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Manitoba Author Publication Index
Manitoba Writers' Guild Inc.
The M.A.P. Index promotes Manitoba authors and
their publications to local, national and international
communities. Using the internet, profiles of Manitoba
authors can be accessed alphabetically by last
name or genre. In addition to biographical and
bibliographic information, photos and links to
author's personal web sites have also been incorporated
into the Index. The M.A.P. site is located at
www.mbwriter.mb.ca/mapindex
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Manitoba Writers' Guild
The Manitoba Writers' Guild has created a Free
Resource Kit for Schools. If you are interested
in receiving one, please contact (204) 942-6134
or 1-888-637-5802 or mbwriter@mts.net.
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Most granting organizations, agencies and departments
have information about their respective grants
on this new bilingual database. The directory
provides summaries of grants and full contact
information including web site addresses. The
Grants and Resources Directory is located online
at http://www.gov.mb.ca/chc/grants/index.html
If you have any questions, please contact Glen Parsons at 945-4402.
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"Learning for Life: Why the Arts Matter"
Alliance for Arts Education in Manitoba
New video available for purchase
"Learning for Life: Why the Arts Matter"
is a 17 minute video celebrating the music, visual
art, dance, and drama studied and performed by
children around Manitoba. Its purpose is to initiate
discussion in schools and in drama studied and
performed by children around Manitoba. The video
costs $15 and the price includes postage and GST.
For more information, please visit the web site
at: www.allartsedmanitoba.org.
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Cultural Human Resources Council
Cultural HR Tools
The Cultural Human Resources Council has announced
that the HR Tools and Best Practices books are
now available in downloadable format on its website
under HR Tools and Resources at: www.culturalhrc.ca.
For more information contact (613) 521-4367.
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The Defiant Imagination: Why Culture Matters
By Max Wyman
This outspoken book calls for a new cultural
contract between government and society, a contact
that boldly commits Canada - and individual Canadians
- to a vision of culture as a catalyst for economic
prosperity, social health and national identity.
Now available in softcover, this book is $22.95
(CDN) and can be ordered by calling: Toll-free
in North America at 800-361-3414 or by email at
action@theatrebooks.com
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The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts
New Website
The John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts has launched a new website, designed as a resource for arts managers. The site, www.artsmanager.org, offers solutions for management challenges faced by non-profit arts organizations.
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Hill Strategies Research Inc.: Research for the Arts
Hill Strategies Research is a Canadian company that aims to provide top-quality, highly-relevant and insightful research for the arts. A passion for the arts inspires our work. View studies online at www.hillstrategies.com/resources.php
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Canadian Culture’s Newest Online Meeting Place
www.cultureconsultants.ca
Free, fully-automated bilingual searchable website to be one of the most comprehensive online networking resources for professional consultants and cultural organizations in Canada
This free, comprehensive networking website and search portal is dedicated specifically to the cultural sector in Canada. As a virtual meeting place for English and French-speaking consultants and cultural organizations, the new site covers the full range of Canada’s cultural industries, including: heritage, film, television and radio, writing and publishing, theatre, music, dance, new media, museums and galleries, visual arts and cultural planning.
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MUSIC DIRECTORY CANADA
The Ninth Edition of this ESSENTIAL GUIDE to the Canadian Music Industry has been completely updated and revised. Featuring over 60 categories, each listing includes: Company, Contact, Address, Phone, FAX, E-mail, Web Address and Description. We have collected thousands of e-mail addresses, Websites, and Internet-based references to make your search through the Canadian Music Industry even easier than ever before.
Click here to view the contents of Music Directory Canada.
To order please go to www.musicbooksplus.com or give us a call at 1-800-265-8481 and order your copy today!!! Don't be left out.
MUSIC DIRECTORY CANADA 9th EDITION CM009 $44.95 Plus S/H and GST ISBN978-0-9691272-9-1 704 pages
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Workshops/Conferences/Training
Upcoming 2010 cre8ery workshops
Reserve a space! Have a friend interested? Pass it on!
