The Myth of Winnipeg

I’ve just read an interesting piece that explores the myth of Winnipeg, particularly as it relates to Winnipeg’s arts scene. While I found the author’s observations on how much Winnipeggers like to talk about Winnipeg and how in Toronto you can go to a carefully curated “Winnipeg Social” to be entertaining, the article also explores more serious topics, such as how under-represented and overlooked the city’s aboriginal arts community is, and how that fits into Winnipeg’s white mythology.

I’d never heard of Manitoba-based Canadian Dimension magazine until I stumbled across this article, and I see that the entire current issue is devoted to Winnipeg. I’m off to read the other articles (about the North End and the city’s radical past) now!

Read Ed Janzen’s The Power of Myth: How Winnipeg and Its Art Became Such a Big Deal at Canadian Dimension magazine.