First Fridays in the Exchange ON! FIRST FRIDAY APRIL 7: Check back throughout the month as we add to the lineup! *** green starred venues are late additions and don't appear on the printed brochure Hit the street names for more info and links.
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ADELAIDE ST Cre8ery Gallery+Studio 125 Adelaide St, 2nd floor Open 11am-9pm. Masks are provided. Meet the Artist 4-9pm Infinite Horizons New works Jim Thomson "Raven is my familiar in the tradition of fantasy literature. He creates the landscapes as he flies, folding and unfolding, building the world along a line with infinite horizons. We all build our worlds by moving through them. Let Raven take you through his." Jim Thomson ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
ALBERT ST Artbeat Studio 62 ALBERT ST, 4th floor 5:30-9pm Through the Keyhole Featuring art by Artbeat Alumni Chloe Everly and Fay Shlanda. ____________ Kathleen Crosby Gallery 63 ALBERT ST, Unit 210 5-9pm 7 emerging artists in the Winnipeg art scene. Free wine, music and good vibes. All welcome. ____________ Fleet Galleries 65 ALBERT ST New Works By Jeramia Valle, Jared Loewen, and Cole Cancilla and many others ____________ Plant Lab Botanical Design 68 ALBERT ST 5-9pm Pop in and shop the Mini Market with lots of fun local vendors! As always, the tunes will be playing all night long so come down for some shopping and good times. ____________ pottery empire 70 ALBERT ST, Unit 220 5-9pm. Come and meet the makers and get a tour of the studio. ____________ High Wax Candle Co. 91 ALBERT ST 2nd floor entrance 5-9pm Spring Nights Sip & Shop, including comp. drinks! 3 guest vendors: Bone Valley, Higher Thoughts, & Jades Chocolates Shop inventory from Easter chocolates, bones, hair styling, new candle inventory, and so much more! ____________ Orbit Collective 2E-91ALBERT ST 5-9pm Pop-Up with up to 40% off all our luxury unisex streetwear! ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
ARTHUR ST Más Coffee Co 70 ARTHUR ST, Unit 100 Open and serving beverages until until 9pm. New pieces by local artist Tim Toews, and an art display by University of Manitoba School of Art students! ____________ *** Studio 6 70 ARTHUR ST, Unit 615 5-9pm Along with our paintings, drawings and the beautiful pottery of our special guest Yoshiko Watanabe, Brian Longfield and I will be projecting new and old video shorts. At the ethereal interactive broken piano installation, you are invited to add some notes to the mix! ____________ Seduta Art 91 ARTHUR ST We'll be open from 12pm-8pm (or later) with a bunch of new arts, crafts, and stationery supplies! We'll also be displaying artworks by University of Manitoba Fine Arts students as a part of District SOA, and by Cole Cancilla. ____________ Red River Book Store 92 ARTHUR ST Open to 9pm We invite people to see our thousands of art books for sale on our second floor as well as a display of art works. ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
BANNATYNE AVE Ashdown Cannabis + First Friday Art Gallery 171 BANNATYNE AVE Open 10am-midnight Showing amazing, surreal, fantastic, trippy art byDAB @paintdab and guest artists on display inside the store. @robinlove.xoxo @chrissimonitefineart @liz.disenchanted @jaimony.payne.art @marleys.insta.gram @detachedartistry ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
DONALD ST SkullSpace 374 DONALD ST, 2nd floor 6-10pm BOARD GAME NIGHT! $5 entry gets you a pizza, pop, and an entire evening of board games! ~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~
MAIN ST The Edge Gallery and Urban Art Centre 611 MAIN ST 6-11pm Paintings by Nkalis No Entry Fee-Drinks available to purchase ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
McDERMOT AVE tara davis studio boutique 246 McDERMOT AVE Open until 9. Happy shop full of fun things by over 100 (mostly Canadian) dreamers + makers! We’re also showing work by University of Manitoba School of Art students. ____________ Lennard Taylor Design Studio Inc. 290 McDERMOT AVE, 5th floor 5-9pm We will have the studio / shop/ art gallery open. Lennard will be live painting at 7pm and giving a tutorial about how to deal with stains on clothing. ____________ Kev Ten gallery/shop 290 McDERMOT AVE, 6th floor Open til 9 Everyone welcome, Come say hi Studio tours - Cool concrete Art-Fun Peeps Also Joseph @thetravellingsignpainters has some SUPER COOL signs on display for sale Yeah, it’s a double bill here on the 6th Floor Two Winnipeg Artists here to show our space and talk stuff See you then! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PACIFIC AVE *** Nonsuch Brewing Co. 125 PACIFIC AVE 4pm-closing Enjoy a special, one night only menu prepared by a special guest chef. Info to follow! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PRINCESS ST *** Tamarack Clothing 108 PRINCESS ST Open 11am-7pm Last call for any winter deals on locally owned luxury outdoor and casual clothing! ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
RUPERT AVE The Manitoba Museum 190 RUPERT AVE 4-9pm.Enjoy FREE admission to the Museum Galleries, Planetarium, & Science Gallery. 7:30-8:30pm. FREE presentation in the Manitoba Museum Auditorium. A Conversation with Martin Boyce One of a handful of surviving Stonewall Riot activists shares the story of one of the most pivotal queer/trans actions in history. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
District SOA The University of Manitoba School of Art (SOA) has teamed up with The Exchange District Biz to create Student Exhibitions with businesses in The Exchange! Open late for First Friday April 7 are hosts: Mas Coffee Co, Seduta Art, tara davis studio boutique, & there are works in the Biz office windows, 492 Main St. Come out and support the Students and Businesses!