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Pumphouse Theatre: Announcing The Quenten Doolittle Memorial Gallery
Date: Jun 22, 2018
The Pumphouse Theatre is happy to announce the renaming of our Lobby Art Gallery to be the Quenten Doolittle Memorial Gallery.
Work of the Week: Red Willow
Date: Jun 20, 2018
In honour of National Indigenous Peoples Day, our Work of the Week is Red Willow by George Littlechild.
Arts Research: Statistics Canada General Social Survey 2016
Date: Jun 19, 2018
See how Canadians spend their time pursuing creative activities according to the Statistics Canada General Social Survey 2016.
Billy-Ray Belcourt wins 2018 Griffin Poetry Prize
Date: Jun 7, 2018
Billy-Ray Belcourt wins $65,000 Griffin Poetry Prize for his anthology, This Wound is a World.
Work of the Week: Thou Shalt/Shalt Not
Date: Jun 6, 2018
Celebrating the beginning of Pride Month, our work of the week for June 4 - 11, 2018 is Thou Shalt/Shalt Not by Shane Golby.
Billy-Ray Belcourt wins a 2018 Indigenous Voices Award
Date: Jun 6, 2018
Billy Ray was recognized for most significant work of poetry in English by an emerging Indigenous writer. Joshua Whitehead was also nominated.
Work of the Week: Caller of Blue Medicine Lodge
Date: May 29, 2018
The Work of the Week is Caller of Blue Medicine Lodge by Dale Auger
Work of the Week: Fallen Angel
Date: May 22, 2018
The AFA Work of the Week is Fallen Angel by Garry Williams.
Resilience - 50 Indigenous Women Artists on Billboards Coast to Coast
Date: May 4, 2018
On June 1, Mentoring Artists for Women’s Art (MAWA) launched Resilience, a national exhibition of artworks by fifty (50) Indigenous women artists.
Work of the Week: Land Sentence: Arbour
Date: May 2, 2018
The Work of the Week is Land Sentence: Arbour by Jane Kidd