Manitoba Arts Network

MANITOBA ARTS NETWORK

SPECIAL EVENTS

2009 Rural & Northern Art Show held at The Bay Downtown - 6th Floor

Opening Reception - July 3, 2009 4 - 6pm

The Art Show runs from July 4 - 26, 2009

Following are links to images of the 2008 exhibition:

EXHIBITION SLIDE SHOW (PDF 708kb)

OPENING RECEPTION SLIDE SHOW (PDF 722kb)

With thanks to the Sponsors of the 2009 Rural & Northern Art Show:

Awards presentation for the 2009 Best Arts & Culture Reporting

Manitoba Arts Network sponsors the 'Best Arts & Culture Story Award' at the annual ceremonies of the Manitoba Community Newspapers Association to recognize excellence in their sector. The 2009 Awards MCNA Banquet was held on April 25, 2009 and our Board Executive, Dana Kletke, presented the awards to the following three finalists:

1st prize: Darrell Greer, (Northern News Service) KIVALLIQ NEWS, for his article 'Honoured by his peers' , featuring Michael Kusugak of Rankin Inlet..

2nd prize: Jim Mosher, The Interlake Spectator, for 'Nuna (now) transliterates arts' , featuring the Icelandic cultural and arts celebration which takes place in Gimli and Winnipeg.

3rd prize: Cate Watrous, South Mountain Press, for 'Festival celebrates culture and learning' - featuring the The Sonics and Sojourns Festival of Learning and Music which takes places in the Riding Mountain National Park.

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"CULTURE DAYS"

The Manitoba Arts Network has joined the Manitoba Task Force for the new

pan-Canadian celebration of 'CULTURE DAYS' which will begin in September 2010,

and which will replace the Manitoba Arts & Culture Week.

Information for the rural and northern communities of Manitoba will be updated

on the following link as it becomes available.

CULTURE DAYS