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ArtWalk: Lights on the Exchange x First Friday

DATE
March 01, 2024
TIME
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
LOCATION
492 Main Street, Winnipeg, MB R3B 1G6, Winnipeg
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Explore the Exchange District with us as artists light up the neighbourhood. We will visit lanterns, light boxes, projections, window displays and more (list of participating artists below).

Participants are encouraged to continue their First Friday evening by grabbing dinner or a drink, taking in a show, visiting a gallery, or bringing their skates for the rink in Old Market Square!

This is Winnipeg… The tours will run as scheduled, unless there is an extreme weather warning.

Accessibility: Tour is wheelchair accessible, but road and sidewalk conditions may vary.

Fri, March 1, 2024 6 PM – 7 PM




LIGHTS ON THE EXCHANGE IS A WINTER ARTS FESTIVAL IN WINNIPEG’S EXCHANGE DISTRICT

From brick and terracotta buildings to storefronts, rooftops and alleyways, Lights on the Exchange – Allumez le Quartier invites you to explore light in its many forms and settings. Canadian artists curated by Artspace, Manufacturing Entertainment and Winnipeg’s Public Art Program create fresh, contemporary installations, sculptures and projections that reveal a reimagined history of the area. Featuring works by KC Adams, Yisa Akinbolaji, Bîstyek, Jonato Dalayoan, Anna Binta Diallo, Takashi Iwasaki, Claire Johnston, Natalie Mark, Justine Proulx, Paul Robles, Destiny Seymour, Jackie Traverse, Kaine McEwan, Matea Radic, Kelsey Braun, Seema Goel, Bonnie Marin, Sky Spence, Nereo Zorro, Eric Plamondon and Joe Kalturnyk, Diana Lynn VanderMeulen, Casey Koyczan, Kristen Roos and Sylivia Matas. Thanks to festival sponsors 201 Portage, Travel Manitoba, Manitoba Centennial Concert Hall and VideoPool Media Arts Centre.

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Event Venue
Exchange District BIZ,492 Main Street, Winnipeg, MB R3B 1G6
Winnipeg,R3B 1G6CA
Event Details
01 March 2024
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
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Organizer
Winnipeg’s Public Art Program
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