Winnipeg-born Coleen Rajotte is a Cree and Métis award winning director/producer with a passion for telling the stories of her people. A former CBC television reporter, she rose to national prominence as a journalist who covered some of Canada’s biggest stories in the 1990s. She embarked on a new career as an independent filmmaker inRead More
Tom Stroud is currently the artistic director of Company Link Inc., a company dedicated to “hybrid” performance, and an associate professor with the Department of Theatre and Film at the University of Winnipeg, where he teaches movement and performance. Known for his unique blend of theatre and dance, Tom has performed and created works forRead More
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
Divya Mehra is the first recipient of the Brooklyn Visual Arts Residency at the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP)Read More
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 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
Megan has completed her BA in International Development at Canadian Mennonite University and, more recently, her BFA Honours in painting at the University of Manitoba. In September 2012, she was selected to participate in the year-long Foundation Mentorship Program offered by MAWA. Megan is represented by Gurevich Fine Art, at which she had a soloRead More
Treasure is a dancer, teacher, choreographer, yoga teacher, and pranassage practitioner who hails from Winnipeg. As a dance artist, she performed for 11 years with the Ruth Cansfield Dance Company. She has also danced in the works of Karen Kuzak for TRIP Dance Company, Christina Medina for @tendance, Ali Robson, Brianna Stark, Rachel Browne, andRead More
Shaun graduated from the University of Manitoba with a BFA in 2003. His works have been shown across Canada and the US in numerous group and solo exhibitions. Shaun was a member of Too Sicks, a Winnipeg art collective whose distribution method was random installations of street art to enhance public spaces. Residency project WhileRead More
Melanie is a Manitoba-raised artist whose paintings sensitively explore fragile, subconscious states. She received an MFA in painting from Concordia University. A three-time semi-finalist for the RBC Painting Competition, Melanie has exhibited at the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Plug-In ICA, MOCCA and The Power Plant in Toronto, the Museé d’art contemporain de Montreal, as well asRead More
