A new art gallery is set to open its doors in Winnipeg.
“Rosemary” a roving Indigenous-led gallery, has taken over space at 226 Main Street. The goal of the gallery is to promote and support BIPOC artists through exhibitions, performances, public discussion and celebrations.
“We really wanted to carve out our own model of a gallery and what that could look like to best support artists and curators wanting space,” said Jaimie Isaac, who is co-curator of the gallery with Suzanne Morrissette.
Jaimie Isaac (left) and Suzanne Morrissette. co-curators of Rosemary Art Gallery, set up the “Confluence” exhibit at their space in Winnipeg on Sept. 26, 2024. (Jamie Dowsett/CTV News Winnipeg)
“Places like the Winnipeg Art Gallery, they’re beautiful, they’re large, but they’re also places that can’t maybe respond to things that are happening in the community right now, or with artists that are making work that has to do …