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  • What's ON💥October 6
  • ART TALK/ART WALK
    • Art Talk Archive
  • Table for Two Restaurant Raffle
  • MEMBER LISTINGS
    • Adelaide Street
    • Albert Street
    • ALEXANDER AVE
    • Arthur Street
    • Bannatyne Avenue
    • Cumberland Ave
    • Donald Street
    • Hargrave St
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What's ON💥
JUNE 2

Open 5-9pm + Free
(unless otherwise stated)
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Adelaide
Cre8ery Gallery+Studio
125 Adelaide St, 2nd floor
11am-9pm
Command G Krista Lawson, Kristen Lourie and Shouresh Jalili. Focusing on figurative and representational work, this exhibition covers a diverse range of technical and expressive approaches with each artist bringing their own unique style to the table.
& New works in the auxiliary gallery.
Masks Highly Recommended due to immune compromised owner/only staff
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North Forge Fabrication Lab
125 Adelaide St, 3rd floor

Stop in at the North Forge Fabrication Lab!
Learn how we can help tap into your creative side, discover how entrepreneurs transform their ideas into something tangible, and have the opportunity to view what our members create!

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Albert 
The Royal Albert Arms
48 Albert St

The People's Makers Market (5-11pm) & Open Mic (9-11pm)
15+ local vendors, Art, vintage + curated second hand fashions, jewelry, personal care, toys, photography, tarot & more.
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Kathleen Crosby Gallery 
63 Albert St, 2nd floor

5-9:30pm
Come down and see new artists and their amazing work!
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Noel Bebee
63 Albert St, 5th Floor
Computer Incubated Art
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Thrift Nihilist
63 Albert St, 5th Floor
4-9:30pm
Vintage clothing, streetwear, antiques & more! A wide selection of curated pieces.
@thriftnihilist on instagram. Kier Mailan
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Digital Wrkshop
63 Albert St, 5th floor

5pm-late
Come get your garments patched/customized at flowerpots patch buffet brought to you by Lou. Original artwork by: Weight in Gould & Nicolina Melinto. Photography prints by Thunder Mcvey
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Fleet Galleries
65 Albert St
Group show with new and gallery artists.
Meet "The Mayor of Albert Street" and enter a free draw for one of his artworks!

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Plant Lab Botanical Design
68 Albert St

Open 12pm-10pm.
Featuring Plant Lab's Mini Market, from 5pm to 9pm. There will be some awesome vendors to come check out, so make sure to stop by for some fun shopping and general fun having as we will be jamming out with some great tunes all night.
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 Vantage Vintage
70 Albert St, Unit 210

11am-9pm! 
An alternative to buying new! With tons of fresh summer digs found at our world class vintage boutique.
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pottery empire
70 Albert St, Unit 220

Open 5-9pm
Shop locally made one of a kind pottery and hang out with the ones who made them.
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Northlore
75 Albert St

Swing by Northlore from 5-9 for a Spring pop-up! Meg Does Pottery creates functional and wearable ceramic goods that are colourful and fun. Maison Corazon creates incredible slow fashion that can be enjoyed for endless seasons
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 High Wax Candle Co
91 Albert St, 2nd fl
Hosting Summer Nights & City Lights pop-up with Vendors Ever so lovely - clay earrings & more & Rising Sol Creations - Crystal jewelry hand made with comp. nacho bar.
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Orbit Collective
Tonight we are at 246 McDermot where we will be releasing a new collection exclusively at The Collab Shop!
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Arthur
Toad Hall Toys 
54 Arthur St

It's Food Fight Game Night, and all food related(ish). It's a dice race to make a pizza with Pizza Party, a hand and mouth coordination game with Taco, Cat (not food), Goat, Cheese, Pizza (hmm another theme), and back by popular demand...Poop Bingo!
Come play with us between 5-9pm.
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Más Coffee Co
70 Arthur St, Unit 100

Serving Iced Coffees, Affogattos and Matchagattos 
as well as our baked goods and hot drinks.
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Costume Museum of Canada
70 Arthur St, Unit 410

