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s Canadian economic forecasts continue to look glum, with t

r increased rates of personal bankruptcy and rising unemployment in

A most parts of the country. Less personal wealth translates into less revenue from taxation, a situation that has led the federal govern- e

h ment to forecast a deficit of $34 billion for the current year, a t projection that many claim will be higher.

d The implications of shrinking tax-based budgets will have

n ramifications for those of us in the arts. Recently the Province of a British Columbia reacted to an anticipated annual deficit of $495

n million by slashing the budget line for arts and culture from $19.5 o

i million in 08/09 to less than $11.8 million in 09/10 (a 40% decrease), s with further reductions projected in years to come. This gutting of s

e arts funding was framed as essential belt-tightening. But is it essential c or ideological? e Alberta, despite a reputation for not being the most arts- R friendly province, has committed to keeping cultural funding stable and has even suggested a slight increase in forthcoming years. This staying-the-course is even more significant in light of Alberta’s projected $4.7 billion deficit this year. Perhaps Wild Rose Conservatives have studied the recent statistics regarding the income generated by the arts in Canada; perhaps Alberta realizes that funding of the arts makes good economic sense. According to the Canadian Conference of the Arts, the cost of creating jobs in arts and culture is lower than in any other sector of the economy. Currently more Canadians are employed in arts and culture than those directly employed in the automotive industry, and the cultural sector employs twice as many people as the forestry industry or Canadian banks. Cam Forbes live drawing with overhead projector, MAWA, February 2009. Arts and culture not only efficiently create employment, arts and culture create wealth: a recent study shows that the direct impact of the cultural sector in 2007 was $46 billion and the indirect impact In short, our sector contributes a lot to the Canadian was $84.6 billion, or 7.4% of our gross domestic product. According economy: jobs (and resulting taxes), and billions of dollars in revenue, to Statistics Canada, culture also netted a trade surplus for the generated at home and abroad. We are not a frill, a non-essential period 1997-2006. Cultural exports doubled from 1997 to 2006, service, or an indulgence. We are an efficient economic engine! And from 1.5 billion per year to 3 billion per year, whereas the cost of we certainly aren’t parasites sucking on the public purse or decadent cultural imports to Canada ranged from 1.5-2.8 billion per year. ne’er-do-wells looking for a free ride. In fact, we make our contribution to the nation’s economy at the expense of our own wealth. Recent statistics from Hill Strategies show that even though we contribute billions of dollars to our nation’s economy, the average income of a inside Canadian visual artist has actually dropped from $20,936 in 2000 to $13,976 in 2005, a new low, a level $6,824 below the Statistics Canada 2 Artist lectures low-income cutoff. 3 First Fridays Fortunately in Manitoba we haven’t yet felt the effects of the recession as sharply as other parts of the country. Our recent provincial 4 Field Trip to Long Plain Powwow budget projects a surplus of $316 million for the fiscal year. Hurray Impact of Your Gift for slow growth! Manitoba governments of different stripes have 5 Women Artists and Mothering: Film long known that art is important in attracting people to our Stitch ’n Bitch province, keeping people in our province, building a sense of place, 6 Over The Top Fabulousness and creating a diverse economy. Manitoba boasts the highest level of provincial arts funding per capita in the country, second only to 8 What’s New at MAWA: Quebec. Our arts councils, provincial and civic, help to make our FMP Extension communities livable and vital. Resource Centre News Cultural workers and audiences have plenty to celebrate in the WAM! Wall arts, particularly here in arts-friendly Manitoba. However, now more 9 What You Missed than ever, it is essential that we educate the general public and 10 Members’ News political leaders regarding our contributions: aesthetic, cultural, 14 Heads Up Calendar spiritual and economic. 1 Team Executive Directors Shawna Dempsey, Lorri Millan and Dana Kletke 2

