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Leadership announcements for January 2023

January 4, 2023 — 
The University of Manitoba is pleased to announce the following appointment and extension: Dr. Edward Jurkowski has been appointed Director, School of Art for the period of January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2027.

People standing in front of circular gold leaf artwork.

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Structural anarchy

December 12, 2022 — 
Open Structure exhibition explores the subtle rhythms and systems that structure our lives and considers how sound, music, and touch can offer new perspectives on systems, such as identity and the rules that govern our lives, providing space to pause, gather, and dream.

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In the news: SoA alumna awarded 2022 C New Critics Award

December 7, 2022 — 
We are pleased to congratulate School of Art Design alum Shaneela Boodoo who was selected C New Critics 2022 Award recipient announced by C Magazine on December 2, 2022!

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Dr. Ovliver Botar stands on stage with Rector József Fülöp and holds a glass award

In the news: Professor Dr. Oliver Botar receives Moholy-Nagy Award

December 4, 2022 — 
One of the world's best-known Moholy-Nagy researchers, art historian, curator, and School of Art Professor Dr. Oliver Botar received the Moholy-Nagy Award on October 27 from Rector József Fülöp at the MOME Campus.

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School of Art Student Gallery presents: Bead by Thread / Altered Forms

November 22, 2022 — 
A collaborative exhibition showcasing the obscure ties between the craft of Beading and the craft of Sculpture. 

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Compilation photo of three curators: Grace Deveney, Lillian O'Brien Davis and Shalaka Jadhav.

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Building on their curatorial practice

September 22, 2022 — 
In June 2021, the School of Art Gallery at the University of Manitoba launched its Visiting Curator Program. The Visiting Curator Program was designed to play a vital role in defining contemporary art and its attendant discourses in Western Canada and beyond.

A thin wire hangs across a limestone quarry lake. Image courtesy artist Lisa Stinner-Kun. Title: Garson (hanging wire), 2017, archival ink jet print.

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School of Art Gallery presents Moving Matter: Between Rock and Stone

August 22, 2022 — 
Moving Matter: Between rock and stone is an exhibition about Tyndall limestone, a building material quarried from a 450-million-year-old body of rock.

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Close-up of diploma held by grad.

Spring Convocation returns to in-person events for 2022

May 30, 2022 — 
Honorary degree recipients announced for Convocation, and President's Installation takes place June 7

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School of Art presents 2022 MFA Thesis Exhibitions

May 17, 2022 — 
The School of Art and School of Art Gallery are pleased to present the thesis exhibitions and oral examinations by five Master of Fine Art students.

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A black and white image of the underside of a tree that has been uprooted in a dense forest.

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Grounded perspective

May 17, 2022 — 
Artworks connect to the natural world

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