Martha Street Studio wouldn't be the same without former Winnipeg City Councillor Harvey Smith. Smith was a proud supporter of the arts. From advocating for the Manitoba Printmakers Association Inc. in early days, through print workshops organized at the Daniel MacIntyre School Division through to being the driver in our first ever Steamroller Print Festival (as pictured above). We will miss you Harvey!
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Suzie Smith leaves Martha Street Studio for new opportunity
Suzie Smith is leaving Martha Street Studio for an exciting position at Plug In ICA, delivering a New Chapter Project throughout the city of Winnipeg. We wish her all the best with this new adventure and wanted to highlight some of her achievements over the most recent 5 plus years that she has served as Professional Programming Coordinator, (previously Suzie spent 3 years as the Coordinator of Education and Outreach and was an instructor and Bingo volunteer throughout).
Suzie developed former long running Graff residency exchange, and a new Centre [3] residency exchange, she has coordinated and developed exhibition programming in the gallery and graciously played host to visiting and local artists alike. Some of the major exhibitions at Martha Street Studio, under Suzie’s watch, included Seripop, Dominique Petrin, Daniel Barrow and Dylan Miner. She additionally curated, with Abigail Auld; All In, exploring collectives and print process. Suzie introduced Winnipeg to its first ever Steamroller print festival, the first of which, titled Under Pressure, took place in 2007. Although we are very sad to see her go, we know that ‘this place’ will see her return time and again.
Good Luck Suzie Smith!
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Giving Tuesday
Many programming activities take place at Martha Street Studio throughout the year taking the form of critical dialogue, professional exhibitions, residencies, mentorships, production and community outreach. These activities, as a whole, create a vibrant and supportive environment where creative energies flow and are tapped into by our membership, the different communities that we serve and the general public.
So far this year Martha Street Studio has delivered 638 hours of teaching time to 969 people in our adult education program and outreach programs combined. Additional project initiatives include Design our Village, an initiative of past program participant Justin L’Arrivée and Making Our Mark II, in partnership with Arts and Disability Network Manitoba. We have also added new professional print equipment this year, such as: a hot plate, portable press and exposure unit.
Martha Street Studio is a registered charity and we ask for your individual donations to help support our operations through our mission and mandate: to maintain the heritage of excellence in printmaking while advancing artists in innovation through technique, education and community engagement.Donations can be made in person, by mail, over the phone at (204) 779-6253 or through canadahelps.org under Manitoba Printmakers Association.
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New Residency Program!
Deadline for Applications: November 15th, 2016
Residency Duration: Two Weeks
Residency will take place in 2017Martha Street Studio is teaming up with Centre[3] print studio in Hamilton, Ontario, on a residency exchange program. Martha Street Studio will select one artist to attend two-weeks of complimentary studio time at Centre[3] between January 1st and December 31st, 2017. In addition, the selected artist will receive a $600 artist fee, a $400 stipend, $200 in materials credit and up to three hours of technical assistance. Artists must be able to work independently in their chosen medium.
The selected artist will arrange with Centre[3] the timing of the residency. Artists are responsible for organizing their own transportation and accommodation. If you require more information please contact gallery.printmakers@mymts.net.
To apply please submit
- 10 images (1024 x 768 pixels, 72 dpi)
- a current CV
- a short project proposal (1 page maximum) of work to be completed while at Centre [3].
Please send submissions to gallery.printmakers@mymts.net with the subject 'Residency Exchange 2017'.
All applicants must have a valid MSS membership. ($35/$20 per year)
"Centre[3] for Print and Media Arts is an artist-run centre dedicated to promoting print and media arts in contemporary artistic discourse. As a production, exhibition, education centre and animator of community arts, Centre[3] supports both traditional and experimental print media and media art practices. The centre encourages research and innovation and provides forums for discussion and examination of critical and theoretical issues. Centre[3] supports artists in the development of their professional endeavours and acts as a resource centre for the visual and media arts community." –http://centre3.com
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Workshop: Coding a Woodcut
In connection with their exhibition Monument: Coding a Woodcut opening, October 28th, artists Beth Howe (Vancouver) and Clive McCarthy (San Francisco) will present a workshop at the FABlab this October. The artists will take viewers though their artistic process of exploring the possibilities that come from fusing algorithms and machine tooling with woodcut printing. Participants will get to create their own coded woodblock print in the workshop. Registration is required. Space is limited. Sign up now!
Beth Howe’s practice investigates the built environment and how architecture affects and reflects the way we perceive and understand landscape. Her work involves printmaking, drawing, artist’s books and multiples and she currently serves as Associate Professor in Print Media at Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver, BC.