Free! Artist Lectures Suzi exh n i rSt Oft as he cr enc AN at S wor pr o Suz POU Suzie eat c r C ie e e l e en ou c je ib u d u k fir oordin D S S es t rday mi i it mi Su Su a r ts s i i us s Stu g n t MA on th. th, mu LA i g zie zie s s i a ng he ol ng P S oub . di at i lt on ec h t hot o Jun R Smi S Smit o, ha Smit sc or t ples e exh he o t CU d re s by of w P e e l rl m o a te S Ha oking lo in en v h iboit n he h ROD Sheil 20 tha iew Ed nd iatit e LTURE, il w t re pr is Re uca , h er a i int 2 l orc ds c e Sp she a d 0 U om t t tion at al o at We inp t n nce. CT h k d 9, r ,g en p O (Fly) e r h o ou oug ouab t a MULT as i Pr t adr 2 t ION t go e n he r , pm d sc t n h o in w s Ou re S same. anizrg e rur her g M tu en , her , Fs e rt e t ar ,g 61 dio d base s oundig I int pr P into and t ac ha 1 n ow i In LES l a v i d h n o Main rSt e e tep S e mb r n Pr Toro nto. larg er clage ol a interdisc rce o , d n a t ar ar mog min ar v t rd in a pr S St i cover, e i lat instal t 2 u a y t as 7 0 0 rte e ict c di She pl new 208, her o of 12” ’s y inar . e g also as a amsprr g o x R E S tols,o way ons. t 12”, she Ma we wksor ist.t ar O P I 2 l thar 0 Her and dha l she 8. as P Al co f yout ot p L A fi Tue COM W c a Sch Mi p D f fi r lm ET ound h es e ly op r lma I i ITH l l r e li Y t s e f r ol o h sday ch c ta o o 'S nt it c a ys li , a r “out G n ma r t l e lAyl e ps ce o s e r t r G ke o l ound e Mi Z h v a . f on UN l o ET ol p t r i s nce, e r i no Ju ERO s s W v f i r tch o t d Ch es ma fat n exp o c e ly mi lAl i d e i t ul rs IT me IT i l e i r i Mi n ys c ns ki c ” 21, t p M l s e s ur a i on Y T (OR n i t t e r n ng t tch a l TG O o o h i r a ly ’s na e, nd enc f M B r l R as make mancor e 209, iolat n ont Stu itc h for e Mit ddisa antgd v e i i AS tcl l he ot l Z a es l catod lab r e ol T LIT ei gal ener i dies o, ETHR: over s r Gr cl l he ED ler d and , a w films and b ar B 7:30p max here l e l,r at ART 10 LE) atr e st as also rt Yk or a dical a r film. l e oup philos phy t nd imalst years. Fre shoe w hat she wks or m a B F S ies,g Univyersit . kids, U r are is R ith w , P b Py rt e , isng 61 fem N She an ROJECTS m ist t ar ineensixp ve atd r le il ust i c DIN xe Asitan l ol rst t e e i cy om unit moury e S , d has nist ouab t Main from a m Py k or wking or iat ovb r le y e G d w t ar i involvd e a kor d e , her ing shar 2 S 0 ict c a es,pr and Pr ofeso by 0 rt te e and and 6 exp . in images ith w rg oups d Pise ith w scu er easy. was folk th ienc r e turlp e, qeue r lofl e w in i-ant toys, a and and She Of. e co- t to he in s e Rosalie Favell: r u t Your Digital Portfolio c e Friday May 1, 2009, noon, 611 Main Street L y Internationally renown photo-based artist Rosalie Favell will discuss the a do’s and dont’s of digital support material: how to format and size images d i to ensure that you are representing your work to the highest standards. r

F Perfect for anyone applying for a grant or submitting digitally to press,

t or galleries or our Foundation Mentorship Program. s r i Rosalie Favell uses a variety of sources, from family albums to popular F culture, to present a complex self-portrait of her experiences as a

! contemporary Aboriginal woman. Her work has appeared in numerous e e solo exhibitions and group exhibitions in national and international r

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V. Elaine McIntosh: Rosalie Favell, The Artist in Her Museum/ The Collector , 2005. Symbolism in Anishinabe Art Friday June 5, 2009, noon, 611 Main Street

Elaine McIntosh will discuss symbolism in Anishinabe art. The Woodlands Style image vocabulary will be explored – its history, its symbolism, and the legends that inform it. Elaine will draw examples and talk about the evolution of this important Aboriginal art movement.

Interested in drawing from a very young age, Elaine McIntosh is a self- taught artist who has been painting seriously for the past 20 years. Her work ranges from portraits to wildlife, and combines different media such as prismacolour, paints, pyrography and printmaking. Born in St. Boniface and raised on the Sagkeeng Reserve in Manitoba, she has taught in schools and friendship centres through out . Many of her works are in private collections in Canada, USA and Europe.

Milena Placentile: Dancing at the Revolution , Devotion , 1977. Friday July 3, 2009, noon, 611 Main Street

Independent curator, Milena Placentile, will discuss possibilities for social and political activism through contemporary art curation. Topics of conversation will include relevance, resonance and resistance, also known as “thinkin’ up opportunities so people who don’t give a damn might be encouraged to think again”.

