Galleries West Fall/Winter 2002

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FALL 2002

Joe Fafard

Body Image

Saluting Katie Ohe

Artist Profiles

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Empathy between species

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FALL 2002 VOL 1 NO 2

C O N T E N T SFirst ImpressionsWhat’s news in the West

Joe Fafard’s Visceral ArtSculpting the beauty of animalsBY JENNIFER MACLEOD

Return of the FigureConversations with four figurative artistsBY PATRICIA ROBERTSON

Katie Ohe: sculpted eloquenceHomage to a Calgary art leaderBY BRIAN BRENNAN

Walks of ArtArt festivals and neighbourhood toursBY ROD CHAPMAN

Artist PortraitsA glimpse at the work of six artistsBY SHANNON HETH AND JENNIFER MACLEOD

SourcesListings for galleries on the prairies

Lasting ImpressionsA parting shot of public art

ON THE COVER: Bronze sculptor Joe Fafard. Photo by Paul Murasko.

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John EISLERSeptember

Ed BURTYNSKYNovember

Walter MAYOctober

Allan W. KINGSeptember

4 Galleries West Fall 2002

First ImpressionsGalas, pigs, showcases and moves

make up the art scene for fall

PIGS IN THE CITYSASKATOON’S Pigs in theCity community art initiativewill wrap up this fall with 18creative artpigs located invarious commercial andpublic venues throughout thecity. Modeled aftersimilar programs suchas Calgary’s Udderly Artevent, the tongue-in-cheek installations by

local artistssport nameslike Pigasso,Pig SkyCountry, Pork‘n Beans andAurora BoarEallis. Pigsin the Cityends October 5with a gala Hog Wild Dinnerand Auction. Proceeds fromthe summer-long event go tothe Saskatchewan AbilitiesCouncil, where they will bedirected to helping peoplewith disabilities. To see the playful pigs go towww.pigsinthecity.com/pigs/index.html.

CELEBRATING ARTGALLERIES in the cities ofEdmonton, Calgary andSaskatoon are all gearing upfor arts festivals in September.Saskatoon’s ArtWalk is onSeptember 29; Calgary’sArtCity Festival runsSeptember 19 to 29; andEdmonton will host a GalleryWalk on September 28 and29. See page 17 for moreinformation on these annualcelebrations of art.

ARTRAGEOUSREPRISEDTHE second annualArtrageous fundraising partyand fashion show for theAlberta College of Art andDesign scheduled forOctober19 is being plannedby none other than MarkMusters, who produced Peoplemagazine’s 25th anniversarycelebration and has beenwowing New Yorkers withstar-studded events for thelikes of Tommy Hilfiger andthe Backstreet Boys.Musters, an alumnus of thecollege who feelspassionately about givingback to his alma mater, isdonating his sought-afterservices for the event.

FIFTH DEGREETHE Art Gallery ofCalgary will be hosting itsFIVE DEGREES Of SeparationOpening Gala November 21,kicking off the gallery’s 25thanniversary celebration year.Following the opening gala amajor exhibit will present theworks of five artists involvedin the AGC’s programmingover the past 25 years—KatieOhe, Laura Vickerson, JoaneCardinal Schubert, JohnEisler and JoAnne Schactel.Each artist is also inviting oneother artist to present, andeach of those artists willinvite another, and so onuntil 25 artists have beenselected. The exhibitshowcasing all 25 artists runsNovember 22 to January 26.

GAGNON AT TBGTRÉPANIER BAER is nowrepresenting Montreal artistCharles Gagnon in WesternCanada. Gagnon, amultidisciplinary artist whohas been described as one of

the most inspirationalleaders in Canadian art overthe past 40 years, hasprofoundly influenced ageneration of Canadiansthrough his work andteaching at ConcordiaUniversity in Montreal and atthe University of Ottawa. Asmall introductory exhibitionwill run through mid-

September with a major soloshow planned for 2003.

ARTISTS IN CANADA ARTISTS in Canada is anonline directory of Canadianartists, galleries, associations

and art resources. Websitesrelated to the visual arts inCanada may add a free link tothe site’s main database or paya subscription rate forpremium exposure. Surferscan use the site to search forartists living or working inCanada along with exhibitsand reviews, associations,galleries, articles and newsitems of interest to artists.Artists In Canada is at:www.artistsincanada.com.

ALBERTA’S ARTCOLLECTION IF YOU’RE Albertan, youcollect art. The AlbertaFoundation for the Arts has

FAR LEFT:ACAD grad Mark Musters.LEFT:What's the Pig Idea? fromSaskatoon's Pigs in the City event.ABOVE: Alberta's public artcollection includes this work, Burning

Sappho’s Books:Tender, 2001 by AlexandraHaeseker.


amassed a publicly ownedtreasury of more than 6,000works of art by some 1,600Alberta artists. Now worthalmost $9 million, thecollection grows twice a year,in October and April,through an annual $250,000acquisitions budget and juriedslide submission programs inwhich Alberta artists areinvited to submit up to fiveslides for consideration. Call780-427-9968 for details.

