Winnipeg Arts presents My City’s Still Breathing

A symposium exploring the arts, artists and the city

For more info:

http://www.artsforall.ca

[email protected]
(204) 943-7668

Topics include:

City as Generator
Performing the City
Cultural Cities
Uncovering the City
City WithArt
Lasting Impressions: Ephemeral City

Public Address – November 4, 2010 @ 7pm

John Waters – Baltimore , Legendary Filmmaker/Actor/Writer with special musical guest John K. Samson – Winnipeg, Poet/ Publisher/Front man for The Weakerthans

Other Speakers include:

Larry Beasley – Vancouver, Urban Planner
Simon Evans – Sheffield, England, Founder / Director of Creative Clusters
Christine Fellows – Winnipeg, Singer/ Songwriter
Jon Paul Fiorentino – Montreal, Author, Stripmalling
Jon Hawkes – Melbourne, Australia, Author, The Fourth Pillar of Sustainability: culture’s essential role in public planning
Robert Houle – Toronto, Artist
Mark Kingwell – Toronto, Philosopher
Barbara Koenen – Chicago, Artist
Cheryl L’Hirondelle – Vancouver, Artist / Singer / Songwriter
Janine Marchessault – Toronto, Canada Research Chair in Art, Digital Media and Globalization
Lize Mogel – New York , Artist
Sharon Moore – Toronto, Choreographer/ Director
Will Straw – Montreal, co-editor of Circulation and the City: Essays on Urban Culture (2010).