CLOSE ENCOUNTERS: THE NEXT 500 YEARS

International exhibition of contemporary Indigenous Art, January 22 to May 11, 2011.

BY: Marlene Milne

Venues and Artists:

Main Exhibition site at 109 Pacific Avenue

Mary Anne Barkhouse

Michael Belmore

Colleen Cutshall

James Luna

Fiona Pardington

Reuben Patterson

Postcommodity

Doug Smarch Jr.

Marie Watt

Lawrence Paul 

Yuxweluptun

Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art

Wally Dion

Jimmie Durham

Skawennati Tricia Fragnito

Brett Graham

Marja Helander

Jonathan Jones

Brian Jungen

Kent Monkman

Edward Poitras

Lisa Reihana

Christian Thompson

The Manitoba Museum

Rosalie Favell

The Winnipeg Art Gallery

Maria Theresa Alves

Shuvinai Ashoona

Faye Heavyshield

Tracey Moffatt

Archer Pechawis

Pudlo Pudlat

Simma Paul-Anders

Manitoba Hydro head office

KC Adams

Postcommodity

Linus Woods

Parallel programming will be on at venues including Urban Shaman, Platform Centre for Photographic and Digital Arts, Gallery 1C03, La Maison des artiste visuals francophones, North End Arts Centre, and Graffiti Art Programming. 

All events and programming are related to celebration of Winnipeg: Cultural Capital of Canada 2010