Martha Street Studio

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  • Wanda Koop 2016 Govenor General’s Award

    The increasingly fuzzy understanding of reality caused by our integration with technology and the mediation of both image and our bodies has forever troubled and fascinated Wanda Koop. Her ability to beautifully represent those two worlds through the juxtaposition of classic landscape and contemporary graphic symbols has created a visual language entirely her own – one that has resonated with viewers nationally and internationally.

    Koop has been a relentless advocate for art and community, particularly involving youth; a major philanthropic force, donating countless hours of her time, her expertise and her work for causes she believes in; and an unofficial ambassador for Canadian art.

    – Ken Borton, Architect

  • New Studio Edition: Floating by Sheila Butler

    Martha Street Studio is pleased to present a new studio edition by renowned artist Sheila Butler. Working with technician Peter Graham, Butler created this edition during a month long residency at the studio.
    Title: Floating
    Medium: Intaglio
    Edition Size: 15
    Image Size: 11.75 x 17.75 inches
    Paper Size: 14.75 x 22 inches
    Price: $800
    Bio: Sheila Butler is a multi-media artist primarily known as a painter. She now lives in Toronto. After teaching at the University of Manitoba and the University of Winnipeg for sixteen years, Butler moved to London, Ontario where she was a professor of Fine Art at the University of Western Ontario for another fifteen years. She has had numerous national and international exhibitions of her work. Butler has a long history of collaborative exhibitions as well. Her work is included in collections such as the National Gallery of Canada, the Art Gallery of Hamilton, The University of Toronto and the Winnipeg Art Gallery, among others.


  • New Studio Edition: Someone by Paul Butler

    Someone by Paul Butler

    Edition of 15 archival inkjet prints on Hahnemühle rag paper, with hand-torn edge.

    Image Size: 18.75 x 17.5 in (47.63 x 44.45 cm)
    Price: $500

    Bio: Paul Butler (b. 1973, Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada)
    Considered multi-disciplinary, Butler’s practice is focused around community, collaboration and artist-run activity. Butler’s projects include: The Collage Party – touring studio made open to the public; Directing The Other Gallery – a nomadic commercial gallery; leading Reverse Pedagogy - an experimental residency at the Banff Centre for the Arts; and serving as the inaugural artist-in-residence at The Art Gallery of Ontario. He has exhibited at the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto; White Columns, New York City; Creative Growth Art Centre, Oakland; La Maison Rouge, Paris.  He has contributed writings to the book Decentre: Concerning Artist-run Culture and to Border Crossings and Canadian Art.

  • Members Show Opening + Holiday Carnival- December 11th

    This exhibition will feature a large variety of prints by Martha Street Studio Members.

    The Holiday Carnival is not to be missed! Come one down and make your own postcard with the LetterPeddlerPress! Place a bid on the Dueling Directors Art Auction! Get your photo taken at the Fantastical Photo Booth E-Card Extravaganza! This fundraising event will also include a door prize (Up and Down folio by Sylvia Matas), music by DJ's MonkeySparrow, food and more, more more!

    * Note: In addition to being open Monday-Friday 10am-5pm, we will be open on Saturdays December 5th, 12th + 19th from noon-5pm.

  • Call for Submissions: Members Show

    All Martha Street Studio members are invited to submit one artwork to our annual Members Show. All works must be dropped off during regular office hours. The work must be no larger than 2’ x 3’. If the work is framed it must have a wire across the back. If the work comes unframed we will hang it with magnets. All work submitted will be shown.
     
    The Opening for this year's show will be a fundraiser for the studio. We are planning a number of fun fundraising activities to take place during the exhibition.

    Drop off Window: November 30th – December 4th

    Pick up window: December 23rd or during the first week of January.