ARTISTS ON ICEA JOINT initiative betweenBrewster Tours and CanadaHouse Gallery in Banff willsee some of Canada’s topartists spend five days inSeptember exploring andcreating on the ColumbiaIcefield in Jasper NationalPark. The retreat September14 to 18 will be one of thefirst events in the country tocelebrate the United Nations’International Year of FreshWater. Canada HouseGallery will host a groupexhibition and sale of workcalled Wonder of Water onMay 10, 2003, with artworkcreated at the retreatprominently featured.

NEW ACADCHAIRMAND’ARCY LEVESQUE hasbeen appointed chair of theBoard of Governors of theAlberta College of Art and

to provide a showcase for thefoundation’s art collection,the exhibits range in subjectmatter, style and medium,from landscapes to figurativework, abstract to realism, oilpaintings to photography.Coordinated by four regionalgalleries—Prairie Art Gallery

in Grande Prairie, EdmontonArt Gallery, Alberta Societyof Artists in Calgary and theMedicine Hat Museum andArt Gallery—the cost is $50per exhibition period(usually one month). For more information call780-415-0288.

Design. Levesque, a foundingpresident of the EdmontonBusiness Council for VisualArts and former boardmember of the Edmonton ArtGallery, also serves as vicepresident of public andgovernment affairs withTrueNorth Energy.

AFA TRAVELLINGEXHIBITIONSSCHOOLS, hospitals,libraries, smaller regionalgalleries and other publicorganizations can provide artand art education to people intheir communities throughthe Alberta Foundation forthe Arts Travelling ExhibitionProgram. Established in 1986

TOP:ACAD chair D'arcyLevesque.

ABOVE:A group ofCanadian artists willspend five days on theColumbia Icefields inSeptember.

GALLERIES ON THEMOVE

Virginia Christopher Fine Art, which specializes in originalCanadian painting, sculpture, works on paper, ceramics and

hand-dyed silk, is now located in the former Greyhound Buildingat 222 Riverfront Avenue SW near Eau Claire Market. Now opensix days a week, Christopher hopes to take advantage of thefunky new location’s increased storage space and display area tohelp attract tourists and visitors from the downtown core.

Also moving into the historic building is Vision QuestGallery, which specializes in authentic northwest nativeoriginals and prints along with masks, totem poles, artifacts andjewellery.The Greyhound Building was built in 1946 and is onthe city’s list of potential heritage sites. Both galleries weremost recently located in Artspace, the arts collective nearInglewood above the Crossroads Market at 1235 - 26 AvenueSE.

Harrison Galleries is looking for larger space and will bemoving from its location on 17 Avenue this fall. Stay tuned fordetails.

Deborah Herringer-Kiss, who represents senior Albertaartist Harry Kiyooka along with a number of established artistsincluding Steven Dixon and Jeina Morosoff, is planning toopen a new gallery this fall and is looking for a suitable locationin the Beltline district. In the meantime you can visit herwebsite at www.herringerkissgallery.com/ or call 403-710-3200.

Peters Gallery has closed its location on 8 Avenue SWand is in the process of locating suitable new space.

Nexos Art Company has opened shop in Calgary’shistoric Devenish building. Specializing in modern,contemporary art primarily by European and Latin Americanartists, with a growing number from Canada, ArtNexoscharges low sales commissions and fees, resulting in more than65 per cent of the proceeds of each sale going to the artist.

Platinum Art Promotions has taken over the third-floor Banker’s Hall space recently vacated by Kalef-HalpinConsulting. Platinum Art founder Donna Lynn Crawford saysthe gallery bridges the gap between artists and buyers bydisplaying the work of independent artists in her prime retaillocation. Crawford also operates Cosmopolitan Art on theMove, specializing in transportable art exhibitions.

Mixed Emotions Gallery opened in Spring 2002 at 850 -17 Avenue SW and is planning to host an official openingreception sometime in September. Visit Mixed Emotions onthe web at www.mixedemotions.ca or call 403-244-8123 fordetails.

T h e A r t o f C o l l e c t i n g Q u a l i t y

Masters Gallery Ltd.815C 17th Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta, T2T 0A1

(403) 245-2064 Hours: Tuesday – Saturday 10 AM –5:30 PMwww.mastersgalleryltd.com

David Milne, RCA “The Quarry Worker”1914 oil on canvas


ART SHOW INSINGAPORE DUANE NICKERSON, agraduate of the University ofCalgary Fine Art Department,exhibited his work inSingapore in August. SurfaceChannels, a series of oilpaintings that combine livingtissue and dying culture, washeld at the Substation inSingapore.

