This guide features the city’ s most noteworthy galleries, antique and craft shops. For additional shopping listings see page 16. While best efforts have been made to ensure accuracy, hours and information may change without notice. See maps beginning on page 43.
EXHIBITION GALLERIES
ACEARTINC Local contemporary artists whose work is non-commercial, experimental or multi-disciplinary in nature and professional in quality. To Mar 31: Station is a meditation on the situation of the radio operator, and the individual’ s role as communicators, information gatherers, and distributors. Starts Apr 14: You Can Never Go Home Again features paintings by Matthew Gardiner. Tue-Sat noon-5 pm. Free admission. 290 McDermot Ave, 2nd floor, 204‐944‐9763, aceart. org, Map 1: O-4
BUHLER GALLERY This gallery exhibits Canadian and local visual artists. Also features visual arts programming, music, readings, and performances. Tues-Thu 10 am-8 pm, Fri 10 am-6 pm, Sat-Sun 12 pm-4 pm, Mon closed. St. Boniface Hospital, 409 Taché Ave, 204-235-3392, galeriebuhlergallery. ca, Map 1: P-6
THE EDGE GALLERY AND URBAN ART CENTRE Artist-run space that showcases modern works from local artists, many of whom work on-site. Mon 6 pm-8 pm, Thu 2 pm-5 pm, Fri-Sun 2 pm-6 pm. Tues & Wed by appt. 210‐611 Main St, 204‐947‐2992, edgevillage. com, Map 1: N-4
LA GALERIE Exhibitions of contemporary art by Manitoba and Canadian artists. Apr-May: A collection of portraits by Michel Saint-Hilaire observes and questions our social environment, showing that we all have a story to tell. Mon- Fri 8 am-11 pm, Sat & Sun 9 am-5 pm. Free admission. Centre culturel franco-manitobain, 340 Provencher Blvd, 204‐233‐8972, ccfm. mb. ca, Map 1: P-6
GRAFFITI GALLERY Aerosol spray paintings on large canvasses displayed in a funky warehouse space. To Apr 13: The Frontier School Division Juried Art Show features a selection of artworks by students from Manitoba’ s northern schools. Mon-Tue 9 am-5 pm Wed, Thu 9 am-9 pm Sat 12 pm-5 pm. Free admission. 109 Higgins Ave, 204‐667‐9960, graffitigallery. ca, Map 1: M‐5
LA MAISON DES ARTISTES Features artwork by local Francophone artists, housed in the historical former St. Boniface city hall. Mon-Fri 12 pm-6 pm, Sat 10 am-4 pm. 219 Provencher Blvd, 204‐237‐5964, maisondesartistes. mb. ca, Map 1: P-6
LISA KEHLER ART + PROJECTS Inspiring contemporary work with a focus on emerging Canadian artists. To Mar 17: This Must Be the Place is a collection of work inspired by Winnipeg. Mar 24-Apr 22: This Must Be the Place( Home Pt 2) features works by three Montreal based artists exploring ideas about home. Wed-Sat 10 am-5 pm or by appointment. 171 McDermot Ave, 204‐510‐0088, lkap. ca, Map 1: O-4
MARTHA STREET STUDIO Located in the Exchange District, this hands-on studio offers a behind-the-scenes look at print making, silk screening and etching. Mar 10- Apr 15: Two exhibits explore elements of bodies and medicine. Within, without by Janet Shaw-Russell pairs drawings of complex anatomical imagery with delicate sewing pattern paper. Vital by Darian Gordon Stahl blends photographs and medical scans in a reflection on chronic illness and bodily perception. Tue-Fri 10 am-5 pm, Sat 12 pm-5 pm. Artworks and Studio Editions also for sale. 11 Martha St, 204‐779‐6253, printmakers. mb. ca, Map 1: N-4
MENNONITE HERITAGE CENTRE GALLERY A multilevel gallery at the Canadian Mennonite University that showcases art from myriad cultures, often based on religious and humanitarian issues. Mar 10-Apr 29: A Piece of Work centres around the scrap material assemblages of Seth Woodyard, while Timothy Joel Dyck’ s Workday explores the banal components of work. Street art interventions are featured in Ulmeus Communitas / Elm Community, by Frank Livingston, with wheat pastes of trees in Winnipeg’ s Wolseley neighbourhood. Mon‐Fri 8:30 am-4:30 pm, Sat 12 pm‐5 pm. 600 Shaftesbury Blvd, 204‐888‐6781, gallery. mennonitechurch. ca, Map 2: E‐2
ART & ANTIQUES
MENTORING ARTISTS FOR WOMEN’ S ART( MAWA) Non-profit organization supporting intellectual and creative development of women in the visual arts. The gallery exhibits local and Canadian artists. Mar 24-26: The annual Over The Top Art Auction and Cupcake Party is the art scene’ s sweetest event. Wed-Fri 10 am-4 pm. 611 Main St, 204‐949‐9490, mawa. ca, Map 1: M‐5
