Prairie Scene

The largest gathering of Manitoba and Saskatchewan artists ever presented outside the Prairies!

April 26 to May 8, 2011

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Visual and Media Arts at the Scene are broad in scope and theme.

Featuring the work of 27 artists from 13 communities across Saskatchewan, Dunlop Art Gallery’s Mind the Gap! is a meticulously-curated, visual, cerebral and geographic map of the emerging arts landscape in Saskatchewan that includes the work of Wally Dion, Marc Courtemanche, and Amalie Atkins.

Winnipeg Art Gallery and the National Gallery of Canada present On the Edge of Experience, a significant selection of large-scale signature paintings by acclaimed artist Wanda Koop.

Noam Gonick at the Plug In Institute for Contemporary Art curates Winter Kept us Warm, presenting the work of multiple generations of Winnipeg-based and influenced artists from the 1960s to the present, including Marcel Dzama, Karel Funk, and Diana Thorneycroft.

The Saskatchewan Craft Council brings together the work of 33 established and emerging fine crafts artists from across the province in a dynamic survey of the artform entitled Playing with Dimensions. Paul Lapointe, Michael Hosaluk, and Zane Wilcox are among the artists showcased in the collection.

Gallery 101 hosts Pimâskweyâw, an installation of work by contemporary Aboriginal women artists from Saskatchewan and Manitoba.

... and more.

A Prairie Snapshot

April 26 - May 8