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Visita guiada en español con Francesca Carella Arfinengo, Primavera 2018 | May 26, 2018 – 3pm

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Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art

Unit 1, 460 Portage Avenue
Winnipeg, Manitoba
Canada
R3C 0E8

info@plugin.org

1.204.942.1043

Wheelchair accessible. Please contact us if you have any accessibility needs or requests.

We are on Treaty 1 Territory. Plug In ICA is located on the territories of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene peoples, and the homeland of the Métis Nation.

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Currently in our bookstore: ‘Bad Gays: A Homosex

Currently in our bookstore: ‘Bad Gays: A Homosexual History' by Huw Lemmey and Ben Miller

Based on the hugely popular podcast series of the same name, Bad Gays asks what we can learn about LGBTQ+ history, sexuality and identity through its villains, failures, and baddies. With characters such as the Emperor Hadrian, anthropologist Margaret Mead and notorious gangster Ronnie Kray, the authors tell the story of how the figure of the white gay man was born, and how he failed. They examine a cast of kings, fascist thugs, artists and debauched bon viveurs. Imperial-era figures Lawrence of Arabia and Roger Casement get a look-in, as do FBI boss J. Edgar Hoover, lawyer Roy Cohn, and architect Philip Johnson.

Together these amazing life stories expand and challenge mainstream assumptions about sexual identity: showing that homosexuality itself was an idea that emerged in the nineteenth century, one central to major historical events.

Bad Gays is a passionate argument for rethinking gay politics beyond questions of identity, compelling readers to search for solidarity across boundaries.
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📣 We are pleased to announce the following even

📣 We are pleased to announce the following events associated with our 2022 Summer Institute: Water Knowledge, led by KC Adams

Group Artist Talk
August 17, 2022 | 5pm - 7pm

Open Studio and Reception
August 19, 2022 | 5pm - 9pm

Both events will take place at Plug In ICA, 460 Portage avenue, Unit #1. No rsvp is required and masks are kindly recommended.

Click the link 🖇 in our bio for more information about our Summer Institute.

🖼 Image credit: Water Vessel, image courtesy of KC Adams

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Happy Monday!✨ Our 2022 Summer Institute: Water

Happy Monday!✨

Our 2022 Summer Institute: Water Knowledge, led by KC Adams, kicked off this morning with a gathering at the gallery before participants headed up to Grand Rapids 🌊🌿

It was great getting to meet everyone in person and we’re excited to see all the amazing work that unfolds over the next two weeks! ⭐️

Established in 2009, The Summer Institute is a free, international artist research program for professional artists and cultural workers in all disciplines and media. Each year, we invite artists that are critically leading conversations in their field to lead a two week Summer Institute. Each iteration of the Summer Institute invites participants to expand upon their own interests and projects and includes opportunities to work in a collaborative peer-to-peer environment through group activities, guest lectures, and workshops.

This years iteration of The Summer Institute, Water Knowledge, will be led by social practice artist KC Adams. In Anishinaabe teachings, women are water carriers and are taught Gage’gajiwaan; water flows forever and everywhere and all around. This session is about passing on water knowledge bundles to better understand our relationship with water. During the first week, Adams will lead the participants onto the land so they can receive knowledge bundles on how to build Indigenous clay vessels and learn aboutt water through elders, texts, walks, and land-based learning. Throughout the second week, participants will be encouraged to produce individual work based on the knowledge bundles they received.

Currently in our bookstore: ‘Other Places: Refle

Currently in our bookstore: ‘Other Places: Reflections on Media Arts in Canada’ edited by Deanna Bowen

Other Places: Reflections on Media Arts in Canada, is a ground-breaking anthology, edited by Deanna Bowen. Over nearly 500 pages of essays and artist folios Other Places investigates the historical and contemporary contributions that First Peoples, racialized, and LGBTQ artists and administrators have made to the media arts in Canada.
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We are getting Leonard Suryajaya’s wallpaper pre

We are getting Leonard Suryajaya’s wallpaper prepped and ready for our upcoming workshop this Saturday facilitated by Jacquelyn Hébert! ⭐️

The workshop is now full, thank you to all those who have registered, we look forward to hosting you! ✨

📣 We are seeking a Communications Intern to joi

📣 We are seeking a Communications Intern to join our team from September 6, 2022- March 27 2023!

The Communications Intern will participate in a broad range of activities that include various aspects of overseeing and being responsible for communications, outreach, marketing, and administrative activities of a contemporary art gallery or museum. 🖼

This is a paid internship opportunity funded through Young Canada Works. Candidates must be a recent graduate, under 30 years old, and a Canadian citizen or permanent resident to meet eligibility requirements outlined by Young Canada Works — Careers in Heritage.

