If you agree that Winnipeg is an international centre for contemporary art…
If you want the best of international contemporary art to come to our city…
If you believe in the idea of an Art District in the heart of downtown:
Testimonials
“Plug In is the best in the west.”
–Michel de Broin, Winner of the 2007 Sobey Art Award
“Winnipeg may be cold but Plug In is hot.”
–Janet Cardiff, with George Bures Miller represented Canada at the 2001 Venice Biennale, organized by Plug in ICA, and won the Golden Lion Award for the first and only time in Canada’s history.
“Groundbreaking news. Now that's Plug In!”
–Rebecca Belmore, Canada's official representation at the 2007 Venice Biennale
“When Plug In was an artist-run centre it was of the best in Canada, and it has matured into one of the best art institutions of any kind in this country. Its transition into an Institute of Contemporary Art is only fitting.”
–Stan Douglas, three-time Canadian entrant at the Venice Biennale and winner of the 2008 Bell Award in Video Art
“Plug In does what its name suggests; for nearly 40 years it has plugged into the most significant, rigorous and necessary art being made in Winnipeg, in North America, and around the world. It is an absolutely indispensable institution.”
–Robert Enright, art critic and University Research Chair of the School of Fine Art and Music at the University of Guelph
“The staff is smart, imaginative, and incredibly focused concerning their goal: to serve the project and the artist. I can not recommend Plug In more highly. It is the kind of institution where good art is not just made but facilitated.”
–William Pope. L, performance artist and 2004 recipient of a Guggenheim Fellowship
“Without Plug In, Canadian art would be like a boat without a keel.”
–AA Bronson, artist, magazine publisher, and co-founder of the artists’ group General Idea