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July 2019
Summer Craft Activity Days
Every Wednesday from July 17 – August 21, 12:30 – 3:00pm Get crafty this summer at the Manitoba Crafts Museum and Library’s Summer Craft Activity Days! From July 17 – August 21 join us every Wednesday to try a container-related craft and check out MCML’s new exhibition Holding Patterns: Crafted Containers from the MCML Collection. Each week features a different craft, so come to one or come to all of them! Details Drop-In | No registration required Free | Donations…
Find out more »Expressive Arts Therapy Studio
LIFE Changing HeARTs: Creating a Resilient and Sustainable Practice A Traditional Indigenous perspective sees healing and teaching as interrelated processes that are simultaneously co-occurring in any and all environments. We will experience the process of Creating a Resilient and Sustainable Practice by engaging collaboratively in an arts-based healing process, grounded in Indigenous philosophies and practices. To begin, students will focus on exploring the Medicine Wheel Teachings in alignment with this Indigenous Healing and Teaching Model. Then students will widen the…
Find out more »Super 8mm Workshop
The Gimli Film Festival and Winnipeg Film Group are proud to present a hands-on Super 8mm workshop. This Super 8mm workshop will inspire and teach filmmakers the ins and outs of shooting on Super 8mm film with the help of two leading, acclaimed analogue filmmakers Josh Marr and Mike Maryniuk. No experience is required! The workshop will take place on Friday, July 26, 2019, in Gimli, Manitoba during the Gimli Film Festival. The class will consist of two teams: Team…
Find out more »Nature’s Rainbow Summer Dyeing Series: Yellows & Greens
Join Ash Alberg of Sunflower Knit at tiny coven studios in Winnipeg this July and August for the Nature’s Rainbow Summer Dyeing Series, where we’ll naturally dye the rainbow one set of colours at a time. attend as many or as few classes as you prefer. Class fee includes 3 hours of instruction, requested number of skeins (100% Canadian wool, 2ply worsted weight, 216 yards, 112g) and/or napkin sets (4x 19” square organic cotton), class handouts, and light refreshments and…
Find out more »Self Care Sundays: Finding your Flow
This self-care workshop is open to anyone at any age, any industry, and any skill level, and is dedicated to support artists’ mental and physical health as they work to grow and expand their creativity. We find that there are many artists who put so much of their time and energy into their passion, and forget to take care of themselves in the process. Which is why we are dedicating every second Sunday to focusing on our mental and physical…
Find out more »August 2019
Working with Trauma using Expressive Arts
Instructor: Kate Donohue One of the Grandmothers of Expressive Arts, Kate Donohue is a licensed psychologist, registered expressive arts therapist, and has taught at many international universities. Kate is a co-founder of the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association. Passionate about the arts she has spent 25 years studying indigenous and ethnic dance forms, in particular West African and Afro-Cuban Dance. This workshop will introduce participants to the experience of trauma and how to address it as an expressive arts therapist.…
Find out more »Expressive Arts – Psychopathology & Psychology
Instructor: Kate Donohue One of the Grandmothers of Expressive Arts, Kate Donohue is a licensed psychologist, registered expressive arts therapist, and has taught at many international universities. Kate is a co-founder of the International Expressive Arts Therapy Association. Passionate about the arts she has spent 25 years studying indigenous and ethnic dance forms, in particular West African and Afro-Cuban Dance. This course introduces participants to the archetypal and developmental approaches to character/personality development using mythological themes that underline human development…
Find out more »Nature’s Rainbow Summer Dyeing Series: Blues
Join Ash Alberg of Sunflower Knit at tiny coven studios in Winnipeg this July and August for the Nature’s Rainbow Summer Dyeing Series, where we’ll naturally dye the rainbow one set of colours at a time. attend as many or as few classes as you prefer. Class fee includes 3 hours of instruction, requested number of skeins (100% Canadian wool, 2ply worsted weight, 216 yards, 112g) and/or napkin sets (4x 19” square organic cotton), class handouts, and light refreshments and…
Find out more »Workshop: Boxes, Folders, Bags! with Janet Carroll
Boxes, Folders, Bags! In this workshop we’ll cut and fold card stock to make a few simple origami-inspired boxes and other useful containers. We’ll decorate with trims as time allows, as well there will be a display of books and samples for inspiration for more box-making in your future. All materials and tools will be provided. Workshop runs: Saturday, August 10, 2019, 1 pm-3 pm Registration deadline: Friday, August 2, 2019 Registration: Member: $30 / Non-member $35 Kit Fee:…
Find out more »Indigenous Ways of Knowing through the Arts
Instructor: Victoria McIntosh Artist and teacher, Victoria was born in Ste. Boniface and raised on Sagkeeng First Nation. She has explored many different spectrums of art from simple drawings to pyrography (Firework.) Her murals hang in various schools in Winnipeg and Ontario, where she has taught expression using Woodlands style with Storytelling. She has studied graphic design and print-making and continues to study Fine Arts. Indigenous ways of Knowing through the Arts workshop offer participants exposure to a local Indigenous…
Find out more »Nature’s Rainbow Summer Dyeing Series: Purples & Pinks
Join Ash Alberg of Sunflower Knit at tiny coven studios in Winnipeg this July and August for the Nature’s Rainbow Summer Dyeing Series, where we’ll naturally dye the rainbow one set of colours at a time. attend as many or as few classes as you prefer. Class fee includes 3 hours of instruction, requested number of skeins (100% Canadian wool, 2ply worsted weight, 216 yards, 112g) and/or napkin sets (4x 19” square organic cotton), class handouts, and light refreshments and…
Find out more »Nature’s Rainbow Summer Dyeing Series: Greys
Join Ash Alberg of Sunflower Knit at tiny coven studios in Winnipeg this July and August for the Nature’s Rainbow Summer Dyeing Series, where we’ll naturally dye the rainbow one set of colours at a time. attend as many or as few classes as you prefer. Class fee includes 3 hours of instruction, requested number of skeins (100% Canadian wool, 2ply worsted weight, 216 yards, 112g) and/or napkin sets (4x 19” square organic cotton), class handouts, and light refreshments and…
Find out more »September 2019
CraftED: Kaleidocycle Beading with Daria Tittenberger
Combining ideas from origami and engineering, the Kaleidocycle is a beaded three-dimensional marvel designed by the design team of the Contemporary Geometric Beadwork Project. It is built from hinged sets of beaded triangles that can be twisted in upon themselves to reveal multiple patterns. In this three part workshop, you will use circular peyote stitch to bead four triangle designs and then explore how multiples of the four designs relate to each other as they take their place within the…
Find out more »FemFest 2019
Sarasvàti Productions is thrilled to announce the seventeenth annual festival of life-changing theatre for everyone. Running from September 14-21, FemFest 2019: All the World’s A Stage will showcase talent from across the country, as well as celebrate local playwrights and emerging talent. Sarasvàti Productions is a Winnipeg-based independent theatre company with a commitment to using theatre to transform society. TICKETS $15 Per Performance $30 Platinum Pass (3 Shows) $50 Festival Pass (Entire Festival) For more information on performances and times,…
Find out more »October 2019
Manitoba Showcase
Every year, the Manitoba Arts Network invites some of the best Canadian talent to showcase their work for arts organizations across the province at Showcase. Attendees have the opportunity to experience 15 incredible performances, attend professional development workshops, enjoy visual art exhibits, and engage in networking time over three fulfilling days. The showcases of talented artists from across the country gives delegates the chance to preview and meet performers they may want to bring to their community during the upcoming…
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