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Visitors at the public opening of Kent Monkman's Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience.
front cover: James Webb. Prayer (Chicago), 2018. Art Institute of Chicago, Photography Purchase Fund; promised gift of Rennie Foundation. 2018.394
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Prayer (Chicago) by James Webb
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Kent Monkman's Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience
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Kwaata-nihtaawakihk – A Hard Birth, Manitoba, 1870
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Into the Light: Lionel Lemoine FitzGerald
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The Associates of the WAG
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WAG Inuit Art Centre
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With winter upon us, our galleries are here for you with endless potential for warmth, connection, and inspiration. This is a big year for the WAG and Manitoba. We are excited to bring you many different ideas and perspectives, as we get closer to the opening of the WAG Inuit Art Centre, as part of Manitoba 150 in 2020. Through a partnership with the Art Museum of Toronto, we are honoured to share Kent Monkman’s Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience in the artist’s hometown. Through nine chronological chapters, Shame and Prejudice resonates with the Truth and Reconciliation Commission’s work to bring about justice for the ongoing impacts of colonialism today. You may recognize the contemporary North End backdrops in Monkman’s Urban Res series. Then in April, we will celebrate another major Manitoba artist with Into the Light: Lionel Lemoine FitzGerald, presented in partnership with the McMichael Canadian Art Collection. Into the Light is a comprehensive examination of the accomplishments and legacy of FitzGerald, the last member to join the Group of Seven. He had his first show at the WAG in 1921 and went on to become Principal of the School of Art and one of Canada’s best known early modernist painters.
Stay tuned for two powerhouse Indigenous art shows in the spring and early fall: Kwaata-nihtaawakihk – A Hard Birth,1870, looking at the 150th anniversary of Manitoba from a Metis perspective through contemporary art and archival pieces; and the first Winnipeg Indigenous Triennial, Gwaaba'ibii: To Draw Water, featuring work from Canada, New Zealand, and Australia that focuses on issues of sustainability, climate change, and the environment.
Dr. Stephen Borys Director & CEO Winnipeg Art Gallery @stephenborys @stephenborys_wag photo: Studio D Photography
All this builds up to the opening of the WAG Inuit Art Centre and the inaugural exhibition, INUA, in fall 2020. It’s amazing to think that this time next year, Winnipeg will be home to a new cultural landmark: a gathering place for building relationships through the powerful voice of art with breathtaking new exhibition and studio spaces, plus a revamped café and shop on the Main Level. In this edition of myWAG, you can read about programming and partnerships that are driving this transformational initiative. As WAG members and donors, you are making these activities possible in the heart of Winnipeg and out in the community. Your support comes at a critical stage in WAG history. THANK YOU. As always, I welcome your thoughts and suggestions on how we can continue making your WAG more inclusive and engaging for all to enjoy.
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In June, The North West Company and its leaders announced a generous gift totalling $2 million in support of the WAG Inuit Art Centre. This gift will go towards a community plaza at the entrance of the Centre – an accessible outdoor art-filled space for all to enjoy.
The WAG, in partnership with Johnston Group and Synonym Art Consultation, is thrilled to showcase the work of Inuit artist Kailey Sheppard at a Johnston Group boardroom, which they generously named for the WAG. Sheppard also created the mural on the pedestrian walkway outside the WAG Inuit Art Centre.
Assistant Curator of Inuit Art, Jocelyn Piirainen’s first WAG exhibition, Small Worlds: Inuit Miniature Carving, is sparking intrigue and amazement. The Manitoba Inuit Association held a curator-led tour and reception with bannock and tea for local Inuit and community partners.
Members of Hinaani Design — a collective of artists and creators specializing in Inuit fashion — stopped by the WAG to tour the Inuit vaults. In partnership with ShopWAG, they are creating of a new line of clothing for the 2020 opening of the WAG Inuit Art Centre.
The WAG celebrated Nuit Blanche Winnipeg and Culture Days by welcoming over 4,500 people for a party inspired by the time travel in Kent Monkman's exhibit. Attendees enjoyed local short films by students, a video game arcade, an authentic DeLorean vehicle, rooftop dancing, a snack bar, and crafts.
Over 500 people were captivated by John Paskievich, Alison Gillmor, and Michael Redhead Champagne’s conversation at the public celebration of John Paskievich: The North End. The exhibit remains on view until January 2020.
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Over the summer, Vision Exchange: Perspectives from India to Canada inspired events celebrating India’s arts, culture, and cuisine, created in collaboration with Exhibition Patron and Old Kildonan City Councillor, Devi Sharma, and her committee of cultural advisors.
In September, the WAG welcomed worldrenowned Cree artist Kent Monkman for a sold-out artist talk in honour of the Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience opening. Monkman shared excerpts from his alterego Miss Chief Eagle Testickle’s memoirs, followed by a conversation with Jaimie Isaac, WAG Curator of Indigenous & Contemporary Art. The Deposition painting was anonymously donated for the WAG to share with the whole community.
