Art News Archive
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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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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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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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Art, Endurance, and Time: Tehching Hsieh at UM
February 13, 2025 —
The UM School of Art is thrilled to welcome Tehching Hsieh, a pioneering figure in performance art, for a two-day event featuring an artist lecture and an intimate interview session