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Call for Submissions: MAWA Greeting Cards

If you would like your art to be considered for a MAWA greeting card submit your image to programs@mawa.ca with the word “card” in the subject heading, deadline July 27, 2018.

Posted May 17, 2018

Donation to MAWA’s Resource Library from the estate of Helen Lyons

In January MAWA received a special donation of sixty books on women artists and feminism from the estate of Helen Lyons that will be added to MAWA's Resource Library.

Posted February 28, 2018

Holiday Closure

MAWA will be closed from Saturday, December 23 through Tuesday, January 2.

Posted December 6, 2017

Artist Residency at ArtCenter/South Florida, Miami

MAWA is currently accepting applications for the ArtCenter/South Florida residency exchange program. The deadline for application is Friday, October 13, 2017 for residencies in 2018. Woman-identified MAWA members at all stages of their careers are encouraged to apply. Equal consideration will be given to emerging and established artists.

Posted August 4, 2017

Holiday Party!

Holiday Party - Friday, December 1, 2017, 1-2pm at MAWA, 611 Main Street.  Immediately following the December First Friday Lecture.

Posted August 4, 2017

Annual General Meeting - Oct. 11, 2017

MAWA's Annual General Meeting will take place Wednesday, October 11 at MAWA, 611 Main Street.  Everyone is welcome to attend and MAWA members have voting rights.

Posted August 4, 2017

Desire Change: Contemporary Feminist Art in Canada

Desire Change: Contemporary Feminist Art in Canada. Edited by Heather Davis.

McGill Queens University Press & Mentoring Artists for Women's Art (MAWA)
Hardcover, 328 Pages, 8 x 10, 94 colour photos, ISBN 9780773549371, June 2017

Posted June 16, 2017

Resilience

MAWA has recently obtained funding to exhibit the artworks of 50 contemporary Indigenous women in a cross-country billboard project entitled Resilience, curated by Lee-Ann Martin. In inner cities and on highways—sites from which too many women have disappeared—the presence of Indigenous women will be visible and celebrated through art. MAWA is working closely with our partner Pattison Outdoor Advertising to make it possible.

Posted May 25, 2017

MAWA welcomes Adriana Alarcón

MAWA is pleased to announce that Adriana Alarcón is joining our staff as Program and Outreach Coordinator.

Posted May 24, 2017

Call for Volunteer Ambassadors

3 Winnipeg Ambassadors needed for MAWA Artists in Residence, Summer 2017

Posted April 12, 2017