February 2023 Update and Project Recap
Catch up on what our projects have been doing this past month with our February 2023 update!
The Canada Council for the Arts, commonly called the Canada Council, is a Crown corporation established in 1957 as an arts council of the Government of Canada.
The digital arts entrepreneurship components of this project were tested from 2021-2022 with strategic innovation funding from the Canada Council for the Arts Digital Greenhouse Program (Award # 7015-21-0023); and in summer 2022 with investment from the Manitoba Arts Council (Award # 2022-1004).
Beautiful hand-crafted winter hats
Beautiful hats made by Lucy Eetak will be available for sale this Christmas season.
Winnipeg: Preparing for Winter exhibitions
It's been a long road for our program. From our struggles at the beginning where everything was being cancelled or postponed, to the difficulties of being able to come together as a group; we're excited to see the spaces and places we've worked so hard to shape this past year finally coming to life.
What we’ve learned so far
With our summer programming coming to a close, this is a great opportunity to look back on the amazing experiences and all the activities we've been able to accomplish. Here is a short clip we will be presenting this December.
Check out our new Fall-Winter 2022 Teaser Video
With our pilot wrapping up and an expanded fall-winter iteration of our incubator for digital arts and cultural entrepreneurship set to begin in October 2022, we wanted to share some of our experiences in the form of short teaser trailers.
Highlights from our Results Sharing Workshop during Auviqsaqtut Inuit Studies Conference 2022
Highlights from our Results Sharing Workshop during Auviqsaqtut Inuit Studies Conference 2022
Photos: The many colours of music
The last conferences of the season are over and summer is here! Constance Menzies captured this delightfully colourful wall of guitars while picking up guitar strings with Tony Eetak at the Long & McQuade music store in Winnipeg this week.
Artists head to campus for presentations at the University of Winnipeg
Ethan Tassiuk, Chase Nogasak, Eriel Lugt and Maeva Gauthier lead a hybrid roundtable discussion on the use of arts in support of inclusive and participatory learning environments at the University of Winnipeg June 21, 2022. The special session was held during Auviqsaqtut, the 2022 Inuit Studies Conference held in Winnipeg, June 19-22, 2022.
June 2022 Incubator Update
June 2022 is the month we've all been waiting for, and working towards since our pilot program began last November!
In Photos: A visit to the Winnipeg Art Gallery
In April 6-10, 2022 we visited the Winnipeg Art Gallery for the day to have meetings for our digital incubator and cultural entrepreneurship projects. Joining us for this special day was me, Eric, Anoee, Jr. and his son Nangmalik and Jamie Bell along with Dr. Olaf Kuhlke from the University of Minnesota Duluth.