For the Tenth Biennial Anniversary of Ice Follies, Near North Mobile Media Lab (N2M2L) is pleased to present, in association with Nipissing University’s Department of Fine and Performing Arts, the 2013 laureate (Visual and Media Arts) of the Governor General’s Awards, Gordon Monahan.
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Ice Follies 2014 Dates and Times
Ice Follies 2014 dates have been set tentatively. Details about times and artists are being prepared and will be announced closer to the event launch.
Ice Follies 2014: Ohkwamingininiwug
Ice Follies 2014 introduces “Ohkwamingininiwug,” meaning “Ice People” in Ojibwe, as the theme for our winter programming. This season highlights the collaborative spirit of the north through a large-scale, site-specific exhibition. Key contributors to this project include White Water Gallery, Aanmitaagzi, and Near North Mobile Media Lab, each playing an equal role in organizing and executing the exhibition. Through our collective efforts, we celebrate the North’s unity and partnership.
Peter Hargraves, ICE FOLLIE, 2012
THEME: ANAAMIMIKOM (UNDER THE SURFACE) Under the Surface was chosen because it represents the efforts behind the scenes to make Ice Follies 2012 more community-oriented and engaging. With artists travelling from across the country to work alongside of local artists,...
Aanmitaagzi, Dances of Resistance, 2012
For this year’s Ice Follies, Aanmitaagzi presented a community-engaged component of its Dances of Resistance project. We also worked with invited environmental artist Laura Hale and held a week of open studio workshops culminating in a community-engaged winter event in conjunction with Ice Follies at Big Medicine Studio. Our community-engaged event included…
Brian Bertrand, Echo, 2012
Theme: Anaamimikom: Under the Surface Under the Surface was chosen because it represents the efforts behind the scenes to make Ice Follies 2012 more community-oriented and engaging. With artists travelling from across the country to work alongside of local...
Bruce Montcombroux, Iceberg Preservation Society, 2012
Theme: Anaamimikom: Under the Surface Under the Surface was chosen because it represents the efforts behind the scenes to make Ice Follies 2012 more community-oriented and engaging. With artists travelling from across the country to work alongside of local...
Michael Allgoewer, Unknown, 2012
Theme: Anaamimikom: Under the Surface Under the Surface was chosen because it represents the efforts behind the scenes to make Ice Follies 2012 more community-oriented and engaging. With artists travelling from across the country to work alongside of local...
Laura Hale, 2012
THEME: ANAAMIMIKOM (UNDER THE SURFACE) Under the Surface was chosen because it represents the efforts behind the scenes to make Ice Follies 2012 more community-oriented and engaging. With artists travelling from across the country to work alongside of local artists,...
Michael Belmore, Solace, 2010
Michael Belmore, Solace, 2010 Michael Belmore’s Solace made use of a smaller used ice-fishing shack sealed and wired to display gold-leaf inlayed river stones. "Grandfather" stones that were viewed from the outside through windows and a glass panel in the door of the...