THANK YOU WINNIPEG! With your support, CRAFTED 2019 was a big success on November 8 & 9. 68 ARTISTS and VENDORS from Manitoba, Nunavut, the Northwest Territories, and Newfoundland and Labrador Over $3,300 DONATED to Qajuqturvik Food Centre in Iqaluit and Deacon’s Cupboard Food Bank in Rankin Inlet from Soup Bar proceeds
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As the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s premier annual fundraising gala, the Gallery Ball was another sold-out success. Thank you to everyone who contributed to this year’s event, by attending and donating generously, all in support of youth art and outreach programs. This year’s Ball will enable close to 20,000 youth to benefit from arts education.
THANK YOU! Save the date for next year’s Ball: October 17, 2020! photos: top: Dr. Ernest Cholakis, WAG Board Chair speaking to Ball guests; middle row, l-r: Catherine Samyn, Lena Cox, Bob Cox, and Paul Samyn, Winnipeg Free Press; the highly anticipated auction featured a dazzling mix of art and experiences; Joyce Berry, Gallery Ball 2019 Chair, and Dr. Cholakis; bottom row, l-r: Aynsley Cockshott, WAG Board; standing: Lexie Carvey, Shaun Rocan, Old Kildonan City Councillor Devi Sharma, Hazel Borys, Mary Jane Maillet Brownscombe, Richard Brownscombe, seated: Dr. Stephen Borys, WAG Director & CEO, Tannis Richardson, Hon. Cathy Cox, Manitoba Minister of Sport, Culture and Heritage; The Gallery featured flowers inspired by the art, generously donated by Florist Supply and some of Winnipeg’s leading florists, like Academy Florist pictured here.
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James Webb. Prayer (Chicago), 2018. Multi-channel sound installation, Variable. Rennie Collection, Vancouver and the Art Institute of Chicago, Photography Purchase Fund; promised gift of Rennie Foundation. 2018.394.
PRAYER (CHICAGO) BY JAMES WEBB
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s you enter, the gallery is filled with wondrous sound. You remove your shoes and step on to a carpet that seems infinite. You're softly enveloped by words and song. Some, you can decipher, others you have never heard before. Your skin tingles as you walk, crawl, kneel, or sit. Here on this carpet, the right to live in peace and plurality seems attainable.
South African James Webb, an international sound and conceptual artist, shares this dream. Born in 1975, the experimental musician also holds a degree in comparative religion. Webb initiated Prayer in Cape Town in 2000, five years after his country ended its practice of apartheid. Apartheid means segregation; Webb has created a work that emphatically brings people together. Prayers articulate a basic wish for communion and often serve to solidify a community of faith in a place of worship. By deliberately gathering prayers from a variety of neighbourhoods and spiritual practices and naming each of the participants and congregations, Webb aims to join together inhabitants of each host city.
Prayer is an ongoing project, remade around the world since its first presentation. The WAG welcomes the Chicago version, the tenth and largest to date, as well as the first in North America. The work consists of recordings of prayer from individuals who belong to dozens of faiths and spiritual affinities. You are invited to walk the length of the carpet, composing your own arrangement of voices as you go, or to lower yourself next to a speaker to listen more closely to particular prayers. The spare though colourful installation has the austerity of a work of Minimal art and the enveloping richness of a choral concert.
Until May 2020
Gallery 5
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On loan from the Art Institute of Chicago and the Rennie Museum.
This exhibition is made possible by the Artworkers Retirement Society. In-kind support has been provided by the Art Institute of Chicago and the School of the Art Institute of Chicago.
Prayer (Chicago) was made possible with the kind collaboration of over 90 community organizations, groups, and more than 260 individuals in the Chicago area of Bahá’í, Buddhist, Christian, Hindu, Indigenous, Jewish, Muslim, and Pagan faiths.
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“Here in the cities, my people struggle. We have no space, we cannot see the horizon or feel the wind. Crowded into ghettos in these prairie and northern towns, broken and bleeding from the wounds of our parents and grandparents, we may as well be surrounded by the same concrete walls of the prisons. Too many of my sisters are stripped of their honour and grace by men who are afraid of the power of the feminine. I try to bring hope, some laughter, a respite from the crushing weight of poverty and violence that keeps my people from seeing the sacred within themselves. I show them who they truly are, my beauty reflecting theirs, but only some have eyes to see. The others cannot see our magic, they try to tell us it is not there, but they do not understand the power of Miss Chief and they sorely underestimate the resilience of our people.” — excerpt from the Memoirs of Miss Chief Eagle Testickle, published by the A rt Museum of Toronto
SHAME AND PREJUDICE: A STORY OF RESILIENCE
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rom one of Canada’s most recognized contemporary Indigenous artists, Kent Monkman, the WAG brings you Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience, which chronicles and reframes 150 years of Indigenous experience in Canada’s history pre-Confederation to present day.
