School of Art News Archive
![Joan Durrant](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/04/RhAwards-2021-Web_UMTodayHeader-150x150.jpg)
Best of the best recognized with Rh Awards
May 14, 2021 —
2020 Rh Awards recognize excellence in research, scholarly activities and creative endeavours
![Métis artist and scholar Katherine Boyer](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IndigenousScholars_MeetTheScholars_UMTodayGraphic_KatherineBoyer-150x150.jpg)
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Katherine Boyer awarded for achievement in research and creative work
May 1, 2021 —
School of Art faculty member Katherine Boyer named the recipient of the Terry G. Falconer Memorial Winnipeg Rh Institute Foundation Emerging Researcher Award for creative work.
![Métis artist and scholar Katherine Boyer](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/IndigenousScholars_MeetTheScholars_UMTodayGraphic_KatherineBoyer-150x150.jpg)
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Métis artist and assistant professor uses her craft to give back what she has learned
March 3, 2021 —
School of Art assistant professor continues learning as an artist to pass on knowledge as an educator
![Dancing with Tantalus exhibition, School of Art Gallery, 2021. Image courtesy of School of Art Gallery.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/03/c8-150x150.jpg)
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The School of Art Gallery re-opens by appointment
March 1, 2021 —
The School of Art Gallery re-opens by appointment
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March 2021 UM Virtual Community Events
February 26, 2021 —
Discover UM’s wide range of Virtual Community Events in March that are open to all.
![Assistant Professor Lori Blondeau](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2018/11/LoriBlondeau_0251_cropped-2-150x150.jpg)
Wpg Free Press: Honouring her history
February 24, 2021 —
Assistant professor in the School of Art recognized by the Governor General of Canada and the Canada Council of the Arts for contributions
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SWANA Film Festival, presented by School of Art Gallery, showcases Southwest Asian and North African creativity on screen, February 5 to 18, 2021
January 26, 2021 —
A free two-week online film festival featuring short films, poetry, and workshops. SWANA Film Festival showcases Southwest Asian and North African creativity on screen to speak to themes of diaspora, dis/connection, agency, and change.
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CBC Manitoba: Banned art project depicting Winnipeg as a queer paradise revived 23 years later
January 15, 2021 —
Posters heralding Winnipeg as "One Gay City" have been plastered on three bus shelters in the downtown, as part of a new art project from the University of Manitoba School of Art Gallery
![Jon Sasaki, A Rest, 2018, video, 10:21. Adapted from a choreographed solo performed by James Phillips commissioned by Toronto Dance Theatre, 2016 and produced for video with the assistance of the Art Museum, University of Toronto. Cinematography: Lee Henderson. Image: courtesy of the artist.](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/A_Rest5-150x150.jpg)
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School of Art Gallery presents Jon Sasaki: A Rest
January 14, 2021 —
Curated by Blair Fornwald, Director/Curator — January 21 to March 13, 2021
![Katie Lyle (background) and Ella Dawn McGeough (foreground), Greener than Grass exhibition view, Susan Hobbs Gallery, 2020, curated by Lillian O’Brien Davis. Photo: Laura Findlay, courtesy of Susan Hobbs Gallery](https://news.umanitoba.ca/wp-content/uploads/2021/01/IMG_3291-e1610734682744-150x150.jpg)
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School of Art Gallery presents Dancing with Tantalus
January 13, 2021 —
Featuring Gabrielle L'Hirondelle Hill, Katie Lyle, and Ella Dawn McGeough. Curated by Lillian O’Brien Davis — January 21 to March 13, 2021