Winnipeg Arts Council Public Art Guide ’s Public Art We need art, Public Art in the arrangements in Winnipeg of cities as well as in 1 the other realms of life, West to help explain life to us, 2 to show us meanings, Downtown to illuminate the 18 relationship between East the life that each of us 34 embodies and the life Multi-media outside us. & Performative Table Contents of

Jane Jacobs 42 Public Art in Winnipeg

The Public Art Program develops artwork in public spaces, facilitates community-based collaborations, integrates artists into City facilities through the Artist- in-Residence program and organizes public events.

Winnipeg’s Public Art Policy was adopted by City Council in 2004 and is managed by the Winnipeg Arts Council on behalf of the City of Winnipeg.

The public artworks covered in this booklet do not list all the public artwork in Winnipeg, but rather those projects completed through the policy and program since 2004.

1 West LIVING PRAIRIE MUSEUM

3 Burrows Ave 1 Social Seed Inkster Blvd Gurpreet Sehra with NorWest Co-op Ness Ave NorWest Co-op Community Food Centre, 103-61 Tyndall Avenue

2 Opening Doors

Sturgeon Rd Bruce Ave Dimitry Melman with the Spence Neighbourhood Association Magnus Eliason Recreation Centre, 430 Langside Street

Mountain Ave Moray St Moray Winnipeg Public ArtWinnipeg Public Guide 3 lost_landscape Collin Zipp Lodge Ave Living Prairie Museum, 2795 Ness Avenue Portage Ave 13 4 Agassiz Ice Gordon Reeve , north of walking bridge

Adsum Dr Pipeline Rd 5 Close Commons Gurpreet Sehra 5 McPhillips St Adsum Park, 434 Adsum Drive Elwick Community Centre McGregor St 6 7 Dimitry Melman with the Elwick Community Dufferin Ave Elwick Community Centre, 30 Maberley Road Jefferson Ave

7 The WRENCH Dimitry Melman Dr Mandalay 6 Arlington St The WRENCH, 1057 Logan Avenue Inkster Blvd

8 Table of Contents spmb (Eduardo Aquino and Karen Shanski) Maberley Rd Vimy Ridge Memorial Park, Portage Avenue between 1 Home Street & Canora Street

9 The Spence Community Compass: Finding Home Leah Decter with The Spence Neighbourhood Association Furby Park (on Furby Street, north of Ellice Avenue)

9 Colony St

Spence St city.block.stop Overdale St 10 Ellice Ave Portage Ave 4

David Perrett Langside St 10 Ellice Avenue, between Spence Street and Colony Street 2

11 Marbles at Mayfair Furby St ASSINIBOINE Erica Swendrowski PARK Mayfair Recreation Centre (Donald Street and River Avenue) St Matthews Ave

Sherbrook St

Maryland St 12 From Here Until Now Osborne St spmb (Eduardo Aquino and Karen Shanski) Osborne Bridge, Osborne Village Portage Ave 13 SKATE 363 R VE 11 RI Mayfair Pl Ursula Neufeld with the North Y Youth Centre INE IBO Broadway SSIN North Y Youth Centre, 363 McGregor Street 12 A 8 River Ave 2 Donald St

Canora St

Home St West West Winnipeg Public Art Guide Winnipeg Public Art k.m.a Photo by by Photo Photo by Winnipeg Arts Council Winnipeg Arts

Social Seed (2017) Opening Doors (2016) Gurpreet Sehra with NorWest Co-op Dimitry Melman with the Spence Neighbourhood Association

NorWest Co-op Community Food Centre, 103-61 Tyndall Avenue Magnus Eliason Recreation Centre, 430 Langside Street

Painted in bold colours on ceramic tiles wheat-pasted with Acrylic paint, textile, This youth-led, community-created mural references sports, Ceramic tile mosaic printed fabric, this mural celebrates the history of the Burrows- ceramic tile music, art, learning, creativity, teamwork, development, Keewatin area. The imagery is based on a map from the early growth, and opportunity. Through this work, the artists and 1970s centred around the NorWest Co-op, an organization community members honour the five volunteers who started that has served to fuel the development of the neighbourhood the Spence Neighbourhood Association by including five since that time. open doors and five figures. 4 5 West West Winnipeg Public Art Guide Winnipeg Public Art Mathias Reeve Mathias Photo by by Photo Photo by Robert TinkerRobert

lost_landscape (2007) Agassiz Ice (2008) Collin Zipp Gordon Reeve

Living Prairie Museum, 2795 Ness Avenue Assiniboine Park, north of walking bridge

