December 2 First Friday lineup! |
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ADELAIDE ST
125, 2nd fl. cre8ery • Open 11am-8pm. Artists in attendance 5-8pm. for Speaking Visually, the collaboration of visual expression from Manitoba artists, Roger V. Sutherland (acrylics), Denise LeBleu (photography), Lydia Bartel-Zobarich (acrylics) & Jo Smoley (Mixed Media). Masks required, we will provide while supplies last.
125, 3rd fl. North Forge Fabrication Lab • Stop in at the North Forge Fabrication Lab and learn how we can help tap into your creative side.
ALBERT ST
* 48 The Royal Albert Arms • Yule Market happening in the Atrium of the Royal Albert Arms Hotel at 48 Albert Street, 5-10pm. Artistans with hand crafted goods, vintage and food vendors.
62, lower level Manitoba Institute of Sculptors & Artists • Visit the studio and meet artists working in stone, clay, paint and assemblage. We will have members at work and providing tours of our studio. We have some studio spaces still available, (2 stone carving spaces, 1 clay space as well as a space for a painter. There will be a pre-holiday sale occurring on this 1st Friday so do come in and browse and enjoy.
62, 2nd fl Albert Street Tattoo • 5-9pm. Rope Art Life Drawing (6:30-8pm) with Maeve Edel. Rope bondage demo with life drawing in which a model will be tied. Poses range from 1 to 15 minutes.
63, Unit 210 Kathleen Crosby Gallery • Featuring new works by Winnipeg artists! Affordable and unique gifts for the season! Wine, music, and beautiful, captivating art! Come join the fun!
65 Fleet Galleries • New works by sculptor Tim Philippi.
68 Plant Lab Botanical Design • noon-10pm. Come get your holiday shopping done while discovering everything great about the Exchange. Skip the mall and shop small. Music will be pumping all night and I’ll be giving away some sweet treats, until supplies last. Masks recommended.
70, Unit 210 Vantage Vintage • 11-9pm. The BEST vintage clothing Winnipeg has ever seen!
70, Unit 220 pottery empire • Holiday-themed market. Come and get that special someone a one-of-a-kind gift this year.
75 Northlore • Come by to sip house-made mulled apple cider and shop our consciously crafted holidays gifts. Open to 9pm.
ARTHUR ST
* 70,Unit 100 Mas Coffee Co • Open to 9pm. Dedicated to roasting and brewing the best quality coffee in town, and supporting fair wages, equality, and environmental diligence along the way.
70, Unit 410 The Costume Museum of Canada • 6-9pm. Presenting '50's dresses - 5 Vignettes'
91 Seduta Art • We'll be open from 12pm-11pm with a bunch of new arts and stationery supplies!
100, 2nd fl. The Output • A looping video presentation (6-10pm) with a dance performance from 8-8:45PM.
Videopool Media Arts Centre is proud to partner with Visual Aids.org for Day With(out) Art 2022 by presenting BEING & BELONGING, a program of seven new videos centering the emotional reality of living with HIV today.
*Dance Performance (8-8:45pm) An ever changing group of dancers and musicians come together to perform live improvisation. Initiated in 2019 by studio partners Emma Dal Monte, Trevor Pick, and Alex Elliott, LPI is back. Live Performed Improvisation (LPI) invites you to The Output at 6:30pm for an evening of reflection, gathering, and celebration. Alex would like to dedicate this performance to a Visual Artist she met through her Forever-Mentor Tedd Robinson. We really hope to see you there.
100, Unit 502 Contemporary Verse 2 • Open house for Canada’s oldest poetry magazine. Stop by to enjoy refreshments, buy a subscription or a discounted back issue, and chat with the CV2 staff and board. We are recruiting for new board members and we would love to answer any questions!
BANNATYNE AVE
141 Katie + Gunner Gallery • Join us for our Shop Spotlight! Featuring a gift wrap station. Hot cider. Christmas baking. And a stellar seasonal playlist. Exhibitions: Neil Peter Dyck & Dorset Fall Collection.
CUMBERLAND AVE
329 C2 Centre for Craft • Trunk Sale: Women Helping Women Beadwork, a non-profit collective that sells beadwork for Indigenous women from the Women’s Correctional Centre in Headingley MB & other federal facilities in Western Canada. 100% of all sales go directly to the makers.
