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Creative Manitoba strengthens, represents and connects Manitoba’s arts and creative industries.

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In partnership with @creativemanitoba we are excited to offer a FREE Webinar 💻💬🤓
Artist Taxes with RêveNew Practice Management will take place on Zoom on Wednesday, April 15, 2020, from 6 - 8 PM. Please register through creativemanitoba.ca (link in bio). 🗂️ As artists, it’s important to understand how taxation rules can work for you. In this 2-hour seminar participants will learn:
» What expenses are deductible and which are not
» Sole proprietorship vs partnership vs corporation
» The taxation rules related to each of the above
» GST
» Payroll (Deductions, T4, etc.)
» Lease vs buying decision
» How to defend against a CRA audit
» How to keep proper documentation (bookkeeping and receipt keeping)
» Miscellaneous tax tips and traps

Image Description: The top of the square graphic is a detail from a much larger tempera on panel painting by the Belgian artist Pieter Brueghel the Younger titled "The Peasant Lawyer," ca. 1620. In the image detail, we see a close up of a lawyer's office-floor scattered with crumbled papers and bags of money, the booted feet of one a villager visiting the lawyer is seen above. The bottom half of the graphic is text on a white background divided into two columns. The first column reads "FREE WEBINAR!" (black text) ARTIST TAXES" (seafoam green text). The second column reads "April 15, 2020, 6-8 PM, Register at Creative Mantioba.ca" (in black text). #carfac_mb #carfac #artequalswork #artsadvocacy #canadianart #contemporaryart #hastheartistbeenpaid #artistworkshop #manitobaart #taxesforartists #freewebinar #creativemanitoba

Greetings,⁣ ⁣ Amid the chaos being caused by t

Greetings,⁣
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Amid the chaos being caused by the COVID 19 Pandemic, Creative Manitoba offices and classrooms will be closed for the foreseeable future. All of our upcoming in-person programming will be delivered online or has been postponed. If you are registered for an event or class, please check your email for updates and instructions.⁣
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All Group Mentorship in-person sessions are suspended until further notice. Lead mentors will contact participants with further instructions regarding remote (online) programming and communication.⁣
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We would like to thank everyone who participated in the Merging Mindsets Conference and look forward to more digital art programming in the fall – stay tuned.⁣
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Creative Manitoba staff will be working remotely and will be available via email to answer any questions you may have. We ask that you please be kind to yourself and others around you. Remember to breathe – use this time to create some art and we look forward to seeing you again when this passes.⁣
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Take care,⁣
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thom

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✨ defining digital art, where's Winnipeg?, Merging Mindsets, AND MORE ✨
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Julie Gendron, multi-disciplinary artist and conference coordinator and art director for the Merging Mindsets Conference happening this weekend, March 13&14. We talk to Julie about some og digital art projects and collectives around Canada including Montreal, Toronto, and Vancouver, and how she is trying to bridge the digital art gap to Winnipeg. We had no idea what "digital art" really means so Julie walked us through it and told us about some of the conference panels that are so interesting!!! You should try and check it out, we will see you there!

Get your passes to #MergingMindsets ! Link in bio

Get your passes to #MergingMindsets !

Link in bio.

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Whether you’re a designer or craftsman, an artist or a maker, Mary Franck’s @mary.franck keynote speech will reveal the techniques needed to succeed in today’s diverse creative landscape.

Interdependent and Interdisciplinary: A New Creative Mindset

As creative fields increasingly collide and cross pollinate, innovative leaders must unite a growing number of disparate disciplines if they want to succeed. From her experience designing projects for stage production, museums, events, and architectural installations, Mary has developed a unique strategic toolkit for leading interdisciplinary projects.

