Schedule

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Watch for art events the week prior to the symposium:

• MONDAY, May 5 Pat Aylesworth launches “Home Sweet Home”
• TUESDAY, May 6 Cheyenne Henry launches “Trans Regalia Project”
• WEDNESDAY, May 7 Liz Garlicki launches “Untitled Community” at 11:00 am at the corner of Main St. and Jarvis Ave. (in front of 817 Main)

All artists works will be represented at the University of Winnipeg Gallery 1C03.

These artists will have work on site at the symposium:

Nicole Shimonek – “Bath Bomb”
Becky Thiessen – “Postcards from the Point”

• 4:00
  • Conference Registration at the University of Winnipeg Main Floor Rotunda, Wesley Hall
• 4:45
  • Walking tour, “The Vacated Spaces of Central Winnipeg Research Association” with Kristin Nelson and Suzie Smith
    Meet out front of the Duckworth Centre at 4:45 at the University of Winnipeg or meet at 5:00 at 440 Assiniboine Ave.
• 7:00 - 9:00
  
  • Opening comments and Reception at Convocation Hall, U of W
    
  • “Iconoclasts, Gatekeepers, Knitters and Drummers: Citing the Art, Siting the Politics” by Robin Pacific
    
  • “A Manifesto of Desire: For Art and Community” by Roewan Crowe
    

SUNRISE PLANTING “Waste Land Labyrinth” by Kathryn MacKenzie in collaboration with community gardener Audrey Logan. Planting at the Northwest corner of Main & Higgins.

• 8:00 - 9:00
  • Registration and coffee, Convocation Hall
• 9:00 - 9:30
  
  • Welcome, Introduction & Business, Convocation Hall
• 9:30 - 11:00
  • Session 1: Naming a Socially Engaged Practice
    With Robin Pacific, Jenny Western and Jennifer Delos Reyes
• 11:10 - 12:40
  
  • Session 2: Negotiating Power in Community
    With Leah Decter, Becky Thiessen, Cheyenne Henry, and Edith Regier
• 12:40 - 1:45
  
  • Lunch at Riddell Hall
• 1:45 - 3:15
  • Session 3: Art and Institutions
    With Pat Aylesworth, Liz Garlicki, Lorri Millan and Shawna Dempsey
• 4:00 - 4:30
  
  • Bus over to MAWA 611 Main Street
• 5:00
  
  • Launch Minerva Cuevas new work at MAWA, 611 Main Street
• 6:00 - 6:30
  • Bus back to University of Winnipeg
• 6:45 - 8:00
  
  • Riddell Hall for Dinner, University of Winnipeg
• 8:30
  
  • “Unruly” performance by Shawna Dempsey & Lorri Millan Convocation Hall, University of Winnipeg

• 9:00 - 9:30
  • Coffee, Convocation Hall
• 9:30 - 11:00
  • Session 4: Curating Community
    With Keegan McFadden, Cathy Mattes, Tricia Wasney, and Kerri-Lynn Reeves
• 11:10 - 12:40
  • Session 5: Materials and Processes of a Socially Engaged Practice
    With Minerva Cuevas, Joanne Bristol, Kristin Nelson & Suzie Smith, Kathryn MacKenzie
• 12:40 – 1:45
  • Lunch at Riddell Hall
• 1:45 – 3:15
  • “Summing it up, Mapping it Forward” by Robin Pacific
    “Creating Our Community Manifesto” by Roewan Crowe
  • Symposium Community Mingle
• 3:25 – 5:00
  
  • “Heart Map” by Kerri-Lynn Reeves

Art Building Community was presented by Mentoring Artists for Women's Art and the University of Winnipeg Institute for Women's and Gender Studies.

With support from: The University of Winnipeg Global College, Canadian International Development Agency, Manitoba Arts Council, The Winnipeg Foundation, Winnipeg Arts Council.