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

Looking to take your comedy skills to another leve

Looking to take your comedy skills to another level? Issa Kixen is here to help! Issa is an Anishinaabe Two Spirit Comedian/Producer who’s roots lay in Couchiching First Nation, Ontario. They have travelled across Canada and the USA as a Comedian and improviser. They use comedy as a tool in dealing with racism, homophobia and sexism. They are the Co-founder/producer of WOKE Comedy Hour, voted number one comedian in the 2019/2020 Uniter’s top 30, featured on APTN’s The Laughing Drum, a member of the Bannock Babes drag collective and they are the executive producer for Minogondaagan: the good voice podcast. To register for our Online Coaching program, visit the link in our bio.⠀
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You can follow Issa on Instagram @issakixen.⠀
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It's the last Arts Management Lunch and Learn of t

It's the last Arts Management Lunch and Learn of the year and it couldn't be more topical: Strategic Planning in Uncertain Times with Michelle Kuly, Principal, Blueprint Inc.⠀
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Thursday, December 10⠀
12pm, online⠀
Link in bio!⠀
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Ten months into a pandemic makes it clear that uncertainty is here to stay. It’s a marathon, not a sprint. Now is the time for longer-term planning that focuses on impact to see us through. At this workshop with Blueprint Inc, you’ll understand how to evaluate and prioritize programs, practices, skills and revenue strategies; and how to develop a plan that positions your organization not only to persevere, but to adapt and thrive.⠀
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Michelle Kuly (she/her) has more than 15 years of experience in strategic planning, facilitation, and public engagement. During this time, she has worked with Creative Manitoba, social enterprise and other arts organizations including On Screen Manitoba, New Media Manitoba, Manitoba Music, Synonym Art Consultation and the Winnipeg Arts Council on strategic initiatives and strategic planning. Her understanding of the critical role strategic planning plays has made a difference for these organizations and for creative sector entrepreneurs as they work to navigate the challenges of resources and funding, sustainability, diversity, and engaging audiences, donors and build new markets. She has paired her knowledge with an entrepreneurial drive to build a team at Blueprint to offer a complement of services to serve our clients’ needs. Michelle is on the Board of Directors for the Manitoba Chambers of Commerce. She is the founding chair of the Prairies Chapter of the International Association for Public Participation (IAP2) and is a practicing member of the International Association of Facilitators (IAF) and IAP2. In 2019, Michelle was recognized as a finalist for Women Business Owners of Manitoba’s Women Entrepreneur of the Year Award.

We are now accepting applications for our FREE 8-w

We are now accepting applications for our FREE 8-week group mentorship program! If you're 16-19 and interested in a career in the arts, check out the programs we've created in partnership with local professional arts organizations:⠀
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Navigating Filmmaking - @winnipegfilm⠀
Music Biz - @manitobarecords⠀
Video Games: Developing 2D Character Art - @newmediamb⠀
Theatre Design - @onetrunktheatre⠀
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Application link in our bio.

Seeking guidance in Indigenous art design, photogr

Seeking guidance in Indigenous art design, photography, and new media art? Albert McLeod offers his expertise in these fields and more. Albert a Status Indian with ancestry from Nisichawayasihk Cree Nation and the Metis community of Norway House in northern Manitoba. He has over thirty years of experience as a human rights activist and is one of the directors of the Two-Spirited People of Manitoba.⠀
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Albert began his Two-Spirit advocacy in Winnipeg in 1986 and became an HIV/AIDS activist in 1987. He was the director of the Manitoba Aboriginal AIDS Task Force from 1991 to 2001. In 2018, Albert received an Honorary Doctorate of Laws from the University of Winnipeg and received the Canadian Alliance on Mental Illness and Mental Health (CAMIMH) 2019 Champions of Mental Health Award for Community (Individual).⠀
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Albert lives in Winnipeg, where he works as a consultant specializing in Indigenous peoples, cultural reclamation, and cross-cultural training. To register for our Online Coaching program, visit the link in our bio.⠀
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#CreativeMBOnlineCoaching