This non-linear narrative video installation reflects the rich prairie Interactive Agassiz Ice recalls glacial Lake Agassiz that in prehistoric times Stainless steel landscape through abstracted images of its flora and fauna. The installation of covered most of the province of . The sculptures moving, abstract paintings are interactive, allowing the viewer digitally manipulated appear to be massive chunks of ice, reminiscent of the tips to control their experience of the artist’s representation of the video works of icebergs. These stainless steel pieces reflect light and the Living Prairie Museum, a 12 hectare tall grass prairie preserve. surrounding landscape, changing their appearance through the cycling of days and seasons. 6 7 West West Winnipeg Public Art Guide Winnipeg Public Art William Eakin Photo by by Photo Photo by k.m.a.

Close Commons (2015) Elwick Community Centre (2008) Gurpreet Sehra Dimitry Melman with the Elwick Community

Adsum Park, 434 Adsum Drive Elwick Community Centre, 30 Maberley Road

Community consultation made it clear that the vibrant Aluminum, The artist engaged community members of all ages to Ceramic, Adsum Park community cared passionately about welcoming granite reclaim the Elwick Community Centre. The colourful mosaic porcelain and glass and functional public spaces. The crescent-shaped benches mural they created together covers the outdoor walls of the tiles, sanded grout, create a space for dialogue, and the carved stone and bur Centre, creating a spirited community and aesthetic impact acrylic paint oak leaf-shaped backrests represent the relationship between on an otherwise unremarkable building, and revitalizing the new immigrant communities and Manitoba’s landscape. activities within. 8 9 West West Winnipeg Public Art Guide Winnipeg Public Art William Eakin Photo by by Photo Photo by Lindsey Bond

The WRENCH (2014) Table of Contents (2006) Dimitry Melman spmb (Eduardo Aquino and Karen Shanski)

The WRENCH, 1057 Logan Avenue Vimy Ridge Memorial Park, Portage Avenue between Home Street & Canora Street

Exploring concepts of community, the relationship between Mosaic This 40-foot aluminum sculpture also functions as a community Aluminum humans and bicycles, public space and the city, consumer- table. A “landscape of language,” it is inscribed with text which ism, teamwork and personal empowerment, Melman and The reflects upon the importance of the park, the natural environ- Winnipeg Repair and Education Cycling Hub (WRENCH) created ment and the history of the area, and represents a number of dozens of artworks from salvaged bicycle parts, including a func- languages including Tagalog, Portuguese, French, English, and tional sign and bike rack. Braille. 10 11 West West Winnipeg Public Art Guide Winnipeg Public Art Robert Tinker Photo by by Photo Photo by cam bush

The Spence Community Compass: Finding Home (2008) city.block.stop (2010) Leah Decter with The Spence Neighbourhood Association David Perrett

Furby Park (on Furby Street, north of Ellice Avenue) Ellice Avenue, between Spence Street and Colony Street

This community-created artwork reflects upon ideas of home, Tile mosaic, Conceived as a “gateway” to the University of Winnipeg cam- Tyndall limestone, place and belonging. The concentric rings include prairie plants, concrete, text, pus, the shelter and sculpture are inspired by local geology and Mariash limestone, the words of the Seven Grandfathers set in tile, mosaic from chil- indigenous plants the geography of the city. The 16,000 pound tyndall limestone sandstone, steel, dren’s drawings of their community, and a compass with arrows cube has been carved to represent the Red, Assiniboine and glass pointing to all the places in the world that Spence residents call Seine Rivers and the surrounding topography. home. 12 13 West West Winnipeg Public Art Guide Winnipeg Public Art Photo by Robert TinkerRobert William Eakin Photo by by Photo

