Recent Events.
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Travel with Us
Be Inspired, Learn and Connect from Our Home to Your Home with local and international artists for tips on creating art, make a medicine wheel/dream catcher, design your own kite to fly and learn about the tradition of kite making and kite flying on Easter Mondays in Barbados.
Messages of Hope for a World Without Racism
What does a world without racism look like? Over 80 images were painted by visitors to GerryFest 2020 at the St. Norbert Arts Centre when asked this question. The collective art installation was displayed on 50’ of construction fencing for three months. Students from Marymound School in Winnipeg, selected the two paintings used on this poster and shared their words of wisdom.
2021 | From our House to Yours with Love
February 14, 2021
Join us for a free virtual evening of music, song and comedy!
1st Annual GerryFest
Dedicated to the life and work of Gerry Atwell
Music | Art | Theatre | Friendship | August 14th-16th, 2020
Featuring:
Indian City | Super Duty Tough Work | and other friends of Gerry Atwell.
Saturday and Sunday 11am to 4pm
Free and open to all to tour the gallery featuring an exhibition of the Life and Work of Gerry Atwell.
Sunday 11am to 4pm
Special Market and Showcase of Black Owned Business of Manitoba.
All weekend! Free “Express Yourself” art-making station to make your own statement about Gerry’s most important topic: cultural equity. Hang your poster, banner, postcard on our fences which will be up for a month after GerryFest.
Recent events around the globe have helped to refocus everyone’s attention on cultural equity. Many of us are asking ourselves “What would Gerry say”? Gerry Atwell’s work as a multi-disciplinary artist was dedicated to expressing the Black Canadian experience and the empowerment of others in need. GerryFest is dedicated to the journey of Gerry’s life and how we as a community of caring friends and family can continue that work to finally end racism.
The Gerry Atwell Memorial Mentorship Fund
GerryFest is a fundraiser for the Gerry Atwell Memorial Mentorship Endowment Fund – Inspired by Gerry’s lifelong commitment to mentoring emerging artists, the Atwell Family and the St. Norbert Arts Centre have established the Gerry Atwell Memorial Mentorship Fund. The Fund will provide support for professional artists to work with talented emerging artists from communities underrepresented in the Artistic sector. The mentorship fund is administered by the St. Norbert Arts Centre with the Atwell family’s direction and in collaboration with community organizations that were near and dear to Gerry’s heart.
Tax receipts will be issued for donations of more than $15.00. This fund will remain open for ongoing donations here.
Watch the GerryFest 2020 Documentary on CBC >>