Closed for Installation
Plug In ICA Gallery and Bookstore are closed between exhibitions for installation. To browse use our library or browse our bookstore please ring the doorbell during office hours (Monday - Friday 10am-5pm), or email info@plugin.org to make an appointment.
Plug In ICA’s Prairie Art Book Fair
Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art is extremely excited to present our inaugural Prairie Art Book Fair September 7-9, 2018.
Closed for Installation
Plug In ICA Gallery and Bookstore are closed between exhibitions for installation. To browse use our library or browse our bookstore please ring the doorbell during office hours (Monday - Friday 10am-5pm), or email info@plugin.org to make an appointment.
Plug In ICA Annual General Meeting 2018
Plug In ICA will hold its Annual General Meeting on Monday, September 17, 6pm at Rae and Jerry’s Steakhouse located at 1405 Portage Avenue. Everyone is welcome; but in order to vote you must be a member in good standing. Membership must be paid for a day before the meeting commences. (Membership maybe purchased online: https://plugin.myshopify.com/collections/memberships
Respondent Series | Artist Talk with Shannon Bool | September 25, 7pm
Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art 460 Portage, Winnipeg, ManitobaBerlin-based artist, Shannon Bool, will be presenting a talk on Tuesday, September 25th, 2018 at 7pm. The talk is in conjunction with the exhibition, Days of Reading: beyond this state of affairs, which opens Saturday, September 29th, 2018.
Respondent Series | Panel Discussion with Sameer Farooq, Jeanne Randolph and Jared Stanley | September 28th, 7pm
Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art 460 Portage, Winnipeg, ManitobaAs part of Plug In ICA’s Respondent Series for the exhibition, Days of Reading: beyond this state of affairs, we present a conversation between, prominent cultural theorist and writer, Jeanne Randolph, and Toronto-based artist and designer, Sameer Farooq, along with Farooq’s collaborator, poet and artist, Jared Stanley, moderated by our Director Jenifer Papararo.
Panel Discussion | Raven Chacon, Laura Ortman and Suzanne Kite | September 29, 6pm
Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art 460 Portage, Winnipeg, ManitobaAs part of Plug In ICA’s Respondent Series for the exhibition, Days of Reading: beyond this state of affairs, we present a conversation between, artist and composer Raven Chacon, and experimental musician’s Laura Ortman and Suzanne Kite.
Days of Reading: beyond this state of affairs | Opening Reception | September 29, 7pm
Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art 460 Portage, Winnipeg, ManitobaPlug In Institute of Contemporary Art is eager to announce the opening of our fall exhibition, Days of Reading: beyond this state of affairs.
Performance | Raven Chacon, Laura Ortman and Suzanne Kite | September 29, 8pm
Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art 460 Portage, Winnipeg, ManitobaFollowing the exhibition opening at 7pm, the collaborative participation of Raven Chacon, Suzanne Kite and Laura Ortman will perform in Plug In ICA’s foyer shortly following the conversation and as part of Days of Readings' opening reception.
Fall Exhibition | Days of Reading: beyond this state of affairs |
Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art 460 Portage, Winnipeg, ManitobaIn the announcement of a group exhibition, Plug In ICA is eager to reveal “Days of Reading: beyond this state of affairs” as the Fall exhibition. Structured around general notions of indexing, collecting, cloaking and the reveal with a focus on material and an overlay of poetry – the exhibition is grounded in the use of text, often found, poetry, and the everyday, with historical and political narratives interwoven as material.