Marbles at Mayfair (2012) From Here Until Now (2012) Erica Swendrowski spmb (Eduardo Aquino and Karen Shanski)

Mayfair Recreation Centre (Donald Street and River Avenue) Osborne Bridge, Osborne Village

This unique and playful project was initially conceived as Marbles Fibreglass, This design celebrates the two distinct neighbourhoods on Stainless steel, on Portage. By enlarging these common playthings the artist plants, light each side of the Assiniboine River. The sidewalk integrates the aluminum, created a whimsical, almost magical piece on one of Winnipeg’s neighbourhood’s physical map, the handrails have lit panels of concrete, busiest thoroughfares. Originally a temporary artwork for the text drawn from consultation with the citizens of Winnipeg, and LED lighting downtown region, most of the sculptures now reside at Mayfair the panels celebrate four important architectural moments in the Recreation Centre. neighbourhoods’ histories. 14 15 West Photo by Winnipeg Arts Council Winnipeg Arts

SKATE 363 (2017) Ursula Neufeld with the North Y Youth Centre

North Y Youth Centre, 363 McGregor Street

Over one hundred children and youth helped to create dynamic Mixed media life-size mosaic figures on the wall of the indoor skate park using mosaics unconventional materials. Stained-glass panels hung along the windows celebrate the importance of the North Y in their lives, and a welded sign welcomes you to SKATE 363.

16 Downtown

Waterfall #2 1 Theresa Himmer Millennium Library exterior wall, Smith Street at Graham Avenue 7

2 heaven between Bill Pechet On the Broadway median at Edmonton Street Higgins Ave

DIY Field Main St

Winnipeg Public ArtWinnipeg Public Guide 3 Germaine Koh , near the corner of Ellice Avenue and Edmonton Street Disraeli Fwy

4 Picturing a Bright Future: The Eritrean Women’s Photography Project Sarah Crawley with the Eritrean Community in Winnipeg Alexander Ave Quilt installed at The Immigrant Centre, 100 Adelaide Street William Ave

5 Poster Boards in the Exchange Michael Carroll, Laurie Green and Judith Panson McDermot Ave 6 Fifteen locations throughout the Exchange District Bannatyne Ave

6 YOU YOU + YOU Jacqueline Metz and Nancy Chew (Muse Atelier) Notre Dame Ave Waterfront Dr United Way Building, 580 Main Street 4

7 Light Through

Bernie Miller Edmonton St Adelaide St Disraeli Bridge King St 5 8 High Five Jennifer Stillwell Main St 3 Ellice Ave 8 Waterfront Drive, behind Shaw Park

9 Untitled Cliff Eyland Millennium Millennium Library (entrance), 251 Donald Street Library 1 9 10 11 12 10 The Illumination Portage Ave Nicholas Wade Smith St Millennium Library (Richardson Reading Terrace), 251 Donald Street Donald St

11 emptyful Bill Pechet Millennium Library Park, 251 Donald Street 13 12 Sentinel of Truth Darren Stebeleski 2 Millennium Library Park, 251 Donald Street Broadway 13 Bike Racks on Broadway

Jessica Koroscil, Vanessa Kroeker and Paul Butler, and Paul Robles RED RIVER Broadway Avenue and area

R IVE E R OIN ASSINIB 18 Downtown Downtown Winnipeg Public Art Guide Winnipeg Public Art Robert Tinker Photo by by Photo Photo by Robert TinkerRobert

Waterfall #2 (2015) heaven between (2016) Theresa Himmer Bill Pechet

Millennium Library exterior wall, Smith Street at Graham Avenue On the Broadway median at Edmonton Street

Created in Iceland and transplanted to Manitoba, which has a Plywood, Referencing the domes of the Legislative Building at one end Aluminum, large community of Icelandic-Canadians, the content of this work plastic, sequins of Broadway, and Union Station at the other, this artwork is galvanized steel, alludes to a history of migration and longing. Created for núna patterned with cut out silhouettes of elm leaves. The intricate LED lights (now) – Iceland/Canada Art Convergence, the sculpture reso- mandala-like design casts light on the ground while reflecting nates with Manitoba’s narratives of place, identity and memory. the trees that line Broadway, planted over one hundred years ago by visionary city-makers. 20 21 Downtown Downtown Winnipeg Public Art Guide Winnipeg Public Art Cory Aronec Photo by by Photo Photo by Leif Norman

