After over 2 years of travel to secure loans by Dr. Stephen Borys and months of hard work to create programming and events by staff 100 Masters: Only in Canada opened last week.

As you likely know, 100 Masters: Only in Canada opens at the end of this week. This is the largest exhibition that the WAG has ever undertaken and it will be a delight to visit. I thought this would be a good time to mention the process for actually compiling an exhibition.

100 Masters: Only in Canada is less than two weeks away...

My last day at the WAG has arrived, is being uncrated and will soon be on display. These three weeks have flown by, but not without leaving an impression.

I don't get art...

This past week marked the end of Creation and Transformation: Defining Moments in Inuit Art, the Winnipeg Art Gallery's centennial exhibition of Inuit art.

I will always be my own worst enemy as a photographer.

The 100 Masters exhibit is one month away...

Conservation is a lesser known aspect of work at art galleries but it can be one of the most interesting. Although much of the WAG's Head of Conservation, Radovan Radulovic's job consists of condition reporting and other administrative duties, he occasionally gets to work on large restoration projects such as the Way to Calvary.

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In my public relations classes at Red River College, we often debate the different jobs worth pursuing after graduation...

My first impressions of working at the WAG can be summed up as controlled chaos...

During a tour of the exhibition, Creation & Transformation: Defining Moments in Inuit Art, Curator of Inuit Art, Darlene Wight told the story behind Abraham Anghik Ruben’s stunning sculpture, Kittigazuit. In this work, Anghik tells the story of Kittigazuit, a community that sits on the Mackenzie River delta in the western Arctic.

The most powerful spirit in Inuit shamanistic belief system is commonly known as Sedna, Taleelayuk, or Nuliayuk. Her story and name varies between different areas of the Arctic but the theme remains the same. Here is one version of the story.

The WAG that never was...We examine the Second, Third Prize designs and Honourable Mentions in the 1968 Architecture contest to find a new WAG.

We take a tour of the WAG. It has taken a while, and mostly because there were so many details to cover, but the second WAG podcast is live! And is over half an hour long. Phew!

The first of many podcasts is now available. Featuring the story of the big triangle building itself.

Kids at the Construction Zone art camp had definite ideas about what a city should--and should not--have.

Down at The Forks our summer art campers used twigs and stones to create intricate art patterns.

The WAG building as we know it...

Topic; the building itself. The big pointy triangle shaped building at 300 Memorial that all Winnipeggers know as the WAG.

For the 1ooth of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Leif Norman has been hired to produce a series of short podcasts. This is the first time the WAG has ventured into this area and will cover such topics as; what was going on in Winnipeg in 1912, to inuit art to what the future holds.

Even though the weather outside was dreary and rainy, things were very lively in the WAG on Sunday, May 6th. The gallery was full and buzzing with over 830 people enjoying the festivities of the Rockwell Family Sunday Pancake Breakfast!

What do Deepa Mehta, Mary Walsh and Rush have in common?

Eckhardt Hall was packed full of families from all over the world who now call Canada home!

Do these faces look familiar? Help us find the people behind the images ...

A great time was had by all!

Hey Winnipeg! Don’t let the falling snow bring you down! Help the WAG get the holiday season off to a festive start!

New Book: Picture House: the art of Bollywood A review by Library Volunteer Amy Burbank

Do you have a fabulous recipe or a traditional family dish that you treasure? Join our faithful feasters and added it to our blog.

Kids just had a blast at our new summer art camps. We can't wait until next year!

Daniel Buckland had a very interesting year as a member of the WAG Student Art Board.

Visit us in the kids' sections of all the summer festivals. Next up--the Fringe.

If it’s summer, it must be time for Jazz on the Rooftop—our 34th year! Picture it—a brilliant prairie sunset, the splash of the fountain, BBQ by Storm, cool beer, and hot jazz! It doesn’t get much better than this.

Hi. My name is Mira Le-Ba and I’m working as a summer student at the WAG. I love working with kids and I love working with art, so needless to say I’m very excited to start this position! Last week I started off at the Children’s Festival working with families all day.

Our special Quilt of Belonging contest for kids. Win prizes and see your work hanging at the WAG!

If you're bringing your kids to Winnipeg's summer festivals, be sure to look us up. We have lots of creative things for them to do.

Our new Rooftop Club is a great way to spend some precious outdoor time.

Our members loved their special event yesterday, Why not not join them next time?

Sign up as a WAG member and receive an invitation to the special May 19 member's only event.

Learn how major national and international corporations build stunning corporate art collections.

If you enjoyed our exhibition Nunavik North of 60º, you can see it all again on the Inuit Art Foundation's virtual website.

