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Get to know the Director of the School of Art, Dr. Edward Jurkowski
March 10, 2023 —
Dr. Edward Jurkowski was recently appointed as Director of the School of Art (SOA), from January 1, 2023 to December 31, 2027. Also serving as the Dean of the Desautels Faculty of Music and as a tenured professor in the faculty, he is a highly esteemed leader whose 25 years of experience will lead the SOA into the future. We chatted with Dr. Jurkowski about what has inspired him as a student and professor, what he hopes for the future, and what he enjoys in his free time.
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Spring 2023 at the School of Art Gallery
February 6, 2023 —
The Performance of Shadows, February 16 to April 29, 2023, explores intuition as a condition of consciousness. This exhibition considers the expansiveness of three artists’ understanding of existence through various approaches to concepts of phenomenology, spirituality and political engagement.
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In the news: SoA alumna awarded 2022 C New Critics Award
December 7, 2022 —
We are pleased to congratulate School of Art Design alum Shaneela Boodoo who was selected C New Critics 2022 Award recipient announced by C Magazine on December 2, 2022!
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School of Art Student Gallery presents: Bead by Thread / Altered Forms
November 22, 2022 —
A collaborative exhibition showcasing the obscure ties between the craft of Beading and the craft of Sculpture.
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Sculpture gifted to UM salutes health-care heroes, female scientists
September 1, 2022 —
A bronze sculpture has been installed on the Bannatyne campus in honour of all the health-care workers who have stepped up to fight COVID-19, and in tribute to women in medical science.
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School of Art Gallery presents Moving Matter: Between Rock and Stone
August 22, 2022 —
Moving Matter: Between rock and stone is an exhibition about Tyndall limestone, a building material quarried from a 450-million-year-old body of rock.
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School of Art presents 2022 MFA Thesis Exhibitions
May 17, 2022 —
The School of Art and School of Art Gallery are pleased to present the thesis exhibitions and oral examinations by five Master of Fine Art students.
Research and International
Grounded perspective
May 17, 2022 —
Artworks connect to the natural world
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Mourning the loss of acclaimed artist and Professor Emeritus, Robert Archambeau
April 29, 2022 —
It is with great sadness that we announce the passing of University of Manitoba Professor Emeritus Robert Archambeau on April 25, 2022. An internationally acclaimed artist, Professor Archambeau taught ceramics at the University of Manitoba for twenty-three years, from 1968 until retirement in 1991.
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SoA Instructor, M.E. Sparks, opens group exhibition ‘We Can Only Hint at This With Words’ in Vancouver
April 28, 2022 —
The exhibition, 'We Can Only Hint at This With Words', considers the work of three Canadian women artists whose work speaks to experiential and radical lines of questioning, bodily freedom, care, and rebellion.