GROUP OF SEVEN ATGLENBOWTHE Glenbow Museum’sGroup of Seven exhibition,continuing until October 14,is the first to feature thegroup’s Western Canadian artand includes 244 works of theRocky Mountains, prairies,British Columbia andNorthwest Territories alongwith abstract paintings andportraits. After premiering atGlenbow the exhibit willembark on a cross-countrytour stopping in Halifax,Winnipeg, Victoria and theNational Gallery of Canadain Ottawa.

AMANDA MCLEANWORKSHOPSWELL-KNOWN Australianpastel artist Amanda McLeanwill be hosting workshops atQueen’s House Retreat in

James Dow, architects LorneSimpson and Jeremy Sturgessand textile artist Jane Kidd.The RCA recognizesCanadian artists who havedemonstrated excellence andhonours their achievements.

BIENNIAL ART SHOWAT NICKLETHE FOURTH incarnationof the Alberta Biennial ofContemporary Art showcasesthe work of 23 contemporaryAlberta artists, including 12Calgarians. Initiated in 1996,

the show runs every two years.Following a summer stint atthe Edmonton Art Gallery, itwill move to The Nickle ArtsMuseum on the University ofCalgary campus fromSeptember 20 to November16. The show is co-curated byCatherine Crowston, seniorcurator at the Edmonton ArtGallery, and Diana Sherlock,an independent curator inCalgary.

IN THE RUNNINGCALGARY ceramic artistGreg Payce is one of fivefinalists for the prestigious2002 Saidye BronfmanAward, worth $25,000. Paycecreates provocative works thatlink contemporary issues inmusic, printmaking andcinema with classicaltraditions in clay, resulting inworks that display invention,wit, material beauty andtechnical skill. CurrentlyHead of the CeramicsDepartment at the AlbertaCollege of Art and Design,Payce has lectured andconducted workshops acrossNorth America and in China,England, Hong Kong andMexico. Winner of the awardwill be announced October 3at the Canadian Museum ofCivilization in Ottawa.

REALLIVEARTS.COMCALGARY’S new arts portalhas a fully searchable databaseoffering same-day tickets toevents and information aboutCalgary artists in alldisciplines. RealLiveArts, aninitiative of the EPCOR

Saskatoon September 23 to28. She will also beexhibiting her work atCollector’s Choice Gallery inconjunction with Saskatoon’sArtWalk on September 29.McLean has developed anumber of innovativetechniques enabling pastels toadhere better. Following atour of Western Canada in2000 she convinced herAustralian supplier,ArtSpectrum, to develop new

verdantgreens andblues thatmoreaccuratelyreflect thefoliage andskies of thisregion. For

more information about theworkshops contact CeceliaJurgens 306-242-6778.

ROYAL TREATMENTA NUMBER of Albertaartists have been inductedinto the Royal CanadianAcademy of Arts this year.Galleries West congratulatesmetalsmith Jackie Anderson,sculptors Catherine Burgessand Isla Burns, ceramicartists John Chalke andTrudy Golley, painters ChrisCran, Jane Ash Poitras andRobert Scott, photographer

TOP:Mountain Forms, 1928, byLawren Harris, is one of theworks in the Glenbow'sGroup of Seven exhibition.

BOTTOM:SSSSSSSS, by ceramic artistGreg Payce, is part of theBiennial show at The NickleArts Museum.

Amanda McLean:Bent Pine,TrippesBeach Waskesiu,pastel on paper.


September 14 and 15 whereparticipants will explore howtechnology shapes our socialinteractions. The symposiumcosts $30 including meals, butregistration is limited to thefirst 50 people. Call 306-975-7610 for information.

BOX HOTEL Canadian artist Linda Duvallis updating her exhibition andweblog journal on a regularbasis during her six-week stayin Barcelona this fall.Cartograficas, in the windowsof Barcelona’s Box HotelGallery, is transforming dailyas Duvall inserts new imagesof neighbours, artists, andpeople she meets on thestreet. She is also acting as aroving investigator forCanadians who haveBarcelona connections. Wanther to look up an old friend, aformer lover, an artist whose

Centre for the PerformingArts, focuses on arts-relatedactivities from competitionsand auditions to classes andjob listings, from painters andfilmmakers to graphicdesigners and architects. Visit www.reallivearts.com.

