Manitoba Arts Network

MANITOBA ARTS NETWORK

SPECIAL EVENTS

Congratulations to all the artists on the great opening of the 8th annual Rural and Northern Art Show at The Bay Downtown, hosted by MAN. The People's Choice Award went to Linda Hanneson from Portage la Prairie for her "Ribbons of Gold" (watercolor).

Tim Schouten presenting Linda Haneson with Hudson's Bay towels. Generously donated by the Hudson's Bay Company.

2010 Rural & Northern Art Show

The Manitoba Arts Network is pleased to once again partner with The Bay Downtown for the 8th Annual Rural and Northern Art Show. The exhibition serves to represent the skills and diversity of work created by over 100 visual artists living and working in rural and northern Manitoba.

Comprising works selected from six regional juried art exhibitions held throughout the province, the exhibition will be showcased in the 6th floor gallery of The Bay Downtown. The exhibition is on display July 3-25. Please join us at the opening reception, Friday July 2, between 4-6 pm.

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2009 Special Events

2009 Rural & Northern Art Show was held at The Bay Downtown - 6th Floor

from July 4 - 26, 2009 with an Opening Reception on July 3, 2009 4 - 6pm.

The Art Show was a great success.

The Peoples Choice Award went to Teresa Burrows from Thompson.

Winnipeg Free Press article PDF

See photographs of the Art Show on Manitoba Arts Network's Facebook page.

Following are links to images of the 2008 exhibition:

EXHIBITION SLIDE SHOW (PDF 708kb)

OPENING RECEPTION SLIDE SHOW (PDF 722kb)

With thanks to the Sponsors of the 2009 Rural & Northern Art Show:

Awards presentation for the 2010 Best Arts & Culture Reporting

The MCNA 2010 Awards night is April 29th. The winners will be posted shortly thereafter.

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Manitoba Arts Network sponsors the annual 'Best Arts & Culture Story Award' at the annual ceremonies of the Manitoba Community Newspapers Association to recognize excellence in their sector. The 2009 Awards MCNA Banquet was held on April 25, 2009 and our Board Executive, Dana Kletke, presented the awards to the following three finalists:

1st prize: Darrell Greer, (Northern News Service) KIVALLIQ NEWS, for his article 'Honoured by his peers' , featuring Michael Kusugak of Rankin Inlet.. 'Honoured by his peers' PDF

2nd prize: Jim Mosher, The Interlake Spectator, for 'Nuna (now) transliterates arts' , featuring the Icelandic cultural and arts celebration which takes place in Gimli and Winnipeg. 'Nuna transliterates arts' PDF

3rd prize: Cate Watrous, South Mountain Press, for 'Festival celebrates culture and learning' - featuring the The Sonics and Sojourns Festival of Learning and Music which takes places in the Riding Mountain National Park. 'Festival celebrates culture and learning' PDF