symposia

Sculptural Vocabularies Symposium
Thursday, January 20 – Saturday, January 22, 2011
Winnipeg Art Gallery, 100 Memorial Blvd.
Symposium registration: early-bird special!
MAWA and WAG members $100 before December 17, 2010;
MAWA and WAG members $125 after December17, 2010

Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art and the Winnipeg Art Gallery (WAG) have partnered to present the first women and sculpture symposium in Canada. This forum, entitled Sculptural Vocabularies: Examining the Sculptural Practices of Contemporary Women Artists, is scheduled for January 20-22, 2011, to coincide with a major WAG exhibition by Winnipeg sculptor Eva Stubbs. The medium of sculpture, particularly public art, continues to be male dominated. This national symposium will be an exciting opportunity to bring together female sculptural practitioners from across Canada to network, to discuss sculptural issues (such as site, materiality, scale, representation, abstraction, historical antecedents and current movements), and to share professional experiences and strategies. What does it take to be a sculptor in today’s art world? How are women working (and flourishing) in the expanded field of sculptural media?

This symposium will provide a rare and valuable opportunity for all artists in the community to broaden their knowledge and understanding of three-dimensional practices, and engage in discussions with senior artists from across Canada, as well as Yolanda Paulsen from Mexico City (whose keynote is presented by MAWA). Do not miss this opportunity to participate in the first Canadian conference to explore issues pertaining to women and 3-D work.

Conference Schedule:

Thursday, January 20 • Keynote speaker Catherine Widgery

Friday, January 21 • Panelists Shary Boyle, Aganetha Dyck, Andrew Kear, Jennifer Stillwell, Mary Reid, Elizabeth Roy, Eva Stubbs, Tricia Wasney and Darlene Coward Wight

Saturday, January 22 • Keynote speaker Yolanda Paulsen (presented by MAWA) and panelists Faye Heavyshield, Mary Anne Barkhouse, Nadia Myre and Candice Hopkins

The symposium will take place at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. For more information check out: http://wag.ca/visit/events/list/category/specialevents/236

Yolanda Paulsen