#Mergingmindsets #technology #techart #colaboration #digitaltools

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The Merging Mindsets Conference will feature an incredible Installation Showcase highlighting how artists are using tech.
We are thrilled to have Faisal Anwar @faisalanwarstudio return to exhibit his piece CharBagh! ‘CharBagh’ (quadrilateral garden) is a participatory digital art project by new-media artist Faisal Anwar creating ornate geometric patterns through conversations in real time. Modelled on the traditional grid compositions of Persian gardens, each pattern grows and shifts in response to data generated on social media and collected by the artist. The first time presented in 2015 on the façade of the Aga Khan Museum in Toronto, Anwar’s project encourages the public to meaningfully participate in online conversation in order to empower social change. Last year the work was part of the exhibition titled Garden in the Machine, at the Surrey Art Gallery, where Anwar led focused workshops with community groups discussing themes related to sustainable food production, climate change, and peoples' changing relationships with nature.

In the installation, the structured Islamic geometrical scheme becomes a powerful metaphor working with open data and investigating today’s sociopolitical territories. The data is collected using Instagram through thematically curated hashtags to generate a conversation about climate crises in our cities and and are relation to it. Using creative coding, algorithms, the artist morphs these photos into ornate geometric designs. This project exemplifies how social media can be a tool for positive social change.

#MergingMindsets #projectionmapping #projectionart #winnipeg #socialchangethroughsocialmedia

Still some spots left for #CEDay2020 !!⁣ March 7

Still some spots left for #CEDay2020 !!⁣ March 7, 2020
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Are you an emerging artist wanting to take the next step into creative entrepreneurship? Join us for a day of learning from local experts and artists! ⁣
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Topics of the day: work/life balance, overcoming imposter syndrome, making the most of online tools, and marketing yourself as a creative entrepreneur!⁣
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Sign up online at creativemanitoba.ca/ceday or click the link our bio. There, you'll find more info about the workshops and our amazing presenters (pictured above).
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$30 members / $15 rural members / $50 non members (membership included!) Light lunch will be served.

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Creative Manitoba

Are you a member of Creative Manitoba? Do you want your photography displayed as part of Flash Fest Photographic Festival?
Apply to be part of our members’ showcase! Selected photographers will show their work on the third floor of 245 McDermot Avenue for the months of April-May, 2020.

https://creativemanitoba.ca/job/creative-manitoba-flash-fest-members-show/ @creativemanitoba

Did you know that you get a free Creative Manitoba

Did you know that you get a free Creative Manitoba membership when you register for #CEDay2020? ⁣⁣
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Creative Entrepreneurship is a great introduction to the types of workshops we offer and is aimed at emerging artists. (We understand the struggle. Lunch is included too!) Hurry to snag a spot before it sells out. Link in bio.⁣
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In the meantime, here are some throwback photos to last year's event.

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#CEDay2020 is sure to be an amazing day of learnin

#CEDay2020 is sure to be an amazing day of learning from practicing artists.

If you're an emerging artist, this one's for you! Sign up now to reserve your spot. Link in bio.

Wokshops:
- Mentors panel w/ S.M. Beiko, Sharon Bajer, Nyco Rudolph and Helga Jakobson. Moderated by Jan Skene.
-Heart-Based Entrepreneurship w/ Reno Winston
-(Art)work/Life Synergy w/ Alex Sannie
-How to Leverage Today's Online Media to Make Money as a Creative w/ Cori Jaye Elston

Find out more and register online at creativemanitoba.ca/ceday

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Video Pool Media Arts Centre

#MergingMindsets panel on Principles and Tools of Interactivity has started!
Can’t make it out tonight?
@videopool has a workshop on tomorrow night on the Anatomy of Planning A Tech/Art Project.

Join @margaret.noble as she guides you through the steps of research, planning, and execution of a complex media based work!
Spots are still available! Register online at Video Pool!