DIY Field (2011) Picturing a Bright Future: The Eritrean Women’s Photography Project (2010) Germaine Koh Sarah Crawley with the Eritrean Community in Winnipeg

Central Park, near the corner of Ellice Avenue and Edmonton Street Quilt installed at The Immigrant Centre, 100 Adelaide Street

Recalling game and sport devices, this interactive grid of 38 light Metal posts with Sarah Crawley mentored recently immigrated Eritrean women Photographs, posts is controllable by park users, with colourful LED lights and interactive LED in the art of traditional and digital photography over a period of quilt (cyanotypes three buttons to turn each colour channel on and off separately. lights eighteen months as they continued to build their lives in Winni- on cotton) The project communicates a vision of public space that is shaped peg. Images by project participants were printed on a fabric to by how it is used and negotiated by citizens in real life, as much create a quilt, which now hangs in Winnipeg’s Immigrant Centre. by how it is planned. 22 23 Downtown Downtown Winnipeg Public Art Guide Winnipeg Public Art Photo by cam bush tamara rae biebrich rae tamara Photo by by Photo

Poster Boards in the Exchange (2009) YOU YOU + YOU (2010) Michael Carroll, Laurie Green and Judith Panson Jacqueline Metz and Nancy Chew (Muse Atelier)

Fifteen locations throughout the Exchange District United Way Building, 580 Main Street

Designs by Winnipeg artists have turned the functional poster Steel An instrument played with others and informed by the idea of Cast aluminum, boards of the Exchange District into unique works of art. The im- community participation, each handprint triggers a note on the LED luminaries, ages range from a witty “on” light switch to a crowd applauding pentatonic scale. A melody is created as more people join in and interactive media for a stage event to a silhouette reflecting the architectural gems for many notes are played. The handprints are linked to lights on sound and light which the Exchange District is so well known. the fin wall, the music becoming visible with the lights forming the Braille for ‘YOU’. 24 25 Downtown Downtown Winnipeg Public Art Guide Winnipeg Public Art Jennifer Stillwell Photo by by Photo Photo by William Eakin

Light Through (2013) High Five (2014) Bernie Miller Jennifer Stillwell

Disraeli Bridge Waterfront Drive, behind Shaw Park

These sixteen stainless steel structures that cover the four piers Stainless steel High Five is situated between the river and the baseball Stainless steel, of the Disraeli Active Transportation Bridge contain photographs diamond. Depending on your movement and perspective the paint depicting the history of the bridge and its surroundings. When artwork changes meaning—when moving past on the road it light shines through the perforated panels, the photographs are looks like ‘wings’ or ‘fins’ in formation; when considering it from distinctly revealed, and picture the lively public interaction with directly across the street or from inside the baseball stadium it the bridge since 1959. transforms into an abstracted human hand. 26 27 Downtown Downtown Photo by Winnipeg Public Art Guide Winnipeg Public Art William Eakin William Eakin Photo by by Photo

Untitled (2005) The Illumination (2005) Cliff Eyland Nicholas Wade

251 Donald Street, in the Millennium Library (entrance) 251 Donald Street, in the Millennium Library (Richardson Reading Terrace)

Composed of over 1,000 3" by 5" paintings, the size of tradi- Mixed media Comprised of the letters T, H, and E locked in an architectural Powder-coated steel tional library catalogue cards, the work reads at a distance as an on wood embrace, this sculpture speculates on our culture’s preoccupa- abstract pixellated surface to reference digitized computer infor- tion with language, on the origins of form in typography, and mation. The individual paintings can be inspected through the the influences on form in architecture. It references illuminated retro telescope/viewfinder installed on the second floor walkway. manuscripts, suggesting the space of the library as a three-di- mensional page written by a scribe. 28 29 Downtown Downtown Winnipeg Public Art Guide Winnipeg Public Art Robert Tinker Photo by by Photo Photo by Gerry Kopelow Photo by Gerry Kopelow

