Independent curator, Milena Placentile, invites submissions from Winnipeg-based artists to participate in a community arts project taking place from September 3 – October 5 at aceartinc.

Showing Up, Speaking Out seeks to explore the extent to which artists can motivate and facilitate civic participation by connecting local, national, and international artists with local communities through the collaborative production of ephemeral artworks deployed in public spaces throughout Winnipeg.

One goal of this project is to enhance relationships between artists and diverse communities through the formation of a socially resonant context that will highlight the creative, critical work of artists while providing unique opportunities for community members to collaborate in manners well poised to increase confidence in recapturing the public sphere as a place for thoughtful idea exchange.

The presentation site for this project, aceartinc., will serve as a staging ground where people will collaborate to determine projects, plan the delivery of their interventions, and make props. The venue will simultaneously be a site for exhibiting ephemera related to each action (i.e. used props, photographs, digital video, messages to other participants). It will also be a destination for discussing the potential impact of each action and reflecting on what participants might have gained from their involvement.

Five Winnipeg film directors; Deco Dawson, Jeffrey Erbach, Danishka Esterhazy, Sean Garrity and Paula Kelly, have all rightly achieved their status as rising inter/national filmmakers. On Wednesday, June 23, 2010, the five esteemed visual artists are asking the public to join them for a discussion with local aspiring filmmakers on how to get in the "industry" →

The new generation of Vancouver photographers will be showcasing their collective work for the public this evening. The works of twenty-three Emily Carr photography graduates from the class of 2010 will come together for a group show touching every aspect of the explored medium. The esteemed institution is internationally recognized for its established multidisciplinary attitude towards the medium and for molding →

Look forward to regular updates on the activities of our clients and related emerging artists' shows in Western Canada in the weeks ahead.

Three years ago, Reid Art Agency began and while the name was slightly different, the idea was the same.