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Arts and culture News Archive

The Winnipeg sign at The Forks lit blue and yellow in support of Ukraine | Photo courtesy of Mayor Brian Bowman

Faculty of Architecture

Global Winnipeg: Architecture students show their warming hut at The Forks

January 26, 2024 — 
Global Winnipeg: Architecture students show their warming hut at The Forks

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Diana Sofia Lozano artwork: A Fruiting Body is Responsible for Which of the Following

School of Art

To Broadcast is to Scatter on now at School of Art Gallery

January 24, 2024 — 
Don’t miss your chance to see To Broadcast is to Scatter, curated by Shalaka Jadhav at the School of Art Gallery. The exhibition explores the ways humans organize time and its implications on memory.

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Desautels Faculty of Music

CBC Manitoba: Using artificial intelligence to enhance music

January 19, 2024 — 
CBC Manitoba: Using artificial intelligence to enhance music

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Man wearing glasses in hallway with wooden beams repeated behind him.

Faculty of Arts

Hispanic writer and teacher latest Writer-In-Residence

January 17, 2024 — 
Miguel Antonio Chávez is the newest Writer-In-Residence at The Centre for Creative Writing and Oral Culture (CCWOC) at the University of Manitoba. Chávez will work with students, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the public from January to April 2024. Opportunities include a welcome event reading, workshops and individual writer consultations. All activities are free.

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Two people looking at artwork.

New year, new arts and culture season

January 8, 2024 — 
Get ready for a new year of arts and culture at the University of Manitoba. After an amazing Fall Term of gallery exhibitions, theatre productions and concerts, the upcoming slate of programming is sure to inspire and entertain. Here is a roundup of just some of what’s happening in the next few months.

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image of books stacked up with mug and holiday lights out of focus.

Books for the break: To you, with love from UM faculty and alumni

December 21, 2023 — 
Delve into these top reads from UM alumni and faculty over the holiday break. Spark your imagination or get your mind ruminating on far off worlds, fiction close to home, true crime or a little history.

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Group photo of Governor General's Award recipients in Rideau Hall.

School of Art

Celebrating success at the School of Art – 2023 in review

December 19, 2023 — 
It was another phenomenal year for the School of Art at the University of Manitoba. Here are a few stories of the artists that broke new ground and filled us with pride in 2023.

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Three people stand in front of a bicycle sculpture made of 18 bicycles. The Desautels Concert Hall is in the background.

Desautels Faculty of Music

Ai Weiwei’s “Forever Bicycles” sculpture on display at UM campus

December 8, 2023 — 
A smaller version of Ai Weiwei’s “Forever Bicycles” sculpture that was on display at the Forks for three years is on loan to the University of Manitoba, thanks to the generosity of Michael Nesbitt.

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School of Art

Celebrating Excellence in Canadian Art: Livestream the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts 2023 Exhibition Opening

December 5, 2023 — 
Join the National Gallery of Canada for the live-streamed Opening Reception of the Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts 2023 exhibition, featuring School of Art Professor and recipient of the esteemed Saidye Bronfman Award, Grace Nickel. 

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School of Art

SoFASA Print and Ceramics Sale is Back! November 29th and 30th at UM

November 24, 2023 — 
The School of Art is thrilled to announce the return of the Print and Ceramics Sale

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