MAWA
@mawawpg.bsky.social
Mentoring Artists for Women's Art (MAWA) encourages and supports the intellectual and creative development of visual artists from feminist perspectives.
329 Cumberland Ave., Suite 203, Winnipeg
329 Cumberland Ave., Suite 203, Winnipeg
From Monday’s Winnipeg Free Press 📰 The article by Jen Zoratti is about MAWA’s new online art education resource, Art Alive!
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Art-education website a new resource for Manitoba teachers
When Dawn Knight began her career as an art educator 25 years ago, she realized that there were really no resources available for teachers related to contemporary artists.
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October 29, 2025 at 3:59 PM
From Monday’s Winnipeg Free Press 📰 The article by Jen Zoratti is about MAWA’s new online art education resource, Art Alive!
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
If you haven't already, take a moment to read this lovely article about Aganetha Dyck's life and work. She made an incredible impact over her career.
A celebration of Aganetha's life is taking place tonight from 6 - 9pm at Plug In ICA at 460 Portage Ave.
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A celebration of Aganetha's life is taking place tonight from 6 - 9pm at Plug In ICA at 460 Portage Ave.
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Winnipeg artist Aganetha Dyck's collaborations with the hive mind proved sweet
Winnipeg artist Aganetha Dyck, who saw art in the everyday, the domestic, the small, has died. She was 87.
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August 7, 2025 at 3:38 PM
If you haven't already, take a moment to read this lovely article about Aganetha Dyck's life and work. She made an incredible impact over her career.
A celebration of Aganetha's life is taking place tonight from 6 - 9pm at Plug In ICA at 460 Portage Ave.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
A celebration of Aganetha's life is taking place tonight from 6 - 9pm at Plug In ICA at 460 Portage Ave.
www.winnipegfreepress.com/arts-and-lif...
July is Legacy Fund month at MAWA! That means all donations made this month on our website, mawa.ca/donate, will be allocated to the fund. Held at the Winnipeg Foundation, the goal of this endowment fund is to pay for the Foundation Mentorship Program (FMP) FOREVER!
July 2, 2025 at 4:24 PM
July is Legacy Fund month at MAWA! That means all donations made this month on our website, mawa.ca/donate, will be allocated to the fund. Held at the Winnipeg Foundation, the goal of this endowment fund is to pay for the Foundation Mentorship Program (FMP) FOREVER!
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Jenny Saville was influenced by feminist theory, but she wouldn’t call her work feminist. “I liked painting a nude body, which was very frowned on in feminist studies—‘Where’s the gaze?,’ ” she said. “That conflict is what made that painting work.”
Jenny Saville, the Body Artist
The British painter has dedicated her career to depicting human flesh, especially that of women, with deep empathy.
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June 20, 2025 at 4:07 PM
Jenny Saville was influenced by feminist theory, but she wouldn’t call her work feminist. “I liked painting a nude body, which was very frowned on in feminist studies—‘Where’s the gaze?,’ ” she said. “That conflict is what made that painting work.”
A write up and video about Unwinding Complexity by Iranian-Canadian artist Maryam Bagheri. "The exhibit’s main feature are woven pieces hanging from the ceiling and are accompanied by paintings and video installations created by Bagheri during her degree."
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classic107.com/articles/unw...
'Unwinding Complexity' with MFA thesis exhibits at the University of Manitoba
A dazzling array of materials and mediums greets visitors to the University of Manitoba’s School of Art Gallery these days in a confluence of new exhibits of theses from six new Masters of Fine Arts g...
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June 20, 2025 at 4:42 PM
A write up and video about Unwinding Complexity by Iranian-Canadian artist Maryam Bagheri. "The exhibit’s main feature are woven pieces hanging from the ceiling and are accompanied by paintings and video installations created by Bagheri during her degree."
classic107.com/articles/unw...
classic107.com/articles/unw...
Check out this video about Anna Binta Diallo's exhibition, Heliophile, on display now at Buhler Gallery at St. Boniface Hospital!
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Art with vibrant colour and light at Buhler Gallery
Artist Anna Binta Diallo discusses the premise of her work in latest exhibition
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June 20, 2025 at 4:09 PM
Check out this video about Anna Binta Diallo's exhibition, Heliophile, on display now at Buhler Gallery at St. Boniface Hospital!
www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/vid...
www.ctvnews.ca/winnipeg/vid...
