A group of art driven and minded people met at the Northern Arts Workshop held last week at Bakers Narrows. It was a collaboration of different art organizations on a local, provincial and national level.
“The Northern Arts Workshop, sponsored by UCN, was held to bring people in the professional and volunteer fields of the arts together to discuss what they have in common, what their goals are, barriers, funding opportunities, networking and more,” said Cheryl Antonio. “Jesse Wente, Chair of Canada Council for the Arts; Rose-Anne Harder, Director of the Manitoba Arts Network; Thom Sparling from Creative Manitoba; along with representatives from PrairiesCan, Canadian Heritage, and MB Film & Music were in attendance to listen, learn and collaborate.