Florian Vorreiter grew up in Kreuzberg, Berlin. At age fifteen he was mentored in airbrushing technique by visual artist Gernot Bubenik, which left a deep impression on Florian’s visual arts style and technique for years to come. Florian caught his first glimpse of the wonders of lutherie when he saw his father restore a banjo in Malta, and laterRead More
Known for making art that hovers on the edge of public acceptance, visual artist Diana Thorneycroft has pursued topics that often challenged her viewing audience. She arrived on the national art scene in the early 1990s with her highly charged black and white self-portraits photographs that explored issues around sexual identity and the body inRead More
Writer Méira Cook’s first novel, The House on Sugarbush Road (Enfield & Wizenty), won the McNally Robinson Book of the Year Award in 2013. Her latest novel, Nightwatching (HarperCollins), has recently been nominated for the Margaret Laurence Award for Fiction. She has published five poetry collections, most recently Monologue Dogs (Brick), which has been nominated for the Lansdowne PrizeRead More
Diana Thorneycroft is the 2016 Manitoba Arts Award of Distinction recipient. The recognition comes with $30,000 for the artist, and is the Manitoba Arts Council’s award for the highest level of excellence and long-term achievements of an artist in Manitoba.Read More
Diana Thorneycroft is the 2016 Manitoba Arts Award of Distinction recipient. The recognition comes with $30,000 for the artist, and is the Manitoba Arts Council’s award for the highest level of excellence and long-term achievements of an artist in Manitoba. “Congratulations to Diana for this well-deserved recognition,” said Aimée Craft, Chair of the Manitoba Arts Council.Read More
Kevin Ei-ichi deForest is the artist-in-residence at the International Studio & Curatorial Program (ISCP) in Brooklyn, New York from April 15th to June 30th, 2016. Read More
Craig Love is the artist-in-residence at Usine UTOPIK from March 15th to April 30th, 2016. Craig is an artist who focuses his energies on painting, drawing, writing and book publishing.Read More
Kevin Nikkel is a writer/producer/director based in Winnipeg, Canada, and is the artist-in-residence at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre February 17 to 29, 2016. Kevin will be working on two documentary projects during his residency in Churchill.Read More
Megan D. Krause is the artist-in-residence at the Churchill Northern Studies Centre February 1 to 14, 2016. She has received various awards, including the Nellie McClung Arts Legacy Award, for her surreal landscapes and is represented by Gurevich Fine Art in Winnipeg. Megan will start a new series of landscape paintings to explore both romantic and gruelling depictions of the north, while experiencing it firsthand. Read More
During her residency, Alexandra Elliott will commission choreographer Tedd Robinson of Centre Q: The Centre for Questioning in Quyon, Québec and composer Charles Quevillon to create a 20-minute contemporary dance duet for Ian Mozdzen and herself.Read More