Learn how urban birds adapt the sounds of the city into their song as birding guru Rodolf Koes takes you on a birdwatching excursion through downtown Winnipeg.

It doesn't actually glow in the dark, but this tumbler is radioactive.

Join us on a visit to the studio of artist Tom Lovatt and learn more about the whole creative process.

A film that explores the creative world of Winnipeg painter Wanda Koop.

There are so many reasons for becoming a WAG member. Like an exclusive exhibiton tour by Director Stephen Borys.

A look at real-life historical heroines through music, poetry, and art.

Don't miss our annual exhibiton of kids' art. You won't believe how gorgeous it is.

Everyone had a terrific time at the WAG Student Art Board painting party on March 25.

Curator Mary Reid is getting really excited as installation of the exhibiton by Winnipeg artist Erika Lincoln comes together.

We are creating a special new website just for our upcominmg exhibition William Kurelek: The Messenger, which opens in September.

The WAG has been nominated for three Manitoba Book Awards.

Our Drawing Party was a great success! Now come to our Painting Party on March 24.

Today we got some exciting news that will help us celebrate our 100th anniversary in 2012. Mr. Rod Bruinooge, MP for Winnipeg South, announced that the Government of Canada, through the Canada Interactive Fund, will provide us with funding of $78,366 over two years for the creation of a dedicated, interactive centenary website which will be linked to this current site.

Girlie Cacao spent some time with the WAG this fall as part of the Employment Solutions for Immigrant Youth training program and had a great time!

We were expecting maybe 600 people for our September 25 all-night Nuit Blanche party. We got 4,600!

Artist Diana Thornyecroft discusses her current WAG exhibiton with Youth Programs Facilitator Sarah Paradis.

We Are Sorry is a site-specific installation by Canadian artist Cathy Busby that is on view until August 22, 2010 at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.

Hi, I’m Sarah Paradis, the summer Youth Program Facilitator and annual Birthday Party Hostess for the Winnipeg Art Gallery.

Bugs Bunny is king of the WAG! The Art of Warner Bros. Cartoons is an exhibition that kids will love. See authentic works of art from Warner Bros. animators featuring some of your favorite cartoon characters like Bugs Bunny, Daffy Duck, Porky Pig, Elmer Fudd, Sylvester the Cat and Tweety Bird and many more.

February has arrived...and so has the really cold weather! Remember, a frigid February day is the perfect opportunity to come and warm up in our galleries. We’ve got a number of fantastic exhibitions on view during the next couple of months, including an exhibition highlighting the work of Canadian encaustic artist Tony Scherman, who creates paintings with mixed color pigments and hot dripping wax.

Ahhh…The new year has begun and there is excitement and creativity in the air at the WAG. The staff is stirring about, busily getting everything ready for yet another huge transformation of the galleries. Several of the exhibitions now up will soon go down to make way for new shows

We’ve had a pretty adventurous November with over 700 students touring the galleries with us and our many volunteer tour guides.

Greetings from your Youth Program Art Adventurers at the WAG, Aline Frechette and Rachel Baerg!

If it can bring together amicably the upholders of viceregal tradition, on the one hand, and the defenders democracy, on the other, surely art can’t be that bad.

Looking over his photographs (or, pictures of photographs - the real ones have yet to arrive here in Winnipeg), Karsh is undeniably old-school when it comes to portraiture.

I’ve been reading curator David Travis’ catalogue Yousuf Karsh: Regarding Heroes, which will be available to the public when the exhibition arrives at the WAG this fall. When I first heard about Travis’ exhibition, and the fact that its purpose was, in part, to “reassess” the Armenian-Canadian photographer’s output I was sceptical. Within the art world, especially as it pertains to historical shows, the prefix “re” is often an early indicator of a curator’s heavy-hand. Reassessment, reappraisal, reinterpretation, and revision are great so long as I can leave an exhibition feeling that the original assessment, appraisal, interpretation, and vision, logically implied, have been properly and fairly understood from the start.

I’ll admit it: I have a soft spot for formal, well composed, portraits. I reserve – oddly, some would say – the official painted version, depicting political subjects, as my favorite category of portraiture. One of the things making formal portraiture, in general, so interesting is the fact that it can elicit disagreement between viewers about when and for whom a dignified portrait is warranted, and debate regarding what exactly makes for an appropriately reverential visual cue in a portrait.

Continuing work on the layout of the Karsh exhibit. There is a whole chest of ways curators visualize the layout of an exhibition before they have an opportunity to see the actual work, the little-squares approach is currently my favourite trick.

I have just spent the afternoon pushing little squares of paper around on a photocopied floor plan of galleries four and five.