Nuit Blanche at the WAG and William Kurelek opening, Oct 1 2011

Nuit Blanche 2011 at the Winnipeg Art Gallery

Leif is the official photographer for WAG events:

It’s an all-night pandemonium of arts and culture! 6pm, Saturday, October 1 to 6am Sunday October 2.

Free public opening of two exhibitions:

William Kurelek: The Messenger

and

Precise: Craft and Process

• Live bands on the roof including Mariachi Ghost
• ARTcadia–indie video game arcade programmed by mrghosty
•. A Very Nuit Blanche Film Night presented by the U of W Uniter.
• A new dance work by Jolene Baillie created just for Nuit Blanche
• GroundSwell presents Gyorgy Ligeti’s Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano
• Music in the galleries with the WSO String Quartet
• Flash mob with Miss Lyndsay Ladobruk

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_MG_3078 — Michel St Hilaire sets up a colouring book style banner outside.

Michel’s Website

_MG_3093 — The crowd crashing gates are set up outside the WAG

_MG_3103 — Marlon Wiebe and the Winnitron 1000 crew

_MG_3105 — The Volunteers get a pep talk in the WAG board room

_MG_3115 — The huge slab of stone rarely gets opened at the main entrance to the Winnipeg Art Gallery

_MG_3129 — Winnitron 1000 Arcade game!

_MG_3130 — Winnitron 1000 Arcade game!

_MG_3155 — Zander busks the cello outside the WAG before the real festivities begin

_MG_3156 — The kids think these things are interactive art sculptures. Probably.

_MG_3165 — Friends and Family of William Kurelek muse about the paintings

_MG_3171 — The William Kurelek exhibition 2011

_MG_3177 — Friends and Family of William Kurelek

_MG_3179 — William Kurelek "Manitoba Party"

_MG_3205 — Andrew Kear, Anna Wiebe and Pat Bovey

_MG_3236 — Stephen Borys

_MG_3273 — The exhibition is the result of a partnership between the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Art Gallery of Hamilton, and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria

_MG_3296 — Kids love Super Mario NES

_MG_3324 — John Paskievich and friend

_MG_3336 — The awesome lamp in the WAG board room

_MG_3375 — All shapes and sizes come out to play on Nuit Blanche

_MG_3403 — Landscape Synergy at Nuit Blanche, October 01, 2011, The Winnipeg Art Gallery 9pm-midnight, site specific work on the ramp at the gallery, a free culture days event choreography: Jolene Bailie dancers: Jolene Bailie, Branwyn Bundon, Krista Nicholson, Christie Peters, Tiffany Thomas

_MG_3408 — A new dance work by Jolene Baillie, Gear Shifting Performance created just for Nuit Blanche

_MG_3457 — Awesome CBC bag!

_MG_3466 — The leg patrol

_MG_3469 — The Manitoba Crafts Museum set up an Embroidery station

_MG_3479 — The WAG was packed!

_MG_3488 — chiptune music by Skot Deeming and Rylann Gimby

_MG_3491 — Murray Toews is one happy guy!

_MG_3499 — Anna Wiebe and her Mom

_MG_3529 — The Art is rapturous at the WAG!

_MG_3554 — Lindsay Wiebe and Jenny Henkelman

_MG_3579 — The Roof of the WAG was the cool hang out.

_MG_3588 — Jason Hasselmann and Ian Tizzard and some friends!

_MG_3600 — He is dubious about the art

_MG_3619 — Winnipeg's cool art kids

_MG_3630 — Myron is where the action is... at

_MG_3633 — Andrew Chipman and some sweeties

_MG_3645 — Pictoria Secrete and Gloria Booths spice up the place

_MG_3647 — Bike courier chic

_MG_3656 — mr ghosty spins the digital 8 bit virtual vinyl

_MG_3672 — the line up outside was getting rowdy

_MG_3687 — smoking cigarettes is cool

_MG_3694 — Rylaan Gimby

_MG_3707 — Miss Lindsay Ladobruk leads the Art Cheer Squad!

_MG_3710 — Nereo ll

_MG_3722 — The WSO quartet; Gwen Hoebig (violin), Karl Stobbe (violin), Dan Scholz (viola), Yuri Hooker (cello)

_MG_3735 — Steve Ackerman and friends

_MG_3756 — GroundSwell presents Gyorgy Ligeti’s Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano. Patricia Evans (horn), Donna Laube (piano), Rachel Moody (violin)

_MG_3760 — Rachel Moody, violin

_MG_3771 — GroundSwell presents Gyorgy Ligeti’s Trio for Horn, Violin and Piano, Winnipeg Art Gallery

_MG_3782 — At midnight, the line was around the whole building

_MG_3786 — Another famous Winnipegger. The old guy who dances around with a lot of energy. Last seen at the Folk Fest.

_MG_3789 — Gold Pants!

_MG_3799 — Warrne Carther and Sarah Lynne Otsuji

_MG_3832 — The videographer for the evening

_MG_3841 — Cash only. Drink tickets

_MG_3849 — Beards Beard Beards in Winnipeg

_MG_3877 — Mariachi Ghost

_MG_3904 — Mariachi Ghost

_MG_3918 — A girl dancing in the fountain

3 thoughts on “Nuit Blanche at the WAG and William Kurelek opening, Oct 1 2011”

Brent Young says:

October 7, 2011 at 9:04 pm

Hello!
We are Pictoria Secrete and Gloria Booths. We are the daring duo in drag with the conical boobs that were seen flitting about the WAG during Nuit Blanche. We had a wonderful time that night and the people seemed to adore us.
Thanks to everyone that made us feel so welcome and free to be ourselves.
1. Leif Norman says:
  
  October 7, 2011 at 9:48 pm
  
  Conical boobs! Yes! I am sue I will see you two around the Winnipeg.
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