“Bringing together Monkman’s large paintings, installations, sculptures, and dioramas shown with material culture, decorative arts, and objects mined from museums and collections across Canada — the scale of the exhibition is triumphant,” says Jaimie Isaac, WAG Curator of Indigenous & Contemporary Art. The exhibition is presented in nine chapters. The power of the last chapter in the chronological journey cannot be understated. Reclaiming Indigenous space with compositions that merge myth, spirituality, and art history, the Urban Res streets are populated with tattooed Renaissance angels, gang members protecting their neighbourhoods, ancestors visiting from the spirit world — observing and waiting, medicine men in beaded sports jerseys, a spirit buffalo herd, and, of course, Miss Chief Eagle Testickle — Monkman’s genderfluid, supernatural, shape-shifting alter ego. An anonymous donor generously gave one of the works to the WAG for the whole community. The Deposition is a monumental painting in which you can sense tension between cubist beings and representational human subjects. Monkman references the Modernists’ flattening of pictorial space to comment on the historical and contemporary compression of Indigenous cultures. In particular, he uses the Modernist figurations of Pablo Picasso, Francis Bacon, and Henry Moore. “These paintings are rich and layered with narrative, authoring Indigenous experience into the canon of art history,” says Isaac. “Monkman's work passionately conveys the dispossession, starvation, incarceration, and ongoing oppression of Indigenous peoples. The evocative broken and distorted figures of women are reminiscent of Picasso’s Les Demoiselles D’Avignon, a well-known painting evoking the legacy of modernist influences of superiority, misogyny, and subjection of women and other cultures.”
Watch Monkman's conversation with CBC Indigenous in Winnipeg's North End at wag.ca/stories
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Until Feb 23, 2020
Galleries 7 & 8
Artist & Curator Kent Monkman
Organized by Barbara Fischer, Executive Director & Chief Curator, University of Toronto
wag project manager Jaimie Isaac Curator of Indigenous & Contemporary Art
This circulating exhibition is produced by the Art Museum at the University of Toronto in partnership with the Confederation Centre Art Gallery, Charlottetown, and has been made possible in part by the Government of Canada, the Canada Council for the Arts, and the Ontario Arts Council.
lead sponsor Donald R. Sobey Foundation
Kent Monkman. The Deposition, from the series Urban Res, 2014. Acrylic on canvas. 213.4 x 320 cm. Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Gift of an anonymous donor, 2019-159
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Curated by Jaimie Isaac, WAG Curator of Indigenous & Contemporary Art, and Jocelyn Piirainen, WAG Assistant Curator of Inuit Art
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Ongoing • Muriel Richardson Auditorium Gallery
subsist brings together a selection of works that reflect political, economic, and social systems in individual and collective cultural practices for survival. Maureen Gruben’s new work Breathing Hole is in dialogue with photography, drawings, sculpture, and installation. See works from Mark Igloliorte, Dana Claxton, KC Adams, Andrew Qappik, and Omalluq Oshutsiaq in tandem with a selection of pieces from the WAG’s extensive Inuit art collection, and the Government of Nunavut's Fine Arts Collection.
As a gesture to acknowledge the many Indigenous languages lost and still spoken, this exhibition places language at the centre in dialogue with works from the WAG collection spanning many decades. ▲ is a symbol in both Inuktitut and Anishininiwak syllabics translated as ‘I’ to embody selfdetermination and solidarity in collective reclamation. The clay and stone sculptures in this exhibition display influences of each cultures’ established practice and methods in material and form. Discover the relationships in history and art history that expose a cultural exchange and influence on collective and individual creative endeavours.
Mark Igloliorte. Seal Skin Neck Pillow, 2019. Collection of the artist
Joi T. Arcand. ᑭᔮᑦ (kiyām - let it be (nevermind)), from the series Wayfinding, 2017. LED, neon lights. 45.7 x 102.8 cm. Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Gift of the artist, 2018-154. photo: Joi T. Arcand
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KWAATA-NIHTAAWAKIHK – A HARD BIRTH, MANITOBA, 1870
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n 2020, we commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding of the Province of Manitoba. Kwaata-nihtaawakihk is Michif for hard birth. Manitoba’s entry into Canadian confederation was fraught, marked not only by organized resistance, but also by deep and careful thinking about the future and its possibilities. Kwaata-nihtaawakihk − A Hard Birth will prompt you to reflect on the Metis nation’s role in Manitoba’s creation and consider the significance of the events of 1869-70 in relation to our current times. This exhibition will guide you to a better understanding of the Metis, Anishinaabek, Cree, and European experiences of debate and negotiation, displacement, trauma, and resilience.
