Events and Programs

ARTS FOR ALL is the banner that defines Winnipeg Cultural Capital of Canada in 2010. The vision for the year is that all people have access to the arts, are able to participate in the arts and value and are enriched by the arts. We will be engaging all year long in a public awareness campaign, informing Winnipeggers of this special designation, and educating the public on the importance of art in our city.

All of our events and programs are funded by the Cultural Capitals of Canada program through the Department of Canadian Heritage.

We are also supported by the City of Winnipeg and the Province of Manitoba. Individual projects also have donors and sponsors. If you are interested in sponsoring one of our programs please visit our Sponsorship and Donor Opportunities page.

Here are some of the amazing events and programs we have scheduled as part of the ARTS FOR ALL project.

THE BIG DANCE on Broadway

September 11th, 2010

Dance on Broadway will take over one of Winnipeg’s grand avenues for a dance party the likes of which our city has never seen!

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CITY STORIES with the Winnipeg Tarot Company

September 24 - October 31

A mobile story-exchange centre, traveling the city engaging Winnipeggers in the creative process of story exchange, while their unique Winnipeg experience is recorded for posterity.

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MY CITY’S STILL BREATHING: A symposium exploring the arts, artists and the city

November 4-7, 2010

This symposium will gather international experts to deliberate and debate the current and future relationships of art and design with city-making.

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CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: The Next 500 Hundred Years

International Exhibition of Contemporary Indigenous Art

This banner project for the WCCC 2010 Program comprises a large-scale, multi-sited exhibition focused on presenting contemporary Aboriginal Art drawn from around the world.

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INTERNATIONAL CELLO FESTIVAL OF CANADA

June 15 - 19, 2011

The first international cello festival to be presented in Canada, WCCC 2010, Agassiz Music and partners will create an exciting, ground-breaking event including internationally renowned cellists as well as Winnipeg's musicians.

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WINNIPEG’S ARTS AMBASSADORS

Four artists will be appointed Winnipeg's Art Ambassadors, for a two-year period, and will advocate for the arts and their own particular discipline be it music, literary arts, visual arts or performing arts.

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NORTH END ARTS CENTRE

A neighbourhood arts centre is proposed for a Selkirk Avenue location in the North End of Winnipeg. WCCC 2010 will partner with Ndinawe, a community development organization, to inspire the creativity of youth and community.

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MAJOR PUBLIC ART PROJECT

located at the Millenium Library Park

A partnership between the Winnipeg Arts Council Public Art Program and the Winnipeg Cultural Capitals of Canada project will permit a combination of resources to commission a major public art piece that celebrates the arts in Winnipeg and leaves a legacy of WCCC 2010.

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THE RIVER BARGE FESTIVAL

August 25-29, 2010

Five days of celebration, entertainment and cultural festivities presented at The Forks free of charge, planned as a gathering for all of Winnipeg.

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