SPANISHCONNECTIONSMENDEL Art Gallery inSaskatoon is shining aninternational spotlight onIndivisuals, an exhibition byeight artists from Brazil, Israel,Canada, USA and Spain,examining how technology ischanging our lives. Curatedby Jorge Luis Marzo, theshow opens September 13 atthe Mendel and will move toBarcelona in the spring.The artists and otheracademic guests willparticipate in TechnoIntoxication, a symposium

work you remember? Give herthe details and she will maketactful inquiries on yourbehalf. Here is an extract: "Imeet C for lunch. She tells meabout her former lover, whosuddenly met someone else whileon a business trip to Barcelona.He is now living there, has achild, etc. I am asked todiscretely look him up. Shewants to know if he lookshappy! I clearly have work todo." Send your requests [email protected], orread her journal entries atwww.mendel.ca/boxhotel.

BIG SCREENEXPOSURESEVEN paintings by AlbertaCollege of Art and Designalumnus Reginald Hamiltonappear in the new movie Lifeor Something Like It starringAngelina Jolie and EdwardBurns. The movie features

four paintings from Hamilton’sWindows and Mirrors seriesand three from another series,

Reginald Hamilton, whoseworks appear in a newAngelina Jolie movie,donated this piece entitledDirectory to the ACADArtrageous fund raiser.

Scott Gallery 10411 124 Street

Edmonton, Alberta T5N 3Z5780.488.3619

www.scottgallery.com

“The Boundary - Manuel Antonia National Park”

watercolour15 1/2" x 22 1/2"

Wendy Wacko

“Where the Jungle meets theSea ... and Home Again”

October 26 - November 12

“Clouds hanging over the Palisades”

oil on panel12" x 16"


Lhasa Screens. Jolie apparentlyhand-picked the paintingsfrom Hamilton’s galleryrepresentation in Vancouver.Hamilton is represented inCalgary by Paul Kuhn Gallery. His work may be viewed atwww.visionpool.com/hamilton.

CHANGING OF THEGUARDLISSA ROBINSON is thenew gallery director at StrideArt Gallery. Robinsonstudied painting at theAlberta College of Art andDesign and at the SkowheganSchool of Painting andSculpture in Maine, and hasexhibited her own work,

TRAVEL SKETCHES

Myken Woods, Myken Woods Fine Arts, describes herrecent trip to her home country:

“My trip home to the Netherlands was filled withnostalgia after 40 years. I visited several museums happilywhile it rained almost every day.The highlight was theKroller-Mueller museum in Arnhem, which is surrounded bya magnificent sculpture park within a preserved naturalenvironment. Free bicycles are available for cycling aroundthe grounds.The Cobra museum in Amstelveen was great,with its contemporary building featuring works by post-warartists from the Cobra group founded by Dutch artist KarelAppel.The long line-up to see the Van Gogh/Gauguin showwas well worth the wait. By chance my cousins and I cameacross some Canadian artists in Amsterdam and Den Haag,notably the stunning glass works by artist Brian Hall, whowas mentioned in the last issue of Galleries West.”

Tamar Zenith, Newzones, offered this diary of her Maytrip to New York:Friday: Soho... Most galleries pushed out. Prada and

Helmut Lang are in. Rem Koolhaus’ view of fashion,architecture and design... a conceptual gem.

Saturday: Chelsea... Devoted day to exploring theburgeoning art scene. Kiki Smith’s constructionist sculpturesstill fresh in my mind.

Sunday: Museum of Modern Art... Gerhard RichterRetrospective – 40 years of painting – Well worth the two-hour rainy wait. An incredible survey of a Master whoexplores different genres of the visual arts. A must-see andanyone who missed it should catch the exhibition at the SFMOMA this fall.

primarily in mixed media, atthe local and national levels.Robinson replaces RobinArseneault, who has been atStride since 1997 but isleaving in September todevote more time to her ownpractice.

Glenda Hess is the new artdirector at Image 54 Gallery,which specializes in fine artprints and printmaking. Hessbrings to this position anacademic background in arthistory and wide-rangingexperience in the performingand visual arts. She replacesformer art director DeborahHerringer-Kiss, who plans toopen her own gallery.


oe Fafard laughs easily. A gentle, mirthful laugh that fills afew seconds and then sits on idle. Ready to resonate withthe next delightful thought or curious insight. That’s theway Fafard interacts with the world… one bemusing

discovery to the next. One of Canada’s most

beloved and successful artists,Fafard is in a comfortableplace. He turned 60 onSeptember 2. His work is indemand and is admired incollections andexhibitions acrossCanada andinternationally.He lives on a 72-acre property justoutside Regina,Saskatchewan,where he builtan 84' x 44'studio. Heemploys hisnephew to runhis foundry,Julienne AtelierInc., which isdevoted to theproduction of hisown bronzesculptures.

Fafard’s recentwork involves three-dimensional horsesranging from seveninches to nearly fivefeet inheight,each with aunique,richlycolouredpatina and each with thesame graceful turn of thehead. They stand, calmbut watchful. Thelargest horses gaze

knowingly, sure of theirown beauty, engaged insilent communicationwith the humans in theirmidst. The smaller ones flirt, proud of their form, drawing eachhuman into their small circle of light.