Milena Placentile is a curator and writer who has had the pleasure of working with and for many organizations including Video Pool Media Arts Centre, Peacock Visual Arts (Aberdeen), SMART Project Space (Amsterdam), A Space Gallery (Toronto) and, most recently, The University of Winnipeg's Gallery 1C03. Smashing a white cube at the My Culture Includes My Scene launch party, Art Gallery, 2005. Photographer unknown.

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MAWA would also like to thank the tremendous support of the following individuals and business who generously donated cash, merchandise or gift certificates to Over the Top! Fillmore Riley, Assinboine Credit Union and the Winnipeg Foundation who sponsored cupcake tables; Wishes and Dreams; Photo Central for the fabulous camera; Black Pearl Coffee; and our neighbors who lent us anything we needed from ladders to sound systems! The overwhelming support from these business and individuals will help to fund many of MAWA’s programs. Thank you to all these businesses and individuals for their donations: aceartinc. Delta Winnipeg Blaze McNally Robinson Seven Oaks Chiropractic Sweet Truth Gourmet Artists’ Emporium Bistro and Lounge Booksellers Centre Candy Ashton Gallery Edward Carriere McIntyre Fine Meats Sew Dandee Chris Krawchenko Bill Thiessen Finger in the Dyke Out of the Blue Thrive Nutrition Maximum Realty Ltd. Border Crossings Productions Partners in the Park Sushi Train (Forks) Black Pearl Coffee Arwen Helene Kerri-Lynn Reeves Pink Star Tall Grass Prairie (Forks) Not Animals Rod Biebrich J.L. Despic Plug In ICA Winnipeg Folk Festival Boats! Barbara Hiebert Tan Fx Massage Fx Photo Central Winnipeg Arts Council Record of the Week Club Bar Italia Judith Putter, Shoppers Drug Mart Vault Salon and Spa Oldfolks Home Cosmo Restaurant Investors Group (Polo Park) The Winnipeg Art Gallery The Details and Lounge Amy Karlinsky Radiance Gifts Tania Gauthier The Liptonians David Woo Lush Fresh Handmade Stafford Street Hot Yoga Tracy Peters DeLuca’s Restaurant Cosmetics Sushi Gozen Liz Garlicki Three cheers and a round of applause for the many volunteers!! From the volunteers who signed up months ahead to the ones who helped out the day of: the committees, the raffle prize collectors, the meeters and greeters, team latte, the list goes on and on. Without our volunteers, Over the Top would not be possible. A special thanks also goes out to the cupcakes bakers – every sweet treat was donated and made with love. Everyone worked so hard helping before and after the event. Please accept our heartfelt thanks extended to each and every one of you.

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Tracy Peters, Sand Castles , Pinhole Photograph Gelatin Silver Contact Print, 2007.

Tracy Peters is a film-based artist who is fascinated with the experience of memory and the mnemonic power of photographs. With a hand made pinhole camera, “devoid of mechanisms, and lacking in charm… a black box filled with absolute darkness…a repository for lost time,” she has returned to places from her childhood to photograph subject matter that appeals to memory. A selection of these pinhole images, entitled meditations on memory , was intimately displayed at Martha Street Studio in March/April 2009. Tracy’s photographic work has shown in numerous exhibitions in Winnipeg galleries and in a recent juried exhibition in San Francisco. The seven members of the Grey Matters art collective know for sure that when the profoundly un-black and white world of seasoned women meets art, a very diverse spectrum of creative work materializes. These women have been on the DIY exhibition bandwagon for half a decade now putting together their own brand of two and three dimensional mixed media works, as well as painting, print-making, ceramics and video. Please join them in celebrating life's glorious shades of grey at their 5th annual art exhibition opening this coming May 29th at Outworks Gallery.