Our province’s first legislative assembly was led by Louis Riel and the majority of its elected representatives were Indigenous residents of the Red River Settlement. Kwaata-nihtaawakihk – A Hard Birth will act as a gathering site that recognizes the uniqueness and diversity of this Settlement, and will honour the struggles facing the provisional government as they negotiated Manitoba’s entry into Canadian confederation. Kwaata-nihtaawakihk − A Hard Birth will bring together key archival documents, historic objects, and paintings with the work of 15 contemporary artists. Four artists are creating commissioned works for this exhibition, including Jennine Krauchi’s new large-scale beadwork piece. You will feel this show’s presence throughout the Gallery with dynamic, educational programming that celebrates Metis culture. Stay tuned for special events, performances, screenings, workshops, and more!
May–Nov 2020
Galleries 4, 5 & 6
Guest curated by Sherry Farrell Racette, Associate Professor, Department of Visual Arts, University of Regina; Cathy Mattes, Associate Professor, Visual and Aboriginal Art, Brandon University
featured artists Lori Blondeau Katherine Boyer Rosalie Favell Lita Fontaine Amanda Strong
Amanda Strong. Four Faces of the Moon_FEILD University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, Group of Eight Red River Settlement Carte de Visites Collection, A2013- 005.
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INTO THE LIGHT: LIONEL LEMOINE FITZGERALD
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f you have spent time in Western Canada, you have most likely seen a painting by Lionel LeMoine FitzGerald (Winnipeg, 1890-1956), and you may be more familiar with his work than you know. FitzGerald’s deeply contemplative art renders the everyday miraculous, at times suggesting portals to the infinite. His ability to move between different styles grants his work a refreshing fluidity.
April-August 2020
Galleries 7 & 8
Curated by Sarah Milroy, Chief Curator, McMichael Canadian Art Collection; Ian A.C. Dejardin, Executive Director, McMichael Canadian Art Collection & Michael Parke-Taylor, Independent Curator
“I think you will be impressed by the caliber, range, and quality of FitzGerald’s work. Few artists influence their environment as much as it influences them, and FitzGerald is a prime example. We are thrilled to share over 100 of his works from the WAG collection in this show that allows all of Canada to celebrate and engage with the province’s artistic past and future, as we move into Manitoba’s 150th anniversary year.” — Dr. Stephen Borys, WAG Director & CEO
wag project manager Dr. Stephen Borys Director & CEO
Presented in partnership with the McMichael Canadian Art Collection and financially assisted by the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund, a program of the Government of Ontario through the Ministry of Tourism, Culture and Sport, administered by the Ontario Cultural Attractions Fund Corporation.
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The WAG has held 15 solo exhibitions of FitzGerald’s work, the most recent in 1978. The Gallery holds the largest FitzGerald collection in the world, developed thanks to curators, donors, and collectors. This depth of representation is equaled only by a handful of artists in the WAG collection. Into the Light is the first comprehensive survey of the prolific modernist in 40 years, and the largest to date. Launched at the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in October 2019, the exhibition features more than 200 works from 13 institutional lenders including the Vancouver Art Gallery, the National Gallery of Canada, and numerous private collections. FitzGerald exhibited with the Group of Seven in 1930, and formally joined in 1932, months
before the Group disbanded. The invitation was a clear indication of the esteem in which he was held by his fellow artists and was a belated recognition on the part of the Group of Seven of the need to reflect a broader range of art, not just that made by the artists from Eastern Canada. FitzGerald’s voice was a quiet one, his legacy including both his stewardship of the Winnipeg School of Art (1929-1947), his influence on the formation of the collections of the WAG, and his life-long practice of making drawings, prints, and paintings. He left a valuable mark on Winnipeg cultural institutions as an artist, teacher, and administrator, elevating Western Canada’s arts scene and the entire cultural landscape. From pointillist abstract works to everyday landscapes, FitzGerald’s influence extends beyond Manitoba and Canada.
Pick up your copy of the exhibition catalogue at ShopWAG locations. Into the Light by Sarah Milroy, Ian A.C. Dejardin and Michael Parke-Taylor with essay contributions by the curators and Dr. Oliver A.I. Botar, Pierre Dorion, Robert Enright, Robert Houle, Andrew Kear, Wanda Koop, and Michael Parke-Taylor. McMichael Canadian Art Collection, Winnipeg Art Gallery & Figure 1 Publishing. 2019
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Photograph of FitzGerald painting. University of Manitoba Archives & Special Collections, L.L. FitzGerald fonds, PC 241 (A2009-016), Box 1, Folder 1, Item 16 LeMoine FitzGerald. Poplar Woods (Poplars) (detail), 1929. Oil on canvas. 71.8 x 91.5 cm. Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Acquired in memory of Mr. and Mrs. Arnold O. Brigden, G-75-66. photo: Alex Cousins
PAVILION AT ASSINIBOINE PARK 55 Pavilion Crescent
When you visit the Assiniboine Park in the coming months, you will have the opportunity to take in three new WAG@ThePark exhibitions. The work of Manitoba artists Walter J. Philips and Ivan Eyre, which evoke strikingly different moods, are on display along with a selection of works from the WAG collection and The Many Sides of Winnie-the-Pooh.