Dr. Sari Hannila and MAWA Co-Executive Director, Dana Kletke were on CBC on Monday talking about our upcoming workshop: Bodies, Bones and Brains: Drawing at the Anatomy Lab. Take a listen!
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The workshop is Sat. June 14, visit mawa.ca for details.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
The workshop is Sat. June 14, visit mawa.ca for details.
June 11, 2025 at 3:18 PM
Dr. Sari Hannila and MAWA Co-Executive Director, Dana Kletke were on CBC on Monday talking about our upcoming workshop: Bodies, Bones and Brains: Drawing at the Anatomy Lab. Take a listen!
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
The workshop is Sat. June 14, visit mawa.ca for details.
www.cbc.ca/listen/live-...
The workshop is Sat. June 14, visit mawa.ca for details.
"Lijn’s key move has been to recode the concepts of energy and mechanical movement themselves as female or complexly gendered."
www.artforum.com/features/lil...
www.artforum.com/features/lil...
Body Electric
Marina Isgro revisits the work of feminist kinetic art pioneer Liliane Lijn on the occasion of her retrospective at mumok Vienna and Tate St. Ives.
www.artforum.com
June 6, 2025 at 4:55 PM
"Lijn’s key move has been to recode the concepts of energy and mechanical movement themselves as female or complexly gendered."
www.artforum.com/features/lil...
www.artforum.com/features/lil...
“She was trying to disrupt societal conventions, including gender normativity,” Smith says. “She was really pioneering and she wasn’t afraid of art being sexy or funny, either.”
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www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Nude latex suits, wearable beds and farting swamps: the transgressive art of Helen Chadwick
A rare retrospective of the late British artist reveals her lifelong dedication to disrupting the boundaries of gender, sex and death via bawdy, provocative sculptures and collages
www.theguardian.com
May 16, 2025 at 4:18 PM
“She was trying to disrupt societal conventions, including gender normativity,” Smith says. “She was really pioneering and she wasn’t afraid of art being sexy or funny, either.”
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Only one week left to apply for a One-on-One Mentorship!
Deadline: Wednesday, April 16 by noon.
For women and gender diverse MAWA members who live in Manitoba
Cost to successful applicants: $75
A One-on-One Mentorship offers focussed attention from a mentor of your choice.
mawa.ca/mentorship/o...
Deadline: Wednesday, April 16 by noon.
For women and gender diverse MAWA members who live in Manitoba
Cost to successful applicants: $75
A One-on-One Mentorship offers focussed attention from a mentor of your choice.
mawa.ca/mentorship/o...
April 9, 2025 at 7:29 PM
Only one week left to apply for a One-on-One Mentorship!
Deadline: Wednesday, April 16 by noon.
For women and gender diverse MAWA members who live in Manitoba
Cost to successful applicants: $75
A One-on-One Mentorship offers focussed attention from a mentor of your choice.
mawa.ca/mentorship/o...
Deadline: Wednesday, April 16 by noon.
For women and gender diverse MAWA members who live in Manitoba
Cost to successful applicants: $75
A One-on-One Mentorship offers focussed attention from a mentor of your choice.
mawa.ca/mentorship/o...
MAWA's year-long Foundation Mentorship Program is accepting applictions until April 30!
The program is for women and gender diverse visual artists based in or near Winnipeg.
With mentors: Helga Jakobson, Jaimie Isaac, Katherine Boyer and Megan Krause.
mawa.ca/mentorship/f...
The program is for women and gender diverse visual artists based in or near Winnipeg.
With mentors: Helga Jakobson, Jaimie Isaac, Katherine Boyer and Megan Krause.
mawa.ca/mentorship/f...
April 4, 2025 at 4:45 PM
MAWA's year-long Foundation Mentorship Program is accepting applictions until April 30!
The program is for women and gender diverse visual artists based in or near Winnipeg.
With mentors: Helga Jakobson, Jaimie Isaac, Katherine Boyer and Megan Krause.
mawa.ca/mentorship/f...
The program is for women and gender diverse visual artists based in or near Winnipeg.
With mentors: Helga Jakobson, Jaimie Isaac, Katherine Boyer and Megan Krause.
mawa.ca/mentorship/f...
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⚠️ Il ne vous reste plus que 5 jours pour nous envoyer vos soumissions pour VFP !
Only 5 days left to submit your videos for VFP! ⏳
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Only 5 days left to submit your videos for VFP! ⏳
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April 2, 2025 at 6:04 PM
⚠️ Il ne vous reste plus que 5 jours pour nous envoyer vos soumissions pour VFP !