Karen Schultz, Once Removed , Video, 2009. Karen Schulz has been awarded the Grand Prize for a moving image in BlackFlash magazine's annual Optic Nerve competition. Her 30 second video Once Removed will be showcased on the BlackFlash website in May. Mary Louise Chown, Tom Roche and Kay Stone: storytellers. Kevin Scott and Micheal Cobus: musicians. Fringe Festival, Winnipeg July 2008 SPARK Arts and Disability Network co-director Susan P. Gibson , MAWA member Mary Louise Chown will be performing at this invited by Canada Council for the Arts, attended a two day Disability year’s Fringe Festival, in Magic of One’s Production of SKIN DEEP. and Deaf Art Focus Group recently in Ottawa. Multi-disciplined Last year’s 4 & 1/2 star storytellers are back with more tales and artists with disabilities met with Program Officers and researchers music about the erotic surface and fearful depth of our human nature. to share their practices and experiences. Artists responded to the It’s skinny and its deep. We will hold you in the palm of our hands research paper Disability and Deaf Art by Rose Jacobson and artist and give you no quarter! “This is the place to come and see master Geoff McMurchy. McMurchy will be presenting a workshop about story-weavers at work.” 2008 Free Press his findings at the Creative Manitoba conference May 28, 2009. Aqua Books, 279 Garry St., 7:00 pm July 15-18, & July 22-25 11 1 2 Members’ News a S Co Tho Clif On wor t ar RESO the MA 58 McE oD f P v ta g Ga Cu P W Ga Cu Pl Pa A And ol e iole ando ando t r k tur ug al 7 nder ndor i me kt lle la r nes a r a r i st WA is A y to May k ke mp ng Cli w a nt War in yr s ts to r td e day t r In nd n U en les r ra’ ra’ h j a : , . g , pl fto s oi a Gal , re RCES a’ S a o B t L O on IC s , hol. , nd , he s s & 1 W i b ca e tudi cho n An alah y May s n Joh s e p n 4 oB x oB x y Edwar te A, B ang e A le u th and a Su-e M bo d r S A dr ni r ox s d is t r ki y r r n rt v y ot e a os 2 " m g e f ew il r ng 9 a iewer s v o a m 8 ng e e or t Har , fr Ali, y t ie r of th and y, ch t Je f e n 6 ar y ts J An om d emb r n, t, une 7pm , r nifer Mo es p ’ our sexual Wo Mmot ecD r ding i Sudb rs , ce s B talk: 74-869. pu da Gha nual Mut ur 1 man, yynsk t ur , iot n:ep Ail p r of a rrow, b ng Cca hia 6 and pr i ng Spr lis The new am l il w e se and Dem Oh Monro dis cu of iou prv e to . y ur dia,me u, d he Racal he 3 yit isng Walt O S Jose ph pm, f ing pr J ambigu Anie rgani e to 18th Amer, L th M uly W enc a by t Ka mi o oui p ss ion ist w nd 8 e , y on. n 4 inp en p O s Su Av e ! de te eD n pm, ni Ju ye Mil yn ar 18, ount ming pm hav e s i ze e nda sp t s ly O en y nit dca ent ne o x T Rdea Pal , Poto man,t Har on y Shar d a hi b in iitr ual yit . An yc ole 209 e p Augst ent nis y e ue, Ju g e and e 6, u, Hou dis B. t re sp csna ks r n ge ne it and he A y. go o o rencd he t Ar 20 M a Cha C Win ion. Hou se c d itle t la e s t o d a r astlan,l e A p oB a u yit . 5, our my se. xh onse n r nd is ha s dm c Fle rail , 9 yle r Gal rles s 30th, 209 ing le e l y n S ok iboit n io i in th Chat The Jose ph ed nt and ca ex , ge ip dse e, iso n " , yit br , , t asm a sUBSTANTIL and l 1967/8. Pa of o b as Lesa e A o P a r t se uc rg ou p y 209. enter th my xy, n ol itic Shayne Aliso n Pan ith w n Dunl u . it ve. w ns e t is Sale io t ns mp Hardman, gor h i w is Mark okr s M Cutler, iomat n for e h St da.or s $8, th the ing ost he T ari ist t ar const o ia an exhibo it n reifler, Scree p Gil k,Dar S lyn a of d $12 Art nahaw afl e! r re ot Ins S mour int.npr ar Chit mths,y iot nuc r ouab t c her a andl, t Kaar ide John o lpane Kim is also at awa no Loui w S f th e o A h R Ma MAWA ok o B Co o us f t wa h ould r p:/ t Ar mi a r ng i h a M an r rd s ds n e n ch na e an ito r w okpu o .b f B C f li a o i ok o b t i a or te ves y r u to ls ke ha r nd la d o n es B Young ba f iot t ba f w e o j no o M o o , Pau f o His t r ls t ns a co M m n ls ok o B t on emb r B he at r ng ani es b o i l ionat s in t orica l Poe ple o o o won for Manit e t blis hers.mb.ca/mb t oba outal B Louise by use ulate Gooes k Soci the a and of Award oba ca s M Award : n the M ety. Win archi ves anit Gir in est D D the e b ok o B a ugay n man Futr h er l oba , la ue fou M re Y( ou a cip s ist et d’ar Awards! nd y arrg t e Publisher for ias D MAW A ient nge r ho w at: cong resarch ok o B of McWliams il . y).Catge o r won rat his T Ii omat n nf or the memb r s (Les u la tion s n esig D McNal by ok,o b th ioEdit ns 2 C G C a e the nd 0 ou a r hit al 0 y Mar yler 8 te r hoT mas to Award . d ne desig Aiociat nso I of y ho w it ig D n s Ga , ouab t R il lu y New the t,c fa of obinson nes du al strator Sco he rw e t he Er h, Yk.or C fr Year. Blé) -Pint r b azleD om the is t Ar rer we en by t . , looking for studio space

