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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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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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Natalie Sluis – I/Am/I

This is a poster advertising the show of Natalie Sluis, dancer and choreographer. Two photos in cool dim tones make a backdrop for the show's title

BIO Natalie Sluis is a performing artist based in Winnipeg, on Treaty 1 Land. She is currently in her fourth and final year in the…

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Conversations with the Ocean – Kaitlyn Beugh

This is a poster advertising the show of visual artist Kaitlyn Beugh. An image of one of her prints is front and centre on a background of crisp white. The print is an organic shape in many delicate shades of grey and black on white paper. It is ephemeral, ambiguous, but reminiscent of the shape a wave creates lapping on a shore. The artist’s name is emblazoned at the top of the poster in magenta outlined block font, next to the small logos of Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba and Canada Council for the Arts. At the foot in black font is the show title: “Conversations with the Ocean,” followed by: “Opening July 8, 2022, 6-9pm, 102-329 Cumberland Ave, Winnipeg and aanm.ca/online-exhibitions.”

Bio Photo by Whitney Tfankedjian Kaitlyn Beugh is an interdisciplinary visual artist. She lives, works, and plays on the unceded territories…

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Call for Submissions

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Image Description: This is a poster advertising Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba’s CALL TO ARTISTS. At the top of the poster is an image of Winnipeg’s…

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body horror vignettes – lita b.

This is a poster advertising the show of drawing/painting artist lita b. In the center of the poster are the show details, written in lilac font on a peach background: “body horror vignettes” lita b. opening June 3, 2022. 102-329 cumberland ave. Winnipeg, and aanm.ca/online-exhibitions/.” Below this text are the logos for Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba and Canada Council for the Arts. The top half of the poster is occupied by a portion of one of lita b.’s paintings: the background is a pale peach, rose, and yellow sky, with chubby white clouds floating serenely. Contrasting with the serenity of the background is a figure, front and centre. The figure appears to be a doll-puppet, with light blue ‘flesh’ and visible sewing seams. The only facial features on the bald head are two eyes; a tear rolls down from each. From a defect in the skull, a family of spiders emerges and descends to the shoulder. The figure is wearing a plain teal corset and orange skirt. Ribbons from the top of the image are attached at the neck and wrists. In the bottom of the poster is a portion of another of their paintings: A yellow figure holds the small pink lifeless body of a baby faun, with three bloody arrows emerging from its torso.

bio lita b. (they/she) is a self-taught multimedia artist currently residing in Ontario’s Durham Region. lita is a self-ascribed Mad/disabled Black queer spoonie. lita uses…

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we are not separate – kelly haydon

This is a poster advertising a show of artwork by kelly haydon. In plain black text in the top left corner is the show’s title: WE ARE NOT SEPARATE. Below, smaller lettering reads: “opens May 6, 2022, 102-329 Cumberland Ave, Winnipeg, and aanm.ca/online-exhibitions”. The poster’s aesthetic consists of layered slices from kelly haydon’s various prints. In the top image, the head and shoulders of a snowy owl is visible, white and black against a rose-coloured background. Directly below is a slim slice of another print consisting of some nonsensical typewritten text, and a short zipper. The third image ‘layer’ is the largest; against a dusty grey backdrop, a delicate white tree grows upwards from the stomach of a white figure prone on the ground. kelly haydon’s name in large black text is positioned against the tree trunk. The figure appears to be lying on the next image slice, a black and white brick office building against an azure sky. The final, bottom image, is a print of a black and white brick building against a yellow background, with a herd of black bison silhouettes ambling by in the foreground. The logos of Arts AccessAbility Network Manitoba and Canada Council for the Arts are in the bottom corner.

bio I am a self-realized visual artist based on unceded xʷməθkʷəy̓əm, Sḵwx̱wú7mesh, and səl̓ilwətaɁɬ Lands (Vancouver) whose primary focus is painting and printmaking, with a…

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The End of The End of Time – Marie LeBlanc

This is a poster advertising artist Marie LeBlanc’s show. The background photograph is monochromatic and abstract, in shades of gold, tan, and hazy rust. The focal point, slightly off-centre in the bottom left, is a glowing circle, possibly a sun. Reaching towards the light, or possibly radiating from it, are jumbled darker lines. These could be read as tree branches, but are too unfocussed to be defined for certain. The overall effect could also be read as an organic tunnel, with light at the end. Mid-level in bold two-tone contrasting text is Marie LeBlanc’s name. Below in bright yellow is the show title “The End of the End of Time”, and below that in white is the direction to “view show online at AANM.ca”. Along the right side of the poster in white print is the following:

Marie LeBlanc’s video “The End of the End of Time” has been launched here May 12, 2022 to mark Multiple Chemical Sensitivity/Environmental Sensitivities Awareness Day:…

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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.)
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