Divya Mehra is a visual artist (MFA, Columbia University, New York, U.S.A.) whose research-fueled practice often explores marginalization, otherness and the empty promise of “diversity”. Through appropriating, editing and reassembling a variety of literary, comedic and musical sources, she creates an acerbic dialogue on the commandeering, consumption and construction of race and identity politics. OftenRead More
Internationally acclaimed ceramic artist and potter, Robert Archambeau has been named the tenth recipient of the Manitoba Arts Council’s Manitoba Arts Award of Distinction. Archambeau was nominated by the Manitoba Craft Council for achieving the highest level of artistic excellence while building a monumental legacy in the field of ceramics on a provincial, national, andRead More
Cameron Forbes at Hapnot Collegiate Artist in the Schools Residency Program February 11-15, 2013 The city and youth of Flin Flon came together to build a skate park in their community with a grant from the Aviva Fund in 2011. Then in 2013, Hapnot Collegiate was awarded an Artists in the Schools residency to haveRead More
Kate Ferris at Domain Elementary School Artists in the Schools Residency Program May 6 – 10, 2013 In the small rural school of Domain Elementary, songwriter, and storyteller Kate Ferris spent a week in May leading students in grades K-8 through the journey of songwriting, drum-making, and storytelling. The 26 students in the school workedRead More
Leigh-Anne Kehler at Taylor School Artist in the Schools residency program April 28 – May 9, 2013 Kindergarten to Grade 5 Professional storyteller and playwright, Leigh-Anne Kehler brought her Artist in the Schools project Our Story Voice to Taylor School in Swan River. The project began with performances by Leigh-Anne based on topics each classRead More
David Bergen is the author of seven novels and a collection of stories. In 2012, his novel The Matter with Morris, an intimate portrayal of a grieving man in mid-life, was short-listed for the International IMPAC Dublin Literary Award. His novel The Time in Between won the Giller Prize in 2005. In 2012, he publishedRead More
J.J. Kegan McFadden has spent the last ten years developing a hybridized practice as a writer, publisher, curator, and artist. Having toured exhibitions to public, university, and artist-run galleries throughout Canada and beyond, he has also contributed critical and creative texts for publications through various galleries as well as reviews for national magazines. McFadden isRead More
Grant Guy, founder and artistic director of Adhere and Deny, is a director, designer, playwright, curator, video producer, performance artist, and writer. His credits with A&D are The Bedbug, Three Sisters: A Still Life, Woyzeck, Paradise Lost, Still Walking, The Telephone, Found and Lost, and The Grand Inquisitor. Guy has also worked for theRead More
Keri Latimer is a composer, songwriter, and musician living in Winnipeg, whose music is heard in films, on television and radio, and on international stages. Projects she has contributed to include the Academy Award-nominated film Frozen River by Courtney Hunt, the Juno Award-winning album, Key Principles with her group Nathan, and the upcoming short film OnlyRead More
Nicky Mehta is an award-winning singer-songwriter whose solo career, and backup and ensemble work have made her a highly respected musician on the folk/roots scene. As a solo artist and founding member of the double Juno Award-winning, Billboard-charting trio The Wailin’ Jennys, she has toured three continents over the last ten years, garnering critical acclaimRead More