Looking for studio space to rent. Preferably 700 - 1000 square feet; water source close by. Please call Candace at 669-4913

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Are you a MAWA member from outside Winnipeg, a Winnipeg artist-run centre with a visiting artist, and/or an artist coming to Winnipeg? Are you seeking a comfortable place to stay for one or two nights or longer? Phone 204-949-9490 and ask about renting MAWA's studio apartment, conveniently located at 611 Main Street, Winnipeg, close to many local galleries and other amenities.

611 Main Street, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada R3B 1E1 (204) 949-9490 [email protected] http://www.mawa.ca

Current Board of Directors Rhian Brynjolson, Louise Duguay (Vice-Chair), Liz Garlicki. Amy Karlinsky The Edge Artist Village and Gallery is an artist-run, non-profit (Past Chair), Garland Lam, Kerri-Lynn Reeves (Chair), Roslyn Stanwick, organization for the arts located in the heart of Winnipeg’s Downtown. Racheal Tycoles, Gwen Armstrong , Arwen Helene, Melanie Rocan, Tracy Peters and Bree Bergen. The Edge Artist Collective • affordable live / work spaces Honourary Board Members: Patricia Bovey, Diane Whitehouse • studio memberships • gallery rentals Studio Membership Full, Associate & Patron memberships available Staff Dana Kletke (Co-Executive Director) Call Serena at 947-2992 for more information. Shawna Dempsey and Lorri Millan (Co-Executive Directors) Tania Gauthier (Director of Philanthropy) Tracy Marshall (Program Coordinator)

www.edgevillage.com • [email protected] DESIGN Susan Chafe 611 Main Street • Winnipeg • MB • R3B 1E1

MAWA and its projects are generously funded by Manitoba Arts Council, Canada Council for the Arts, Canadian Heritage, The WH & SE Loewen Foundation, Winnipeg Arts Council, The Winnipeg Foundation, The Thomas Sill Foundation, Assiniboine Credit Union, donors and members.

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Friday-Sunday, May 15-17, 7pm Film Screening and Panels Who Does She Think She Is? at Cinematheque

May 15-June 12 Showcase of artworks by participants in this year’s Mentor in Residence Program with Rosalie Favell

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Friday, June 5 First Friday Victoria Elaine McIntosh: Symbolism in Anishinabe Art

Saturday, June 6, noon-4 Stitch ’n Bitch

Saturday, June 20, 2pm Artist Lecture Suzie Smith

JULY

Friday, July 3, noon First Friday Milena Placentile: Dancing at the Revolution

Saturday, July 4, noon-4 Stitch ’n Bitch

Tuesday, July 21, 7:30pm Artist Lecture Allyson Mitchell

AUGUST

Saturday, August 1, 5pm-midnight Powwow Field Trip with Lita Fontaine

MAWA Into The Future

Later this year MAWA will be hosting a town hall meeting and a series of topic-specific think tanks. We will also be developing a members’ survey, which will be disseminated electronically. Why? This is our 25th year. Let’s plan for the next 25 years together! MAWA exists for its membership – we need your input. So stay tuned for the series of outreach activities that we’re calling MAWA Into The Future . And in the meantime, please be assured that if you have an idea, concern, complaint or compliment, all of the MAWA staff and board are happy to listen.

THANK YOU TO OUR DONORS FOR ALL OF YOUR SUPPORT!

Sharon Alward Cliff Eyland Dana Kletke Kimberly Pohl Gwen Armstrong Linda Fairfield Koni Melanie Rocan JoAnne Balcaen Liz Garlicki Marilou McPhedran Roslyn Stanwick Shawna Dempsey Marni Kalef Darlene McPherson Liv Valmestad 14 Louise Duguay Sean Keating Bev Pike Deborah Challis