In his notes, Fafard ponders questions of scale. “Does a workbecome more powerful with an increase in size? Less intimate? Isa sculpture sensed with a different part of our body depending on

its size?” It would seem so. Small objects are more private, he

suggests. Larger works share space with the viewer. “Itseems that an additional sensing apparatus comes

into play… we feel a presence

Joe Fafard’svisceral artBY JENNIFER MacLEOD

TOP: Van Gogh in bronze, Jasper Avenueat 113 Street in Edmonton.

ABOVE: Joe Fafard with Valentina.

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comparable to that ofanother person in theroom.” Maybe sculpture isnot just a visual art, heconcludes. Perhaps it is avisceral art.

After 40 years ofceramic and bronzesculpting, to Fafard suchquestions remain ascompelling as ever. Everysculpture offers theopportunity for newinvestigations. “I try toeducate myself, to discoverthe world around me…I’mhoping others discover something too.”

Fafard was born in Ste. Marthe, Saskatchewan, toa French-speaking farming family including fivebrothers and six sisters. He learned early on the valueof a good laugh. “My mother and father loved tolaugh,” he says. “They were subsistence farmers,relying on nature’s provisions; it was very hard work.”That thread of good humour, combined with anearthy perception of reality, is infused throughoutFafard’s art.

After completing a BFA at the University of Manitoba in1966 and a Master of Fine Arts at Pennsylvania University, StateCollege, in 1968, Fafard began teaching sculpture in Regina atthe University of Saskatchewan where he progressed from thekinetic pieces he was doing at the time to ceramic sculpture. Heleft teaching in 1974, settled in Pense, Saskatchewan, and hassince devoted himself to creating art full time. His satiricalceramic portraits of the Pense townspeople and farm animalsgained him widespread recognition.

He began working in bronze in the early 1980s and is bestknown now for his bronze bovines; seven of his cows restcomfortably in an outdoor installation entitled The Pasture inToronto’s financial district. Over the years, he has also focused onhorses, a series of whimsical tables and chairs incorporatinganimals, and portraits offamous painters in ceramicand bronze. In the early ‘90s,he started doing two-dimensional laser cutouts inbronze such as the bison onview in Calgary in front ofthe Shaw Court building.

“The laser is justanother tool,” says Fafard. “Ifind great satisfaction in anyformat.”

When Joe Fafard stepsout of the home he shareswith his wife and twochildren, ages 6 and 8 (healso has three older childrenin their 20s and 30s), he is400 feet away from apurpose-built studio thatfeatures a 14 ft ceiling, large

windows, white walls,ample storage space and agenerous work area.Surrounding him is a hayfield, a pasture for his fivehorses, and a naturereserve that is home toracoon, deer and coyote.Beaver have damned acreek that runs throughthe property.

“The impulse tocreate” is what keeps himgoing to the studio eachday. “The excitement is inthe discovery,” Fafard says.

“It’s the emergence of being… giving ‘life’ tosomething.”

Fafard begins each sculpture with a small shape,the idea, the gesture. He then creates the full-sizepiece in a special heat-sensitive clay that sits over awelded steel support. The clay becomes soft whenwarm, and allows him to go back to the sculpture asmuch as he wants over a period of weeks or months.

When he’s happy with it, the clay model goes tothe foundry. There a rubber mold and wax replica are

made; molten metal replaces wax and the bronze sculptureemerges. Fafard returns at this point to create his masterful patinafinishes. “I do some visualization to start,” says the artist. “But itmay change direction.” Working with a torch to heat the bronze,he applies liquid patina with a brush, sprayer or other instrument.Using white, black, yellow and red only, Fafard layers and mixesthe colours to achieve the intense earth tones that complementhis subjects.

The important thing to Fafard is to work to his ownsatisfaction. “Each piece reveals itself. If you know what the pieceis going to be, you don’t have to do it. If a piece is successful andexpressive it will relate back to me,” he says. “I am a member ofthe human race, so if a sculpture triggers something in me, it willtrigger something in others.”

The notion of empathybetween species figuresheavily in Fafard’s work. Hishorse and cow sculpturesexude compassion andadmiration. “I delight intheir beauty andpeacefulness.”

Joe Fafard is represented inRegina by the Susan WhitneyGallery where a show of hisnew work runs October 4through November 6. Fafard iscarried by the Douglas UdellGallery in Edmonton, and byTrépanier Baer in Calgary. His work is also included in thepermanent collection at theMacKenzie Art Gallery inRegina.

TOP:Small-scale horsesfrom the V series.

