in the 21st century? How can artists connect with wider audiences? How can we use art to start conversations about important and difficult subjects? Can art actually change the world?
MAY 6, 2016 - The Risks and Rewards of Making Art
Elvira Finnigan and Karel Funk
Elvira Finnigan and Karel Funk, two very different artists, spoke about how they approach making art, and about the internal and external pressures that shape their practices.
APRIL 1, 2016 - The Painter's Life
Tom Lovatt & Bette Woodland
Tom Lovatt & Bette Woodland presented a thoughtful and informative talk about how they navigate life together as professional artists andtheir distinctive approaches to exploring both the beauty and history of the figure.
MARCH 4, 2016 - Material and Metaphor
Bev Pike
Our guest speaker was senior artist Bev Pike, an acclaimed artist who paints massive, evocative paintings
that turn piles of clothing into fantastical landscapes!
that turn piles of clothing into fantastical landscapes!
FEBRUARY 5, 2016
Women filmmakers and storytelling - the films and visual art of Jackie Traverse and Shimby Zegeye-Gebrehiwot.
2015
DECEMBER 4, 2015
A full house enjoyed Sarah Swan in conversation with Serena Keshevjee, art historian at the University of Winnipeg.
Serena discussed how to develop your artistic taste, presented a virtual tour of several galleries and the artists they represent,
and revealed insider collecting tips!
Serena discussed how to develop your artistic taste, presented a virtual tour of several galleries and the artists they represent,
and revealed insider collecting tips!
NOVEMBER 6, 2015 - 'A Beginner’s Guide to Arthouse Film'
Our first ever film screening!
Sarah Swan interviewed award winning filmmaker Heidi Phillips about
the nature of innovation, screening a selection of her beautiful experimental films.
Heidi's beautiful, award winning film Old West Lodge was shown on a giant screen!
Sarah Swan interviewed award winning filmmaker Heidi Phillips about
the nature of innovation, screening a selection of her beautiful experimental films.
Heidi's beautiful, award winning film Old West Lodge was shown on a giant screen!
OCTOBER 2, 2015
Artists Interviewing Artists, part one: Thorneycroft, Stone, Goel Two groundbreaking artists Seema Goel and Governor General Award winningartist Reva Stone talked about their work. Diana Thorneycroft interviewed.
SEPTEMBER 4, 2015 - We the Audience
“What is the most powerful art you’ve ever seen? History professor David Churchill spoke about Caravaggio and Rothko.,
artist Willow Rector about Wanda Koop and film professor and screenwriter George Toles about Pierre Bonnard
artist Willow Rector about Wanda Koop and film professor and screenwriter George Toles about Pierre Bonnard
August 7, 2015 - Lake Winnipeg: Art, Science, and You
A full house at the News Café was treated to a thoughtful discussion about how art and science can collaborate to inspire heartfelt change.
With host Sarah Swan, artist Bill Pura and Lake Winnipeg Foundation director Alexis Kanu.
With host Sarah Swan, artist Bill Pura and Lake Winnipeg Foundation director Alexis Kanu.
July 3, 2015-Stripes, Splotches and Scribbles: An honest look at abstract art'
'On July 3 Ufuk Gueray, artist & University of Manitoba painting instructor, made a strong case in defense of abstract art.
Sarah Swan moderated a lively discussion with plenty of audience participation from the full house!
Sarah Swan moderated a lively discussion with plenty of audience participation from the full house!
JUNE 5, 2015
Alison Gillmor: the artist is a myth-maker and myth-buster / Diana Thorneycroft: the artist is a provocateur
May1, 2015-Ione Thorkelsson: a rare art
Reknowned glass artist Ione Thorkelsson and her extraordinary journey with this beautiful and temperamental medium. With moderator Sarah Swan.
APRIL 3, 2015 - Who are the arbiters of artistic taste?
A packed audience shared their opinions on a wide variety of artwork and Sarah Swan facilitated a discussion on artistic taste and "Who decides whether or not a work of art is good or bad?" "Why is some art museum-worthy, while other art is dismissed?" and "What separates a professional artist from an amateur one?"
