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Jul 5 2022 WAG-Qaumajuq opens new show exploring embodied knowledge

Jun 23 2022 Esmaa Mohamoud: To Play in the Face of Certain Defeat

Apr 26 2022 Cliff Eyland Community Celebration

Apr 21 2022 KAKINIIT/HIVONIGHIJOTAA: Inuit Embodied Practices & Meanings opens at WAG-Qaumajuq

Mar 24 2022 The WAG Celebrates One-Year Anniversary of the Opening of Qaumajuq

Mar 21 2022 Art in Bloom returns to the Winnipeg Art Gallery April 1-3, 2022

Mar 15 2022 WAG-Qaumajuq Celebrates Opening of Kwaata-nihtaawakihk: A Hard Birth Exhibition

Jan 27 2022 WAG-Qaumajuq to Host Naadohbii: To Draw Water Symposium

Jan 25 2022 Now Open: Cliff Eyland: Library of Babel – A Retrospective

Dec 1 2021 WAG-Qaumajuq to Host Auviqsaqtut: the 22nd Inuit Studies Conference

Nov 16 2021 WAG Celebrates New Studio & MOU with Manitoba Education

Nov 2 2021 CRAFTED: Show + Sale Returns to WAG this Weekend

Oct 4 2021 Treaty One Nation and Winnipeg Art Gallery-Qaumajuq Sign Memorandum of Understanding

Sep 16 2021 WAG-Qaumajuq Announces Initiative That Reframes Historical Art Collection

Sep 9 2021 Inuit Art Foundation Announces Tarralik Duffy as Winner of 2021 Kenojuak Ashevak Memorial Award

Aug 13 2021 Exhibition Celebrating Red River Métis Matriarchs Opens at WAG-Qaumajuq

Jul 22 2021 WAG-Qaumajuq Launches Visible Vault Digital Platform, Supported by Canada Council for the Arts

Jul 15 2021 WAG IdeasLAB Summer Intern Program Launches in Partnership with the Appleton Foundation

Jun 29 2021 Tour 150 Nakatamaakewin Travel Schedule

Jun 25 2021 Richardson Foundation to Match Donations to Qaumajuq Dollar-for-Dollar up to $1 Million

Jun 21 2021 WAG-Qaumajuq to Launch Winnipeg Indigenous Triennial with Naadohbii: To Draw Water, Presented by BMO Financial Group

Jun 10 2021 WAG-Qaumajuq celebrates National Indigenous Peoples Day with world premiere of The Lake Winnipeg Project by Kevin Settee

Jun 9 2021 WAG-Qaumajuq, RBC & Inuit Futures Launch INUA Virtual Experience

Apr 27 2021 WAG and Tunngasugit Announce Partnership

Apr 22 2021 Journey North: The Inuit Art Centre Project Book Launches at WAG-Qaumajuq

Apr 20 2021 The Alloways’ Gift and Rosalie Favell’s Family Legacy Commemorate The Winnipeg Foundation’s Centennial Anniversary

Apr 7 2021 2021 Governor General Award-Winning Artist Brings Performance Piece to WAG

Mar 23 2021 WAG and NFB announce new partnership in days leading up to Qaumajuq Opening

Mar 16 2021 Manitoba 150 and the Winnipeg Art Gallery bring art across the province this summer!

Mar 15 2021 Mayor Bowman Announces Honourary Street Name in Recognition of the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s Qaumajuq

Mar 5 2021 WAG Opens Qaumajuq March 25 & 26 with Virtual Celebration & Free Days

Feb 26 2021 WAG Announces INUA, Qaumajuq’s Inaugural Exhibition

Feb 22 2021 WAG Illuminates Downtown in Lead-up to opening of Qaumajuq, the Inuit art centre

Feb 11 2021 Public invited to experience Born in Power exhibition virtually thanks to Safe at Home MB Grant

Feb 5 2021 Abraham Anghik Ruben Outdoor Sculpture Unveiled at WAG-Qaumajuq

Jan 21 2021 Goota Ashoona Outdoor Sculpture Unveiled at WAG-Qaumajuq

Dec 7 2020 WAG@Home offers opportunities to explore the decorative arts

Nov 17 2020 WAG to Pilot FREE & Affordable Membership for Qaumajuq’s Inaugural Year

Oct 28 2020 Qaumajuq is the name for WAG Inuit art centre, new Indigenous names for spaces within

Oct 26 2020 Inuk Style and In Place: Reflections from Manitoba on view at the WAG

Oct 16 2020 WAG Unveils Revamped Gallery Shop in Lead-up to Inuit Art Centre Opening

Sep 3 2020 Philanthropist Bob Williams will match up to $500,000 in donations to the Inuit Art Centre

Jul 15 2020 WAG Director & CEO Stephen Borys Receives Order of Manitoba

Jun 30 2020 WAG’s Rooftop Retreat Offers Downtown Oasis This Summer

Jun 29 2020 WAG Inuit Art Centre Visible Vault Goes Digital thanks to Canada Council

Jun 17 2020 WAG & Indigenous Music Celebrate National Indigenous Peoples Day with Virtual Powwow

Jun 11 2020 Canada Life Free Sundays@WAG are Back this Weekend!