Tomorrow is the first panel of Smoke Signals 3 - S

Tomorrow is the first panel of Smoke Signals 3 - Speaker Series! 12 pm - Free!⠀
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Speakers Jessica Dumas, Michaella Shannon, and Sheila Chalakee will be talking about "Art and Wellness – Practice not Panic: How to navigate your personal wellness while working at your craft."⠀
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The 3rd annual Smoke Signals conference has moved online for three afternoon webinars over three Wednesdays in December 2020. We are a gathering of community-engaged Indigenous artists and arts leaders promoting the importance of our voices in art, media, and culture through conversations. Three conversations in three different days over three weeks. Every Wednesday on December 2, 9, 16 from Noon to 1pm.⠀
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Jessica Dumas is a Certified Life Coach and Speaker Coach who is passionate about helping entrepreneurs speak with clarity for online and virtual audiences. Jessica has always been enthusiastic about personal growth and recognizes how our own personal growth stimulates the impact on our community.⠀
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Michaella Shannon, is Cree, Irish and Lakota from Frog Lake First Nation, AB. She is a TV host and personality, model, actress, writer, facilitator and mental health support worker for the Support Network for Indigenous Women & Women of Colour. Michaella has co-hosted APTN television series The Other Side for three seasons and is regularly called on by CityLine to host as a Fashion Expert. ⠀
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Sheila Chalakee, a citizen of Muscogee-Creek Nation, is a comedian and yoga instructor. Her work in entertainment has been seen on PBS, WEtv, E! Network, Univision, FNX, and most recently on Amazon Prime. Her collaborations with BuzzFeed, YouTube, and Google garnered over hundreds of millions of views collectively leading to positive press regarding Native issues from The Huffington Post, Nylon Magazine, and international news outlets like CTV Nightly News in Vancouver. ⠀
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Find out more about our panelists and register at link in bio!

Make your resume stand out with Annette Kohut's as

Make your resume stand out with Annette Kohut's assistance! Annette is a Talent Acquisition Specialist who’s been in the recruitment industry for almost 15 years. Working for one of the top HR and Recruitment firms in the city, her focus is on leadership and executive search. Partnering with public, private and non-profit organizations, Annette has helped hundreds of organizations find talent in HR, accounting, engineering, administration and technology – you name it, she’s probably recruited for it. Over her career, she’s reviewed thousands of resumes and cover letters and talked to thousands of people from all walks of life at all stages of their life.⠀
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Annette is also one of the co-founders of White Rabbit Productions and has been involved in the theatre community for 20 years in various aspects, though mainly in administrative and event coordination functions. There’s a special place in her heart for musical theatre.⠀
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Annette has long held the belief that business and the arts are similar in nature – both require creativity, ingenuity, innovation, collaboration, courage and commitment to be successful. She loves providing artists insight into their skillsets and experience and how they can apply that to the corporate and business world. To register for our Online Coaching program, visit the link in our bio.⠀
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Want to be prepared for your next audition? Stepha

Want to be prepared for your next audition? Stephanie Sy, extensively skilled in film, TV, and theatre can help you out! Stephanie is an established local TV/Film & Theatre actor, born and raised in Winnipeg, Manitoba. She has worked for many theatre companies in Winnipeg including Prairie Theatre Exchange (Prairie Nurse, Upcoming: Post Democracy, Bad Parent), Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre (Vietgone, Penelopiad, Romeo & Juliet), Rainbow Stage (Beauty and the Beast, Footloose, Miss Saigon, A Chorus Line), Winnipeg Jewish Theatre (Tribes), Manitoba Theatre for Young People (James and the Giant Peach), Winnipeg Studio Theatre (American Idiot, My Mother’s Lesbian Jewish Wiccan Wedding), Dry Cold (A Little Night Music, Little Women), and performed in over 10 seasons for the Fringe Festival. Away from Winnipeg, Stephanie has toured all of North America in Queen’s Musical ‘We Will Rock You,’ worked at the Blyth Festival (Yorkville the Musical, Prairie Nurse), Persephone Theatre (Velocity, A History Of Breathing), Segal Centre (Prom Queen the Musical), Globe Theatre (Ariel in Disney’s Little Mermaid), and Musical Stage/Mirvish (Next to Normal- Dora Mavore Award nominee). To register for our Online Coaching program, visit the link in our bio.⠀
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You can follow Stephanie here on Instagram @stephaniesy_ .⠀
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Take your “To-Do List” to the next level with

Take your “To-Do List” to the next level with next week's Lunch & Learn: Special Projects Management with Jennifer Cheslock, General Manager of Culture Days Manitoba.⠀
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Thursday, December 3, 2020⠀
12pm, online⠀
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Learn about the fundamentals of Project Management with an overview of some of the key principles, approaches, and tools you can apply when organizing yourself and adapting to changing situations. Let’s talk about how you can pull it all together into a comprehensive approach to support your work.⠀
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Connecting communities through arts and education has been the focus of Jennifer Cheslock’s career. Starting as a high school teacher, she worked with students and families from rural settings, diverse urban populations, reserves, as well as northern communities. When a new opportunity opened for her to join the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre in 2011 as their Outreach Manager, Jennifer was excited to advance her community-building skills as she engaged theatre-lovers. This led to roles as the Volunteer Manager and then Festival Manager with the Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival, where she developed skills in large-scale project management. Jennifer enjoyed a year at the University of Manitoba learning new technologies in her role as Online Orientation Coordinator but felt a strong pull to return to work in arts and culture management. This spring she joined Culture Days Manitoba as their new General Manager, allowing her to build community connections and facilitate the organization of events that add to the richness of life for all Manitobans.

