My Winnipeg IX - University of Manitoba

My Winnipeg IX - University of Manitoba, Linocut, 24"x36" image size, 30"x42" paper size, 2026

I am excited to finally be able to share the print I was commissioned to create for the University of Manitoba last winter for gifts for donors. The print depicts both the Fort Garry and the Bannatyne campus, connected to the City through a network of roads and neighbourhoods. I really enjoyed making this print, revisiting years of my connections with the University and the neighbourhoods I lived in while attending classes. On campus, I included the Art Barn along with the Robert Harrison arch, the Fitzgerald Building where I had most of my art classes, the new ArtLab where I taught in 2019, and a number of other buildings I had classes in (Tier Building Fletcher Argue, St. John's College, St. Paul's College, the Education Building, and of course a number of other buildings that form part of the campus).

Last week, the first print was unveiled publicly at the naming of the Cholakis School of Dental Hygiene. My print was presented to Dr. Ernest Cholakis who donated 2 million dollars to the School of Dental Hygiene. I am deeply honoured to see my work in this context.

For more information about the event feel free to visit this article in UMToday: https://umtoday.ca/stories/brighter-future-dental-hygiene

This print is not available for purchase.

Left to right: Michael Benarroch - President UofM, Dr. Ernest Cholakis, Peter Nickerson - Dean of the Rady Faculty of Health Sciences
Photo Credit: David Lipnowski

Mary Bertone, Director of the Cholakis School of Dental Hygiene
Photo Credit: David Lipnowski

Wab Kinew, Premier of Manitoba
Photo Credit: David Lipnowski

University of Manitoba - My Work as Gift

After a print leaves my studio, I often don't know where exactly it will end up. What an honour to find out that My Winnipeg VIII has been given as a thank you to Drs. Wayne and Eleanor Chiu.

University of Manitoba is proud to announce a transformative $5.4 million gift from Drs. Wayne [BSc(ME)/80, LLD/23] and Eleanor Chiu to establish the Chiu Centre for Business Serving Community, a visionary initiative housed in the Asper School of Business.

The Centre will empower students and future leaders to approach business with compassion, drive innovation with purpose, and create meaningful impact. Read more on UM Today: https://news.umanitoba.ca/business-that-cares/...

(Image copied from UManitoba Instagram).

ArtAlive in the Winnipeg Free Press

There is a great article in the Winnipeg Free Press from October 27 about ArtAlive, a new online art education resource created by MAWA (Mentoring Artists for Women's Art). Thank you for including me and my work in this resource! (More information about it in my previous post).

ArtAlive is live!

ArtAlive is live! MAWA (Mentoring Artists for Women's Art) has created a new art education resource for teachers about living, contemporary, Manitoba artists. I am excited and honoured to have been included in the artist selection among a number of amazing Manitoba artists, which means that there is a teaching resource about my work available now. Check out the new web resource here https://artalive.mawa.ca/teaching-guides/my-winnipeg-vi

The fun part is that the work can be used in different teaching areas besides art classes, like social studies, geography, history, and language arts.

 

MTYP Poster

My print as part of the MTYP poster design and social media ads. I think it turned out beautifully!

Print for the MTYP

I'm finally sharing my little print that was commissioned by the Manitoba Theatre for Young People for the promotion of the upcoming play 'Gather' and the inauguration of the new MTYP Richardson Studio Theatre. Opening Oct. 3.

I played a bit with the title 'Gather' and chose The Forks as the central image in my print. The Forks have been a gathering place for millennia and the MTYP is also located at The Forks. The circle also stands for bringing people together, or a kind of gathering circle, connected with bridges. In the play, there is a post office, a dr. office, a school, and a library, represented in my print by the historic post office on Provencher, St. Boniface hospital, a playground, and the Cornish library.

Printing plate for MTYP

This summer I worked on a little commission for the Manitoba Theatre for Young People for the promotion of the upcoming play 'Gather' opening on Oct. 3, and the inauguration of the new MTYP Richardson Studio Theatre. Here is a little preview of me inking up the plate of a small linocut.

My son helped me set up the camera for this video and he loves being a narrator for how stuff is made.