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Middle Grade Historical Series: Echoes From Our Past Attention middle-grade writers! Great Plains Press’s Yellow Dog imprint seeks non-fiction, creative non-fiction, and historical fiction submissions for a new middle-grade series […]

Choreography isn't just about movement, it involves planning, staging, and time management. Artists Sage Cloud and Brenda Gorlick recently participated in the Professional Mentorship Program and shared their experiences!

Do you have a preschooler who loves to sing, dance, play dress up, and tell stories with music? Are you curious to see if they are the next musical theatre […]

The West End Cultural Centre (WECC) is excited to launch the WECC Art Wall, a new program showing the work of emerging artists from Winnipeg and Manitoba. This transforms the […]

Branding, style development, and gallery pieces- when you're an early career visual artist, where do you start? Mentor Danita Stallard and her mentees Scarlett Gunn and Sean Chadwick put their heads together to form a motivated arts mentorship super team!

Being a visual artist can feel like a solitary experience, even as you're trying to develop your craft. Artists Anastassiya Polinkina and Cori Jaye Etienne recently participated in the Professional Mentorship Program and shared their experiences!

When exploring a new facet of one's creativity, it helps to have a seasoned professional along for the ride with good advice and encouragement. Scriptwriters Anna Schaible-Schur and Rick Chafe recently participated in the Professional Mentorship Program and shared their experience here!

Mentorship isn’t just about hard skills and arts business training, it’s also about passing on advice and discussing different career paths within your creative discipline. Performers Hailey Witt and Lara Ciekiewicz recently participated in the Professional Mentorship Program and shared their experience here!

So many different aspects contribute to the live theatre-going experience, and lighting and visuals are no small part! Designers and artists Hugh Conacher and Anika Binding recently participated in the Professional Mentorship Program and shared some of their insights with us.

No matter the discipline, the creative process is a process! Professional mentorship can help artists work through creative blocks, bounce ideas off each other and share knowledge gained in years of experience in the arts. Playwrights Ellen Peterson and Sarah Flynn recently completed the Professional Mentorship Program through Creative Manitoba and shared a few of the highlights with us!