About Urban Shaman

*Above image Urban Shaman as it pretty much is today at 290 McDermot Ave location

MISSION STATEMENT
Urban Shaman is an Aboriginal artist-run centre dedicated to meeting the needs of artists by providing a vehicle for artistic expression in all disciplines and at all levels by taking a leadership role in the cultivation of Indigenous art.

VISION
Urban Shaman presents contemporary Indigenous Aboriginal art with integrity while remaining rooted in our diverse Aboriginal cultures.

MANDATE
Urban Shaman Contemporary Aboriginal Art is a nationally recognized leader in Aboriginal arts programming and one of the foremost venues and voices for Aboriginal art in Canada. Our focus on developing new programming and new ways of presenting it have resulted in increased exposure and the expansion of our activities. Urban Shaman is dedicated to the Aboriginal arts community and arts community at large.

• Committed to serving the needs of emerging, mid-career, and established Aboriginal artists through exhibitions and associated programming, workshops, residencies and curatorial initiatives.
• Dedicated to contributing to art historical and cultural critical discourses on a local, national, and international level.
• Committed to facilitating artistic production, education, and appreciation of contemporary art as an important and empowering tool for Aboriginal peoples.

Admission to the gallery is free.

Urban Shaman Gallery’s 15th Annual Member’s Exhibition and Sale 50 to 500

English/Ojibwe/Cree

US is a non-profit arts organization that is dedicated to the Aboriginal arts community and the arts community at large. Through it’s programming, US promotes discourse about contemporary Aboriginal art on local, national, and international levels. Through this discussion, it brings together Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal communities, knowing that contemporary art is an important and empowering tool for Indigenous peoples. We are dedicated to meeting the needs of artists by providing a vehicle for artistic expression in all disciplines and at all levels by taking a leadership role in the cultivation of Indigenous art.

50 to 500 is a fundraising event for our gallery to enlist new members, and open our gallery up to new artists at any level of art practice and culture. The event consists of an opening reception Saturday, November 16th from 8 to 11pm to celebrate an evening with amazing art from Manitoban artists, as well as artists from across Canada and Internationally. And included in the reception’s excitement celebrated artist Rebecca Belmore will be at the gallery launching her new book “Wordless - The Performance Art of Rebecca Belmore”. This is a great event to find amazing artwork, connect with the art scene and support the gallery and artists this holiday season.

Aaniin ge-izhinaagwak ge-izhiseg:
Gidaa-mikaan ozhichiganan ningoji 50 biiwaabikoons akoo 500 daswaabik, mii iwe wenji-inwaadeg 50 to 500. Mii-sa da-baakise Saturday, November 16, 8 izhiseg akoo 11 debikag, ji-nanaakomangwaa omazinichigeg gaa-waawiiji’angidwaa gabeya’ii ani-akiiwinigaag! Minose owe izhichigewin ji-maajii-gaagiigidong, ji-gikenimindwaa omazinichigeg Winnipeg onji zhigwa bakaan miinawaa bakaan onji. Minwendan ge-minikweyan, ge-miijiyan Anishinaabe miijim. Ge-waabanda’iweng, ge-adaawaageng gaye da-izhise minik December 14 aginzod. Aapiji onizhishin owe ge-izhichigeng ji-mikaman onizhishingin ozhichiganan, gikenim gechiwaag omazinichigeg, wiiji’ igi gaa-ozhichigewaad owe ge-ani-aateshining.

Tánisi óma káwí isícikániwak:
Kita miskikátéki náspasinahikéwina anihi owícihiwéwak kákí itótakik éko nántaw $0.50 isko $500.00 ká itakitéki, ékwéniw wéci isinikáték óma 50 to 500. Anima káwí isícikániwak kita wíkokániwan Saturday, November 16th, 8 isko 11pm kita minawácikátániwaki anihi owícihiwéwak onáspasinahikéwina óma inikok kákípé sítoskamákoyákok tápitaw kákípé askíwak éko óma ká ati má méskwaciwépak.  Óma ká isi nócicikániwak éko kikakí tasi kakitotáwak anikik onáspasinahikéwak óta ká wíkicik Winnipeg wéká kotakik ité itáwinik. Kika asimakawináwáw éwíkacisiki Ininíwi míciwina. Kitanókotániwana óhi éko kita atáwákániwana ohi isko December 14. Kici kékwán óma ité kékí miskaman éminwásiki náspasinahikéwina, kita ati kiskénimacik onáspasinahikéwak, éko kita pé sítoskamawacik ókik óta ká nócicikécik óma káwí ati anowépi kísikák.

Special thank you to those who helped out with the opening of 50 to 500…

Ken Gregory, Blane Campbell, Roxy Lanes, C2, Boogies Diner and Sports Lounge, Cinematheque, Platform Centre for Photographic + Digital Arts, Plug In ICA, Maison des Artistes, Once Upon a Child, Manitobah Mukluks, NCI FM Radio, Manitoba Music, Uptown Alley, Video Pool, Adam and Eve Winnipeg, 1CO3, Manitoba Liquor and Lotteries, Manitoba Chamber Orchestra