Only a few spots left for these upcoming one-on-on

Only a few spots left for these upcoming one-on-one sessions for artists! Book an Expert Advice session by clicking link in bio or heading to creativemanitoba.ca/expertadvice

NEW DATE ADDED: Thursday, March 5 - Grant Writing with Bev Pike (Only 4 spots available)

Thursday, February 20 - Social Media with Jen Doerksen (Only 2 spots available)

Thursday, March 12 - Artist Websites with Don Betts (Only 3 spots available)

This is tonight! 6pm with panelists Lee and Adrian

This is tonight! 6pm with panelists Lee and Adrian Cheater. Learn all about wearable technology!
And make sure to follow @mergingmindsets for all up to date info on panels and the conference (March 13-14). Tickets available now! Link in bio.

Creative Entrepreneurship is for emerging artists

Creative Entrepreneurship is for emerging artists of all disciplines — whether self-taught or recently graduated. You’ve got the skills. Time for the life experience! Learn from local artists and creators who’ve been through it all.

#CEDay2020 A full-day of mini-workshops on work/life balance, overcoming imposter syndrome, making the most of online tools, and marketing yourself as a creative entrepreneur.
Please note: This workshop is geared towards emerging artists and there are limited spots available.

Space is limited. Register soon! (Link in bio.)

What a wonderful group of artists who braved the s

What a wonderful group of artists who braved the snowy weather to learn about grant writing from the incredible @dianathorneycroft!
We love offering our Artist Boot Camp series with @mawawpg. Stay tuned for the full 2020 schedule!

❗The Art of Managing Your Career Spring 2020 is

❗The Art of Managing Your Career Spring 2020 is now open for applications❗

Apply by February 14

Pictured: Fall 2019 cohort

This 13-week course is for working artists to gain the confidence and knowledge to successfully manage their careers in the cultural sector, developing an extensive business plan, marketing plan, and template for managing finances! All taught by the incredible Heather Bishop.

More info and application link at www.creativemanitoba.ca/amyc

Our final artist of the evening is Charlie Rae Wal

Our final artist of the evening is Charlie Rae Walker (Aka A Raven Called Crow). Charlie is a multi-disciplinary artist hailing from Unceded Lekwungenand Wsanec Territories (Victoria BC) and Gadigal/Darug territory (Sydney, Australia). An art activist and an artists’ artist with a passion for self and social transformation, Charlie brews antidotes to the sad poisons of our times with meaningful connection, unrestrained creativity, vulnerability, curiosity and laughter. Their visual and performance art is so engaging that the lines begin to blur between reality and magic.

When Karen Jonsson spent her childhood summers exp

When Karen Jonsson spent her childhood summers exploring the shores of Lake Winnipeg, collecting rocks and unearthing the clay beneath, an alchemist was born. Discovering the lustrous colours of the stones and watching her small clay creations withstand the heat of the campfire was the training ground for the gifted artist she has become - moulding that clay into pottery and capturing the unending beauty of the great outdoors with her camera. The magic she discovered as a child continues to leave her in awe and filled with a passion to share that with us. Karen Jonsson is much like that clay - there is an ancient, sacred quality afoot that is so much more than meets the eye.

Karen will be selling pottery at the holiday showcase and sale tomorrow. See you there!

The crooked trail from graphic artist to paramedic

The crooked trail from graphic artist to paramedicine and back has returned Sigrid Zueff to her first passion-visual art. With glass and photography replacing splints and defibrillators she courageously follows her heart into these art forms.

Sigrid will be selling her photography and glasswork at the Members' Market!

Performing at 8:30pm with members of her improv gr

Performing at 8:30pm with members of her improv group, The Unglüd, is Kiva Simova!

With the precision of a laser beam Kiva Simova exhibits her mastery of advanced overtone singing, whereby she splits her voice into two pitches simultaneously. When this pioneer improvises wordless soundscapes, be they ambient or raucously rhythmic, Kiva leaves you in awe. She applies this art form to genres where one would not expect such innovation. Few in the world have mastered this technique, and even fewer deliver it with as much soul - as Kiva’s peers attest. From solo CDs and film soundtracks, backing up pop mega- group Crash Test Dummies, folk trio member of the Wyrd Sisters, to Letterman and Saturday Night Live, to the Royal Albert Hall, and the steppes of central Asia, - Kiva heals and howls.

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