Explore the Arts with Confluence Exhibit – Rural Artists Emerging Through Waves of Isolation

Pinawa Art Gallery has an exciting exhibit from November 20 to December 6, 2021! The exhibit, titled Confluence: Rural Artists Emerging Through Waves of Isolation, features four Eastern Manitoba artists, each with their own mediums and stories tell through their art pieces. Explore the arts with the Confluence exhibit, where you can explore the artists’ work and participate in fantastic workshops that will unleash your creativity and artistic side!

Meeting through the Rural Artists Mentorship Program and spending many hours through Zoom, the four artists and their mentor found friendship and support. Artists Kelly Murray, Alexandra Ross, Cyndi Wiebe and Kelly Klick worked with mentor Brenna George through the isolation and disruption of the pandemic. After a year, what has evolved is a confluence of their different mediums, styles and passions, allowing the public to explore what it has meant to be apart together.

The Artists

Kelly Murray (Stead)

Kelly used watercolours and a love of local nature to find solace and beauty through her practice. Kelly will be leading a workshop called Snow Frisket: How to Block Out an Area. It will run on Saturday, November 20, 2021, from 1:00 PM to 3:00 PM. Participants will be painting an up-close picture of a pine/fir branch that is covered with snow, allowing exploration with blocking watercolour paint to create white.

Check out Kelly’s website to see more of her work and masterpieces!

Cyndi Wiebe (Ile des Chênes)

Cyndi created and published a dynamic children’s book titled Molly & Space for Adventure. Cyndi will be running a family-friendly workshop called Creating My Own Galaxy. Using sensory play/art process and reading from her book Cyndi will lead families in exploring what it may feel like to zoom through space. This workshop will be on Saturday, November 20, 2021, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM.

Check out Cyndi’s website to see more of her work and masterpieces!

Alexandra Ross (Mitchell)

Alexandra worked with clay, lino and photography to explore her own story. Alexandra will be facilitating a workshop called Responsive Clay Sculpture. In this workshop, participants will have a brief introduction to the variety of clay practices. The workshop will cover clay bodies for sculpture, hand-building techniques as well as responsive mark making. Participants will select a found object to respond to and make a clay sculpture to accompany the object. There will also be the option for participants to fire their work at a later date if they choose. This workshop will run Saturday, November 27, 2021, from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM.

Check out Alexandra’s website to see more of her work and masterpieces!

Kelly Klick (Pinawa)

Kelly used icons of women’s craft and daily living along with her own oil painting and clay sculpture to tell the story of the placenta. Her series of assemblage work titled Mother Cake supported her transition from midwife to artist. As curator of this exhibition, Kelly will be available for artist lead tours by appointment at klick@mymts.net.

Check out Kelly’s website to see more of her work and masterpieces!

About Pinawa Art Gallery

Pinawa Art Gallery is a non-profit arts organization that showcases the work of local artists from Pinawa and surrounding areas. The artists range from novice to emerging and established artists. Their artistic interests are just as diverse as the mediums they choose and include painting (oil, acrylic and watercolour), pottery and sculpting, photography, fibre art and jewelry.

You can find the Pinawa Art Gallery at the L.B. Lewis Centre, 24 Aberdeen Avenue, in Pinawa.