MARCH 6, 2015 - THE NAKED TRUTH
Host Sarah Swan, artist Robert Sim, and nude models Ian Mozdzen and Lizzy Burt engaged in a discussion about the psychology of nakedness, the contribution of nude models to the artist's creative process, and famous artist-model couples from art history.
2014
December 5, 2014 - Let's Talk Clay
Elise Nadeau & Jordan Van Sewell discussed clay, and why the work of ceramic artists and traditional potters alike may be about to undergo a massive art world reappraisal.
NOVEMBER 7, 2014 - Matching the Sofa
Richelle Davies spoke about collecting on a budget, Elise Dawson about how to develop taste in art, and Larry Glawson of Martha Street Studio about fine art printmaking.
Then...
six printmakers' studios were featured on the tour, all with work for sale
Alan Geske, Mary Krieger, Nora Kobrinsky, Peter Graham, Sue Gordon, Karen Schulz
Then...
six printmakers' studios were featured on the tour, all with work for sale
Alan Geske, Mary Krieger, Nora Kobrinsky, Peter Graham, Sue Gordon, Karen Schulz
OCTOBER 3, 2014- Radioactive Art-Haunted by Chernobyl
Award winning photographer David McMillan joined host Sarah Swan to speak about his experiences photographing Pripyat, Ukraine, the city that was evacuated due to the Chernobyl Nuclear Accident of 1986, and discussed the differences between art photography and photojournalism.
September 5, 2014 - Inside/Out
In recognition of Mentoring Artists for Women's Art (MAWA)'s contribution to the arts community we presented Willow Rector & Tracy Peters, emerging, or early career, artists who make work in very unique ways. We learned more about Rector & Peters' exciting new work, & heard about how they learned to grow & take risks in their art.
AUGUST 1, 2014
Q: How many performance artists does it take to screw in a lightbulb?
A: It takes 2 enlightened performance artists to screw in a lightbulb
Critically acclaimed performance artists Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan spoke with host Elise Dawson about-
What is performance art, why does it make us nervous or cynical and is it still relevant?
A: It takes 2 enlightened performance artists to screw in a lightbulb
Critically acclaimed performance artists Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan spoke with host Elise Dawson about-
What is performance art, why does it make us nervous or cynical and is it still relevant?
JULY 4, 2014 - Michelangelo's Ego & The Van Gogh Myth
Art and culture writer Alison Gillmor examined our culture’s many myths about the artist
by delving into history, from the Renaissance and Post Impressionism to legendary street artist Banksy.
Read host Sarah Swan's article > Artistic mystique difficult to explain
by delving into history, from the Renaissance and Post Impressionism to legendary street artist Banksy.
Read host Sarah Swan's article > Artistic mystique difficult to explain
June 6, 2014
Tons of people in the Exchange, and a sold-out crowd to see Bill Pura at Art Talk.
MAY 2, 2014 - ART SCHOOL ON TRIAL
Is it worth it? Does it turn out theory-obsessed artists with little actual skill? Is student work important?
With students Shaylynn Plett and John Patterson & instructors Ufuk Gueray & Erica Mendritzki
With students Shaylynn Plett and John Patterson & instructors Ufuk Gueray & Erica Mendritzki
April 4, 2014
Every few years some critic declares painting to be dead, or over, and another critic rushes to painting's defence?
Has painting changed? Can painters be original, or are they just rehashing art history?
Art Talk moderator Sarah Swan and Craig Stuart Love discussed whether painting is alive and well, dead and gone, or The Undead.
Has painting changed? Can painters be original, or are they just rehashing art history?
Art Talk moderator Sarah Swan and Craig Stuart Love discussed whether painting is alive and well, dead and gone, or The Undead.