The galleries are open daily from 9am-4pm and entry is FREE! Guided tours are available year-round.
OPENING DECEMBER 21, 2019
THE NATURAL ELEMENT: ART NOUVEAU & WALTER J. PHILLIPS Curated by Nicole Fletcher, WAG Collections Coordinator • Art Nouveau, one of the most popular European movements, was highly influential to Walter J. Phillips’ work. Although it had no unifying style, Art Nouveau infused every major art form, characterized by the use of shapes and patterns from nature. For Phillips, Art Nouveau’s influence is most noticeable through his stylized, curved forms and soft, naturalistic colour palette. This exhibition brings together Art Nouveau decorative arts from the WAG’s permanent collection along with Phillips’ prints and paintings from the Assiniboine Park Conservancy’s collections to show Phillips’ incorporation of the movement into his work in a uniquely Canadian way.
EYRE IN COMPARISON: PERSONAL EXPERIENCE AND THE UNIVERSAL SUBJECT
Loetz-Witwe. Vase, c. 1900. glass, 28 x 12.5 cm. Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Gift of Mr. Arthur King, Montreal, G-87146. photo: Ernest Mayer Kittie Bruneau. Les Passages, 1981. Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Gift of Barbara Stimpson, G-84-351, photo: Leif Norman
Curated by Audrew Bews, Guest Curator • The Manitoba artist Ivan Eyre has emphasized that his work requires viewers to subjectively construct meaning through their own personal experience. Eyre in Comparison focuses on themes related to the gendered and sexual nature of humans and questions whether these themes can be depicted objectively through the male gaze. The juxtaposition of Eyre with the work of five Canadian female artists who are critically attuned to the gendered representations of women in art will reveal the influence of Eyre’s own personal experience on his approach to topics of universal significance. Through the inclusion of female self-representation, themes such as femininity, beauty, sexuality, the female nude, space, violence, and freedom will be highlighted.
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THROUGH THE EYES OF A CHILD 2020 February 8–April 13 • View artworks created by the young artists in WAG Studio’s Fall 2019 art classes on the theme of environment. Supported by the Associates of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the Winnipeg School Division, and Assiniboine Park Conservancy.
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Associates visiting the construction site of the WAG Inuit Art Centre led by Michael Robertson, a Winnipeg architect who has been directly involved with the project since its inception through Cibinel Architecture, working in collaboration with Michael Maltzan Architecture. photo: Bill Glanville
JOIN THE ASSOCIATES JOIN THE EXCITEMENT! Our membership continues to grow, and with new faces comes new energy and amazing opportunities and benefits to being an Associate of the Winnipeg Art Gallery! There are many ways for you to become involved at the WAG as an Associate. Established in 1948, our group acts as ambassadors of the WAG, offering members a variety of private art tours, lectures, and social events. The Associates provide continued volunteer support to the WAG in its many dynamic initiatives, including preparing and celebrating the imminent opening of the WAG Inuit Art Centre.
TRAVELTOURS INDIA November 12–December 1, 2020 Join the Associates of the WAG on an exciting trip to India! India enthralls, mystifies, and enchants its visitors. Travel to various cities, sacred sites, palaces, and more — join us and you will be amazed! Experience the holiday of a lifetime, while also supporting your WAG.
The Associates also raise funds for the WAG with various projects including Travel Tours and our two signature events, the Home Tour and Art in Bloom.
Nov 8–13 • Optional Pre-trip extension: A Journey to Ladakh
Join us as we support the WAG in making art accessible to the community!
Nov 12–Dec 1 • Main trip: Northern India and the Pushkar Camel Fair, including Amritsar, Delhi, Varanasi, and other key sights
For more information and to join the Associates, visit wag.ca/associates or contact associates@wag.ca or call 204.786.6641 ext. 286
To learn more, please contact hosts Sherry and Bill Glanville at sbglanville@shaw.ca
HOME TOUR 2020 SAVE THE DATE: September 13 • Discover the history of Kingston Row, Kingston Crescent, and Dunkirk Place, featuring an eclectic mix of architecture and design in this unique neighborhood. All proceeds support the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
Travel Tours are a fundraising project of the Associates of the WAG. To reserve your spot, contact Kerry at Worldwide Quest at 1.800.387.1483 or travel@worldwidequest.com
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INUIT ART EDUCATION THROUGH TECHNOLOGY
Nivinngajuliaat from Baker Lake curated by Krista Ulujuk Zawadski
Right now, on every floor of the WAG, you can experience a wide range of Inuit art. Carvings, drawings, wall hangings, and multimedia projects created recently, and years ago, allow you to come face-to-face with the power and beauty of Inuit art. You can explore the exhibitions on your own, or enjoy a guided experience of the art. When schools come through, they are welcomed by trained facilitators who help students recognize the parallels between the art and their own lives, including their families, their games and pastimes, and their relationships to the land. On tours, students can touch and handle samples of stone, bone, and antler as well as miniature works such as a sled or doll to connect the art with the materials and with the lives of artists who create the works. This experiential learning inspires connection — a greater understanding of the importance of traditional Inuit knowledge and also an awareness of the current challenges of living in the North. The WAG Inuit Art Centre will build on programs the WAG currently offers to make art education even more accessible — both onsite and online. At the heart of the WAG Inuit Art Centre building is a three-storey Visible Glass Vault that will bring to light thousands of stone carvings. In addition to being able to see them, you’ll be able to explore them more deeply using technology.
