BEGIN:VCALENDAR
VERSION:2.0
PRODID:-//Plug In ICA - ECPv6.0.11//NONSGML v1.0//EN
CALSCALE:GREGORIAN
METHOD:PUBLISH
X-ORIGINAL-URL:https://plugin.org
X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Plug In ICA
REFRESH-INTERVAL;VALUE=DURATION:PT1H
X-Robots-Tag:noindex
X-PUBLISHED-TTL:PT1H
BEGIN:VTIMEZONE
TZID:UTC
BEGIN:STANDARD
TZOFFSETFROM:+0000
TZOFFSETTO:+0000
TZNAME:UTC
DTSTART:20170101T000000
END:STANDARD
END:VTIMEZONE
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170714T100000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170804T160000
DTSTAMP:20260522T103424
CREATED:20180208T010544Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180321T004835Z
UID:2364-1500026400-1501862400@plugin.org
SUMMARY:Summer Institute II: Wendy Book Club with Walter Scott & Niki Little | Public Events
DESCRIPTION:For the July 2017 session of Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art’s Summer Institute\, Walter Scott and Niki Little co-facilitate the Wendy Book Club from July 14 to August 4\, 2017. Taking Wendy (2014) and Wendy’s Revenge (2016) as their point of departure\, they will use these texts to investigate satire as a strategy for self-reflection and cultural critique\, marginalized narratives\, and the subjectivities of artist\, queer\, non-artist\, Indigenous\, etc. Perceptions of the public and private world of the artist and representations of the art world will be discussed and “dispelled” through Wendy’s perspective. \nWhile moving conceptually through the books\, participants will also engage in a constellation of activities reflective of the concerns of their fictional characters. This may take the form of yoga\, meditation exercises\, and the exploration of esoteric practices such as tarot reading. Throughout the three weeks\, “The Wendy Book Club” will take up the specific formal elements that comprise the graphic novel\, expanding knowledge about comics and comic making. Scott and Little will additionally invite guest artists\, and speakers with specific Indigenous-related knowledge\, while also allowing ample studio time to reflect on the understandings generated as a group. \n\nPublic events:\n \nFriday\, July 21 | 7pm\nWendy’s Revenge Performance by Walter Scott \nTuesday\, July 25 | 7pm\nComing of Age as  a “Fake Nerd”\nArtist talk with Maya Ben David \nMonday\, July 31 | 10am\nCuratorial talk with Becca Taylor \nWednesday\, August 2 | 7pm\nArtist talk with Tau Lewis\n*More info to come \nThursday\, August 3 |4-8pm\nOpen Studio\n*More info to come \n\nFor more information\, including participant bios see: https://plugin.org/node/1250 \n\nRelated exhibit:\nWalter Scott\, Blinky Is Reading | June 12- September 04\, 2017
URL:https://plugin.org/event/summer-institute-ii-wendy-book-club-with-walter-scott-niki-little-public-events/
LOCATION:Manitoba
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170802T190000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170802T203000
DTSTAMP:20260522T103424
CREATED:20180208T004623Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180321T004353Z
UID:2347-1501700400-1501705800@plugin.org
SUMMARY:Magic In Limitation • Artist Talk with Tau Lewis
DESCRIPTION: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 tendencies to erase or peripheralize Black artists and narratives within Canadian art and history. \nOn Wednesday\, August 2\, 2017 at 7pm\, Lewis will give an artist talk titled “Magic in Limitation” presented in conjunction with Wendy Book Club – session two of our 2017 Summer Institute research program\, lead by Walter Scott and Niki Little. \nInterested in the generative nature of thinking creatively about the material and financial realities of producing work\, Lewis has found new freedom and possibility in using only materials she can source for free – scraps\, found objects or leftovers. Working from this premise\, that magic can be found in limitation\, Lewis will introduce Winnipeg to her practice drawing out the connections between her material choices and the thematic concerns of her work such as: Black identity\, adaptation and survival; identity politics; diasporic bodies and the environment; and self preservation and healing. \nIn addition to participating in the Wendy Book Club\, Lewis’s work will be exhibited at Plug In ICA for the fall exhibition\, Entering the Landscape opening September 30\, 2017. \nTau Lewis is a Jamaican-Canadian artist living and working in Toronto\, Ontario. A self-taught sculptor\, Lewis combines natural and synthetic materials to create simulations of living things with careful consideration of the history and symbolism of her materials. Lewis has exhibited in Canada and the USA at the Art Gallery of Ontario\, Toronto; the New Museum\, New York\, and Night Gallery\, Los Angeles. She has received support from Toronto Arts Council and Ontario Arts Council. Recent and forthcoming exhibition sites include: Oakville Galleries\, COOPER COLE\, Art Gallery of York University\, Toronto\, and Plug In ICA\, Winnipeg\, Canada. \n\nUpcoming Wendy Book Club Programming: \nThursday\, August 2\, 2017 | 7pm \nSummer Institute Open Studios \nAll our programming is free and open to the public. Everyone welcome!  \n\nThe Summer Institute is an international post-graduate research program for professional artists working in all disciplines and media. In 2017 Plug In ICA hosts two sessions of the Institute\, both emphasizing writing as an expanded field incorporating elements of critical confession\, reflection and artistry. For the second session\, July 17 to August 4\, participants work with writer\, artist and editor\, Walter Scott and artist and curator\, Niki Little with special guests Tau Lewis\, Becca Taylor\, and Maya Ben David. \nEach session invites participants who wish to work independently or collaboratively based on their own interests and projects and includes opportunities to work in a peer-to-peer environment through group activities planned during the session. A number of guest artists\, curators and theorists will visit the Summer Institute for lectures and studio visits. \n\nThe participants in the Wendy Book Club\, Summer Institute Session II include: \nJoi T. Arcand • Alex Ateah • Madeline Bogoch • Viola Chen 陈宜晴 • Kristiane Church • Kelly Campbell • Dayna Danger • Jillian Groening • Whess Harman • Emma Mayer • Mariana Muñoz Gomez • Pooja Sen • Sarah Stewart • Tanis Worme \nFor More information on the Wendy Book Club Summer Institute\, Session II\, see: https://plugin.org/node/1250 \n\nPlug In ICA extends our gratitude to our generous donors\, valued members and dedicated volunteers. With special thanks to our Director’s Circle. \nWe gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts\, the Manitoba Arts Council and Winnipeg Arts Council. We thank the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts for their support of our 2016 and 2017 program\, as well as Payworks and Wawanesa Insurance for the direct support of our youth programs. \nPlug In ICA relies on community support to remain free and accessible to all\, and enable us to continue to present excellent programs. Please consider becoming a member of Plug In ICA and a donor at https://plugin.org/support or by contacting Angela Forget: angela@plugin.org \nFor media inquiries please contact: Sarah Nesbitt at sarah@plugin.org or by phone at (204) 942-1043. For general information please contact: info@plugin.org \n\n\nRelated exhibit: \nWalter Scott\, Blinky Is Reading | June 12- September 04\, 2017
URL:https://plugin.org/event/magic-in-limitation-%e2%80%a2-artist-talk-with-tau-lewis/
LOCATION:Manitoba
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170803T160000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170803T190000
DTSTAMP:20260522T103424
CREATED:20180208T005023Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180321T004313Z
UID:2351-1501776000-1501786800@plugin.org
SUMMARY:Open Studio for Wendy Book Club
DESCRIPTION: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\, writer and performer\, Walter Scott and diversely talented curator and artist Niki Little. For this event we have the honor of presenting work in process from fourteen thoughtful participants who have come from a range of disciplines\, backgrounds and locations within Canada to study for three weeks under the careful guidance of Scott and Little. \nUsing Scott’s graphic novels\, Wendy\, 2014and Wendy’s Revenge\, 2016 as a point of departure participants have engaged in activities reflective of the concerns of their fictional characters including yoga and astrological readings while thinking through satire as a strategy for self-reflection and cultural critique\, marginalized narratives\, and the subjectivities of artist\, queer\, non-artist\, Indigenous\, etc. Through a series of workshops with Scott and invited guests Maya Ben David\, Becca Taylor\, and Tau Lewis; an Indigenous art focused bike tour with Little\, and public discussions\, participants have been engaged in critical dialogue informing previously existing bodies of work and spurring new ones. \nJoin us for this opportunity to extend discussions\, which have been incubating within the Institute\, and conclude this wonderful three weeks of immersion. Some screenings and participant projects will run continuously through the duration of the evening\, which begins at 4pm. A short program of performances will begin at 7pm concluding the evenings program. Cash bar will be