emptyful (2012) Sentinel of Truth (2012) Bill Pechet Darren Stebeleski

Millennium Library Park, 251 Donald Street Millennium Library Park, 251 Donald Street

emptyful is inspired by the idea that Winnipeg (and the sur- Stainless steel, Inspired by the library as protector of truth and ideas, this wall Weathering steel, rounding prairies) is full of emptiness, a boundless space where lights, weather features short excerpts of text from fiction, poetry and nonfic- stainless steel various phenomena such as weather, light, seasons and human (all seasons) tion, all collected from various eras and locations. The words endeavour come and go. This artwork was created as a legacy are subtly inscribed in different fonts and sizes to represent Water and fog project of the Winnipeg Cultural Capital of Canada designation fragility and play on the idea that truth flickers in and out of view (summer only) in 2010. depending on a person’s perspective. 30 31 Downtown Photo by William Eakin

Pictured is Monkey King Riding a Bird by Paul Robles

Bike Racks on Broadway (2008) Jessica Koroscil, Vanessa Kroeker and Paul Butler, and Paul Robles

Broadway Avenue and area

The Winnipeg Arts Council collaborated with the Downtown Steel, BIZ to bring twenty-one artist-designed bike racks to central automotive paint Winnipeg. With three different designs cut from steel and ren- dered in bright automotive paint, this fun public artwork serves to brighten the Broadway area while serving Winnipeg’s many enthusiastic bike riders. 32 East

St Michael Rd 1 Écobuage Plain Projects + Urbanink 2 St. Vital Park Duck Pond 1 land/mark ST. VITAL 2 Jacqueline Metz and Nancy Chew (Muse Atelier) PARK Bishop Grandin Greenway

River Rd (near NW corner of Bishop Grandin and St. Anne’s Road) RED RIVER Winnipeg Public ArtWinnipeg Public Guide The Birthing Project 3 Judy Jennings with the Manitoba Maternity Care Action Network Bishop Grandin Blvd Birth Centre, 603 St. Mary’s Road Monument 4 Michel de Broin La Maison des artistes visuels francophones, 219 Boulevard Provencher Des Meurons St Archambault Performance Pavilion

5 David Firman Transcona Centennial Square, Regent Avenue at Bond Street

6 Life Journey RED RIVER Denise Préfontaine with Kildonan-East Collegiate Girls’ Club 4 Northwest Pioneers Greenway at Concordia Avenue Rue Langevin 3

Boul. Provencher Blvd

St Anne’s Rd

Rue Aulneau

Ave Tache

RED RIVER

St Mary’s Rd

Kildare Ave W Kildare Ave E

Kimberly Ave

Day St Gateway Road

Bond St

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Concordia Ave 5 Regent Ave W Regent Ave E

Munroe Ave 34 Raleigh St Pandora Ave W Pandora Ave E East East Winnipeg Public Art Guide Winnipeg Public Art Robert Tinker Photo by by Photo Photo by Robert TinkerRobert

Écobuage (2014) land/mark (2009) Plain Projects + Urbanink Jacqueline Metz and Nancy Chew (Muse Atelier)

St. Vital Park Duck Pond Bishop Grandin Greenway (near NW corner of Bishop Grandin & St. Anne’s Road)

Écobuage (translated as controlled burn) emphasizes the impor- Weathering steel, A mythical shed moose antler and a bench incised with markings Aluminum, tance of fire to the prairies and provides a gathering space that prairie grasses, depicting the city’s rivers and long lot system, land/mark reflects granite is durable and suitable for all seasons. It is a celebration of the limestone, crushed on the physical, conceptual, mythological marks we leave on relationship between human and natural systems through the black granite the land. These elements reinforce the complex relationship recognition of the importance of the phenomenon of fire to the between humans and their environment, and are a meditation on landscape we call home. both power and fragility. 36 37 East East Winnipeg Public Art Guide Winnipeg Public Art Michel de Broin Photo by by Photo Photo by Ernest Mayer

The Birthing Project (2008) Monument (2009) Judy Jennings with the Manitoba Maternity Care Action Network Michel de Broin

