Video Pool Media Arts Centre aims to inspire curiosity and creative expression through technological empowerment and open exploration in all media art forms, cultivating experimental artistic practices and accessibility to technology through presentation, production, distribution, and education. We house the largest collection of prairie video art in Canada, present work at the intersection of technology and art in our Poolside Gallery, and The Output, our A/V performance and rehearsal venue, provides new opportunities for performance based work.
VP is Manitoba’s only artist-run centre dedicated to the exploration of technology-based art. https://videopool.org/
The International Alliance of Theatrical Stage Employees, Moving Picture Technicians, Artists and Allied Crafts of the United States, Its Territories and Canada (IATSE) was founded in 1893 when representatives of stagehands working in eleven cities met in New York and pledged to support each others’ efforts to establish fair wages and working conditions for their members. Today, we work in all forms of live theater, motion picture and television production, trade shows and exhibitions, television broadcasting, and concerts as well as the equipment and construction shops that support all these areas of the entertainment industry. https://iatse.net/
We are more than 150,000 workers strong in virtually all arts, media, and entertainment crafts, and our mission is to improve all entertainment workers’ lives both inside and outside the workplace.
Collective Broadcast is a live streaming and tech management provider led exclusively by practicing media artists. We pride ourselves in finding the artistry in technical solutions. Collective Broadcast Co. is an artist-run collective, specializing in live streaming tech solutions for arts organizations, not-for-profits and businesses. Collective Broadcast Co. was founded in 2020 by Scott Fitzpatrick, Colby Richardson & Aaron Zeghers, in an effort to help Canadian not-for-profits adapt to the COVID-19 pandemic and continue to offer their important programming in a virtual space. As one of the leading live-streaming tech providers in Canada, Collective broadcast employs an experienced roster of practicing media artists who are passionate about online event presentation.
Founded in 2005, the WNDX Festival programs new and innovative moving image works from across Canada and around the globe, with a mandate to showcase films made in our immediate community. We celebrate the impetus of screening work from underrepresented communities who are often ignored by mainstream film festival circuits, and strive to find the most innovative, challenging and original moving image works. We are committed to equitable compensation for artists’ labour, and pay screening and professional fees to all the artists who make our show possible. The WNDX Festival of Moving takes place in Winnipeg, MB, over 5 takes in the fall, and additionally present off-festival screenings throughout the calendar year. WNDX operates on Treaty 1 territory, the traditional territory of Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota, and Dene Peoples, and the homeland of the Métis Nation.
Our mandate also includes collaborative program initiatives with other prairie Artist Run Centres, educational and training opportunities within our community, and initiatives to foster critical discourse in media arts. We consider all moving image art practices, including film, video, performance, installation, new media forms and beyond. https://wndx.org/
Manufacturing Entertainment is Julie Gendron and Emma Hendrix. Focusing on technologies, and working across genres and disciplines, they strive for meaningful collaboration and community building while always questioning accepted “truths”. They believe that art can make change and that it should never be boring. www.manufacturingentertainment.com/
NIMAC is a permanent region within the structure of the Independent Media Arts Alliance (IMAA) – a non-profit national organization working to advance the media arts community in Canada and representing 80+ independent media arts organizations across the country. NIMAC acts as the Indigenous arm of the IMAA.
NIMAC also operates as a distinct organization, delivering arts activities as an incorporated, not-for-profit arts organization with its own membership. http://www.nationalimac.org/
Young Lungs Dance Exchange – photo/logo here Young Lungs Dance Exchange is a not-for-profit artist-run support organization committed to the development, creation and presentation of contemporary dance and performance on Treaty 1 Territory, Winnipeg, MB. https://younglungs.ca/
The Winnipeg Fringe Theatre Festival has enjoyed tremendous growth since it was founded as part of the Royal Manitoba Theatre Centre in 1988 and currently ranks as the second-largest event of its kind in North America. Every year the Winnipeg Fringe Festival welcomes over 170 companies from all over the world to present exciting independent theatre to appreciative audiences. https://www.winnipegfringe.com/
FLIPSIDE’s vision is to give the world a voice through virtual and augmented reality. They are building the future of entertainment, a future where everyone has the tools to bring their imagination to life and to share it with the world. VR and AR are incredibly complex technologies that are reshaping how we interact with computers and with each other, but that complexity leaves many would-be creators on the sidelines. At Flipside, they’re building a much simpler way of doing things so that everyone can join in. https://www.flipsidexr.com/
IN/ON/OUT INTERARTS FESTIVAL is located on Treaty One Territory and on the original lands of the Anishinaabeg, Cree, Oji-Cree, Dakota and Dene peoples, and on the homeland of the Métis Nation. We acknowledge that our water is sourced from Shoal Lake 40 First Nation.