6-9 pm
Celebrating 200 years of Fashion for Canadians!
The Costume Museum is opening its "Doors to the Past" showing clothing and attire, some worn centuries ago. One to see is a two piece silk taffeta gown  circa 1765. You can see the French court influence in the pannier underhoop which makes the wide silhouette. A good reason why French doors were designed!
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Studio 6 
70 Arthur St, Unit 615

We are honored to have special guests Jo Seenie and Chris Wabie, musicians,  multidisciplinary artists and traditional crafters, show their incredible work. Come experience it! Along with our paintings, drawings and photography, Brian Longfield and I will be projecting new video shorts in our Temporary Autonomous Microcinema. And try your hand at the ethereal interactive broken piano installation!
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Seduta Art
91 Arthur St

Open 12-9pm (or later) with a bunch of new arts, crafts, and stationery supplies!
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Video Pool Media Arts Centre
100 Arthur St

2 Free Events
1.The Output 2nd floor: 6-8:30pm Contemporary Verse 2 hosts an evening of poetry readings by Erin McGregor, Sue Sorensen and Hillarie Tasche, and screening of our Prairie Poets Video Series featuring videos by local poets Azka Ahmed, Yelani Peiris, Marjorie Poor, Jennifer Still, Ella Taylor, and Winnipeg’s Poet Laureate Chimwemwe Undi.
This venue is accessible, and live ASL interpretation will be provided during the readings. Masking is strongly encouraged.
2.Poolside Gallery, 3rd floor:
6-10pm. The Five Drones by Brady Allard. An installation exploring the implications of drones in modern society. Presented by Cluster Festival and Video Pool Media Arts Centre.
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Bannatyne
katie + gunner gallery
141 Bannatyne Ave, Unit 102

Inuit, Textile, Painting, Photography, Sculpture+ designer vinyls.
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Cumberland
C2Centre for Craft
329 Cumberland Ave

7pm (doors open at 6:30).
Artist Talk with Julianna Zwierciadlowska-Rhymer in association with Stuffed her show currently up in the gallery in which she taps into the association between food & ceramics to re-examine our relationship with food.
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James
Rubia Darya Gallery
132 James Ave

20% off select rugs. Join us for 'Rug Talks and Tea' and see our handwoven tribal rugs and textiles from Afghanistan, Turkmenistan, Persia, and The Caucasus. Our vintage and antique rugs are one-of-a-kind and have their own story to tell. Travel across the world with us. A wide range in prices, and newly received stock. Offering tea and chocolates.
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Main
MAWA
(Mentoring Artists for Women's Art)
611 MAIN ST

Noon – 1pm
First Friday Lecture: Voices of Resistance by Hamideh Behgar & Niki Saghari
Hybrid event online or in person
Visit mawa.ca for Zoom link
 The “Women, Life, Freedom” movement in Iran was sparked by the death of Mahsa Zhina Amini, who was beaten by the morality police on 16 September 2022 for not wearing a proper hijab. This lecture will examine how artists around the world have used various forms of art to express their solidarity with the protesters and raise awareness about their cause.
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The Edge Gallery and Urban Art Centre
611 MAIN ST

6-9pm
Summer CAMP: A Queerious Art Exhibition
Summer CAMP is an exhibition featuring the work of 2SLGBTQIA+ artists in Winnipeg and Manitoba. The works in the show range from paintings to ceramics to printmaking to sculpture and more! Celebrate the work of local 2SLGBTQIA+ artists this Pride season!
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McDermot
Mayberry Fine Art
212 McDermot Ave
5-9pm Opening
Shepard Fairey:
Multiples
Mayberry Fine Art is proud to present an exhibition of screen prints spanning the career of acclaimed American artist, Shepard Fairey. Fairey’s work is rooted in his graphic illustration practice honed at the Rhode Island School of Design and is heavily influenced by his political and musical tastes. Fairey is well known for his activism (having designed the famous ‘HOPE' poster for the Obama Presidential campaign in 2008) and for his presence in Skater subcultures. His Obey Giant stickers are often plastered on boards and around skate parks across the world. Mayberry Fine Art has put together a comprehensive survey of Fairey’s screen prints that commemorate musical and political movements alike.
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Warehouse Artworks 
222 McDermot Ave,