Only 5 days left to submit your videos for VFP! ⏳
Formulaire | Form ➡️ forms.gle/X6Sami52U22d...
Only 5 days left to submit your videos for VFP! ⏳
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It's almost time for MAWA's biggest fundraiser of the year, the Over the Top Art Auction + Cupcake Party! We'd love to see you next weekend. mawa.ca/over-the-top
April 3, 2025 at 3:26 PM
It's almost time for MAWA's biggest fundraiser of the year, the Over the Top Art Auction + Cupcake Party! We'd love to see you next weekend. mawa.ca/over-the-top
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I created a new piece this morning, and Donated to @mawawpg.bsky.social Annual Art Auction “Over the top”.
Focused | ink on paper | 2025
Focused | ink on paper | 2025
April 3, 2025 at 5:33 AM
I created a new piece this morning, and Donated to @mawawpg.bsky.social Annual Art Auction “Over the top”.
Focused | ink on paper | 2025
Focused | ink on paper | 2025
Read the latest piece of critical writing from MAWA's quarterly newsletter, Ancestral Grounds: The Violent Synchronicity of Belonging by Shaneela Boodoo 📖
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Ancestral Grounds: The Violent Synchronicity of Belonging
<p><em>Ancestral Grounds: The Violent Synchronicity of Belonging </em>by Shaneela Boodoo. Critical Writing in MAWA's Spring 2025 Newsletter.</p>
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March 20, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Read the latest piece of critical writing from MAWA's quarterly newsletter, Ancestral Grounds: The Violent Synchronicity of Belonging by Shaneela Boodoo 📖
mawa.ca/newsletters/...
mawa.ca/newsletters/...
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Thanks @jenzoratti.bsky.social of @winnipegfreepress.com for her excellent article on Heidi McKenzie’s “Reclaimed: Indo-Caribbean HerStories” exhibit!
Join us for a reception TODAY from 4:00 - 6:00 pm @uwinnipeg.bsky.social. Heidi will be here and is looking forward to meeting you!
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Join us for a reception TODAY from 4:00 - 6:00 pm @uwinnipeg.bsky.social. Heidi will be here and is looking forward to meeting you!
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Photo of great-great-grandmother moved ceramicist to explore her Indo-Caribbean heritage
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February 27, 2025 at 4:14 PM
Thanks @jenzoratti.bsky.social of @winnipegfreepress.com for her excellent article on Heidi McKenzie’s “Reclaimed: Indo-Caribbean HerStories” exhibit!
Join us for a reception TODAY from 4:00 - 6:00 pm @uwinnipeg.bsky.social. Heidi will be here and is looking forward to meeting you!
bit.ly/4kkY8z4
Join us for a reception TODAY from 4:00 - 6:00 pm @uwinnipeg.bsky.social. Heidi will be here and is looking forward to meeting you!
bit.ly/4kkY8z4
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Planning a multi-media artwork but want some feedback? Interested in what it's like to be a curator? Have ideas about combining art and advocacy? Meet with Just Waters Artist-in-Residence Jaimie Isaac on March 19 from 11 am to 2:30 pm in 342 Education! chrr.info/events/
February 26, 2025 at 9:21 PM
Planning a multi-media artwork but want some feedback? Interested in what it's like to be a curator? Have ideas about combining art and advocacy? Meet with Just Waters Artist-in-Residence Jaimie Isaac on March 19 from 11 am to 2:30 pm in 342 Education! chrr.info/events/
Check out this article about Seamless Transitions, the 2023-2024 Foundation Mentorship Program mentee group show! The show closes Feb 28 with a closing party 6 - 8pm.
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The ties that bond
Fate came knocking when Tree Tree Tes discovered the deadline announcement for the Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA) 2023-24 mentorship program on Instragram at the last minute.
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February 21, 2025 at 5:25 PM
Check out this article about Seamless Transitions, the 2023-2024 Foundation Mentorship Program mentee group show! The show closes Feb 28 with a closing party 6 - 8pm.
uniter.ca/view/the-tie...
uniter.ca/view/the-tie...