BOTTOM:One of Fafard's lasercut metal sculptures,

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The figure is in the foreground of the art world again—from an increase in commissioned portraits to cheekyyoung painters like New York’s Cecily Brown whoserandy rabbit images were featured in the June issue of

Artnews. The return of the figure seems inevitable as artists andcollectors shift from the status quo. What was once so radical,abstract art, has become the standard, commonplace.

Alberta artists are embracing the figure with great enthusiasm—some of them have never left the representational camp andare pleased to see a renewed interest in their work. I spoke to fourof them about their recent projects, their love of the figure, andthe reason behind their choice of subject matter.

Calgary artist Bev Tosh greets me with the unabashedenthusiasm of someone who has been painting alone all week.We stand for hours in front of her latest work and talk animatedlyabout art, obsession and history. “You studied in a period whenrepresentational art was in decline…why did you choose thefigure?” I venture. “I didn’t choose the figure. It chose me and itchose me early. It is how I feel. I have an interest in the body.That is the attraction most art has for me…the figurative. Thefigure is the body. It is me,” says Tosh who is represented inCalgary by Masters Gallery.

Bev Tosh’s Ramsey studio is filledwith lush oversized portraits of WWIIwar brides sporting official headgear; themost striking is based on a photo of hermother. Tosh’s mom married a NewZealand pilot and left Saskatchewan tostart a family with him. When themarriage ended her mother and her twodaughters returned to Canada. When hermother turned 80, Tosh began talking toher about life as a war bride. Theconversation led her to other Canadianwar brides—the subject has captivatedthe painter for the last two years.

Tosh’s immersion is complete and haseven invaded her night table. Lately her

reading includes Marge Piercy’s classic WWII novel Gone toSoldiers about women’s experiences of the war. “I have also beenresearching dress patterns from the war time. The womenhandcrafted wedding gowns from parachute silk as material wasscarce due to war rationing. I found one from 1945 in theAerospace Museum.”

Like Tosh, Edmonton printmaker Liz Ingram has beenworking with the figure since her student days. “I did a lot of lifedrawing while at York doing my BFA. I moved west to theUniversity of Alberta to take my Master degree and I never left.When I was a student, colour field painting was important. Therewas no ‘content’ in your work, no figure. Printmaking permittedme to work with recognizable imagery, to do figurative work. Iwas not brave enough to go against the grain in painting.”

The decision to go with her heart and the figure has provenout. Ingram’s work is critically acclaimed. Her prints have beenexhibited in Prague, Versailles, London, Japan, Norway, Brazil

Return of theFigure

BY PATRICIA ROBERTSON


and Taiwan. Her latest solo show, Fragile Source, wasexhibited at the Edmonton Art Gallery in 2001.Fragile Source features figures immersed in water. “Ithas to do with sensuality, connection. There is aparadox between the solidity of materials and thetransience of life.”

Los Angeles-based artist Jia Lu is in her studiopainting when I call. The former Calgarian ispreparing for a number of upcoming shows (October28 at Calgary’s Stephen Lowe Art Gallery) andtrying to keep pace with the increased demand forher work.

The soft-spoken woman is quietly self-assured. “Iam not afraid to paint beautiful paintings withluxurious materials,” says Lu. As a figurative artistwho works with the nude, she also has a politicaland spiritual intent to her work: “Male artists paintwomen as things, as objects. They don’t knowwomen. They are not women. We are spiritual,powerful and sensitive. I see my subjects as spiritualbeings, not just sexual. I wanted to make thembeautiful inside and out.”

Lu has seen some personal struggles over the last few years

and is now happily married. Her current happy state of mind isreflected in the joyful, radiant, and richly textured portraits ofwomen she creates. She is quick to reassure me that she is not a‘nude artist’. “No. No. No. I am painting figures. They arespiritual beings. They are beautiful.”

I met Carl White on a Saturday morning at his favouritepeople-watching spot, Café Beano in Calgary. We talked abouthis upcoming show at Harrison Galleries (September 19 –October 20), his recent trip to LA, and his passion for the figure.White had just returned from LA where he was working on acommission for the Hyatt Regency Hotel. He is happy to be backand anxious to get moving on his new works for September’sHalf-illuminated in the light of our entry. half in the shadow of what isto come.

“I live in company with a body, a silent companion,exacting and eternal.”

——French painter Eugene Delacroix

“I have a self-confessed aestheticpassion for the figure,”explains White. “Igrapple with thequestion: How do Icommunicate? What isthe best vehicle? Whattranscends language,geography, and gender?A fist is a fist. A caressis a caress. The figurebecame an obviousvehicle for the themes Iwant to examine.”

“My upcoming showlooks at truth, the truthin all of our lives. I aminterested in thatinstant, the meditativestate, the pause betweenbreaths when you arefreed from the flesh for asplit second. You canchange at that instant.When I look at people, Ican see what they desirein their faces, or what ishidden behind the veil.As an artist, I view theworld from that pauseplace, where everythingexists and we are awareof it,” says White.