Clive McCarthy was born in Upton Park, London and following his graduation from University of Salford, he worked in the semiconductor industry. His engineering work ranged from working in a wafer fab clean room to managing a chip and software development organization with 200 employees. His artwork invariably uses computers and he is based in San Francisco, CA. Beth and Clive have collaborated on combining code and relief printing since 2010.
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New folio of prints by Denis Lessard
h_éros by Denis Lessard
Folio of three screen printed images in folder, edition of ten
printed by Andrew Lodwick
Image size: 12 x 9 inches on 21 x 15 inch paper
$750
Each print presents a pairing of images in two vibrant colours : historical artworks in printmaking by Crispijn van de Passe and Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem, superimposed with figures from vintage and current advertising.
As suggested in the project’s title, the idea is to put forward the homoreoticism in the mythological or advertising hero figure. The project was triggered especially by my discovery of the very sexy works by 16th century Dutch printmaker and painter, Cornelis Cornelisz van Haarlem. As well, h_éros is a continuation of my earlier printmaking projects such as L’Air/Maillol and La cuisine, which I have developed in the 1990s (printed by Peter Braune at New Leaf Editions in Vancouver) and Tendresses in the early 2000s (printed by Francine Turcotte at Atelier Presse Papier in Trois-Rivières).
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Annual Call for Submissions: Main Gallery
Deadline for Submissions: September 1st, 2016
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 2016’
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 must be saved as a PDF, images seperate.
To see more images of past exhibtions look in the Exhibitions Archive in the column on the right.
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Artist in Residence: Jacinthe Loranger
Martha Street Studio is pleased to welcome Jacinthe Loranger (Montréal) for a three-month long residency as part of the Québec-Manitoba artist-in-residence program. During her time here she will develop a new series of work that combines screenprinting, ceramics and paper maché. In this work she will create new narratives and mythologies from a variety of cultural references that look at ideas of sexuality, femininity, life, death, normality and strangeness.
“My work offers a luminous, unhinged alternative world where every excess is a blissful celebration.”(Loranger)
She will be giving an a free artist talk at Martha Street Studio on June 22nd at 7pm
Artist Biography
Jacinthe Loranger works and lives in Montreal. She is an interdisciplinary artist who’s work combines print media, sculpture, collage, performance and installation. She has participated in many artist residencies and has exhibited in Canada, the USA and France. In recent years she has presented a number of solo exhibitions, most notably, Haunt-me, Haunt-me. Do it Again. at L’Écart, (Rouyn-Noranda, QC), I am the one, Orgasmatron at Artist Proof Gallery (Calgary AB), and Neon Knight is a Digital Bitch at Eastern Edge, (St-John’s, NL.) She is presently pursuing an MFA in Print Media at Concordia University in Montreal. She has received several grants from Quebec and Canada Arts Council. Upon entering Concordia University, she was awarded the Graduate Studio Arts Advisory Committee Award in 2013, and she also received the Concordia Merit scholarship from School of Graduate Studies.
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New Edition: Transformation, from the PLain(s) Warrior Artist Series by Rosalie Favell
Martha Street Studio is pleased to present a new studio edition by Rosalie Favell.
Rosalie Favell is a photo-based artist born in Winnipg, Manitoba who draws inspiration from her family history and Metis (Cree, English) heritage.
“The images from my series, Plain(s) Warrior Artist, depicted this continueing struggle to find my place in the world, only a shift has occured; instead of looking outside for a hero, I become one.”
– Rosalie Favell
Edition of 15 archival inkjet prints on fine art photo rag paper.
Image size: 20 x 20 inches (50.8 cx 50.8 cm)
Paper sizeL 24 x 24 inches (60.96 x 60.96 cm)
Price: $2500
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Panel Discussion: Disability + Curating
Saturday, March 19, 3pm
at Martha Street Studio
With Speakers:
Sigrid Dahle: Writer, Curator
Jenel Shaw: Interdisciplinary Masters Program in Disability Studies Candidate, University of Manitoba
Jess Turner: Making our Mark I participant, Accessibility Advisor, University of WinnipegModerator
Kristin Nelson: Artist, Co-Director of Martha Street Studio***Please note, ADNM has provided sign language interpreters and transcribers for this event.
Three local panelists have been brought together to investigate the topic of Curating + Disability. This panel discussion is running in conjunction with Canary in the Coal Mine, a group exhibition of work by participants of Making Our Mark II at Martha Street Studio. Its aim is to approach the topic of Curating + Disability from different viewpoints; curator, artist and scholar. This discussion will highlight the progress the Arts and Disability movement in Canada has made in exhibiting the work of artists with disabilities.
