The Summer Institute is an international post-graduate artist residency for professional artists working in all disciplines. This is the fifth annual Summer Institute at Plug In ICA, and the third in Plug In’s new purpose-built facilities. This four-week intensive studio program is led by faculty members, professor and curator Oliver Botar (Winnipeg, MB), and mixed-media artist Ken Gregory (Winnipeg, MB). Thirteen multi-disciplinary artists working in mediums that include sculpture, new media, video, dance, performance, sound, painting and installation have been sharing a collegial, open-studio environment designed to instigate collaborative or independent projects with support and feedback from faculty, visiting artists Roy Ascott, Eduardo Kac and Wayne Baerwaldt, and Plug In ICA staff.

Participants
Candice Davies | Montreal
Sophia Erdahl | Halifax
Ray Fenwick | Winnipeg
Nikki Forrest | Montreal
Thea Jones | Toronto
Jean Klimack | Beijing
Erika Lincoln | Winnipeg
Freya Olafson | Winnipeg
Juan Ortiz-Apuy | Montreal
Victoria Scott | San Francisco
Matt Walker | Hamilton
Aaron Weldon | Halifax
Mitchell Wiebe | Halifax

Faculty:
Oliver Botar | Winnipeg
Ken Gregory | Winnipeg

Visiting Artists and Curators:
Roy Ascott | London, UK
Eduardo Kac | Chicago
Wayne Baerwaldt | Calgary