Riva Symko

...antidotal anecdota from a writer/curator/scholar/quotidienateur...

(white settler/she/her/Dr)

[Riva Symko @anecdotia]

“One of her colleagues described her as somebody who smashed through walls...And then told everybody else to hurry up and come through.” Michelle Jacques on Wanda Nanibush
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[Riva Symko @anecdotia]

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[Riva Symko @anecdotia]

Art is a process. Not an end result.

[WAG-Qaumajuq @wag_ca]

The new exhibition, Colour Therapy has got us over the rainbow excited🌈 Curated by @anecdotia the show turns Eckhardt Hall into playful, abstract walls of colour with the goal of bringing the outdoor vibrancy of the summer months right into the Gallery💐

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[Riva Symko @anecdotia]

the performance continues!
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[WAG-Qaumajuq @wag_ca]

WAG-Qaumajuq is a place for us to meet and share, to learn, discover and connect with others through art ✨ This is your Gallery, curate your experience 👉️ Head to https://t.co/kNuUUsZP1i to learn more & plan your next visit.

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[Riva Symko @anecdotia]

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[WAG-Qaumajuq @wag_ca]

MEDIA RELEASE 📣 WAG-Qaumajuq has announced plans to build an endowment fund to acquire contemporary art, starting with contemporary Indigenous art 🖼️ #DYK First Nations & Metis art only make up less than 1% of our collection?

Learn more👉️ https://t.co/mBy07TY56m

[Riva Symko @anecdotia]

"Why do museum acquisitions matter? Because this is the art judged important enough to conserve. Exhibitions are temporary – they do not reflect changes in a museum’s collection." https://t.co/GG17SCnAuf

[Riva Symko @anecdotia]

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[WAG-Qaumajuq @wag_ca]

MEDIA RELEASE 📣 WAG-Qaumajuq opens Qaumajuq’s second show – Inuit Sanaugangit: Art Across Time 🎉 Massive exhibition brings together nearly 400 works of sanaugangit – “Art by Inuit”

Read more👉 https://t.co/04eAhNN4Iz

[WAG-Qaumajuq @wag_ca]

New exhibition alert 🚨⁠ We're excited to announce the new exhibition, Grace Nickel curated by Tammy Sutherland (@manitobacraft) & @anecdotia 🙌⁠ Celebrate a leading Manitoban artist & her innovative work & technical skill. Don’t miss this show at WAG-Qaumajuq opening in May⁠

[Riva Symko @anecdotia]

"...in that gap – between the rush and crush of daily news and the longer, slower perspectives of art – you can see the smart, sneaky power of this group show at the WAG." - Alison Gilmour for @galleries_west
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[Niigaan Sinclair @Niigaanwewidam]

Epi 6 of #NiigaanandtheLoneRanger covers turmoil in the WPS over failure to search landfill for #MMIWG, a feat interview with @wag_ca curator Riva Symko & story by @WinnipegNews Perspectives editor Brad Oswald https://t.co/bzvuptwNA6

[Riva Symko @anecdotia]

Bucket list item achieved: appear as a guest on a hot new podcast! Thank you @danlett for the conversation: https://t.co/KOBetVLmKl

[Riva Symko @anecdotia]

“Museums would have to stop acquiring white male artists for centuries to level the playing field,” said Morgan, director of curatorial studies at Tufts. https://t.co/EX1TGNevHw

[WAG-Qaumajuq @wag_ca]

Tonight @ 7pm - FREE with admission, learn more about Headlines: The Art of the News Cycle with curator, Dr. Riva Symko 🖼️⁠ Curator by day, news anchor by night, Riva will deliver the hard hitting facts and leave you feeling informed & inspired ✨

👉️ https://t.co/gYtmjigg2M

[Riva Symko @anecdotia]

"report suggests that the data shows the limited purchasing power of museums & how much they rely on donors to shape their collections—and, ultimately, how tightly connected museum trustees and the market are." https://t.co/LK0gAHm5Do

[Paul Samyn @PaulSamyn]

Here’s what a party 150 years in the making looks like. Many thanks to ⁦@wag_ca⁩ for the artistic vision behind this show that examines our history and the essential nature of news. #wfp https://t.co/W6jKUQPMv4

[WAG-Qaumajuq @wag_ca]

Curator @anecdotia speaking at the opening of Headlines: The Art of the News Cycle, celebrating @WinnipegNews 150th anniversary 👏

We’re open tonight til 9 - FREE 🔥