The Winnipeg Architecture Foundation, Storefront Manitoba and the Flash Photographic Festival have joined together to create a Design Month in April. The month will feature a variety of tours, talks and exhibits showcasing architecture and design, and will also coincide with the annual Architecture+Design Film Festival (April 6-10 ).

?This is the first year for the event which we are organising with little time nor money. But, we think there will be lots of appealing activities, most of which are free. Each organisation will post events on their websites,? says the organization.
Storefront is particularly excited about the ?Of All Possible Futures? exhibit curated by Joe Kalturnyk of RAW: Gallery and RAW: Almond.  The exhibition looks at at buildings and sites in the downtown core that have struggled, especially during the pandemic. The exhibit presents an assemblage of contemporary Winnipeg artists, designers, poets, film makers, and musicians. Each team of creatives uses an existing Downtown Winnipeg building as a launching pad – buildings that have all been wary of the wrecking ball – all with storied pasts and uncertain futures.
The Foundation is also offering two new publications, Ghost Signs an Exchange District Walking Tour by Matthew Cohen, and Osborne Village an architectural tour by Susan Algie and James Wagner, on their website or local bookshops.

Osborne Village, an architectural tour explores the historic and contemporary architecture of ...