Our latest newsletter is out! Discover everything we have planned for spring 🌷
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mawa.ca/newsletters
February 20, 2025 at 5:04 PM
Our latest newsletter is out! Discover everything we have planned for spring 🌷
mawa.ca/newsletters
mawa.ca/newsletters
"The fierce individualism of these artists, these women who were so relentlessly themselves, is a tonic. It’s no wonder they are capturing public attention like never before"
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www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
Dismissed, excluded and now adored: how the female surrealists finally had their revenge
Written off as ‘muses’ and denied entry to the movement, they still produced extraordinary work that is only now being appreciated. We enter a gender-breaking world of occult worship – and cats
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February 12, 2025 at 4:15 PM
"The fierce individualism of these artists, these women who were so relentlessly themselves, is a tonic. It’s no wonder they are capturing public attention like never before"
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
www.theguardian.com/artanddesign...
We're open until 8 tonight for First Fridays Winnipeg!
Come see Seamless Transitions, the group show by the 2023/24 Foundation Mentorship Program mentees ,Daisy Wu, Heather Murray, Ingrid McMillan, Karen Fletcher, Kelsey Smith, Madelyn Gowler, TreeTreeTes & Tess Ray Houston.
mawa.ca/events/seaml...
Come see Seamless Transitions, the group show by the 2023/24 Foundation Mentorship Program mentees ,Daisy Wu, Heather Murray, Ingrid McMillan, Karen Fletcher, Kelsey Smith, Madelyn Gowler, TreeTreeTes & Tess Ray Houston.
mawa.ca/events/seaml...
Seamless Transistions
<p>Seamless Transitions is the 2023-2024 MAWA mentee group show featuring new work by Daisy Wu, Heather Murray, Ingrid McMillan, Karen Fletcher, Kelsey Smith, Madelyn Gowler, TreeTreeTes and Tes...
mawa.ca
February 7, 2025 at 4:43 PM
We're open until 8 tonight for First Fridays Winnipeg!
Come see Seamless Transitions, the group show by the 2023/24 Foundation Mentorship Program mentees ,Daisy Wu, Heather Murray, Ingrid McMillan, Karen Fletcher, Kelsey Smith, Madelyn Gowler, TreeTreeTes & Tess Ray Houston.
mawa.ca/events/seaml...
Come see Seamless Transitions, the group show by the 2023/24 Foundation Mentorship Program mentees ,Daisy Wu, Heather Murray, Ingrid McMillan, Karen Fletcher, Kelsey Smith, Madelyn Gowler, TreeTreeTes & Tess Ray Houston.
mawa.ca/events/seaml...
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Le GIV est à la recherche des œuvres récentes (2023-2025)
★ DATE LIMITE : Mardi le 7 avril 2025
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GIV is accepting submissions of recent videos (2023-2025)
★ DEADLINE: Monday, April 7th, 2025
To submit a video: forms.gle/X6Sami52U22d...
★ DATE LIMITE : Mardi le 7 avril 2025
Pour soumettre une vidéo : forms.gle/X6Sami52U22d...
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GIV is accepting submissions of recent videos (2023-2025)
★ DEADLINE: Monday, April 7th, 2025
To submit a video: forms.gle/X6Sami52U22d...
February 4, 2025 at 7:02 PM
Le GIV est à la recherche des œuvres récentes (2023-2025)
★ DATE LIMITE : Mardi le 7 avril 2025
Pour soumettre une vidéo : forms.gle/X6Sami52U22d...
__________
GIV is accepting submissions of recent videos (2023-2025)
★ DEADLINE: Monday, April 7th, 2025
To submit a video: forms.gle/X6Sami52U22d...
★ DATE LIMITE : Mardi le 7 avril 2025
Pour soumettre une vidéo : forms.gle/X6Sami52U22d...
__________
GIV is accepting submissions of recent videos (2023-2025)
★ DEADLINE: Monday, April 7th, 2025
To submit a video: forms.gle/X6Sami52U22d...
Lita Fontaine was on Q recently to speak about her exhibition, Winyan, on now at WAG-Qaumajuq!
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www.cbc.ca/arts/q/lita-...
Lita Fontaine on Winyan, her new exhibit celebrating Indigenous women and their resilience | CBC Arts
The Winnipeg-based artist joins Q's Tom Power to talk about her exhibit at WAG-Qaumajuq, which celebrates the role and influence of Indigenous women in their families, communities and cultures.
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January 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
Lita Fontaine was on Q recently to speak about her exhibition, Winyan, on now at WAG-Qaumajuq!
www.cbc.ca/arts/q/lita-...
www.cbc.ca/arts/q/lita-...