Resilience Launch Events

First Friday Lecture: Resilience by Lee-Ann Martin

Mentoring Artists for Women's Art
611 Main Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Friday, June 1, 2018
12pm-1pm

Free, everyone is welcome! Curator Lee-Ann Martin will speak about her curatorial premise and research in putting together the remarkable, ground-breaking exhibition Resilience, produced by MAWA and presented nationally on billboards June-August, 2018.

Resilience: Launch Celebration and Billboard Bus

Mentoring Artists for Women's Art
611 Main Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Friday, June 1, 2018
6pm-9pm

Free, all are welcome!

Join us to celebrate contemporary Indigenous women’s art! This reception will feature speakers, including curator Lee-Ann Martin, images of all 50 artworks played on rotation, and a free, wheelchair accessible bus to visit some of the billboards. Remarks will take place at 6:30pm. We will be joined for the evening by special guests the Red Robe Women Drum Society Singers.

Indigenous Women's Gathering

Mentoring Artists for Women's Art
611 Main Street
Winnipeg, Manitoba

Saturday, June 2, 2018
1pm-3pm

Free! Indigenous women only.

A discussion about Indigenous women’s art by and for Indigenous women, on the occasion of the launch of Resilience, an exhibition of 50 artworks by 50 Indigenous women on billboards from coast to coast. Bring an artwork to share or come to see the work of others. All First Nations, Métis and Inuit women-identified people welcome!

Ottawa-based Indigenous curator Lee-Ann Martin will be present to share her experiences and offer feedback. The gathering will be opened with a prayer by Traditional Knowledge Keeper Ko’ona Saber. Light lunch will be served.