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Make tHe Winnipeg arts scene The Exchange District is a creative hotbed for collaborative filmmakers, dance companies, publishers and visual artists. Drop by Artspace (www.art-space.ca) on Arthur Street to catch an independent film at the Winnipeg Film Group's (www.winnipegfilmgroup.com) ground-floor theatre Cinematheque, and cruise new exhibits at the Platform Gallery Centre for Photographic + Digital Arts (www.platformgallery.org). Mayberry Fine Art (www.mayberryfineart.com) is a mainstay on McDermot Avenue, just up the street from Urban Shaman Contemporary Aboriginal Gallery (urbanshaman.org) and artist-run contemporary gallery Aceart Inc. (www.aceart.org). Discover new and established artists at Gurevich Fine Art (www.gurevichfineart.com) on Albert Street, and check out fresh work at youth art centre Graffiti Gallery (www.graffitigallery.ca) on higgins Avenue. graffiti has a satellite gallery at the Skate Plaza at The Forks (www.theforks.com), where you'll find jewelry, aboriginal art and crafts at several galleries. Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art (www.plugin.org), just north of the WAG on Portage Avenue, is an internationally acclaimed centre for research and arts development. Cruise new exhibits and add to your collection. Artists include local light Marcel Dzama, known for pieces featuring animal-human hybrids, including Beck's Guero album cover. Shop for contemporary paintings, jewelry and more at Woodlands Gallery (www.woodlandsgallery.com) on Academy Road, and peruse new works at La Galerie in St. Boniface's Centre Cultural Franco-Manitobain (www.ccfm.mb.ca). park place The works of Manitoba artists Ivan Eyre, Clarence Tillenius and Walter J. Phillips are featured at Assiniboine Park's Pavilion Gallery Museum (www.assiniboinepark.ca), where The Pooh Gallery is devoted to Winnie the Pooh art and artifacts. The Leo Mol Gallery is a good starting point to peruse moulds and plaster casts before you take a stroll in the Leo Mol Sculpture Garden. Artists find inspiration in every corner of our province. Check out eclectic new works at the Mermaid's Kiss Gallery (www.mermaidskissgallery.com), near the seawall murals in Gimli, peruse watercolours, pottery and multimedia works in two galleries at the Portage & District Arts Centre (www.portageartscentre.ca) and stroll in the sculpture garden at Gallery in the Park (www.galleryinthepark.ca) in Altona. local artists exhibit jewelry, ceramics and paintings at the Pembina Hills Art Gallery (www.pembinahillsarts.com) in Morden, and at Dauphin's Watson Arts Centre (www.watsonartcentre.com). Brandon's Art Gallery of Southwestern Manitoba (www.agsm.ca) has a large collection of aboriginal art and contemporary paintings and textiles, and Flin Flon's Northern Visual Arts Centre (www.norvacentre.com) exhibits quilts, pottery, paintings and other works. While you're in Flin Flon, take a selfie with the statue of Flinty. American cartoonist Al Capp, of li'l Abner fame, created the image after learning prospectors who named the town in 1915 were inspired by Josiah Flintabattey Flonatin, a character in sci-fi novel The Sunless City. FolloW tHe Manitoba Muse Gallery in the park – altona artspace 41