To register contact: jordan@cre8ery.com / call 944-0809
For full descriptions, bios, testimonials, & art samples please email us.
cre8ive supplies & services , located below cre8ery @ 312 William Ave. is open! Hours: Mon to Fri: 8 am - 5 pm; Sat. 10 am - 4pm, extended hours tba soon. Ph: 942-cre8 (2738) or email shawn@cre8ivesupplies.com
Expandable Crossed Structure Binding with Janet Carroll, Sat., Feb. 13, 2010, 12:30-4:00 pm, $55 & a $20 supply fee.
Textile Dying Workshop with Kelly Ruth, Sat. Feb. 20th from 1:00-4:30 pm $55 , supplies included.
Create Stained Glass Art with Jolanta Sokalska, Sun. Feb. 28, 10-4:30, $95, supplies included.
'How to Draw a Portrait in 30 minutes' with Alexander El , Sat., Mar. 6, 1-4pm, $55, (Supplies not included) Alex has developed a unique technique allowing for the creation of 'museum quality portraits' in 30 minutes! Learn to draw fast & precise life portraits, capturing the character within the first few lines!
Mixed Media: Abstracting Collage with Jordan Miller; Sun., Mar. 14 & 21, 1-4 pm, $75 (supplies included), beginners/advanced students welcome.
Life Drawing (Nudes/Model), with Michel Saint Hilaire , $150, March 20, 27, April 10, 17, & May 1, 1-3:30 pm.
How to USE your digital camera with Leif Norman Sat. April 24, 1-3, $55 & manual digital camera.
Document your 2D art with a digital camera with Leif Norman Sat. May, 8, 1-3 pm, $55
Paper Marbling Workshop with Janet Carroll Sat., May 29, 2010, 12:30-4:00, $55 (supplies incl.)
Sketch Nights: Resumes Jan 7, 6:30-9:30 pm, $7, a perfect way to fill that 'new years' resolution to draw more often!
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UNITE 2010
One World, One Voice, One Song
The 21st National Conference – Music for Children – Carl Orff Canada
April 29 — May 2, 2010
WWW.UNITE2010.CA
Online Registration opens in October 2009. Please visit our website to “Save the Date”!
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Performing Arts Residency program at The Banff Centre
The Performing Arts Residency is an opportunity for professional artists where they can utilize the unique resources of the Theatre Arts Department in developing and refining new work. An important feature of this artist-driven program is the potential for access to The Banff Centre's professional theatre facilities for studio and onstage rehearsal periods with some technical support.
More info: www.banffcentre.ca
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Work UPgrade Program: Film Training Manitoba
Film Training Manitoba will soon be launching its Work UPgrade Program (WUP). The goal of the WUP is to increase the number of skilled film crew in priority Key and First Assistant positions in the Manitoba film and television industry. For further details about the WUP, contact Sally Sweatman, WUP Coordinator, at 989-9661 or ssweatman@filmtraining.mb.ca.
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LORD Global Internship Program
Are you committed to expanding your learning experience in making museums better places for people? Are you creative and passionate with a desire to interact with museum and cultural professionals on a global level?
Interns will work closely with professional consulting staff and will have the opportunity to have a special focus in one of four knowledge areas: Management Consultancy, Facilities Planning, Heritage Site Management, or the Exhibitions Studio.
For more information visit http://www.lord.ca/
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Manitoba Arts and Cultural Management Certificate Program
Whether you are already working in the arts and cultural sector or are approaching it for the first time, the Manitoba Arts and Cultural Management Certificate program is for you. The skills you build will open many doors for you in this creative field. The Arts and Cultural Management Program is designed to help you develop the expertise and skills to be an effective manager and leader in an organizational context.
For detailed descriptions of each of the courses, for further information regarding the Arts and Cultural Management Certificate Program or information on funding assistance please visit www.uwinnipeg.ca/index/dce-ps-acmcp or contact ACI’s training coordinator, Carol Finlay @ 927-2787 or training@creativemanitoba.ca.
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Call
for Submissions
Regina Weese
Call for Submissions
Deadline: Ongoing
Regina Weese accepts unsolicited submissions
of non-fiction, fiction, and poetry on a variety
of subjects that are relevant to Canadians. Regina
Weese exists simply to showcase Canadian writers,
ideas, artists, photographers, travel stories,
poems, biographies, historiography…all are
welcome. Reviews of Canadian books and films are
also encouraged. Send submissions to editor@reginaweese.com
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Call for Submissions
Sculpturespacific is a new publication that will
serve the arts and sculpture community from British
Columbia to Manitoba and Oregon to Alaska. The
editorial department is soliciting articles on
sculptures and sculpture making. The three possible
submissions are feature article, forum article,
or review article. For more information please
call (250) 768-0633.
