If you’ve already checked out the latest exhibit at Winkler Arts and Centre’s main gallery (see story on Pg. 11), now you also have two satellite gallery spaces to enjoy.
The Park St. arts centre started off the new year with artwork up at both the C.W. Wiebe Medical Centre and Mulligans Restaurant & Lounge.
Their relationship with the clinic goes back years, says WAC executive director Jared Hildebrand.
“The clinic has quite a few pieces right now, probably about 15 or 16,” he shares, explaining many of the works are from Olga Krahn’s Power of Perseverance in Manitoba show. Much of the art lines the clinic’s main hallway.
Mulligan’s, meanwhile, is a brand new canvas for WAC.
“They reached out to me a few months ago and we were able to find a really good match for their taste,” Hildebrand says. On display throughout the restaurant are pieces by artist Jeff Zacharias. “It was a good fit … it really finishes off the space there.”
The art at the clinic rotates out every six months or so, while the Mulligan’s pieces will likely be changed annually.
“Then we’ll switch it up to something else and give another artist an opportunity to have their pieces up,” Hildebrand says.
The gallery has had a rental program to connect artists with businesses for many years. Hildebrand would love to hear from more places looking to decorate their walls with a local flair.
“Anything we can do to get local art into more everyday spaces around the community.”