open\, everyone is welcome. \nParticipants of the Wendy Book Club Summer Institute\, Session II with Walter Scott and Niki Little: \nJoi T. Arcand • Alex Ateah • Madeline Bogoch • Viola Chen 陈宜晴 • Kristiane Church • Kelly Campbell • Dayna Danger • Jillian Groening • Whess Harman • Emma Mayer • Mariana Muñoz Gomez • Pooja Sen • Sarah Stewart • Tanis Worme \nFor More information on Scott and Little and the Summer Institute\, Session II\, see: https://plugin.org/node/1250\nAll public programming is free and open to the public. Everyone welcome! \nPlug In ICA extends our gratitude to our generous donors\, valued members and dedicated volunteers. With special thanks to our Director’s Circle. \nWe gratefully acknowledge the support of the Canada Council for the Arts\, the Manitoba Arts Council and Winnipeg Arts Council. We thank the Andy Warhol Foundation for the Visual Arts for their support of our 2016 and 2017 program\, as well as Payworks and Wawanesa Insurance for the direct support of our youth programs. \nPlug In ICA relies on community support to remain free and accessible to all\, and enable us to continue to present excellent programs. Please consider becoming a member of Plug In ICA and a donor at https://plugin.org/support or by contacting Angela Forget: angela@plugin.org \nFor media inquiries please contact: Sarah Nesbitt at sarah@plugin.org or by phone at (204) 942-1043. For general information please contact: info@plugin.org \nRelated exhibit: \nWalter Scott\, Blinky Is Reading | June 12- September 04\, 2017
URL:https://plugin.org/event/2351/
LOCATION:Manitoba
END:VEVENT
BEGIN:VEVENT
DTSTART;TZID=UTC:20170816T000000
DTEND;TZID=UTC:20170920T000000
DTSTAMP:20260522T103424
CREATED:20180208T003846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20180321T004100Z
UID:2342-1502841600-1505865600@plugin.org
SUMMARY:Interpreting [Interrupting] Youth Summer Edition
DESCRIPTION:Interpreting [Interrupting] Youth\nAugust 16 to September 20\, 2017\nPlug In ICA – 460 Portage Avenue • Just TV @ The Broadway Neighbourhood Centre – 185 Young Street • Public locations in Winnipeg\n\nBeginning on August 16th\, Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art will offer the third edition of “Interpreting [Interrupting] Youth.” The central premise of this program is to create a platform for youth to be introduced and exposed to contemporary art\, artists\, curators and art educators while developing skills related to art education\, communications\, journalism and videography. A second function of the program is to introduce the contemporary art milieu to the perspectives and interpretive modes of Youth. For this session the youth will be present at all stages of the exhibition from installation to opening\, with opportunities to meet and interview the artists and staff. \nDesigned for youth ages 16 to 24. The program reverses a pre-existing interpretive model used within arts institutions who often produce short videos as educational devices. These videos often include interviews with artists or curators\, images of artworks and installation shots; they often reference artists’ biographies\, previous artworks\, and at times\, glimpse into artists’ studios. These videos are usually presented online or within the gallery or museum in close proximity to the artworks\, and tend to place an emphasis on the artist’s and institution’s intention over the experience of the viewer. \nThe “Interpreting [Interrupting] Youth” program inversely begins with the youth’s experience of the artwork\, challenging conventional models of art interpretation by overturning basic roles of authority and authorship. In partnership with Just TV\, groups of 4-6 youth work in collaboration to produce a short video that will speak about their experience and interpretations of the artwork presented at Plug In ICA. This session will look at the exhibition Stages: Drawing the Curtain and will run for 5 weeks (10 sessions) each Wednesday and Saturday. For the summer session we will have some flexibility in terms of days/times to accommodate travel plans\, etc. \nFor examples of video’s produced previously see: https://vimeo.com/218706778 & https://vimeo.com/210661133 \nFor more information or to participate or to register as a participant\, please fill out the registration form attatched and email it to sarah@plugin.org.\nPlug In Institute of Contemporary Art would like to thank Payworks\, Wawanesa Mutual Insurance and RBC Foundation for the support of these Learning programs. \n\nRelated exhibit: \nSTAGES: Drawing the Curtain\n\nFile Download: \nInterpreting Youth Registration Form
URL:https://plugin.org/event/interpreting-interrupting-youth-summer-edition/
LOCATION:Manitoba
END:VEVENT
END:VCALENDAR