Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba

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Important Announcement! The front door of the building at 329 Cumberland that house AANM has updated their front entry. To enter the space visitors will need to press #33 on the buzz system to enter. Alternatively, visitors and call Jenel Shaw at 1-204-336-2366 to enter.

Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba is a regional not-for-profit artist run charitable organization dedicated to the full inclusion of artists and audiences with disabilities into all facets of the arts community.

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Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba is a registered charitable organization (# 09135809RR0001). We provide charitable receipts for all donations! Donate now!

Congratulations to the 2023 AANM Grant winners!

This is a photograph of Adriana Alarcón. Adriana is a Guatemalan woman in her late 30s with beautiful curly black hair and clear caramel skin. Adriana is smiling and her dimples are shining through. She is wearing pink rimmed glasses, a dark shirt with a floral motif and a necklace with many stones.
Alarcón is an artist living on Treaty 1 territory. A first-generation immigrant from Guatemala of complex identities, Alarcón is Latine, cisgender, queer, sober and living with disability. As a mestiza woman, she recognizes Spanish and Maya K’ekchi’ ancestry (though no direct claim to Indigenous community). These identities guide her work to explore contradictions and connections. Alarcón incorporates cultural craft traditions and ancestral knowledge with contemporary narratives using fibre-based crafts, such as knitting, crochet, embroidery, beading and weaving. Alarcon relates her craft work to her relationship with the body. Specifically, the disabled body and how it must trudge through life’s circumstances with and despite additional snags. She has a bachelor’s degree from York University in Cultural Studies. Alarcón combines her art practice with arts administration in Toronto and Winnipeg working at artist-run centres such as A Space, CARFAC Ontario, Craft Action TO, Steps and MAWA. She enjoys speaking publicly about Craftivism and teaching craft based practices.
This is a photograph of Andi Leaf Pankratz during a performance. Andi is a white woman in her late 20s with long brown hair. The space is dark with a screen in the background which shows a projection of Andi wearing a white dress that is falling off her shoulders and chest. Her nipples are covered with red tape. In front of the screen Andi is on her knees and interacting with a metal circle with string attached like a net. Andi is wearing a wrap around her waist and is not wearing a top
Leaf Pankratz is an emerging nonbinary, HoH artist. Their work as an interdisciplinary creator and producer includes drag performance, contemporary dance, physical theatre, and circus arts. They first began training in theatre at the age of four, and have continued ever since expanding into improv comedy, physical theatre, and musical theatre. A recent graduate of the University of Winnipeg with a BAH degree in linguistics and theatre, and graduate of the previously offered Deaf Studies program through Red River College, Pankratz has also trained with SITI company, Prairie Circus Arts, and the National Ballet School of Canada. Pankratz’s short film, Adamah, has screened internationally as an official selection of the Circus International Film Festival, and in the Reel Pride Winnipeg shorts competition. Their live performance adaptation/continuation piece debuted at the Helmut Gallery in Leipzig, Germany.
This is a photograph of m. patchwork monoceros. mel is a black woman in her 40s or 50s and is smiling and looking directly at the viewer. mel is wearing a black hat with a rim, funky orange glasses, a black and white striped shirt and jewelry and piercings on ger ears and nose.
Currently based in Treaty 1 Territory (Winnipeg, MB), m. patchwork monoceros is a poet and interdisciplinary artist exploring polysensory creation and somatic grief. Engaging poetry, memoir, textiles, and film, their work considers a collective qrip (queer+crip) consciousness by connecting to marvelous bodies living with complexity as sick or disabled. monoceros lives and works in Treaty 1/Winnipeg, MB; home of the Métis First Nation and the traditional territory of the Anishinaabe, Dene, Cree, Dakota and Oji-Cree Nations with their menagerie of dogs, cats, plants, corvids and works in progress.
This is a photograph of Ryan Smoluk in his studio. Ryan is a white man in his 40s. He is smiling slightly at the camera and stands with his arms crossed. Ryan has a shaved head and clean shaved face. He is wearing a black button up top. Ryan is standing in front of his artwork which features many intricate details.
Ryan Smoluk is a powerful self-advocate and a seasoned spokesman for Autism Awareness. His art has been showcased internationally. Ryan’s art has been featured on several television interviews, magazine articles and books including two beautiful art books titled, “Artism, The Art of Autism” and “The Heart of Autism” by Debbie Hosseini. Ryan continues to exhibit his artwork in galleries. Ryan has a very unique style that is original to him. His artworks feature multi-layered detail which explores the way that Ryan sees the world. Ryan feels that Autism is both a blessing and a curse.

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AANM DISCUSSION SERIES PARTICIPANT APPLICATION

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Deadline to apply for Session #1 is November 10, 2023.  This registration intake is for SESSION #1: Monday, November 13, 6:30pm CST (7:30pm EST), 2023  “Coming Out…

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Creative Poster Contest

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Deadline Extended to August 18, 2023! Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba and Disability Matters Vote (DMVote) are proud to sponsor a contest for all Manitobans. We would like…

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Call to Canadian Artists – Solo Show

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  Submission Deadline: Friday May 31, 2023 Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba, with funding from Manitoba Sport, Culture and Heritage, mounts monthly online/in person solo exhibitions…

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The Deaf and disabled Arts Grants

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Call To Manitoban Artists – Grant Available Deadline: Friday March 31, 2023 Amount: 4 grants of $2,000 Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba AANM, with funding from…

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Sacha Kopelow – THESE ARE MY DISASTERS

This is a poster advertising the visual art show opening of sculptor Sacha Kopelow. Large ‘neon’ pink letters radiating a pink glow declare the show’s name: ‘THESE ARE MY DISASTERS.’ The text is overtop an image of a crescent moon. A cast glass couple sits in the curve of the moon. The woman is fat, wearing a figure-hugging dress, and she has a prosthetic leg. She holds her hand up to her mouth in anguish, her head thrown back to look up at the heavens. The man is thin. His sleeves are rolled up to the elbow. He holds one hand behind the woman’s back, the other above his lap. The entire scene is awash in pink rays, but the two figures remain a shadowy cool white-blue. At the bottom of the poster is the information: ‘OPENING Feb 3, 6-9PM, 102-329 Cumberland Ave and aanm.ca/online-exhibitions.’ Along the poster’s edge are the small logos of Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba and Canada Council for the Arts.

Photography by Leif Norman cast glass, plexiglass, steel, led 2023 NFS cast glass, plexiglass, steel, led, brass…

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Artist Talk with Jacob Scheier

Photograph of Jacob Scheier. Jacob is a white man in his 50s with brown hair and a beard with streaks of grey. Jacob is wearing an olive-green shirt under a black button up top. Jacob is gazing into the camera with a slight smile. He is standing in front of a brick wall painted red.

The “Mad” Artist in the 21st Century   One of the roles and expectations of an artist in our culture is to present a unique “vision”—a perception…

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AANM is in a multi-level building with a ramp on the east side of the building. We offer accessible washrooms. ASL is provided upon request, with one week notice. We request that all staff and members refrain from wearing scented products out of respect for those with sensitivities. Service animals are welcome (pets are not.)
For other accommodations, or if you have any questions, concerns or suggestions, please contact the office at 204-336-2366 or email info@aanm.ca

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