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Manitoba Writers' Guild
WordWrap
Deadline for Submissions: Ongoing
MWG is always looking for new articles for WordWrap.
If you have writing experience, or would like
to contribute to the Books 'n Film, Profiles or
any other column please email programming@mbwriter.mb.ca.
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Deadline for submissions: Ongoing
The ILRC is inviting artists with disabilities
to submit their drawings, paintings, sculptures,
photographs, poems, short stories and any other
media art form for display at its new art gallery.
The artworks will be on exhibition in the volunteer
area at the ILRC located on the third floor of
Portage Place Shopping Centre, 311-A - 393 Portage
Avenue. This is an exciting opportunity to demonstrate
that art is for everyone. For more information
please contact Eleonore at 947-0194 ext. 238.
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What If? Canada’s Fiction Magazine for Teens
Deadline for Submissions: Ongoing
What If? is a fiction, poetry and editorial magazine for ages 12 and up. While it is aimed mainly at the teen market the stories will be top-quality in order to interest young adults and adults as well. What If? is currently accepting material from young Canadian writers and illustrators. For more information, please visit the website at: www.whatifmagazine.com
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Penwomanship Seeks Poetry, Stories and Essays
Deadline for Submissions: Ongoing
Penwomanship accepts submissions of short stories, poetry and personal essays. For more information, please visit the website at: www.penwomanship.com.
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MAD Magazine
Deadline for Submissions: Ongoing
MAD is actively seeking to expand its freelance writing staff. They are looking for writers who are clever, offbeat, and, most importantly, funny. For complete guidelines and more information, please visit: www.warnerbros.com/madmagazine/writerguide.htm .
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FUSE Magazine
Deadline for Submissions: Ongoing
FUSE is interested in writing that examines artworks and cultural events in terms of the relationship between political issues and contemporary culture. Articles to be considered for publication should provide a critical context for the work or event being addressed. Ideally, they should also provide some evaluation of the ways in which these works or events might encourage or facilitate social change. For more information and complete guidelines, please visit: www.fusemagazine.org
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ComFree Magazine
Deadline for Submissions: Ongoing
ComFree Magazine is currently publishing articles describing their author’s experiences growing up in various areas of Winnipeg. Submissions that are either 600 or 1200 words in length are recommended, and it would be beneficial to have photos or illustrations to accompany the article. For more information, please contact Al Davies by phone at (204) 953-5000 or email al.davies@comfree.ca .
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Storm Spirits: Aboriginal New Media Art
Deadline for Submissions: Ongoing
Storm Spirits: Aboriginal New Media Art curated by Ahasiw Maskegon-Iskwew for Urban Shaman Gallery in Winnipeg is seeking works of emerging and established Aboriginal new media artists that connect with, contribute to, and transform the Aboriginal media art history and critical thinking of the past two decades. For more information, please visit the website at www.urbanshaman.org.
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Her Circle Ezine Her Circle Ezine is an online literary and arts journal dedicated to exploring the feminine experience in the world community. Through intelligent works of writing, art, and photography, women around the globe share with us what it means to be a woman and artist in society.
Themes addressed should include Identity, Gender and/or Ethnicity, Culture and Status. For further information, please visit us online at http://www.hercircleezine.com/
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CALL FOR: Submissions
Deadline extended:
Stories of Growing Up Rural (Red Deer Press, 2008) seeks new submissions of non-fiction for an anthology about rural life. The editor seeks carefully crafted memoir/essays on themes such as (but not limited to) identity, community, the environment, rural depopulation and urbanization, effects of technology, agriculture, and rural politics. Send hard copy submissions to Pam Chamberlain 224 Tuscany Ravine View NW, Calgary, AB T3L 2W2. Please use standard manuscript format and include your address, phone number, and a brief biography. Include an e-mail address OR a SASE for response. Manuscripts won't be returned. Questions may be addressed to pkchamberlain@hotmail.com. Honorarium plus free copy of book for selected contributions.