    Exhibition dates: December 11th- 22nd, 2015

  • Artist Talk: Denis Lessard

    When: September 26th. 3pm
    Lessard will present an introduction to his practice and how various projects have lead into the new folio he is creating during his two-week residency at Martha Street Studio.
    Denis Lessard lives and works in Montreal. Since 1982, he has presented his performances and visual works in Canada, the United States, France and the Netherlands. He has an art history master’s degree from Université de Montréal (1985). He has also worked as an art critic, translator, guest curator and art history lecturer.  Through his interdisciplinary practice, he has adressed issues about collecting, male identity, spirituality and the relationship between literature, music and the visual arts.  He has participated in a number of residencies since 1987 developing themes of memory, history and communities in relation to the cities and places he explores.
    Denis Lessard vit et travaille a Montréal. Depuis 1982, il présente ses performances et ses créations visuelles au Canada, aux États-Unis, en France et aux Pays-Bas. Il détient une maîtrise en histoire de l’art (1985) et un certificat en archivistique (2010) de l’Université de Montréal. Il œuvre également comme critique d’art, traducteur, commissaire invité et enseignant en histoire de l’art. Sa pratique interdisciplinaire a abordé notamment les questions de la collection, de l’identité masculine, de la spiritualité et des rapports entre littérature, musique et arts visuels. Depuis 1987, il a réalisé plusieurs résidences au Canada et aux Pays-Bas, ou il crée des projets reliés à la mémoire, a l’histoire et a la communauté des villes et des lieux qu’il explore.








  • New Studio Edition!

    Winnipeg (solar chimney) by Lisa Stinner-Kun
    Edition of 15 archival inkjet prints on Epson Premium Semimatte photo paper
    Image size: 25 x 20 in (63.5 x 50.8cm)
    paper size: 29 x 24 in (73.66 x 60.96cm)
    $1000
    Since graduating from the School of the Art Institute of Chicago with a MFA in Photography, Lisa Stinner-Kun has shown her photographic work in numerous exhibitions, locally, nationally and internationally. In her work, Stinner-Kun searches for photographic contradictions found within the built environment. Her work has been featured in art publications such as Border Crossings magazine and published in juried collections such as Carte Blanche and Flash Forward.


  • Martha Street Studio Annual Call for Submissions: Main Gallery

    Martha Street Studio Call for Submissions: Main Gallery
    Deadline for Submissions: September 1st, 2015
    Martha Street Studio exhibits a wide range of print-based work from traditional to contemporary, including work that pushes the limits of what is considered printmaking. CARFAC fees are paid for selected exhibitions.
    If you wish to submit an application to exhibit your work, or are a curator with a proposal for a show, please email your submissions to gallery.printmakers@mymts.net with the subject line ‘Gallery Submission 2015’
    You will be sent an email confirmation within one week of submitting your application. If you are unable to send your submission by email you can mail it to-
    Martha Street Studio c/o Gallery Programming, 11 Martha Street, Winnipeg, MB, R3B 1A2.
    Items to include in your submission

    • Project proposal (1 page)
    • CV (max 2 pages)
    • Up to 12 jpeg images (1024 pixels x 1024 pixels maximum size per image)
    • Corresponding image list including title, medium/description and date
    • Optional:  Additional support material such as essays or reviews (max 2 items)

    All text files (Project proposal, CV and Image List) must be saved as one PDF. Include .jpeg images separately.























  • The Elders Say We Don’t Visit Anymore / Dylan Miner

    Come by for tea and conversation

    Every Friday from 1-3pm during the duration of Dylan Miner's exhibition

    June 26th- August 7th

    Based on his work with Indigenous youth and elders across Turtle Island, Wiisaakodewini (Métis) artist Dylan Miner has begun to explore the ‘methodology of visiting,’ an Indigenous way of working.  While conducting an oral history project with retired Anishinaabe autoworkers, many elders shared the idea that we don’t visit as much as we used to.  Because of urbanization and the necessities of wage labour, many Indigenous people do not visit one another was frequently.  In other words, ‘The Elders Say We Don’t Visit Anymore.’ 

    As such, Miner wondered what it would mean to simply create a time and place to share tea and conversation within the context of the art gallery, museum, or Indigenous community centre.  It is here that ‘The Elders Say We Don’t Visit Anymore’ emerges. Through this particular socially engaged artist practice, Miner simply organizes tea times where anyone can stop by to share tea and conversation, creating new and maintaining existing social relationships. 

  • 2 heads are better than one!

    MSS welcomes Kristin Nelson in her new role as Co-Director.

    It’s Official! Larry Glawson and Kristin Nelson are now sharing the former full-time Executive Directorship position. Staff and Board are very excited to welcome Kristin on board. Larry and Kristin will be job sharing all aspects of the position. Kristin will be available Wednesday to Friday for greetings, meetings, coffee and cake. So please feel free to drop by/phone/email/Facebook/Instagram/send pigeons to welcome her to the fold.