SOA is happy to report that despite the current difficult conditions, one recent art history graduate, Lindsay Inglis, and one current art history student, Mielen Remmert, have landed summer jobs in their field! Lindsay (who is also curating an exhibition on Robert Nelson and Winnipeg Surrealism this summer at the SOA Gallery) is working at […]
Prof. Oliver Botar published the articles “Medial Shifts” and “László Moholy-Nagy” in Petra Eisele, Isabel Naegele and Michael Laifach’s anthology Moholy-Nagy and the New Typography A-Z (Mainz: Designlabor Gutenberg and Berlin: Kunstbibliothek Staatliche Museen zu Berlin, with Verlag Kettler, in English and German editions, 2019, 47-50). The anthology can be glimpsed here: https://vimeo.com/485518684 Moholy-Nagy and the New Typography: A-Z […]
School of Art MFA graduate Grace Han has been named a recipient of the Emerging Artist Award 2021 by the NCECA (National Council on Education for the Ceramic Arts). The Emerging Artist Award is a highly prestigious international honour bestowed upon six artists at the annual NCECA ceramics conference. As a recipient, Grace Han delivered a lecture titled Touch the […]
The School of Art is looking for a couple students for the paid position of Grader/Marker. Positions: FA 1020 Math in Art FAAH 3202 Contemporary Art History Key Responsibilities: Meets with the employment supervisor responsible for the course(s), for purpose of orientation and receiving guidelines for grading and marking assignments and for providing written feedback […]
Pembina Hills Arts Council writes: Art on the Trail – Call for Submissions Our vision is to have local artists design, plan, create, and install sustainable and land-conscious public art on Lake Minnewasta trails (near Morden, MB) to encourage outdoor physical activity while connecting trail users and art. This will be a unique opportunity for Manitoba artists to showcase their […]
Congratulations to our Honours Art History graduate, Lindsay Inglis, who has completed her Master of Arts in Art History at the University of St. Andrew’s in Scotland, having written her thesis on World War 1 medical photography. She was accepted for the prestigious internship at the Peggy Guggenheim Foundation in Venice (our fourth Art History […]
Last year Arthur and Judy Drache of Ottawa established the Drache Scholarship in Art History, the first scholarship established for Art History students at the School of Art and the University of Manitoba, where there has been an Art History program since 1978. The Drache Scholarship is awarded annually to two Art History majors as […]
School of Art, University of Manitoba – Call for Figure Models The School of Art is looking for nude models (male or female) with daytime availability Monday – Friday. Deadline to apply: December 11 Must be available during one or more of the following time slots: Monday, 11:30am – 2:15pm Tuesday, 11:30am – 2:15pm Tuesday, 2:30pm – 5:15pm Wednesday, 2:30pm – 5:15pm […]
School of Art student Chukwudubem Ukaigwe directs film, How High is the Moon. Screening virtually from Nov 24 – Dec 22: http://www.winnipegfilmgroup.com/event/how-high-is-the-moon/ CINEMATHEQUE wirtes: How High is the Moon analyzes Black civil rights in the ghost of ontology. Filmmaker, Chukwudubem Ukaigwe takes an anthropological approach in mapping Pan-African Black resistance, drawing and analyzing parallels between history […]
Canadian Red Cross and Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs writes: The Canadian Red Cross and Assembly of Manitoba Chiefs are seeking First Nation artists from the Manitoba area to design colouring pages for a health and wellness colouring book. Artists from Northern Saskatchewan and Northwest Ontario will also be considered. Artists are asked to design a […]
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