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