“All art is aboutseeing. The flesh is likea map, a history, ourscars, the record of whowe are. When I look atthe figure I see that weare all the same, allgrappling with the samehuman struggles. It isalso really about beauty.Sometimes, I just look ata clavicle and think it isbeautiful.”

TOP LEFT: One-WayPassage, oil and silverleaf on canvas, by BevTosh.FAR LEFT: Sacred Streamseries by Liz Ingram.TOP: Completeness,giclée, by Jia Lu ABOVE: Head of a Manand Hands Study by CarlWhite.

Patricia Robertson is a Calgary-

based freelance journalist and member of

the Single Onion Poetry Collective.


For the past 40 years, the sculptor Katie Ohe has been quietlyand tastefully endowing Calgary’s public places, galleries andprivate collections with dynamic contemporary sculpturesthat seem to have been surreptitiously crafted by an artist

named Anonymous. Because she often puts only her last name(in small letters) on her public art—and sometimes omits itentirely—Ohe has avoided the modern tendency to brand herselfas a cultural celebrity, and instead haslet her work speak, boldly,dramatically and eloquently, for itself.

“Katie is an abstract sculptor ofwonderful spirit,” says AlanMacDonald, the information directorat the University of Calgary, where afew of Ohe’s most popular publicpieces are on permanent display.

“Her strength and artistry producea different, mysterious magic, throughsophisticated sculptures that areinviting and human in scale.”

One of the first artists to makeabstract sculpture in Alberta, Ohe(pronounced Oh-ee) has beeninfluential both as a teacher and as anartist. Her career-long affiliation withwhat is now the Alberta College ofArt and Design began in 1954 whenshe was a 17-year-old art student andhas continued since she became apart-time sculpture instructor there in1970.

Born Katherine Dorothea Minnavon der Ohe, the daughter of Germanimmigrants, she was raised on a farmnear Peers, Alberta, just east of Edson,and she knew from an early age thatshe wanted to be an artist. “I had no idea what an artist was, butthat was what I wanted to be,” she told the Calgary Herald in1976. A fortune-telling neighbour predicted Ohe would achieveher ambition “and I truly believed her.”

Ohe waited on tables to pay her tuition at the AlbertaCollege of Art and, by her third year, she was “passionatelyinvolved with sculpture.” She learned from her Calgary teachersabout working with wood, clay and ceramics, and broadened herrange when she travelled on scholarship to New York and learnedabout welding, metal spinning and other industrial techniquesused in the fabrication of modern sculpture. “Within her firstmonth, we recognized that she was an exceptional youngsculptor,” said her New York teacher, Dorothy Denslow.

When she returned from New York in 1962, at age 25, Ohereceived her first major commission: to carve a wooden pulpit,communion table and baptismal font for the chapel at Calgary’sGrace Presbyterian Church. This was followed, in 1963, by acommission to make a concrete mural depicting the banishing ofLucifer from heaven, for the east wall of St. Michael’s RomanCatholic Church in Calgary. Ohe worked 70 hours a week for

four months to complete this semi-realistic, 20 ft. by 6 ft. project,then the largest of its kind ever done in Calgary. (It has sincebeen dwarfed by Ohe’s concrete mural, Canada, located in thefoyer of the Geological Survey of Canada building, adjoining theUniversity of Calgary Research Park.)

After a second trip to New York in late 1963, Ohe decided tosettle permanently in Calgary. The city nourished her creativelyand there was plenty of work available for her, both as a sculptorand as a teacher. Her students included the Toronto-basedsculptor Evan Penny, who now makes a successful living creatingspecial effects and prosthetic makeup for Hollywood movies, andVancouver artist Claudia Cuesta, who remembers Ohe as “aremarkable woman, very inspiring.” Calgary artist Carroll Taylor-

Katie Ohe:sculpted eloquence

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Lindoe, who studied with her as a teenager, says Ohe’s teachingand art were always inseparable, and both were an extension ofher personality: “Art isn’t something that Katie does, it’s who sheis. Her teaching is like her art; it comes from the heart.”

In 1964, Ohe established a combined work and living spacein an old carriage house (triple garage) on the grounds of aCoach Hill mansion owned by the wrestling patriarch Stu Hart,and that became her base of operations for the next 14 years. “Nomatter who lives there, everyone still calls the little carriagehouse Katie’s place,” wrote wrestler Bret “the Hitman” Hart in hisCalgary Sun column in July 2000. “There’s some significant,indefinable thing about Stu teaching guys the art of wrestling in

the dungeon (basement), withall its brutality and brawn,while a few steps across thedriveway, Katie saw the gentlebeauty of the world and foundjoy in sharing her art.” Ohe

lived there until 1968, when she married fellow artist and teacherHarry Kiyooka, and she continued to use it as a work space untilshe and Harry built a combined home and studio on the westernoutskirts of Calgary.

