Arts and Daily Life: Blog

Inglis School

KC Adams at Inglis School Artists in the Schools Residency Program October 24 – 28, 2011 Visual artist KC Adams spent a week at Inglis School in the township of Inglis, home of the National historic site of the Inglis Elevators, teaching students in grades K-8 how to work with clay and create pots reminiscentRead More

Lord Nelson School

Bud Gillies at Lord Nelson School Artists in the Schools Residency Program November 28 to December 16, 2011 Visual artist Bud Gillies, spent 3 weeks working with students in Grades K – 6 from Lord Nelson School in Winnipeg’s North End. The students worked to create a tile mural installation to celebrate the school’s 100yearsRead More

Debbie Patterson – 2014 Major Arts Grant

Debbie Patterson is a Winnipeg playwright, director and actor. A founding member of Shakespeare in the Ruins (SIR), she served as theatre ambassador for Winnipeg’s Cultural Capital year and was the University of Winnipeg’s 2012 Carol Shields Writer-In-Residence, as well as playwright-in-residence for Theatre Projects Manitoba’s 2013/14 season. She is currently a member of theRead More

Alexandra Elliott – 2014 Deep Bay Artists’ Residency

Alexandra is a contemporary dancer and choreographer. She studied at the School of Contemporary Dancers from the age of four years until she graduated in 2004 from the company’s Professional Program and the University of Winnipeg with a BA Honours degree. Alexandra was a company dancer with Ruth Cansfield Dance Company for four years beforeRead More

Michael Boss – 2014 Deep Bay Artists’ Residency

Michael is an artist and educator from Winnipeg. His artwork has been exhibited across Canada, and in the United States, Australia, Germany, and Ukraine. Michael has been an assistant professor at Mount Allison and Lakehead universities, head of education at the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba (Brandon), and head of the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s Studio.Read More