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New committee aims to diversify the UM Art Collection

December 12, 2024 — 
The Diversifying the UM Art Collection Program is seeking dedicated individuals to join a committee and make a difference in the representation of 2SLGBTQIA+ communities through visual art on UM campuses.

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School of Art Associate Professor Mark Neufeld Exhibits at C’cap

December 9, 2024 — 
The School of Art is proud to announce that Associate Professor Mark Neufeld is currently featured in Icecreampowerpinkyswearlater?

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Galleries West: Judy Anderson and Katherine Boyer — mâmawohkamâtowak

November 21, 2024 — 
A conversation (and new exhibition) between Judy Anderson and School of Art Assistant Professor Katherine Boyer.

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Textile sculpture made with discharged dye, reactive dye, cotton, sublimation dye, mercerized cotton yarn, fiberfill, cotton piping cord, aluminum wire, and bamboo, arranged in an abstract, organic form. Image courtesy of the artist.

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School of Art Gallery presents Jade Yumang: Next Door, Around the Corner, Inside the Bathhouse, By the Sea and Back

November 12, 2024 — 
Opening November 21 in the School of Art Gallery, Next Door, Around the Corner, Inside the Bathhouse, By the Sea and Back delves into the fluid and evolving dimensions of diasporic identity.

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Professor Grace Nickel stands in front of a large mound of locally sourced clay at the Southwood Circle construction site, wearing a hard hat, safety vest, and boots, while holding buckets and a shovel.

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Unearthing Sustainability: Local Clay Project in School of Art’s Low-Fire Ceramics Class

October 31, 2024 — 
October’s Sustainability Month at the University of Manitoba brought new light to the impactful and innovative Local Clay project led by School of Art Professor Grace Nickel and her students in the Low-Fire Ceramics class.

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Winnipeg Free Press: Play and unpredictability, Artist-mother collaborates with children

October 11, 2024 — 
Eight years ago, when Franco-Manitoban contemporary artist Dominique Rey was in Europe for an artist residency, her husband captured an indelible image of her playing with their daughter, Madeleine Coar, who was one and a half at the time.

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Winnipeg Free Press: Recentring visual artist Sheila Butler and her female gaze

September 23, 2024 — 
Sheila Butler: Other Circumstances, a retrospective exhibition now on view at the School of Art Gallery, University of Manitoba.

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Sheila Butler: Other Circumstances opens at the School of Art Gallery

August 29, 2024 — 
The School of Art Gallery is excited to announce the opening of Sheila Butler: Other Circumstances, a compelling exhibition curated by Pamela Edmonds and Patrick Mahon, running from August 29 to October 26, 2024

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Pembina Valley Online: Plum Coulee homecoming celebration held for award winning ceramics artist Grace Nickel

August 20, 2024 — 
School of Art Professor Grace Nickel was the focus of a homecoming celebration Saturday, August 17th during Plum Fest, serving as parade marshal and also officially opening her latest exhibit "Full Circle" at the Plum Coulee Elevator Museum.

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Early Distortion: Pinturicchio and the Genesis of a Constructed Image – Dr. Suzanne McLeod and Students Present in Rome

August 2, 2024 — 
Dr. Suzanne McLeod and her team, including Hanna Ferris, Abby Friesen, and Indigenous conservator Amanda McLeod, presented their SSHRC-funded research at the Bibliotheca Hertziana in Rome.

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