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Surfing artist-run centres in Winnipeg, Manitoba

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 June 2016

Liv Valmestad
Liv Valmestad*
Affiliation:
Architecture/Fine Arts Library, University of Manitoba, Winnipeg, Manitoba R3T 2N2, Canada
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Abstract

The prairie city of Winnipeg boasts a thriving community of artist-run centres. Profiles of each of these centres, derived partly from their own web sites, provide a virtual tour of this community, whose history, programming, projects and initiatives sustain and promote experimental and contemporary visual culture in the city.

Type
Research Article
Information
Art Libraries Journal , Volume 24 , Issue 3 , 1999 , pp. 31 - 37
Copyright
Copyright © The Art Libraries Society 1999

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