Curator talk by Becca Taylor of Ociciwan Contemporary Art Collective
Ociciwan is an inanimate Plains Cree noun relating to currents and rivers, translated to mean, “The current comes from there”. For Ociciwan Contemporary Art Collective, the incorporation of this noun into their name explicitly references the North Saskatchewan River - an important […]
Magic In Limitation • Artist Talk with Tau Lewis
Self-taught artist Tau Lewis constructs sculptural portraits using found materials and objects sourced from urban and rural landscapes. She connects these acts of repurposing and collecting with diasporic experience and Black bodies. Her portraits are recuperative gestures that counter persistent […]
Open Studio for Wendy Book Club
On Thursday, August 3, 2017 from 4-8pm, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art hosts one day of open studios in celebration of the productive Wendy Book Club, the second session of our Summer Institute research program facilitated by beloved artist, […]
Interpreting [Interrupting] Youth Summer Edition
Interpreting Youth August 16 to September 20, 2017 Plug In ICA - 460 Portage Avenue • Just TV @ The Broadway Neighbourhood Centre - 185 Young Street • Public locations in Winnipeg Beginning on August 16th, Plug In Institute of Contemporary […]
STAGES: Drawing the Curtain – Divya Mehra – Cruise Night
STAGES: Drawing the Curtain • Cruise Night September 3, 2017 - 9pm to 10pm Flea Whiskey - 601 Erin St, Winnipeg, MB R3G 2W1 Join us on Sunday, September 3, 2017 from 9-10pm in the parking lot of Flea Whiskey […]
Interpreting [Interrupting] Youth – Screening and Discussion [STAGES: Drawing the Curtain]
Reception: 7-8pm; Screening and discussion: 8-8:30pm. On Wednesday, September 20, from 7-10pm, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art will present a short screening and panel with the participants of our third session of Interpreting Youth program (IIY). For this screening IIY participants […]
A.K. Burns: A Slow Rearrangement of Desires
September 25, 2017 - 7pm Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art In anticipation of our fall exhibition Entering the Landscape, opening on September 30th, 2017, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art is extremely pleased to present an artist talk with […]
Entering the Landscape Panel Discussion
Pia Arke (1958-2007 Greenland and Denmark) • Laakkuluk Williamson Bathory (Iqaluit) • Jaime Black (Winnipeg) • Lori Blondeau (Saskatoon) • A.K. Burns (New York) • The Ephemerals (Winnipeg) • Melissa General (Toronto) • Rebecca Horn (Berlin) • Katherine Hubbard (New York, USA) […]
Respondent Series | A Talk with Sherry Farrell Racette | From Colonialism to Visual Sovereignty: Indigenous Bodies and the Camera
In response to our current exhibition Entering the Landscape, on Tuesday, October 17th at 7pm, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art presents “From Colonialism to Visual Sovereignty: Indigenous Bodies and the Camera” by beloved scholar, artist and educator, Sherry Farrell Racette as part […]
Curatorial Tours – Entering the Landscape
Guided tours | tournée guidée en français Curatorial Tour with Sarah Nesbitt | Saturday, October 21, 3pm Tournée guidée en française avec Janelle Tougas | Le samedi 28 Octobre, 15h Joint Curatorial Tour of Insurgence/Resurgence and Entering the Landscape followed by discussion with curators Julie Nagam, Jaimie […]