Featuring Manitoba artists and new works by Janett Perrett.
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Into The Music
245 McDermot Ave,

10:30am-9pm.
From our recently purchased excellent jazz collection, we present an exhibition & sale of over 35 items focused on the LP & 78rpm album covers by iconic artist David Stone Martin, dating mainly from the 1950s.
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tara davis studio boutique
246 McDermot Ave

Happy shop full of fun things by over 100 (mostly Canadian) dreamers + makers
Pop Up: Simone's Rose | Slow Fashion
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Orbit Collective
At The Collab Shop, 246 McDermot.

5-9pm.
We will be releasing a new collection exclusively at The Collab Shop.
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Tokyo Smoke | The Exchange
264 McDermot Ave

3-9pm
19+ event. ID required
Shop local glassmaker Shine Glass Works beautiful pendants, accessories, and other goods. BZAM and Tweed product knowledge!

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Winnipeg Architecture Foundation
266 McDermot Ave,

5-7pm Open House
What buildings do you love and hate? WAF is producing an architectural guidebook for Winnipeg's 150th birthday. Meet our team and share your views (good and bad) for Places + Spaces.
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All About Theatre and Gallery
288 McDermot, 2nd floor
Featuring art works by Heidi Hunter, hand dyed clothing and limited
edition prints at 50% off
Come enjoy!
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Lennard Taylor Design Studio Inc.
290 McDermot Ave, 5th floor 

Lennard Taylor Design studio will be open from 5-9pm and will have a community engagement exhibition of textile waste being turned into a massive sculpture symbolizing the people who have died or are struggling to crawl out of the textile industry. 
Come explore Lennard's textile waste exhibition and reimagine waste into beautiful works of art. 
Feel like getting your hands dirty?  Bring your own shirt and for a small fee so you can learn to paint on your garment using one of Lennard's Mannequins and paint supplies.  (Fee to cover cost of materials and cleanup)
Looking forward to seeing you all in attendance :)
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Kev Ten Studio Shop
290 McDermot Ave, 6th floor

Kev Ten Studio Shop will be open til 9 
With new concrete plates!
 ( super funky radness )
And....
The Winnipeg Comic Anthology returns with COMRAD 5: The Wild Issue, featuring comics from local artists, Joseph Pilapil, Bryce Creasy, Nicolette Nuytten & Ingrid Johnson and more! COMRAD is an ongoing collaboration amongst Winnipeg's independent comic community. All proceeds go towards publishing and promoting local artists.
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Francine Martin Art
318 McDermot Ave, Unit 301 

5-8pm
Open studio featuring new works in mixed media and paper collage. Also guest artist Trash Bread!
 
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Pacific
Nonsuch Brewing Co.
125 Pacific Ave

4-11 pm
Guest chef Kris Kurus
Come join us as Nonsuch for a one-night only menu from Guest Chef Kris Kurus, of deer + almond. Menu released June 1.
First come first served!  
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Princess
Tamarack Clothing
108 Princess St

Open till 7pm with New Arrivals from Patagonia!
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ace art 
206 Princess St

6-10 pm
aceartinc. welcomes you to our opening celebration of the accomplishments of our membership. Come support our community, with refreshments and entertainment. Work will be available for purchase, with all proceeds directly going to the artist. 
The members’ show is open to all active members to participate. Deadline for submissions May 27th.
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Rupert
The Manitoba Museum
190 Rupert Ave

Enjoy free admission to the Museum Galleries, Planetarium, and Science Gallery, and a special panel discussion on Queer Activism, in partnership with Rainbow Resource Centre!
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William 
Little Brown Jug Brewing Co.
336
William Ave
7pm - late
We will be hosting our annual Pride Patio Party! Featuring House Of Gold Diamonds with drag performances by Orion Sbelt, Kvmera and Cheron Sharelike.

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With the generous support of Winnipeg Arts Council,  Manitoba Arts Council, The Exchange District BIZ 
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