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Supported by donors like you and the Canada Council for the Arts, the digital platform that goes with the vault will feature in-depth art stories, interactive maps, photographs, and audio and video recordings. This interactive content will tie into school curricula and enhance the education experience. In fact, it will boost every visitor’s experience. You’ll be able to zoom in up-close to a work of art, to see an intriguing detail or markings, and learn how it’s been made. Or, you can travel to an artist’s home community to see where they create. The digital platform will also allow you to take a closer look at artworks that are sensitive to light and cannot be exhibited long-term in the glass vault, such as prints, drawings, textiles, pottery, and dolls, and key pieces from the Centre’s exhibitions. This way, you’ll experience works from across Inuit Nunangat.
left: Educator Jamie Leduc and Sisler High School Interactive Digital Media students. photo: Ruth Bonneville/Winnipeg Free Press
ROOFTOP MEDIA LAB Alongside the new WAG Inuit Art Centre, you'll enjoy new art-making studios on the entire Penthouse floor of the existing WAG building. One of those spaces is a new digital-media lab, which was dreamt up through a collaboration of students from Sisler High School with the WAG. This beautiful education suite of seven studios features upgraded spaces, amenities, and natural sunlight, with room to expand classrooms onto the outdoor rooftop. There will be expanded public art classes for every age and ability, including digital media, drawing, painting, mixed media, clay, and more! In the new Interactive Digital Media Lab, students will be able to create using a variety of new media applications, including Augmented Reality, 3-D renderings, and virtual gaming. Artists, academics, activists, and technologists together will create, collaborate, and explore the convergence of technology and art. It will be a community hub and incubator for new media art creation and WAG Inuit Art Centre programming. The Interactive Digital Media Lab will offer sessional courses, workshops, pop-up events, residencies, and symposia dedicated to innovation design and interactive programs for the study and appreciation of art.
INUIT ART CENTRE
above: WAG Studio Rooftop Michael Maltzan Architecture
YOU CAN CONNECT PEOPLE THROUGH THE POWER OF ART Each piece of Inuit art holds a story. Not only the story the artist created within the work, but also the story of their life, culture, and community. By giving, you create a home for these stories to be shared across cultures and generations – connecting all of us.
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With your support, you and others will come face-to-face with the power and beauty of Inuit art and the artists who have created these works. We are now within $9 million of the $65 But we still need your help.
Pierre Karlik. Hunter/Animals on Igloo, c. 1975. Ivory, stone, antler. 14.7 x 8.7 x 8.2 cm. Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, G-88-149.
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Please make a donation today to help build Canada’s Inuit Art Centre. To make a gift and learn more call 204.789.1297 or visit
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The opening of the WAG Inuit Art Centre will mean more visibility and celebration of Inuit art and artists – not only locally but nationally and internationally. As an urban Inuk, I will be incredibly proud and delighted to see such wonderful works of art on display for all to see. — Jocelyn Piirainen, WAG Assistant Curator of Inuit Art
The WAG Inuit Art Centre will be a home for the voices of artists who share our stories for all time. I am humbled and awed by the diversity of Inuit art. What an incredible contribution to the cultural fabric of our city, province, country, and beyond. — Fred Ford, Inuk from Qamani'tuaq (Baker Lake), WAG Board Member & Manitoba Inuit Association Chair
The opening of the WAG Inuit Art Centre moves us deeply. It connects us in the present with our past and opens up how we envision the future of a family dedicated to Inuit art and culture. Future generations of Ashoona family members will walk through the doors to get a glimpse into our lives and artwork as Canadian Inuit artists. — Goota Ashoona (mother) and Joe Jaw (son), Inuit artists
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ADULT PROGRAMS
Delve deeper into the art with special pricing for WAG members. Details and tickets: wag.ca/events
Weekend Drop-in Tours Saturdays & Sundays, 2pm. Included with Gallery admission or FREE for WAG members. Scheduled tours depend on capacity. Please call 204.786.6641 in advance to confirm.
