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Art-education website a new resource for Manitoba teachers When Dawn Knight began her career as an art educator 25 years ago, she realized that there were really no resources available for teachers related to contemporary artists.

From Monday’s Winnipeg Free Press 📰 The article by Jen Zoratti is about MAWA’s new online art education resource, Art Alive!
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Winnipeg artist Aganetha Dyck's collaborations with the hive mind proved sweet Winnipeg artist Aganetha Dyck, who saw art in the everyday, the domestic, the small, has died. She was 87.

If you haven't already, take a moment to read this lovely article about Aganetha Dyck's life and work. She made an incredible impact over her career.

A celebration of Aganetha's life is taking place tonight from 6 - 9pm at Plug In ICA at 460 Portage Ave.

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Graphic that includes a picture of Foundation Mentorship Program mentees sitting in a circle on the floor of MAWA's space to plan their group exhibition. Text says: Legacy Fund Month. Once MAWA's Legacy Funded is fully funded, it will sustain the Foundation Mentorship Program indefinitely. "The program increased my skillset, cemented my ambitions and created the environment that allowed me to see myself as a capable and professional artist." - Sacha Kopelow. Your donation will help ensure the continuation of this dynamic program for future generations of women and gender diverse artists. mawa.ca/donate.

July is Legacy Fund month at MAWA! That means all donations made this month on our website, mawa.ca/donate, will be allocated to the fund. Held at the Winnipeg Foundation, the goal of this endowment fund is to pay for the Foundation Mentorship Program (FMP) FOREVER!

Jenny Saville, the Body Artist The British painter has dedicated her career to depicting human flesh, especially that of women, with deep empathy.

Jenny Saville was influenced by feminist theory, but she wouldn’t call her work feminist. “I liked painting a nude body, which was very frowned on in feminist studies—‘Where’s the gaze?,’ ” she said. “That conflict is what made that painting work.”

'Unwinding Complexity' with MFA thesis exhibits at the University of Manitoba A dazzling array of materials and mediums greets visitors to the University of Manitoba’s School of Art Gallery these days in a confluence of new exhibits of theses from six new Masters of Fine Arts g...

A write up and video about Unwinding Complexity by Iranian-Canadian artist Maryam Bagheri. "The exhibit’s main feature are woven pieces hanging from the ceiling and are accompanied by paintings and video installations created by Bagheri during her degree."
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Art with vibrant colour and light at Buhler Gallery Artist Anna Binta Diallo discusses the premise of her work in latest exhibition

Check out this video about Anna Binta Diallo's exhibition, Heliophile, on display now at Buhler Gallery at St. Boniface Hospital!

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Dr. Sari Hannila and MAWA Co-Executive Director, Dana Kletke were on CBC on Monday talking about our upcoming workshop: Bodies, Bones and Brains: Drawing at the Anatomy Lab. Take a listen!
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The workshop is Sat. June 14, visit mawa.ca for details.

Body Electric Marina Isgro revisits the work of feminist kinetic art pioneer Liliane Lijn on the occasion of her retrospective at mumok Vienna and Tate St. Ives.

"Lijn’s key move has been to recode the concepts of energy and mechanical movement themselves as female or complexly gendered."
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Nude latex suits, wearable beds and farting swamps: the transgressive art of Helen Chadwick A rare retrospective of the late British artist reveals her lifelong dedication to disrupting the boundaries of gender, sex and death via bawdy, provocative sculptures and collages

“She was trying to disrupt societal conventions, including gender normativity,” Smith says. “She was really pioneering and she wasn’t afraid of art being sexy or funny, either.”

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New York subway unveils artist mural inspired by Hilma af Klint. The glass mosaic, titled “Abstract Futures” (2025), is located at Grand Central Station near the 42nd Street/3rd Avenue entrance.

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Only one week left to apply for a One-on-One Mentorship!
Deadline: Wednesday, April 16 by noon.
For women and gender diverse MAWA members who live in Manitoba
Cost to successful applicants: $75
A One-on-One Mentorship offers focussed attention from a mentor of your choice.
mawa.ca/mentorship/o...

MAWA's year-long Foundation Mentorship Program is accepting applictions until April 30!

The program is for women and gender diverse visual artists based in or near Winnipeg.

With mentors: Helga Jakobson, Jaimie Isaac, Katherine Boyer and Megan Krause.

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⚠️ Il ne vous reste plus que 5 jours pour nous envoyer vos soumissions pour VFP !

Only 5 days left to submit your videos for VFP! ⏳

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A poster advertising MAWA's Over the Top Art Auction and Cupcake Party. With an illustration of a flower outline filled with more colourful flowers.

It's almost time for MAWA's biggest fundraiser of the year, the Over the Top Art Auction + Cupcake Party! We'd love to see you next weekend. mawa.ca/over-the-top

I created a new piece this morning, and Donated to @mawawpg.bsky.social Annual Art Auction “Over the top”.

