New & Upcoming:
VP is excited to announce that Thomas Toews, Paul Gubernachuk, Shivanya Ra, Leaf Pankratz & Mystery Byrd are the recipients of the Access AV Residency Recipients for 2026!
In keeping with the spirit of the Scott Leroux fund’s focus on exploration and research, VP’s Access AV Residency provides up to five artists with 60 hours of self-directed access to the analog-focused Adventure Lab. This program expands our commitment to research, experimentation, and sustained engagement with technologies, prioritizing process driven exploration over the production of finished works.
It is our pleasure to announce Orima Bendisse as the 2025 recipient of the Scott Leroux Fund for Media Arts Exploration (SLFMAE). In memory of Scott Leroux and supported by the Leroux family, the SLFMAE is an annual, month-long residency focused on the research and exploration of a specific technology and related aesthetic approaches.
Applications go live May 1st, 2026.
Mission Statement
Video Pool Media Arts Centre aims to inspire curiosity and creative expression through open exploration of technology in all media art forms, focusing on practices that are adventurous, independent, and explore niche approaches to art and technology. We strive to cultivate experimental artistic practices and accessibility to technology through presentation, production, distribution and education while also supporting the greater arts community through our programs, facilities and expertise.
VP houses the largest collection of prairie video art in Canada, distributing work internationally to festivals, galleries and institutions. Our presentation facilities include Poolside Gallery, The Output venue, and The Pivot education centre, and our production studios include our analog A/V studio, The Adventure Lab, and the 8.1-channel Immersion Studio.
VP is Manitoba’s only artist-run centre dedicated to the exploration of technology-based art.
We are located on Treaty 1 Territory in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada.
Come visit us in the Artspace building, Unit 221 + 300, 100 Arthur St.