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Top of the Type: Malia Davis Wins TypeFight 2025

April 18, 2025 — 
Congratulations to School of Art student Malia Davis, who took home the win in this year’s TypeFight competition – a friendly but fierce typographic design battle hosted annually by the Projects in Design course.

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Colorful hanging sculptures and bold figure paintings installed in a contemporary gallery space at the School of Art, University of Manitoba.

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School of Art presents the 2025 BFA Honours Graduating Exhibition – April 25

April 9, 2025 — 
The School of Art at the University of Manitoba is proud to present the 2025 BFA Honours Graduating Exhibition, a bold and celebratory showcase of work by 17 graduating Honours students. This long-standing annual tradition marks the culmination of years of artistic development, experimentation, and critical inquiry — and offers a glimpse into the exciting future of contemporary art in Manitoba and Canada.

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The Free Press: The Right Place: Drop-In Art Studio Co-founded by School of Art Sessional Builds Creative Community

April 1, 2025 — 
On Wednesday nights, The Third Place, co-founded and School of Art Sessional Instructor Alana MacDougall, becomes a drop-in studio, where artists of all mediums and abilities are invited to work on their projects in the company of others.

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Student Exhibition Showcases Experimental Photography at the School of Art as Part of FLASH Photographic Festival 2025

March 28, 2025 — 
The School of Fine Arts Student Association (SOFASA) and University of Manitoba’s School of Art is proud to present Don’t look me in the eye, a student-curated exhibition opening April 2 at 6:00 PM, at the School of Art Student Gallery

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Meet the Artists, See the Process: MFA Open Studio Event at UM – March 28

March 20, 2025 — 
The School of Art at the University of Manitoba invites you to explore the creative spaces of our MFA students at the annual MFA Open Studio event.

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CBC Téléjournal Manitoba: Fin de l’exposition de céramique à l’Université du Manitoba [video]

March 13, 2025 — 
CBC’s Téléjournal Manitoba recently spotlighted the closing of Low Fired Forms, a student exhibition showcasing ceramic works made from locally sourced clay

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The Free Press: Microbial legacy of Group of Seven

March 13, 2025 — 
Toronto interdisciplinary artist Jon Sasaki is much more concerned with the micro landscapes we don’t see.

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School of Art Print and Ceramics Sale is Back! March 18-21 at UM

March 12, 2025 — 
Get ready to shop local and support emerging artists at the highly anticipated Print and Ceramics Sale

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Classic 107: ‘I Contain Multitudes’ reframes the work of an integral Manitoba artist

March 11, 2025 — 
One of the most famous and influential artists in Manitoba’s history is being put under the microscope for a new exhibit at the University of Manitoba’s School of Art Gallery. 

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Fragmented Narratives: School of Art Faculty in Piece and Parse

March 9, 2025 — 
The exhibition Piece and Parse brought together works by Grace Han, M.E. Sparks, and Nicole Shimonek to explore the act of dismantling and reconfiguring as a way of making sense of uncertainty.

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