Small Worlds: Inuit Miniature Carving Dec 14; Jan 26 John Paskeivich: The North End Dec 15; Jan 4
Shame and Prejudice: A Story of Resilience Dec 28; Jan 11, 19; Feb 1, 9 Tour Guide’s Choice Dec 29; Jan 25, Feb 8, 22; Mar 7, 28; Apr 5, 19, 25
Jan 8 • Tour: subsist and ᐃ with Jaimie Isaac, Curator of Indigenous and Contemporary Art, and Jocelyn Piirainen, Assistant Curator of Inuit Art
Dec 13 • Prairie Sky, twospirit member of Couchiching First Nation will lead a lively conversation around Kent Monkman’s gender-bending alter-ego, Miss Chief Eagle Testickle Jan 24 • Victoria McIntosh, third generation residential school survivor from Sagkeeng First Nation will speak to resilience, reconciliation, and the residential school legacy
FEAST: Valentine’s Edition
Jan 22 • Talk: Dr. Hamilton's Ghost Photographs: A Cultural History of Seances, Mediums, and Ghosts with Dr. Serena Keshavjee Feb 5 • Video: Art in the TwentyFirst Century–Season 9: San Francisco Bay Area (56 min) Feb 19 • Talk: Chandelier restoration project with WAG Visitor & Museum Services Intern, Sarah Mihychuk, and WAG Conservator, Vitaliy Yatsevych
Friday, Feb 14, 6pm
$15 at wag.ca or at the door while supplies last. Many shows sell out, we recommend purchasing tickets in advance. Cash bar, snacks available.
$70/ $65 for WAG members
The Winnipeg premiere of the
Perfect for a special Valentine’s date! Enjoy the WAG's signature dinner-and-tour program, featuring a three-course meal, followed by an exciting guided tour in the exhibition galleries.
2019 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity launches at the WAG with screenings in December and an encore in April. Representing almost every continent and spanning cultures from around the globe, the award-winning ads are a fascinating window to the world.
ᐃ Feb 23, Mar 15
Fridays, 7-8pm • Included with Gallery admission; FREE for WAG members. Visit wag.ca/ monkman for details.
Art For Lunch
Explore a range of Indigenous perspectives in this series of conversations that speak to issues based on specific chapters in the exhibition:
tours included with Gallery admission; FREE for WAG members; screenings FREE for all. Please note programs are subject to change. Visit wag.ca/ learn for up-to-date listings.
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Feb 4 • The Testaments by Margaret Atwood Apr 7 • The Overstory by Richard Powers
3:30pm • Dec 27
subsist Feb 16, Mar 22, Apr 11
Kent Monkman’s exhibition Shame and Prejudice: A Story Of Resilience
Upcoming book selections:
7pm • Dec 12, 13, 14, 19, 20, 23, 27, 28, 30; Apr 1, 2, 4
Doors open one hour before the first showing, rush seating.
Community-led Conversations
Visit the WAG to participate in discussions of artworks related to popular reads! These conversational tours led by Gallery experts and guides are both fun and informative. Space is limited and registration is required for each event. Sign up via email to education@wag.ca
Cannes Lions 2019 – Worlds Best Ads
Prayer (Chicago) Jan 5, 18; Feb 2, 15, 29; Mar 1, 8, 21; Apr 4, 12, 26
NEW! Family Tours on Nuliajuk’s Story Mar 14, 29; Apr 18
Select Tuesdays, 11:30am. Included with Gallery admission; FREE for WAG members.
Select Wednesdays, 12:101pm • Bite-sized talks and
PROGRAMS & EVENTS
Books & Brushes A collaboration between McNally Robinson Booksellers and the WAG.
NEW WEBSITE Check out our new website in progress and send us your feedback before we launch in January! wag.ca
DIY@WAG
Learn more and sign up at wag.ca/diy.
WINTER ART CLASSES
FAMILY FUN Keep busy this season with art programs
designed for kids and families. For details, visit wag.ca/family. $20 per family (2 adults & up to 4 kids under 18); FREE for WAG Members Come for a day or enroll for the entire week! Exciting themes change daily as campers explore the Gallery, play games, and make art.
MAKERLAB Monthly craft events with local makers and artists. 14+; participants under the age of 18 must be accompanied by a parent or guardian.
Arctic Chill Out FAMILY SUNDAY Jan 26, 1-4pm
The WAG offers a wide variety of learning opportunities and programs for all ages from art classes and DIY workshops, to Family Sundays, special screenings, and exciting art-focused events! Check out our website for details on all of our programming and how to reserve your spot.
WINTER 2020
JAN-MAR
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Registration is on now for winter art classes! Classes for children, teens, and adults in drawing, painting, pottery, and more! Check out our new Intermediate Drawing Class for adults, taught by Winnipeg artist Ted Barker.
SALT AND PEPPER CELLARS WITH CRYSTAL NYKOLUK Friday, Jan 17 or Feb 21 7-9:30pm $55/person; $50 for WAG members or 2+ tickets Ceramic artist, Crystal Nykoluk will guide you through the process of creating your own lidded salt and pepper cellar out of a brick of clay. Two date options!
