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School of Art Gallery presents: One Queer City

November 5, 2020 — 
School of Art Gallery presents One Queer City, a multi-site exhibition that revisits and builds upon the premises of One Gay City, a not-fully-realized public art installation by collaborative duo Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan, who created three prints for transit shelters in 1997.

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Max Sandred, Faculty of Architecture, won in the Creative Works category for his poster project 'Theatres of architectural imagination.'

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Making research accessible to a broader audience

November 2, 2020 — 
Students demonstrate knowledge translation skills in Undergraduate Research Poster Competition

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Dr. Oliver A. I. Botar, curator, delivers tour of the exhibition Bauhaus (Canada) 101, School of Art Gallery

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Take a curatorial tour of “Bauhaus (Canada) 101” with Dr. Oliver Botar

October 5, 2020 — 
Bauhaus (Canada) 101 was presented at the School of Art Gallery at the University of Manitoba from February 13 - March 27, 2020

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School of Art student, Gabriel Roberts, named the Manitoba winner of the 2020 BMO 1st Art! competition.

September 25, 2020 — 
School of Art student, Gabriel Roberts, named the Manitoba winner of the 2020 BMO 1st Art! competition

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Permutations 1, Grace Nickel and Michael Zajac

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Grace Nickel and Michael Zajac among the recipients of the Manitoba Craft Council’s Judith Ryan Award 2020

September 10, 2020 — 
School of Art Associate Professor, Grace Nickel, and Sessional Instructor, Michael Zajac, are among the recipients of the Manitoba Craft Council’s Judith Ryan Award 2020 for their collaborative works in Lens Reflex, a juried exhibition exploring the intersection between fine craft and photography.

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Blair Fornwald, director/curator of the School of Art Gallery. Photo credit: Zoe Schneider

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Meet the Director/Curator of the School of Art Gallery

September 4, 2020 — 
Blair Fornwald is the new director/curator of the School of Art Gallery, joining the University of Manitoba just prior to the COVID-19 pandemic. She shares with us some of her thoughts about her vision for the Gallery and what she looks forward to in her new position.

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Acting deans and director announced across campus

August 24, 2020 — 
The University of Manitoba is pleased to announce the following acting dean appointments.

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Late School of Art Professor Cliff Eyland

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School of Art mourns late Professor Cliff Eyland

May 20, 2020 — 
Acting Director Dr. Jeff Taylor and the entire School of Art community are grieving at the passing of Prof. Cliff Eyland.

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Brenda Lafreniere receives a star blanket at the Indigenous Awards of Excellence.

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Campus leaders honoured at fourth annual Indigenous Awards of Excellence

March 11, 2020 — 
Family, friends and community gathered this week to celebrate 10 recipients of the Indigenous Awards of Excellence.

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Exhibition curated by Oliver Botar brings Bauhaus to the masses

February 10, 2020 — 
Professor Oliver Botar sat down with UM Today to talk about Bauhaus design, why you are probably interacting with the design right now and don’t know it, and how UM contributed to the movement in Canada.

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