For the full job description please visit out website💡

Link in bio 🖇

Currently in our bookstore: ‘Midway Radicals & A

Currently in our bookstore: ‘Midway Radicals & Archi-Poems’ by Ted Landrum

Midway Radicals & Archi-Poems is a provocative foray into experimental poetry. Sounding the limits of our made-up world, this work of serious play explores the gaps and overlaps between architecture, poetry, philosophy and art.
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📣 As part of programming associated with our mo

📣 As part of programming associated with our most recent solo exhibition by Leonard Suryajaya, 'False Idol X North Kin', we will be hosting a FREE one day tote bag sewing workshop in our galleries on Saturday, August 6th from 11:30 am - 2:30pm.

Facilitated by Jacquelyn Hébert, participants will sew tote bags using the wallpaper material featured in Suryajaya’s exhibition onto fabric backings with leather straps. 🛍

Participants are asked to have some beginner sewing knowledge and to bring a basic sewing kit if they have one. 🧵✂️

Participants should note that they may not complete their tote in the allotted time for the workshop, meaning they may have to finish it at home. All materials for the workshop will be provided.

Jacquelyn Hébert created a selection of handmade tote bags and pouches featured in the exhibition, using an inverse image of the collage that Suryajaya printed on fabric. Each bag was diligently crafted, creating a limited edition, locally made product that celebrates Winnipeg.
Suryajaya built upon the importance of relationships in his extensive body of work by offering free studio portrait sessions to members of the public when he visited Winnipeg for the first time in February 2022. The result of these portrait sessions has been amalgamated into an interwoven collage that becomes part of his characteristic visually rich installation in False Idol X North Kin.

If you are interested, please sign up by emailing bronwyn@plugin.org to reserve your seat. Seats are limited, please reserve by August 3rd at 6 PM.

This is not a virtual event and won’t be recorded.

*Bags sewn in the workshop may not resemble the sample image featured*

Two weeks ago the Interpreting [Interrupting] Yout

Two weeks ago the Interpreting [Interrupting] Youth program had their final screening 🎥 You can now find their video on our website through the link in our bio 💡

Thank you to all the participants and facilitators for all their hard work! ⭐️

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Interpreting [Interrupting] Youth is designed for youth ages 16 to 24. The program reverses a pre-existing interpretive model used within arts institutions that often produce short videos as educational devices. These often include interviews with artists or curators, and tend to place an emphasis on the artist’s and institution’s intention over the experience of the viewer. The 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.

For more information about Interpreting [Interrupting] Youth and other educational programs, please contact Luther Konadu at luther@plugin.org

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Currently in our bookstore: ‘Shelterbelts’ by

Currently in our bookstore: ‘Shelterbelts’ by Jonathan Dyck

Once set apart by a narrative of piety, prosperity and peace, the fictional town of Hespeler, MB is changing. Pressing questions around inclusion, pipeline development, and historical complicity stir up old conflicts while creating new ones. Through a series of interconnected stories, Shelterbelts presents a Mennonite community in the midst of defining its future as it reckons with its past.
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⏰ Leonard Suryajaya’s ‘False Idol x North Ki

⏰ Leonard Suryajaya’s ‘False Idol x North Kin’ is packed up and ready to go back home to Chicago!

The gallery is currently closed as we prepare for our Summer Institute, but stay tuned for more exciting events soon ✨⏰

📣 There’s still time to apply to join our Boa

📣 There’s still time to apply to join our Board of Directors!

💡 Board members are committed to 5 - 10 hours of involvement per month. This includes meetings, participating in committees, and promoting Plug In ICA in the wider community. Members are elected at the Annual General Meeting for a term of three years and may be re-elected up to four times, for a total of twelve years. 💡

Interested applicants should have knowledge of the community and the field in which Plug In ICA operates as well as an openness to learn. 💭

A full outline of the position can be found on our website through the link in our bio!⭐️

If you are interested in joining the Plug In ICA Board, please email a letter of intent and a bio to board@plugin.org 📬

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*please note that we are closed between exhibitions

Mondays: Closed
 Tuesdays & Wednesdays: Noon to 6 pm
 Thursdays: Noon to 8 pm
 Fridays: Noon to 6 pm
 Saturdays & Sundays: Noon to 5 pm

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Please call for appointment between exhibitions: (204) 942-1043

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