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Contests
and Awards
THE 2010 ABOVE & BEYOND AWARDS FOR THE ARTS
Deadline: January 29, 2010
The Manitoba Foundation for the Arts was established in 1995 with the mandate to promote, support and advance the arts in the province by planning, coordinating and supporting the celebration and recognition of the arts in Manitoba through, among other activities, the Above & Beyond Awards for the Arts. Every second year, the Manitoba Foundation for the Arts honours dedicated Manitoba individuals and organizations that go above and beyond their daily professions to use art in ways that enhance the communities they live in and the overall quality of life in Manitoba. The 2010 Above and Beyond Awards for the Arts are privileged to have as their Honourary Patron, the Lieutenant Governor of Manitoba, The Honourable Phillip S. Lee. The deadline for nominations for the awards is January 29 th, 2010.
Click here for details.
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Bursary
The National Screen Institute
The National Screen Institute – Canada (NSI) Maple Pictures Corp., whose Co-President Brad Pelman sits on the board of NSI, is establishing a bursary for emerging filmmaking teams developing productions with a social conscience.
The bursary, which will allocate $500 per year for three years, will be awarded to a qualifying filmmaking team as part of the NSI Features First training program. The program emphasizes the professional development of writers, producers and directors, and the final development and packaging of their feature film projects. http://www.nsi-canada.ca/
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Community
Events
Help Write the Story of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights
Roundtable discussions: January 26th and 27th, 2010
This is an invitation to participate in roundtable discussions in Winnipeg, MB on Tuesday January 26th or Wednesday January 27th, 2010 from 7-9 p.m., as part of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights' content and story-gathering tour across Canada.
This is an opportunity to contribute your experiences and your perspectives to Canada's newest national museum, due to open in Winnipeg in 2012.
Your feedback and input will help us as we develop the exhibits for the new Museum and identify ways in which we can continue to have an ongoing dialogue with all Canadians. The Museum's purpose is to explore the subject of human rights in order to enhance the public's understanding of human rights, to promote respect for others, and to encourage reflection and dialogue.
For more information on this exciting new 'Idea Museum' click here or go to www.humanrightsmuseum.ca
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Art City
January 2010 Calendar
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Aboriginal Arts and Crafts Night
Graffiti Art Programming Inc. would like to invite you to our Aboriginal Arts and Crafts Night. Every Thursday Night, 6:00 p.m. to 8:00 p.m. at Graffiti Art Programming (109 Higgins Avenue). No Cost, Everyone Welcomed! (No Age Limit)
Donations are welcomed! We are looking for the following items: Leather, Beads, Rabbit Fur, Sinew, Feathers, Carving tools, Scissors, Leather hole Punchers, Ribbon, Bias Tape, Broadcloth, Awl.
For more information, contact Evonne at (204) 667-9960, or email nighteagledesigns@mts.net
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Other
ARTS WATCH - Americans for the Arts
Cultural Policy Publication of Americans for the Arts
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Be Part of the Torch Celebrations with Canada CODE!
Canada CODE is a website where Canadians are creating a collaborative online portrait of the country to share with the world at the Vancouver 2010 Winter Games. Your words. Your photos. This Canada.
Act now to be part of the story on the big screen during the Olympic Torch Relay. It’s EASY!
- Go to Canada CODE.
- Login or register if you are a new user.
- Upload an image or text of 10 to 15 words about your torch celebration community.
- Tag your submission with your community name and the words “torch community”
- Watch for your content and enjoy the celebration.
For more information, email us at code@vancouver2010.com
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Art City
Art City is looking for West Broadway community members to share their talents. If you enjoy working with people, why not do a one-day workshop? Soapstone carving, drumming, holiday crafts, jewellery, drawing etc. $100 honorarium for a 4-hour workshop. Workshops can be 1-3 days, 4 hours per day plus any prep time. Drop off a description of your idea to Art City - 616 Broadway or e-mail it to: artcity@mts.net.
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Introducing Mews and Moos!
Introducing Mews and Moos, the official newsletter of Swimming Tigress Music and Notalotabull Press. For those in the creative world or anyone with a whimsical side, it is a place to share your poetry or song lyrics, tell inspiring stories and be supported on your artistic journey. Visit www.swimmingtigress.com to read the very first issue and sign up today (it's free!) for the chance to win an inspiring book and CD collection!
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