January 11, 2017
Tomorrow, Thursday, Jan 12 at 4:00pm, Gallery 1C03 at the University of Winnipeg will launch the exhibit, “Moving Images.” I am pleased that “Queer Grit” has been selected for the program, “To Make a Prairie.”

This stop-motion animation (2004) asks the question, “How do you be queer on the prairies when your dad is John Wayne?” Come join us at the opening reception. This program will run until January 21. Regular gallery hours start on the 13th. They are weekdays from 12:00 – 4:00 p.m. and Saturdays 1:00 – 4:00 p.m. The films will loop continuously during open hours.

January 12 – 21, 2017 – To Make a Prairie

Cattle Call (2008) by Mike Maryniuk & Matthew Rankin (3:30)
Queer Grit (2004) by Roewan Crowe (5:25)
Souvenirs – Watermarks (2008) by Paula Kelly (10:45)
Bon Voyage (2009) by Ryan McKenna (5:37)
TOTAL RUN TIME: 25:17

Find the rest of the screening schedule online.

Moving Images is an exhibition of 23 short films and videos created by artists affiliated with The University of Winnipeg. Moving Images is organized in recognition of Gallery 1C03’s 30th anniversary (opened: September, 1986) and The University of Winnipeg’s 50th anniversary (Charter Day: September 15, 1967). The exhibition is co-curated by Gallery 1C03 director/curator Jennifer Gibson and art historian and film critic Alison Gillmor.

For Moving Images the Gallery will serve as a small cinema featuring five thematic shorts programs, each on view for only one week, thereby encouraging repeat visits to watch innovative works directed by University of Winnipeg alumni, current and former students and faculty/instructors. Stop by to watch one or more of the following programs: To Make a Prairie (January 12 – 21); The Personal is Political (January 23 – 28); The Haunted Cinema (January 30 – February 4); Women’s Pictures, Women’s Lives (February 6 – 11); and Funny Haha and Funny Peculiar (February 13 – 18).