March 7, 2014 - Crafters vs Artists- Round 1
On March 7, Crafters sewed up a victory with an arsenal of knitted land mines and tatted poetry when
two worthy contenders, Barb Hunt & Chantel Mierau, pummelled the inner art snob (of some) and emerged champions!
two worthy contenders, Barb Hunt & Chantel Mierau, pummelled the inner art snob (of some) and emerged champions!
February 7, 2014 - OPPOSITES ATTRACT
On February 7, a very full house was treated to a lively & revealing talk - 'OPPOSITES ATTRACT' as Sarah Swan interviewed Diana Thorneycroft and Michael Boss about their very unique collaborations.
2013
December 6, 2013 - Living With Art:HOW TO START AN ART COLLECTION 2.0
Artists use many methods to create limited edition, fine art original prints - they can be a great starting point for an art collection. With Jeff Baigrie, Toby Bartlett & Elise Dawson.
NOVEMBER 1, 2013 - The Art of Interpretation
Artist Doug Smith talks to host Sarah Swan.
OCTOBER 4, 2013 - Artifact or Art?
Host Sarah Swan was joined by Jenny Western (curator, writer, and educator) & Daina Warren (curator and co-director of Urban Shaman Gallery) for a fascinating examination of contemporary Aboriginal art .
September 6, 2013
Host Sarah Swan talked with Winnipeg artists Freya Olafson and Derek Brueckner
about their use video, performance art and everyday items to push the boundaries of artistic expression.
about their use video, performance art and everyday items to push the boundaries of artistic expression.
AUGUST 2, 2013
Artist Cliff Eyland and Moderator Sarah Swan got in the ring FOR AN ART SPAR!
JULY 5, 2013 - art or objectification
Andrew Valko
June 7, 2013
Photographers Sarah Crawley and Karen Asher
MAY 3, 2013
1 cool & articulate performance artist + a full house =1 of our best Art Talks yet! @SharonAlward
APRIL 5, 2013
54 people came out on April 5 to hear artists Lisa Wood and Robert Sim, and to learn about the history of nudity in art. It was a great evening!
March 1, 2013
On March 1st, a SRO audience enjoyed a compelling Art Talk delivered by artist Larry Glawson, director of Martha Street Studio-Winnipeg's premiere printmaking studio.
After enjoying the dinner and talk, many in the audience attended to Martha Street Studio and experienced an even more in depth understanding of the history, aesthetics and process of the Art of Printmaking.
After enjoying the dinner and talk, many in the audience attended to Martha Street Studio and experienced an even more in depth understanding of the history, aesthetics and process of the Art of Printmaking.
February 1, 2013
"Unlocking the mysteries of the Art World" A discussion about art with Alison Gillmor
Alison addressed some common questions about the world of art!
Art Galleries- are they still important in the digital age?
What is the difference between art and craft, and who decided that sculpture is art but quilts are not?
Who decides how much a painting costs and which artists get to be famous?
Alison addressed some common questions about the world of art!
Art Galleries- are they still important in the digital age?
What is the difference between art and craft, and who decided that sculpture is art but quilts are not?
Who decides how much a painting costs and which artists get to be famous?
JANUARY 4,2013 - But What Does it Mean?An examination of Abstract Art.
With Derek Dunlop and Krisjanis Kaktins-Gorsline
2012
DECEMBER 7, 2012
On the December 7 ART TALK Sarah Swan presented practical & user -friendly ways to access the "weirdness" of some modern and contemporary art.
November 2,2012
A full house at the News Café enjoyed an evening of art , dining and great conversation! hannah_g, Howard Gurevich & Andrew Lodwick each spoke about two noteworthy Manitoba artists.
OCTOBER 5, 2012
Mary Reid University of Manitoba School of Art Gallery curator
SEPTEMBER 7, 2012 - OLD MASTERS
Christian Worthington
AUGUST 3, 2012 - THE WORLD OF INSTALLATION ART-with Jennifer Stillwell
July 7, 2012 - How to Start an Art Collection-with Gallery owners Howard Gurevich and Joe Kalturnyk
On July 7 First Fridays ART TALK/ART WALK was launched!