If you need coaching in team management, negotiati

If you need coaching in team management, negotiation, human resources, and the like, Jean-Guy Talbot will be able to help. Jean-Guy believes that happiness is a choice you make every morning. Passionate about sharing his knowledge and experience with others, he has celebrated success and has overcome challenges since founding Talbot & Associates in 1987. He has grown the practice from a one-person operation in his basement to over 70 staff in seven locations across Manitoba. In his many years in practice, Jean-Guy devoted a tremendous amount of time and energy to research the secrets of operating a better practice, including how to use time and billing software to his advantage. At the same time, he continues to cultivate an organizational culture that promotes fun and individual development. This has been one of Jean-Guy’s main accomplishments as an empathetic leader. His hiring practices are unique and ensure that candidates who are chosen are a perfect addition to the team. By applying methods tested by years of practical experience and mentoring other practitioners through RêveNew Practice Management, Jean-Guy helps practitioners reach levels of profit they never thought possible. To register for our Online Coaching program, visit the link in our bio.⠀
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Creative Manitoba is thrilled to introduce the men

Creative Manitoba is thrilled to introduce the mentors & mentees in our 2020/21 Careers in the Arts: Individual Mentorship Program! Our participants will be sharing their knowledge and will get to learn the ins and outs of the creative industry in various fields and disciplines. Welcome, everyone!

The next coach we have for #CreativeMBOnlineCoachi

The next coach we have for #CreativeMBOnlineCoaching is Hazel Venzon. Hazel is a theatre artist: an actress, social-performance artist, writer, director and producer with an artistic background rooted in Sculpture and Performance Art (University of Manitoba’s School of Fine Art) and formal Acting Training (Studio 58). Venzon’s artistic practise is based around Canadian Identity – how it shifts and how to appreciate the uniqueness of (our) cultural make-up. Her projects often circle back to her Filipina roots. She makes plays and events that highlight current themes of migration, cultural integration and the human cost borne by globalism, while creating alternative ways for the public to think deeper about social issues. Hazel is the Artistic Director and Producer of U ‘N I Together (UNIT) Productions. To register for our Online Coaching program, visit the link in our bio.⠀
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Hazel's work can be found @hazzardousnorth/ on Instagram and @HazelVenzon on Twitter.

Bookkeeping for Arts Managers is up next in our Ar

Bookkeeping for Arts Managers is up next in our Arts Management Lunch and Learn series. ⠀
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Thursday, November 26, 2020⠀
12pm, online⠀
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This session will give you some of the Do’s and Don’ts of Bookkeeping. Learn how to understand the difference between cash and accrual accounting, and how to understand your balance sheet and income statement. We’ll also go over some of the most common bookkeeping mistakes. Most importantly, you’ll get a chance to ask general questions that others may be wondering as well.⠀
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Cheryl Baldwin (she/her) is the owner of BCP Business Services, a business driven by her desire to help small businesses and non-profits flourish. Cheryl has an extensive understanding of the non-profit sector from staff, volunteer, and board perspectives as a result of years of direct involvement in many roles at local and national levels. Cheryl is a Certified Professional Bookkeeper in addition to being certified in human resources and business continuity planning. Her diverse set of skills and experience maximizes the support she offers to her clients. Cheryl has also worked in the arts doing fund development, and currently has a number of Arts organizations as bookkeeping clients. Commitment to supporting her community is a core belief as proven by her numerous awards for volunteering, including being the recipient of both the Queen’s Golden and Diamond Jubilee Awards.

Our next coach for #CreativeMBOnlineCoaching is Be

Our next coach for #CreativeMBOnlineCoaching is Bev Pike. Bev has raised millions of dollars in art funding as a grant writer for artists and organizations since 1984. As an artist, she has received senior arts grants from the Winnipeg Arts Council, Manitoba Arts Council and Canada Council. Pike is known for her large-scale land-form paintings, her videos and her artist-books that have been shown across Canada in solo and group exhibitions. Her works are held in the Tate Modern and the Victoria and Albert Museum in London, England as well as in public and private collections across North America. Pike’s current artistic research includes performative landscape, underground shell grottoes and other Baroque spectacles. To register for our Online Coaching program, visit the link in our bio.