WAG @ THEPARK AT THE PAVILION GALLERY MUSEUM The top floor of the Assiniboine Park Pavilion and Conservatory Foyer Gallery show permanent collections and visiting exhibits. Local artists Ivan Eyre and Walter J. Phillips are on display, as well as historical photographs of the Pavilion. A rare oil painting by original illustrator E. H. Shepard of Winnie the Pooh( the famous bear named after Winnipeg) is also on display. Tue-Sun 10 am-5 pm. Free admission. Assiniboine Park, 55 Pavilion Cres, 204‐927‐6002, Map 2: D-3
PLUG IN ICA One of the country’ s most well-known and innovative exhibition galleries. Plug In has been exhibiting local and international work in all media since 1972 and is Canada’ s first ICA. Starts Apr 15: Performance artist Ray Fenwick waits behind a curtain for a visitor ready to have a conversation in A Greenhouse. The Valley. Never-Ending Evening. Starts Apr 15: Patrick Cruz claims space and disorients the viewer with his series of maximal floor-toceiling paintings, awash in vibrant colour and bold use of line. Tue 12 pm-5 pm, Wed & Thu 12 pm-9 pm, Fri 12 pm-7 pm, Sat 9 am-7 pm, Sun 9 am-5 pm. Free admission. Unit 1-460 Portage Ave, 204‐942‐1043, plugin. org, Map 1: P-2
WINNIPEG ART GALLERY Nine galleries feature constantly changing exhibits of local, Canadian and international art, including works from its own collection of contemporary Inuit art, the largest in the world. Rooftop restaurant and The Gallery Shop on-site. Mar-Apr: Nature Rearranged: A Century of The Still Life features Canadian and European art from the past century that depict images of flowers. Mar-Apr: See Rodin’ s The Thinker up close. WAG members free, adults $ 12, seniors / students $ 8, children 5 and under free, family $ 28. Tue-Sun 11 am-5 pm, Fri 11 am-9 pm. 300 Memorial Blvd, 204‐786‐6641, wag. ca, Map 1: P-3
ABORIGINAL & INUIT ART
CANADIAN PLAINS GALLERY Showcasing original local Aboriginal art. Contemporary and traditional pieces available in many media, such as paintings, sculpture, jewellery, leather goods, pottery, etchings, birch bark biting and Aboriginal music. 106‐181 Higgins Ave, main floor, 204‐943‐4972, Map 1: M-4
FOUR DIRECTIONS TRADING INC Featuring handicrafts from Manitoban and Canadian First Nations. Silver and turquoise jewellery, leather clothing, moccasins and mukluks, headdresses, and blankets. Ramada Marlborough Hotel, 331 Smith St, 204‐943‐8152, Map 1: O-3
NEECHI NICHE The second floor of Neechi Commons features a central exhibition gallery with pieces from First Nations, Métis and Inuit artists, and a commercial gallery shop that carries local community-based art and crafted works. Also art supplies, books. Mon-Sat 10:30 am-6 pm, Sun 10:30 am-5 pm. 2nd floor, 865 Main St, 204‐949‐1338, neechi. ca, Map 1: M-5
NUNAVUT GALLERY City’ s only gallery specializing in Inuit sculpture, drawings, and prints by renowned artists from across northern Canada, including Kenojuak Ashevak and Nuna Parr. Carries more than 500 polar bear sculptures. Also work by prominent Manitoba painters like Kathy Long. Mon-Sat 10 am-5 pm. 603 Corydon Ave, 204‐478‐7233, nunavutgallery. com, Map 1: T-3
URBAN SHAMAN Not-for-profit exhibition gallery featuring contemporary Indigenous art in a variety of media. With each exhibit, artist talks and / or workshops are held. To Mar 11: Wally Dion blends traditional craft with modern technology, drawing connections between quilts and circuitboards. To Mar 11: Barry Ace’ s Niibwa Ndanwendaagan( My Relatives) is a suite of Anishnaabe bandolier bags( or‘ friendship bags’) adorned with electronic components and a tablet screening historical photographs and archival film of Indigenous peoples. 203‐290 McDermot Ave, 204‐942‐2674, urbanshaman. org, Map 1: O-4
SIMPLY THE BEST Manitoba Master Potters
Artist Alan Lacovetsky
778 Corydon Ave.( 204) 475-8088 www. stonewaregallery. com
INUIT ART Winnipeg’ s Largest Gallery of Inuit Art featuring more than 550 bear sculptures!
Sculpture, drawings, prints and wall hangings, featuring leading and emerging Canadian artists.
Polar Bear by Axangayuk Shaa
Now featuring polar bears and older sculptures from the Canadian Arctic.
Raven Silhouette IV by Kenojuak Ashevak
Dancing Bear by Joannie Ragee
www. nunavutgallery. com 603 Corydon Avenue
204-478-7233 Parking at Rear
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