JAMES AVE
132 Rubia Darya Gallery • 5-9pm. Tribal rugs from Afghanistan and Iran for sale. Hand-woven, one of a kind. Come for rug talks and tea. Mask use appreciated.
KING ST
87 Yewtopia • 5-10pm. st Floor --> Come check out Shagal Jeans who reopened shop after more then 30 years, selling vintage late 80s denim and cords. (recently on CTV news) Though Ed went off to Hawaii, the shop will be open for purchases. Cash only*
Also, we are thrilled to share that the main storefront has been filled and will feature vintage T's by Clothing Bakery* and other local entrepreneurs. They are set to open Sunday Dec. 11th - 11 am till 6 or later.
2nd Floor --> Yewtopia will have all their local handmade items on display, plus additional vendors including Field Star Healing (lotion, herbs, and Palm Readings*), Asma from Karma and Sage Crystals, and Chelsea from Luminosity Healing will be offering Akashic Record Readings and Reiki, and possibly more *
MAIN ST
611 The Edge Gallery and Urban Art Centre • 5-10pm. Join us for our Holiday Sale and Chilli Bowl Fundraiser- pottery, grab bags, ornament painting, live music,card & button making!
McDERMOT AVE
* 175 U.N. Luggage • We will be serving up discounts, giveaways and holiday cheer! Open until 8:00 p.m. Hope you can join our festivities!
222 Warehouse Artworks • Help us decorate our Christmas tree by making a Christmas ornament or take it home for your own tree. Also featuring Manitoba artists.
246 tara davis studio boutique • come celebrate tara’s birthday and get a goodie bag with purchases over $25
266 The Winnipeg Architecture Foundation • 7-9pm. Exhibit & Book Sale: Winnipeg Ghost Signs. Masks are mandatory.
288 All About Theatre & Gallery • 2- 8pm. Our shop is open with wonderful gifts to choose from for this giving season with many hand made creations by local artists. Prints, cards, scarves, shirts, shawls, and more.
290, 6th fl Evi Ten • Open 1-9pm, or later. New Concrete Sculpture and Paper Collage to view for sale. Come enjoy the view from the 6th floor.
290 Urban Shaman •
NOTRE DAME AVE
222 Bevvy Teyems’ Custom Picture Framing (1) Tarot Reading with artist and intuit Erzebet Bathory and (2) Presenting Burning Blue, a gallery showing of 3 large paintings by multidisciplinary artist Charlie Rae Walker.
PACIFIC AVE
125 La Brasserie Nonsuch Brewing Co. Join us for a special, one night only menu prepared by a guest chef!
PRINCESS ST
208 ace art • 6-9pm. OPEN REHEARSAL with INDEPENDENT DANCERS. Drop in while movement artists prepare for PEOPLE PART, a direct dance + live music happening on Dec 4th, 8pm @ The Rachel Browne Theatre! Expect short and long instant compositions immediate in spirit & direct from the nervous system.
RUPERT AVE
190 The Manitoba Museum • 4-9pm. Join us for free general admission to the Museum Galleries, Planetarium, and Science Gallery, and for monthly special programming!
WILLIAM AVE
* 312 ArtsJunktion • 6-8pm. FREE and drop-in.
To kick off the holiday season, we’re throwing a Deck Your Hall’s Art Hive We will be making all sorts of gaudy holiday accessories for you to wear throughout the upcoming month, including broaches, jewelry, hair pieces, and whatever else you can dream up!
Visit the Exchange all month!
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our member Galleries, Studios, Shops & Venues:
•Adelaide • Albert • Arthur • Bannatyne • Cumberland • James • King • Main • Martha • McDermot•Notre Dame • Pacific • Princess • Rupert • Waterfront • William •
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Unit 505-63 Albert Street, Winnipeg MB, R3B 1G4
With the generous support of Winnipeg Arts Council, Manitoba Arts Council, The Exchange District BIZ
Unit 505-63 Albert Street, Winnipeg MB, R3B 1G4
With the generous support of Winnipeg Arts Council, Manitoba Arts Council, The Exchange District BIZ