Birth Centre, 603 St. Mary’s Road La Maison des artistes visuels francophones, 219 Boulevard Provencher

This artwork provides a vision of pregnancy and birth from many Fused and For this inaugural sculpture for the Jardin de sculptures at La Granite cultural perspectives and was created in glass by the artist, lamp-worked glass, Maison des artistes, the artist used a classical form and material drawn from workshop discussions, sketches and photographs braided steel wire, to create a contemporary reflection on identity and representa- provided by participants. It recognizes childbirth as a joyful social nylon cord tion. With a nod to traditional monuments, the sculpture remains and cultural event, and celebrates the importance of mothers, a mystery onto which the viewer can project their own meaning. nurses, midwives and physicians. 38 39 East East Winnipeg Public Art Guide Winnipeg Public Art KEC Photography Program Photography KEC Photo by by Photo Photo by David Firman

Archambault Performance Pavilion (2012) Life Journey (2015) David Firman Denise Préfontaine with Kildonan-East Collegiate Girls’ Club

Transcona Centennial Square, Regent Avenue at Bond Street Northeast Pioneers Greenway at Concordia Avenue

Designed by David Firman and featuring a series of photographs Steel, This intergenerational project features a series of sculptures Glass tile of plant life and sky taken by the artist at the Transcona Commu- concrete, brick, that playfully depict the stages of growth and transformation a mosaic sculpture nity Bioreserve, this performance pavilion celebrates Transcona’s Lexan photographic butterfly experiences during its dramatic life cycle. The sculp- designation as “The Park City.” panels tures are clad in colourful mosaic tile and placed in an oval with caterpillar forms that double as seating to provide an opportuni- ty for continued dialogue. 40 41 Multimedia & Performative Multimedia & Performative Winnipeg Public Art Guide Winnipeg Public Art Photo by Robert Barrow Robert

Public artworks exist in many forms. Multi-media and performative artworks created through the Winnipeg Arts Council include:

1 The Challenges of Giving Shelter winnipegarts.ca/wac/artwork/the-challenges-of-giving-shelter

2 The Craftastics: Agents for Social Change winnipegarts.ca/wac/artwork/the-craftastics-agents-for-social-change

3 Eco Art Action winnipegarts.ca/wac/artwork/meyn-youth-with-art

4 empty winnipegarts.ca/wac/artwork/empty

5 Erica in Technoland winnipegarts.ca/wac/artwork/erica-in-technoland

6 Live/Life from 95 winnipegarts.ca/wac/artwork/live-life-from-95 Photo by k.m.a Photo by Douglas Thomas 2 12 7 Queer Perspectives Project by Jennie O and Valley Gardens Project by Leah Decter with winnipegarts.ca/wac/artwork/queer-perspectives Middle School Grrlz Club Peace Alliance Winnipeg

8 Reliquary/Reliquaire winnipegarts.ca/wac/artwork/reliquary-reliquaire 5 Photo by Robert Barrow Project by Hope McIntyre 9 Sunshine House with West Broadway Youth winnipegarts.ca/wac/artwork/sunshine-house Outreach’s Girls’ World

10 Sombo A Diba winnipegarts.ca/wac/artwork/sombo-a-diba

11 Through an Artist’s Eyes winnipegarts.ca/wac/artwork/through-an-artists-eyes

12 Reflects In Water winnipegarts.ca/wac/artwork/reflects-in-water

13 Souvenirs winnipegarts.ca/wac/artwork/souvenirs Robert Barrow Photo by by Photo 42 43 Multimedia & Performative

Photo by Robert Barrow 8 Project by Christine Fellows at Le Musée de Saint-Boniface Museum

Photo by Leif Norman 10 Project by Casimiro Nhussi with participants from the 44 African Community of Manitoba Inc. (ACOMI) 45 Still from Paula Kelly’s video Souvenirs 13 Project by Paula Kelly at the City of Winnipeg Archives

Photo by Chris Friesen 9 Project by Jim Agapito with Sunshine House

46 Winnipeg Arts Council 103–110 Princess Street Winnipeg, MB R3B 1K7 204 943 7668 www.winnipegarts.ca