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Come down to Martha Street this Saturday. Carolyn Mount's exhibition Places in Between as well as Eric Wood's Palimpsest will be available for viewing, our print sales and Print Shop areas as well as the administrative office will be open for business.

Martha Street Studio will be closed to the public for the Easter long weekend including Monday, April 1st. Sorry for any inconvenience this may cause, but we hope you have a fabulous weekend!!!

BUT REMEMBER – WE WILL BE OPEN THE FIRST SATURDAY IN APRIL (THAT'S THE 6TH) FROM 12 – 5.

We still have room in one of our spring classes! 

We have one or two spots still open in:

Soft Ground Etching

Please see Education Page for course and registration details.

Making Our Mark is the exciting new mentorship program from Arts & Disability Network Manitoba in partnership with Martha Street Studio. This program will provide up to 6 local artists with disabilities the opportunity to explore the art of printmaking, digital art and professional art career practices. This initiative is the first of its kind in the Winnipeg arts community, supporting the full inclusion of artists with disabilities within the contemporary arts stream through discourse and skill development identified by the artists themselves. Selected participants will receive technical training, select visiting artists and curators for presentations, full studio access and group directed professional development seminars.

The newly-renovated Martha Street Studio is now a fully accessible and inviting creative space. A new accessible entryway, washrooms and centrally located wheelchair lift, has made Martha Street Studio a more accessible and welcoming space for this city’s immensely talented community of artists with disabilities.

Open to members of ADNM (membership is free for the first year), we are currently accepting program applications. If you are interested in participating, please write one paragraph about your art practice and how you feel you would benefit from Making Our Mark.

Please send applications to info@adnm.ca
Application deadline is March 15, 2013.

Participation is free to selected participants.

Participating artists will be selected by Martha Street Studio from the applications and follow up interviews/studio visits.

Takashi Iwasaki / Happyland Park

Edition of 15 silkscreen prints

Image size 18” x 14”/ 2013/ $600

Printed by Andrew Lodwick.

**Launch Friday March 1st, 5pm-8pm**

Martha Street Studio is pleased to present our latest edition Happyland Park by Takashi Iwasaki. The print puts a playful twitst on Winnipeg's landscape and history. Please join us this first friday, March 1st,  in launching this new edition.

Born in Hokkaido, Japan and having moved to Winnipeg in 2002 , Takashi Iwasaki has become a staple in the Winnipeg art community. In addition to founding the infamous Semai gallery he has became know for his colourful embroideries, paintings and wood sculptures.

Linocut and Stencil Printmaking
In conjunction with the WAG exhibition; Creation and Transformation: Defining Moments in Inuit Art, WAG Studio and Martha Street Studio present a special opportunity to view, discuss and create original prints. Two of the most popular forms of contemporary Inuit printmaking are the stonecut and the stencil. When they are combined in one print they can produce visual effects that are both subtle and highly sophisticated.  In this 2 day workshop you will create your own combination prints with the help of Martha Street Studio instructor, Peter Graham, who will guide you through the basics of linocut and stencil techniques. All supplies are included in your registration fee. A pass to visit the exhibition is included in the cost.

Instructor:
Peter Graham
Dates: February 9th & 16th from 12-3pm

Location: Martha Street Studio
11 Martha Street, Winnipeg
Cost:
$100. WAG Members
$110. Non-members

To sign up for this class contact WAG studio programs at 204-789-1766

http://wag.ca/learn/art-classes/classes-and-workshops/adult-programs/attend,course/293/729/w3a-lp-s1

Registration Deadline February 1st

Members' Exhibition and Sale
December 12th – December 22nd
Closing Party Friday December 21 from 5:00 – 8:00pm

Bring your friends!

Martha Street Studio's December exhibition showcases work from current Martha Street Studio members. Artists include:

Louis C  Bako
Ben  Bonner
Pauline  Braun
Janessa  Brunet
Craig  Cameron
Karen  Cornelius
Alice  Crawford
Amanda  Damsma
Jeanette  Dzama
Maurice  Dzama
William  Eakin
Danielle  Fenn
Elvira  Finnigan
Larry  Glawson
Peter  Graham
Dave  Grywinski
Richard  Holden
Val  Huffman
Ali  James
Lisa Jorgenson
Ray  Kehler
Bruce  Kirton
Val  Klassen
Nora  Kobrinsky
Megan  Kroeker
Erin  Laidlaw-Josephson
Deb  Langen
Tom  Lewicki
Craig   Love
Ted  McLachlan
Sean  McLachlan
Mariana  Munoz-Gomez
Richard  Palinuk
Jade  Payer
Tracy  Peters
Natasha  Peterson
Link  Phillips
Bev  Plett
Heather  Robinson
Miriam  Rudolph
Nicole  Shimonek
Alicia Smith
Suzie  Smith
Snivelart
Stephanie  Stetefeld
Lisa  Stinner
Gary  Styrchak
Robert  Taite
Inga  Torfadottir
Susan  Turner
Andrew  Valko
Robyn  Wall
Eric  Wood

Staff changes at Martha Street
Martha Street Studio would like to extend our thanks and best wishes to Andrea Roberts and Jaime Black.  Andrea worked at Martha Street as a studio technician and is now attending the MFA Sculpture Program at California College of the Arts in San Francisco. Jaime held the position of Community Program Coordinator and has taken a year’s leave. 

We are happy to welcome Peter Graham as our new studio technician and Sarah Crawley in the position of Community Program Coordinator. Peter is a talented printmaker specializing in etching and is also experienced in screen printing and lithography.  Since graduating from the U of M in 2011 he has been exploring non-toxic etching techniques, whose use he is keen to promote. Sarah is a photo-based artist with many years of experience working with arts organizations and other communities in Winnipeg in various capacities including arts administrator, technician, mentor and teacher.

New equipment
We are proud to announce that we now offer no-compromise high-end scanning with our new virtual drum glassless Imacon Flextight Precision II scanner. Make superior scans of negatives and transparencies (up to 4×5”) without the artifacts caused by the glass in flatbed scanners.

End of the World Member’s Exhibition
We will be accepting work from current Martha Street Studio members to include in an exhibition, taking place December 12th – December 22nd.
Work Drop Off:  Works will be accepted at the Studio from December 3 – 7.  Please bring one recent print-based work, ready to hang, that has not previously been exhibited at Martha Street. If the work is for sale please provide a price (artist receives 60%).
Celebration: We are hosting an exhibition reception on Friday December 21 from 5:00 – 8:00.  Bring your friends!

Youth Outreach Program Exhibition
We will be hosting an exhibition by the current members of the Youth Outreach Printmaking Program in our Project Space from December 19th – 22nd.  Come and see the exciting work that today’s young artists are making at a reception on Thursday December 20 from 4:30 – 7:30.

Extended Hours in December
The studio will be open on Saturdays during December (1st, 8th, 15th, 22nd), from 12:00 – 5:00.  Drop by and see what we have available in our Print Shop. 

Martha Street Studio and PLATFORM – Friends With Benefits!
We are pleased to announce a new membership arrangement that benefits the members of both Martha Street Studio and PLATFORM: Centre for Photographic and Digital Arts.  If you are a member in good standing at one of these organizations you can join the other organization for the student/senior price.  If you are a student/senior member in good standing at one of these organizations, when you purchase your student/senior membership at the second organization you will receive a five-dollar discount.