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Distinct Communities

Rural and Remote Communities

Many women artists who live in Manitoba’s many rural and remote communities support MAWA, and we at MAWA are committed to making our programming accessible for them.  In 2009, we launched a Rural and Remote Mentorship program, serving the needs of women artists in Central, Westman and Parkland regions of Manitoba. Four rural artists worked with Pauline Braun and Jazz DeMontigny for a six-month period in this pilot project from March 2009 to Sept. 2009. In 2010, we partnered with Manitoba Arts Network in developing a mentorship that sent Shirley Brown to the Neepawa and Gypsumville communities for lectures, studio visits, and ongoing crits over a six-month period. This year, MAWA is once again working with Manitoba Arts Network in the Eastman Region. We are also offering our first rural Mini Mentorship in Brandon.

Mini-Mentorship in Paint with Lisa Wood

Saturday, October 15 and Sunday, October 16, 10 am – 5 pm
at Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, Brandon

$30 for MAWA members
Applications due October 11th, 4pm 

Lisa Wood, Twin Reflections, installation shot from exhibition at Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, 2010

Lisa Wood will lead a two-day mini-mentorship for women which will focus on painting. The mini-mentorship will feature critical readings, slide presentations of other artists’ works, and group critique of participants’ paintings.

Each artist will have an opportunity to show their work and receive feedback, as well as participate in discussion about other artists’ work and art issues. This is an excellent opportunity to practice speaking about your work, to receive constructive criticism, to talk about issues specific to paint and to expand your community.

Lisa Wood is a Winnipeg-based artist who focuses on representational painting and drawing. She received her Master of Fine Arts degree in painting from Yale University in 2005.  Lisa has been the recipient of many awards and scholarships, and has exhibited locally, nationally and internationally, most recently at the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba in the fall of 2010. For the last three years she has taught painting and drawing at the University of Manitoba.  She is currently the Programming and Administrative Coordinator at MAWA.

To apply for the mini-mentorship, please submit:

  • a paragraph about your artistic practice (a description of what you make and the ideas that drive your work)
  • a line or two about why you want to participate in this program
  • 5 jpg images of your artwork

If you are not already a member, please submit a MAWA membership form and payment. In order to apply, you must be a MAWA member. Cost of the program is $30. Applications are due at MAWA by Tuesday, May 3. Please submit by e-mail to: programs@mawa.ca. Put “Mini-Mentorship” in the subject heading. Places are limited.

 

Rural Mentorships

Year-long MCC-MAWA Rural Mentorship Program

September 2011-September 2012

Teapot (detail), by Mentor Anne Fallis

Call for Submissions
Deadline to apply:  EXTENDED Friday, August 19th, 2011

The  Manitoba Craft Council is partnering with Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art to offer a year-long rural mentorship program for two emerging craft-based artists in the south western region of the province.  As part of MAWA’s Foundation Mentorship Program, two artists working in craft-based media and living in the Wesman area will be selected to work with mentor Anne Fallis.  The mentorship program is a venue for senior artists to share their experience with developing artists.  The program is designed to help women in the visual arts and craft develop skills and define their decision-making philosophies, and to provide access to the information, resources and support they need to realize their goals.

In addition to a one-on-one relationship with a mentor, the program provides a peer group for the mentees through group meetings.  Mentors meet with their mentees individually for 5 hours per month, and the entire group meets for 3 hours monthly for critiques, discussion, gallery visits and other activities.  Other mentors in the Foundation Mentorship Program are Amber Dawn Bear Robe, Melanie Rocan, Diana Thorneycroft and Diane Whitehouse.  Go to the Foundation Mentorship Program link to view their profiles.

Women artists working in any craft-based media and located in the Wesman region are welcome to apply.  Applicants are selected based on:

– the quality and potential of the work submitted,

– the emerging artist’s willingness to dedicate time to the program,

– the mentor’s ability to work with the emerging artist, because of

mutuality of practice or conceptual framework.

Successful applicants will be charged a $300 fee for the program.
There is no fee to apply, although you must be an MCC member.
Students are not eligible.

Application Guidelines please download the Rural Mentorship Application Check List or contact MCC’s Program Coordinator at 927.2787 or mcc@mts.net.

Eastman Region Rural Mentorship Program

September 2011 – January 2012

Deadline extended to August 31!
MAWA Partnership with Manitoba Arts Network

If you are an artist or an aspiring artist in the Southeastern region of Manitoba who is working in any media (photography, sculpture, found objects, painting, drawing, video, sound, printmaking) then this program is for you!

In this five-month program, professional Winnipeg artists Jazz de Montigny and Cam Forbes will mentor and share their experiences with a small group of rural artists.  Group and individual meetings will take place one weekend per month in the participant’s communities and in Winnipeg.

To apply for the Rural Art Mentorship Program, please submit:

•    A letter about your artistic background. This should describe what you make, the ideas that drive your work, and why you want to be in the project.
•    Up to 10 jpg images of your artwork on CD or by email or up to ten photographs or a maximum of 2 DVD videos

Applications are due at Manitoba Arts Network by August 31, 2011.
Please submit by e-mail to visualartsprogram@mbartsnet.ca and put “Mentorship” in the subject heading, or by snail mail to 203-100 Arthur St., Winnipeg MB R3B 1H3.
Places are limited.

There is no fee to apply. Successful applicants will be charged a $100 fee for the program. Any travel required will be at the participant’s own expense. Students are not eligible.

For more information please contact our Visual Arts Program Assistant, Alexis Kinloch, at 204.943.0036, Toll Free at 1.866.919.2787 or by email at visualartsprogram@mbartsnet.ca. Visit www.manitobaartsnetwork.ca.