Prairie Outdoor Exhibition
The Prairie Outdoor Exhibition is a sprawling outdoor gallery that is designed to engage and challenge folks at Birds Hill Provincial Park during the Winnipeg Folk Festival.
Here are descriptions of the exciting projects you will stumble upon at the festival this year!
2012 Exhibition
New this year – One-Stop Art Shop
Let your creativity soar and make art with your festival friends at the One-Stop Art Shop near the Folk School tent, open Friday to Sunday.
Classes:
12:00 PM – 1:00 PM: Great Big Little Pictures – forced perspective photography workshop with Emilie St. Hilaire
1:00 PM – 2:00 PM: Create festival colouring book pages with Erica Lowe and Cleo Butcher
2:00 PM – 5:00 PM: Meet The Press: printmaking with Martha Street Studio
Emilie St. Hilaire
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Great Big Little Pictures
Visit Emilie at the One-Stop Art Shop to learn more about forced perspective photography. Multiple stations are set up around the festival grounds where you can capture creative photos with your friends! 12:00 PM to 1:00 PM, Friday through Sunday.
Erica Lowe & Cleo Butcher
Festival Colouring Book
Erica and Cleo are collecting drawings to be included in a colouring book that will be available at the Winnipeg Folk Festival’s 40th anniversary in 2013. Design a drawing at the One-Stop Art Shop Friday through Sunday, 1:00 PM to 2:00 PM. They will also be roaming the site looking for artists of all ages to participate!
Martha Street Studio
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Meet The Press
Ever thought you could create professional fine art prints in the middle of a field? Drop by the One-Stop Art Shop, Friday through Sunday from 2:00 PM to 5:00 PM, and let the folks from Martha Street Studio guide you through it!
KC Adams
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Illumination
KC explores the relationship between nature and technology in the coolest way ever – with cyborgs! The cyborgs mimic natural environments and will glow at night to light your way.
Anna-Celestrya Carr
The Men’s Banner Project
Through her visual, performance and interactive art, Anna-Celestrya asks men to make the promise not to use their hands in violence against women, or to ignore or tolerate the witness of violence.
Andrew Courtnage & Mandel Hitzer
Gnome Project
Gnomes are spirits of the earth and they have built a magical village for you to visit. If you find a lost gnome, please return it to the gnome village!
James Culleton
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Labyrinth
A labyrinth is made up of one continuous path leading to the center without obstacles. Designed as a tool for healing, meditation and contemplation, the labyrinth is an ancient and mysterious symbol of self-discovery.
Curtis DeMeyer
Darla White Bench
Solid steel, wood, and granite bench in memoriam of Darla White, a deeply cherished artistic woman who enriched the lives of everyone around her. Darla was a no-nonsense, tell it like it is kind of person with strength beyond compare, a trait that is intended to be reflected in the steadfastness of the elements that this bench is composed of. She is greatly missed by those who love her.
Brook Drabot, Ryan Lacovetsky and Tyler Allanson
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Living Portrait
Living Portrait is an open air, free-standing window, originally inspired by the 17th century Japanese landscaping concept, Shakkei. These framed windows encourage meditation and contemplation.
Ken Gregory
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Gregory’s Sun Sucker
Sun Sucker is a plant-like sound installation powered by solar energy. The project questions artificial life, impact of technology on the environment, and what sound pollution is or is not.
Glen Knapp
What’s So Funny ‘Bout
What’s so Funny ‘Bout is a sculpture inspired by Elvis Costello’s impassioned interpretation of the Nick Lowe song “(What’s So Funny ‘Bout) Peace, Love and Understanding.” Over 30 years later, it’s still an appropriate and contemplative inquiry.
Christel Lanthier & Lindsey Bond
Musical Gnomon
Musical Gnomon is an interactive organic metal sculpture that looks like a sunflower, but the design incorporates a musical staff, treble clef and movable notes. Upon the staff, notes can be spun in any direction, creating a musical composition of “shadow notes” that will be dance on the grass!
Nicole Magne & Shannon Shields
Folk Fest Critter Cut-Outs
The critter cut-outs are a great way to remember all the best times at the Winnipeg Folk Festival. Stop by and take your picture with these hilarious festival characters.
Julia & Jeff Mark
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Faceoff
This structure celebrates diversity by showing a variety of facial features and encourages audience members to interact with the paintings by ‘flipping’ the features to create their own face, reminding us of how beautiful and diverse our world is.
Rick Unger & Gilbert Detillieux
Phineas Farnsworth’s Phanto-graphic Stereo-morpho-scope
Over a century before 3D plasma TVs, 3D enthusiasts were making amazing photos that jumped off the page! Journey back to the Victorian era and see the festival through the eyes of the visionary Phineas Farnsworth.
Curtis & Marlon Wiebe
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The Secondhandpants Science-Folktion Jukebox Side Show
Pop in a coin, button or other small object into the slot, then make your selection, honk the appropriate horn and prepare to be astounded! It’s a Jukebox! It’s a live performance! It’s the Science-Folktion Jukebox Sideshow! Operating 3:00 PM to 4:00 PM, Friday through Sunday.