- Friday, December 11, 2015
- 8:00pm – 9:30pm
- MAWA, 611 Main Street
In the late 1990s Lois Klassen founded the Renegade Library, a major international mail art project centred in Southwestern Manitoba. Challenging artists to collaboratively use the postal systems to produce and circulate books, zines, book objects, artist books, and other multiples, the project involved over 700 artists who produced 500+ pieces. In 2015, the Renegade Library is traveling again, as Klassen has curated the collection into a series of boxes that will be donated to public collections worldwide.
CELEBRATION
Thursday, December 10, 7pm at Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba (Brandon)
Join us to recall and celebrate the Renegade Library at Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba, where it was first exhibited in 1998. Two Renegade Library boxes, one in the collection of Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba (Brandon) and one in the collection of Also As Well Too (Winnipeg), will be available to view and handle.
CONVERSATION
Friday, December 11, 8pm at Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art (Winnipeg)
Lois Klassen, founder of the Renegade Library and Alexis Kinloch, founder of Also As Well Too, will discuss artist book production and distribution, and compare current artist book activities with projects from the 1990s. Moderated by Natalia Lebedinskaia, curator of contemporary art at the Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba.
Free! All are welcome!