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SWANA Film Festival, presented by School of Art Gallery, showcases Southwest Asian and North African creativity on screen, February 5 to 18, 2021
January 26, 2021 —
A free two-week online film festival featuring short films, poetry, and workshops. SWANA Film Festival showcases Southwest Asian and North African creativity on screen to speak to themes of diaspora, dis/connection, agency, and change.
January 26, 2021 —
A free two-week online film festival featuring short films, poetry, and workshops. SWANA Film Festival showcases Southwest Asian and North African creativity on screen to speak to themes of diaspora, dis/connection, agency, and change.
CBC Manitoba: Banned art project depicting Winnipeg as a queer paradise revived 23 years later
January 15, 2021 —
Posters heralding Winnipeg as "One Gay City" have been plastered on three bus shelters in the downtown, as part of a new art project from the University of Manitoba School of Art Gallery
January 15, 2021 —
Posters heralding Winnipeg as "One Gay City" have been plastered on three bus shelters in the downtown, as part of a new art project from the University of Manitoba School of Art Gallery
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School of Art Gallery presents Jon Sasaki: A Rest
January 14, 2021 —
Curated by Blair Fornwald, Director/Curator — January 21 to March 13, 2021
January 14, 2021 —
Curated by Blair Fornwald, Director/Curator — January 21 to March 13, 2021
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School of Art Gallery presents Dancing with Tantalus
January 13, 2021 —
Featuring Gabrielle L'Hirondelle Hill, Katie Lyle, and Ella Dawn McGeough. Curated by Lillian O’Brien Davis — January 21 to March 13, 2021
January 13, 2021 —
Featuring Gabrielle L'Hirondelle Hill, Katie Lyle, and Ella Dawn McGeough. Curated by Lillian O’Brien Davis — January 21 to March 13, 2021
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MFA Thesis Exhibition 2020: Sahar Abarasteh and Michelle Gagné-Orr
November 26, 2020 —
The School of Art and School of Art Gallery are pleased to present thesis exhibitions and oral examinations by two Master of Fine Art students: Sahar Abarasteh and Michelle Gagné-Orr.
November 26, 2020 —
The School of Art and School of Art Gallery are pleased to present thesis exhibitions and oral examinations by two Master of Fine Art students: Sahar Abarasteh and Michelle Gagné-Orr.
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School of Art mourns passing of SOA alumna, colleague, and friend Sigrid Dahle
November 9, 2020 —
One of the most innovative curators, art writers and critics of her generation. School of Art pays tribute to the late Sigrid Dahle.
November 9, 2020 —
One of the most innovative curators, art writers and critics of her generation. School of Art pays tribute to the late Sigrid Dahle.
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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.
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.
Research and International News
Making research accessible to a broader audience
November 2, 2020 —
Students demonstrate knowledge translation skills in Undergraduate Research Poster Competition
November 2, 2020 —
Students demonstrate knowledge translation skills in Undergraduate Research Poster Competition
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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
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
September 25, 2020 —
School of Art student, Gabriel Roberts, named the Manitoba winner of the 2020 BMO 1st Art! competition