Focused | ink on paper | 2025

She's thought to be Canada's first Black woman painter. Now the public can finally see her art | CBC Arts Canada's first documented Black woman painter, Edith MacDonald-Brown was overlooked in her time. More than 70 years after her death, her works are getting the showing they deserve

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Ancestral Grounds: The Violent Synchronicity of Belonging <p><em>Ancestral Grounds: The Violent Synchronicity of Belonging </em>by Shaneela Boodoo. Critical Writing in MAWA's Spring 2025 Newsletter.</p>

Read the latest piece of critical writing from MAWA's quarterly newsletter, Ancestral Grounds: The Violent Synchronicity of Belonging by Shaneela Boodoo 📖

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Photo of great-great-grandmother moved ceramicist to explore her Indo-Caribbean heritage

Thanks @jenzoratti.bsky.social of @winnipegfreepress.com for her excellent article on Heidi McKenzie’s “Reclaimed: Indo-Caribbean HerStories” exhibit!

Join us for a reception TODAY from 4:00 - 6:00 pm @uwinnipeg.bsky.social. Heidi will be here and is looking forward to meeting you!

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Planning a multi-media artwork but want some feedback? Interested in what it's like to be a curator? Have ideas about combining art and advocacy? Meet with Just Waters Artist-in-Residence Jaimie Isaac on March 19 from 11 am to 2:30 pm in 342 Education! chrr.info/events/

The ties that bond Fate came knocking when Tree Tree Tes discovered the deadline announcement for the Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA) 2023-24 mentorship program on Instragram at the last minute.

Check out this article about Seamless Transitions, the 2023-2024 Foundation Mentorship Program mentee group show! The show closes Feb 28 with a closing party 6 - 8pm.
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The cover of MAWA's Spring 2025 Newsletter. The main image is from a lecture by Pat Bovey. Bovey stands on the right of the image facing an audience of about 50 people.

Our latest newsletter is out! Discover everything we have planned for spring 🌷
mawa.ca/newsletters

Dismissed, excluded and now adored: how the female surrealists finally had their revenge Written off as ‘muses’ and denied entry to the movement, they still produced extraordinary work that is only now being appreciated. We enter a gender-breaking world of occult worship – and cats

"The fierce individualism of these artists, these women who were so relentlessly themselves, is a tonic. It’s no wonder they are capturing public attention like never before"

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Seamless Transistions <p>Seamless Transitions is the 2023-2024 MAWA mentee group show featuring new work by Daisy Wu, Heather Murray, Ingrid McMillan, Karen Fletcher, Kelsey Smith, Madelyn Gowler, TreeTreeTes and Tes...

We're open until 8 tonight for First Fridays Winnipeg!
Come see Seamless Transitions, the group show by the 2023/24 Foundation Mentorship Program mentees ,Daisy Wu, Heather Murray, Ingrid McMillan, Karen Fletcher, Kelsey Smith, Madelyn Gowler, TreeTreeTes & Tess Ray Houston.
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Le GIV est à la recherche des œuvres récentes (2023-2025)
★ DATE LIMITE : Mardi le 7 avril 2025
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Lita Fontaine on Winyan, her new exhibit celebrating Indigenous women and their resilience | CBC Arts The Winnipeg-based artist joins Q's Tom Power to talk about her exhibit at WAG-Qaumajuq, which celebrates the role and influence of Indigenous women in their families, communities and cultures.

Lita Fontaine was on Q recently to speak about her exhibition, Winyan, on now at WAG-Qaumajuq!
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MAWA's Co-Executive Director, Shawna Dempsey along with her artistic collaborator Lorri Millan have a new video, "The Fruit Machine: A Space Opera", in this exhibition opening tonight at the Canadian Museum for Human Rights.

Artist Jaune Quick-to-See Smith, Who Bore Witness to Native Life, Dies at 85 Her five-decade oeuvre is an intimate visual lexicon that bridges personal memories and joyful resilience.

Part of a generation of Indigenous artists who worked to “break the ‘buckskin ceiling,’” the late Jaune Quick-to-See Smith is known for merging humor and socio-political commentary with poetic depictions of Native American life.

Flyer with text that says Mittens Workshop with Sheila Cailleau. Register by Feb 4. 3-Part Workshop Saturdays, 1 - 5pm: Feb 8, Feb 15 & Feb 22. $100 Materials provided. MAWA, 329 Cumberland Ave. Suite 203. All welcome. A pair of mittens made of black leather with white fur trim are pictured along with a photo of Sheila Cailleau, a light skinned woman with curly blond hair, glasses with bold frames and arm tattoos.

Sign up by Tuesday for this Mittens Workshop taught by Sheila Cailleau!

3-Part Workshop
Saturdays, 1 - 5pm: Feb 8, 15 & 22
$100, materials provided
All welcome, but spaces are limited!
Registration deadline: February 4

mawa.ca/events/mitte...

"How Is Winnipeg Representing Marginalized Artists?" by Seoyoung Kim is the latest piece of critical writing in MAWA's quarterly newsletter. You can read it by following the link and learn what Kim found through her brief statistical look at Winnipeg's art galleries.

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The Magical Life of 98-Year-Old Painter Luchita Hurtado After working for over 7 decades without much recognition, Luchita Hurtado is having her moment in the sun. In many ways, she’s just getting started.

Critical Painting Perspectives, led by Laura Lewis, is an online reading group is dedicated to exploring ideas, practices, theory and criticism with respect to contemporary painting. Join the conversation Feb 3 at 9am. Email laura@mawa.ca to sign up. The Feb reading:
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