Introducing the first coach for our #CreativeMBOnl

Introducing the first coach for our #CreativeMBOnlineCoaching. Jen is a non-binary communications professional with a deep knowledge of videography, photography, and a serious interest in audio engineering. Jen is currently the marketing manager at Birthday Cake Media, a role that includes branding, long-term marketing strategies, digital-focused marketing, and creative development. Jen is a co-founder of BNB Studios, a videography outfit for artists and musicians, which is how they discovered and developed a passion for working directly alongside artists. They play drums for a few hobby bands in Winnipeg, and are constantly exploring ways to mix mediums and bring visual and audio artforms together. ⠀
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To register for our Online Coaching program, visit the link in our bio. For more of Jen's work, you can follow them @waaaho.

Hosted by Creative Manitoba Indigenous Programs in

Hosted by Creative Manitoba Indigenous Programs in partnership with Urban Shaman Gallery of Contemporary Indigenous Art and the Indigenous Film Summit⠀
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The 3rd annual Smoke Signals conference has moved online for three afternoon webinars over three Wednesdays in December 2020. We are a gathering of community-engaged Indigenous artists and arts leaders promoting the importance of our voices in art, media, and culture through conversations. Three conversations on three different days over three weeks. ⠀
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Every Wednesday on December 2, 9, 16 from Noon to 1pm.⠀
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Registration is FREE! Link in bio.

Creative Manitoba is introducing a brand new pilot

We're teaming up with @mawawpg again to bring you

We're teaming up with @mawawpg again to bring you another fantastic Artist Boot Camp: Curator Visits with Jaimie Isaac! ⠀
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Thursday, December 3⠀
7-9:30pm⠀
Free!⠀
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You have been toiling away, alone in your studio, for some time. You feel strongly about your new work and want to share it. More importantly, you want to receive some feedback on your practice from a peer, a senior artist, a curator, or an arts writer. Curator Jaimie Isaac will offer advice on how to prepare for a successful studio visit and key “dos and don’ts” for welcoming a curator into your space. This is a great opportunity to break down some of the anxiety about presenting your work to an “outside eye.”⠀
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Jaimie Isaac is Curator of Contemporary Art at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. She has also worked in art collections management, arts education and art administration; published essays; presented at national and international conferences; participated in artist residencies; and collaborated in, curated and exhibited work nationally. Isaac is a member of The Ephemerals Collective, an Indigenous arts collective.

We're very excited to announce Creative Manitoba's

We're very excited to announce Creative Manitoba's new Communications and Facility Coordinator, Ally Gonzalo!⠀
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Ally is a queer, first-generation Filipinx man who settled in Treaty 1 Territory back in 2016. Adept in social media and marketing coordination, Ally uses his skills to foster community engagement at the grassroots level.⠀
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Additionally, he has over 7 years of experience in photography and specializes in honest, intimate portraits. He is formally trained in the field of photography and has received education in History and Political Science from his motherland as well. ⠀
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Recently, he was commissioned by CBC to create and develop a body of work called "Bakla!" that showcases the diversity of the queer Filipinx population in the diaspora and their connection to their pre-colonial roots. ⠀
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Finally, Ally's work will be showcased as a part of the University of Manitoba School of Arts' One Queer City. If you'd like to know more about this project, the artists' panel is on November 19 via Zoom.⠀
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Welcome to the Creative Manitoba team, Ally!⠀
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Photo by @thatadamkelly

Next week's Lunch and Learn is a bit different...W

Next week's Lunch and Learn is a bit different...We've put together a group of arts leaders to hear about their experiences with fundraising and sponsorship during the pandemic. Let's brainstorm ways to pivot sponsor benefits, keep corporations and donors engaged, and look for new partnership opportunities. This is one that you won't want to miss.⠀
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November 19: FUNDRAISING/SPONSORSHIP PANEL
12pm⠀

Moderated by Tania Douglas, Director of Development at Manitoba Opera
With panelists:
-Ian Morris-Grant, Director of Development at the International Indigenous Hip Hop Awards
-Andraea Sartison, Artistic Producer of One Trunk Theatre
-Lou Gandier, Co-Executive Director of ArtsJunktion⠀

Find out more about our panelists and register at link in bio.

*Andraea photo by Kristian Jordan, owl by Gabrielle Funk

Next Thursday is a jam packed day. We also have an

Next Thursday is a jam packed day. We also have an Artist Boot Camp in the evening!

Writing about your Art with Yvette Cenerini! Nov 12, 7pm, online, free!

Artist Boot Camps are presented in partnership with @mawawpg

Email info@mawa.ca to register! Link in bio.

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