Jun 9 2020 Step Into the Light with L.L. FitzGerald at WAG

May 1 2020 WAG to Welcome the Community Back Next Week

Feb 26 2020 WAG to Hold Wet’suwet’en Film Screening and Panel Discussion

Feb 11 2020 WAG’S dining and event services revitalized as Inuit Art Centre takes shape

Feb 3 2020 Kent Monkman’s Shame and Prejudice Extended at the WAG

Jan 6 2020 Canada Life Free Sundays@WAG Launch this Weekend

Dec 17 2019 New WAG@ThePark exhibitions curated by emerging guest curators

Dec 6 2019 Prayer (Chicago) by James Webb brings people together at WAG

Dec 5 2019 WAG Welcomes Riva Symko as Head of Collections & Exhibitions and Julia Lafreniere as Manager of Indigenous Initiatives

Dec 3 2019 WAG Inuit Art Centre launches Visible Vault Campaign

Nov 29 2019 Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity Returns to the WAG

Nov 22 2019 WAG launches two new Indigenous exhibitions: subsist and ᐃ

Nov 6 2019 The Winnipeg Art Gallery Celebrates the Art of Craft with Handmade Gifts and Homemade Food

Oct 28 2019 Local Chefs and Ceramic Artists Featured in Second Volume of Celebrated Cookbook

Oct 8 2019 WAG 2019 Gallery Ball Sold Out

Jul 23 2019 Inuit Miniature Carvings on View in New Exhibit – Jocelyn Piirainen curates Small Worlds for her first show at WAG

Jun 12 2019 WAG Announces a Major Gift to the Inuit Art Centre

Mar 14 2019 WAG Indigenization Continues with two Positions Supported by the Canada Council for the Arts

Oct 5 2018 WAG Announces $1 Million Gift to the Inuit Art Centre

May 25 2018 WAG Celebrates Groundbreaking for Inuit Art Centre

Feb 8 2018 WAG Announces All-Inuit Curatorial Team for Inuit Art Centre Inaugural Exhibits

Dec 19 2017 WAG’s Inuit Art Centre Receives $10 Million from Province of Manitoba

Oct 17 2017 WAG to Host First Solo Exhibition of Pitaloosie Saila

Jun 7 2017 WAG to Open Inuit Art Exhibition at Embassy of Canada in Washington, DC

Mar 23 2017 WAG Announces Indigenous Advisory Circle

Dec 6 2016 RBC Announces $500K Donation to WAG’s Inuit Art Centre

Nov 18 2016 WAG Brings Land Issues to the Forefront with Pair of Boarding Exhibits

Oct 20 2016 In Conversation with Susan A. Thompson to Support Inuit Art Centre

Sep 30 2016 Canadian Debut of Our Land Showcases Rarely Seen Inuit Art

Aug 2 2016 Government of Canada Supports the Winnipeg Art Gallery’s Inuit Art Centre

Jul 22 2016 WAG Carves New Path for Indigenous Artwalk with Four Inuit Sculptures

May 25 2016 Government of Nunavut and WAG promoting Inuit art in Winnipeg

May 6 2016 Mayor Bowman Announces Funding to Support Inuit Art Centre

Mar 23 2016 City of Winnipeg Commits $5 Million to WAG’s Inuit Art Centre

Mar 3 2016 Rarely Seen Inuit Art Revealed for First Time in a Generation

Dec 17 2015 Manitoba, Winnipeg Art Gallery Share Government of Nunavut’s Inuit Art Collection with Europe

Dec 8 2015 BMO Announces Significant Donation to WAG’s Inuit Art Centre

Nov 23 2015 Manitoba Commits $15 Million for first-of-its-kind Inuit Art Centre at WAG

Oct 14 2015 WAG’s Inuit Art Centre Receives Support from The Winnipeg Foundation

Mar 26 2015 WAG’s Inuit Art Centre Receives Support from TD to Help Build Bridges Between Canada’s North and South

Oct 17 2013 WAG Inuit Art Curator Receives Honorary Doctoral Degree

Nov 22 2012 Michael Maltzan selected to design Inuit Art and Learning Centre for WAG

Oct 3 2012 WAG Task Force Meets to Discuss Inuit Art and Learning Centre

Jul 30 2012 WAG Announces Architect Selection Process for New Inuit Art and Learning Centre

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