Sign up at wag.ca/studio
It’s our annual celebration of Inuit art and culture complete with iglus, huskies, arctic games, and of course, art making and exploring the galleries.
Family MakerLabs @WAG Studio Drop-in 1-3pm Sunday, Dec 15 • Holiday Diorama: Create a festive 3D mixed-media scene to take home for the holidays. Sunday, Feb 9 • Valentine Keychain: Make beautiful felt keychains with love. SPRING BREAK EDITION Tuesday, Mar 31 • Rainbow Suncatchers: Let the sunshine in with colourful sun catchers to hang in your window.
CIRCULAR WEAVINGS WITH RIEL FINISHINGS Wednesday, Feb 26 or Mar 4 6-9:30pm $90/person; $85 for WAG members or 2+ tickets
SAVE THE DATE Early bird registration for our spring classes opens Mar 3!
Using a circular loom and a variety of fibre, you’ll create your own 10” hand-woven wall hanging with Rebecca Riel of Riel Finishings.
Thursday, Apr 2 • Baby Animal Puppets: Baby animals are born in the springtime. Create an adorable baby animal puppet to care for.
Spring Break Day Camp 2020 Mar 30-Apr 3 • 9am-4pm (early drop off from 8:30am and pick up until 5pm) Ages 6-12; $55/ day; $50 for WAG Members Registration opens Jan 13 at wag.ca/artcampsforkids
Group Tours for Kids Choose from an array of interactive tours and workshops, perfect for daycares, sports teams, scouts, guides, parties, home schoolers, clubs, or play dates! Tours available all year long. Visit wag.ca/ bookatour to reserve your spot. Disponible en français.
Family Membership For only $95, your entire household can become WAG members. Membership includes FREE Gallery admission as well as entry to Family MakerLabs, Family Sunday, Group Tours, plus great discounts on art camps and classes! Visit wag.ca/ membership for details.
YOUTH CAREER SYMPOSIUM Presented by RBC Future Launch Tuesday, Apr 28 • 9:30am-3pm (check-in begins at 8:30am) FREE; for students aged 15 to 25. Register at wag.ca/artworks Explore careers in the arts from conservation and curatorial to virtual tours and beyond.
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h a n d m a d e for the h o l i d ay s Shop both locations for unique, handmade gifts by Manitoban and Canadian artists.
Carved Hockey Walrus from Tommy Kuniliusie $450
Mirror Feather Earrings from Warren Steven Scott, $45
Complimentary wrapping.
GALLERY SHOP
Winnipeg Art Gallery, 300 Memorial Blvd (temporarily on Galleries Level)
Dec 2-23: Mon-Sun 11am-5pm, Fri 11am-9pm Dec 24 11am-2pm
Beaded Shoulder Bangers from Jessica Canard, $60
WAG@THE FORKS
Johnston Terminal, 25 Forks Market Rd Dec Hours: Mon-Sat 10am-9pm, Sun 10am-6pm Dec 24 10am-2pm Dec 25 Both locations closed Regular hours resume Dec 26
@shopwag
wag.ca/shop Mug featuring Mother and Child from Norval Morrisseau, $15
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S H O P WAG
left to right: Wall hanging from Celina Iootna, $350; Inuit Art 2020 Wall Calendar, $18.95; Inuit Herbal Tea Five-Blend Assortment, $16; Loon from Ning Ashoona, $900
left to right: Space Cats from Meg Does Pottery, $55-$63; Beaver Lined Mitts from Magpie Chiq, $350
left to right: The North End: Revisited from U of M Press, $39.95; Framed Art Card featuring “Kunik (Kiss)” from Ohotaq Mikkigak, $30; Sterling Silver Smiley Necklace from Sunday Feel, $90; Amaaqti from George Noah, $525
left to right: Kent Monkman’s The Four Continents from Black Dog Publishers, $29.95; Sterling Silver and Brass Leaf Loop Earring from Sunday Feel, $108; Canada and Impressionism from Arnoldshe Art Publishers, $85; Tony Scherman: Heroes, Ghosts, and Dreams from WAG, $30
I support the WAG because it enriches my life and keeps things in perspective. — Aaron Levere, Teacher and WAG Supporter
The WAG relies on the generosity of donors like you to further our mission of connecting and inspiring the community through art. Your support makes a difference to people in Winnipeg, across Manitoba, and beyond, now and for future generations. Your donation, no matter the size, will make a difference. Please consider a gift to the WAG today. Donations can be made at wag.ca/donate, in person at the front desk, or by phone at 204.789.1345. Jimmy Inaruli Arnamissak. Two Men Loading Kayak onto Qamutiik (detail), c. 1980. Stone, 19.5 x 51 x 13.5 cm. Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Gift from the Collection of George and Tannis Richardson, 2011-61.
Return undeliverable Canadian addresses to: Winnipeg Art Gallery 300 Memorial Boulevard Winnipeg, MB R3C 1V1
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