January Sketching Schedule
Monday evening drawing returns Monday, Jan. 12th.
We’ll be having a male model, and he will be sitting for a portrait.
Monday, Jan. 12: portrait, male model, one pose
Monday, Jan. 19: nude, female model, multiple poses
Monday, Jan. 26: clothed, female model, poses to be announced
106th Annual Juried Exhibition
Community Gallery 2nd Floor, The Pavilion, Assiniboine Park
Show opened Sunday, Nov. 30th and continues until Sat, Feb. 21, 2026
Thank you Karen Cornelius for being our Juror at our annual show, held this year at the Pavilion in at Assiniboine Park.
Juror’s award: Alan Adamson
Honourable Mentions: Gerry Humphreys; Ibrahim Mustapha and Arefeh Naseri
Lynn Sissons Watercolour Award: Karen Armstrong
Congratulations to everyone.
Saturday, Feb. 21, 2026 Show closes.
Sunday, Feb. 22, 2026 Artwork will be available at the Pavilion for artists to pick up from noon until 2:00 pm. Artwork may not be picked up earlier
Winnipeg Sketch Club Juried Figures & Portraits Exhibit
MHC Community Gallery ,Canadian Mennonite University
continues until Dec. 20th
New Executive
Here is a listing of the club’s new executive (2025) as elected during our recent annual general meeting:
President: Thomas Steur
Vice President: Jim Pollock
Treasurer: Jean Gallagher
Past-President: Karen Armstrong
Recording Secretary: Dan Bulloch
Model Convenors: Rob Sim / Mike Weretyk
Exhibition Chair / Member at Large: Nicholas Burns
Social Media: Alan Adamson / Susan Mitchell
Kathleen and Susan seem to be the unofficial social committee; much much appreciated. I hear that a spring windup in June or thereabouts might be in the offing.
And introducing our new Digital Communications and Web Presence task force:
Sasha Blant
Dave Lopes
with mentoring and advice from George Tanner.
Upcoming Exhibition Opportunities
Our 106th Annual Juried Exhibition will take place a tad later than usual this year. We hope to have interested members submit works Saturday 29th November; Opening and Remarks by Yours Truly on the Sunday 30th November, and ultimately take-down on 22nd February 2026. So pencil those dates on your calendar.
We are fortunate as well to have secured another show, this one on the specific theme of figure drawing, at the MHC Gallery (Community Gallery) at Canadian Mennonite University https://www.cmu.ca/gallery for dates in the fall.
Submission dates and details to be announced later. But til then, get sketching!
Annual Juried Exhibition 2024
Catalogue of Artworks
at our Annual Juried Exhibition
AWARDS as chosen by our juror, Luther Pokrant
Juror’s Award, first prize – Nicholas Burns for “Princess Photo-Shy”
Honourable Mention – Karen Armstrong for “Rainy Day on George Lake”
Honourable Mention – Wanda Slawik for “Winter Wonderland”
Honourable Mention – Nicholas Burns for “Loading Dock”
Lynn Sissons Award for traditional watercolour painting. This winner was chosen by a panel of club members who were not showing work in this year’s exhibition and it went to:
Karen Armstrong for “Folk Fest Fun”.
The opening for the Sketch club’s annual show at the Pavilion went very well. Thank you to Luther Pokrant our juror. Thank you also to Nick and the exhibition committee (and the contributing artists of course) for making it possible. Thanks to our illustrious president, Thomas for MC’ing the opening remarks and awards presentations.
