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Mentorship

Mini Mentorships

Mini Mentorships are three-week, three session programs in which a senior artist shares her experience with developing artists. Mini Mentorships may be organized around a theme, formal concern or specific medium.  They are designed as an intensive experience to help women in the visual arts develop skills and define their decision-making philosophies, and to provide access to the information, resources and support they need to advance their studio practice.

In a Mini Mentorship, the Mentor prepares information to share with the group related to the theme of the mentorship; this information might take the form of slide presentations, critical reading or demonstrations.  The sessions often take the form of a group critique of the participants work.

Mini-Mentorship in Photography with Lisa Stinner-Kun

Wednesdays, October 12, 19 and 26, 2011, 7- 9:30 pm at MAWA
$30 for MAWA members
Application deadline: Tuesday, October 4, 2011, at 4 pm

Lisa Stinner-Kun, Hatfield House (workers) (detail), Digital C-Print, 2008

Lisa Stinner-Kun will lead women photographers in a three-session, three-week mini-mentorship that will focus on photo-based practices. Lisa will present a range of images illustrating the breadth of the medium and will lead discussions about photo-based art issues. Each participant will be encouraged to bring in work to receive critical feedback. Expand your “frame” of reference, share your work with others and move your photo-based practice forward.

 Since graduating from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a MFA in Photography, Lisa Stinner-Kun has shown her photographic work in numerous exhibitions, locally, nationally and internationally. In her work, Stinner-Kun searches for photographic contradictions found within the built environment. Her work has been featured in art publications such as Border Crossings magazine and published in juried collections such as Carte Blanche and Flash Forward. Stinner-Kun teaches at the University of Manitoba.www.lisastinnerkun.com

To apply for the mini-mentorship, please email:

  • 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, October 4. Please submit by e-mail to: programs@mawa.ca. Put “Mini-Mentorship” in the subject heading. Places are limited.

 

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

Lisa Wood, Twin Reflection Self Portrait 3, oil on canvas, 4’ x 5’, 2009. Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, October 2010.
Photo by Brendon Ehinger

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, October 11. Please submit by e-mail to: programs@mawa.ca. Put “Mini-Mentorship” in the subject heading. Places are limited.