During the 1970s, Ohe began making sculptures with movingparts. “I want to do something with natural movement—by thebreeze or by touch,” she said. A characteristic example of thiswork was Zipper, a seven-foot kinetic steel sculpture installed inthe main foyer of the University of Calgary’s science complex in1975. Shimmering and playful, it has become one of her best-loved pieces. The shiny surface (the chroming was done at a localautomotive refinishing firm) is smeared with handprints from thehundreds of students who set it spinning daily. “All who pass itare compelled to touch and manipulate,” says Alan MacDonald.

Ohe’s latest kinetic sculpture, Janet’s Crown, was made inmemory of Calgary painter Janet Mitchell and unveiled thisspring on the lawn at the south entrance to the College of Art.

LEFT: The Garden of Learning,kinetic steel sculpture, 1996.

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Encircled by reflecting stars that capture what Ohe calls “pools ofsky,” the five-pointed crown sits in a cauldron-sized metalhemisphere that revolves gently like a carousel in a children’splayground. Other examples of Ohe’s public art can be found inCalgary at such places as the Bethany Care Centre, the CalgaryBoard of Education building, a community park in the Bankviewdistrict, and at Prince’s Island Park where a weather-beaten duetof stone cylindrical shapescalled Night and Day directlynorth of the Eau Claireshopping mall.

Serious recognition forOhe’s work has been slow incoming. During the 1960s andearly 1970s, she attracted a lotof press attention but only, itseemed, for the novelty of ayoung female artist workingwith heavy materials. Thisbegan to change in the mid-1970s when she was featured ina series of solo shows in Calgaryand Edmonton, and culminatedin a major retrospectiveexhibition at the Illingworth

Kerr Gallery in 1991. “Now it is possible to fully consider thenature of Katie Ohe’s art and to write her name in bolder letters,”wrote freelance art curator Katherine Ylitalo in the 1991exhibition catalogue.

Since then, Ohe has been selected by two galleryprofessionals, Christine Sowiak of the Nickle Arts Museum andJacek Malec of Triangle Gallery, for their top-five lists of the mostsignificant Calgary artists of the past 50 years. And, in June 2001,at age 64, she received an honourary doctorate from theUniversity of Calgary. “She has inspired and influenced a host ofCanadian sculptors and artists,” said the accompanying citation.“Let us honour the consummate artistry of one of Alberta’sfinest.”

Brian Brennan is a Calgary author, journalist and broadcaster whohas written extensively on the arts. His new book, Scoundrels andScallywags: Characters from Alberta’s Past, will be published byFifth House in October.

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Galleries in three of Western Canada’s biggest cities—Edmonton, Calgary and Saskatoon—are gettingdressed up to celebrate art in September. Many of thegalleries are mounting major exhibitions in

conjunction with upcoming art walks and festivals. Edmonton was the first city in Canada to create a gallery

walk (in 1981) and now hosts three annual self-guided walks inthe city’s eclectic Gallery Walk Area. This year for the first timethe Fall Gallery Walk will be held on a weekend, September 28from 10 am to 5 pm and September 29 from noon to 4 pm. TheChristmas Gallery Walk will be held November 30 andDecember 1.

During the fall walk visitors can ride in style between thegalleries in a horse-drawn carriage. The Gallery Walk Area,encompassing about six blocks just west of downtown in the 124Street Business District, is chock full of restaurants, gift andclothing shops, bookstores, live theatre venues and specialtybusinesses in addition to the seven participating galleries.

Among the exhibitions happening during the Gallery Walk isBirdcall, new works by Sheila Newgate, at Agnes BugeraGallery; an exhibition of paintings and glasswork by Edmontonartist Brenda Malkinson at Scott Gallery, and works by KateMore at Electrum Design Studio.

For more information about Edmonton’s Gallery Walks call780-488-3619 or visit www.gallery-walk.com.

Calgary’s ArtCity Festival, a celebration of art, architectureand design, will be held September 19 to 29 throughout thedowntown core. Coordinated by Calgary’s non-profit Visual ArtsWeek Society, organizers hope to attract 20,000 people this year.

In addition to the ArtWalk, where visitors can viewexhibitions at participating galleries, the festival will feature aspecial curated show, a series of lectures by an international rosterof speakers, an architectural exhibition located in +15 bridgesand the highly anticipated unveiling of Peep Show.

Peep Show challenges architects and designers worldwide tocreate portable showcases for art in public places throughout thecity. Last year’s winning entry is by the Calgary team of NeilFreeman and Catherine Kim. Called Water Pavilion, it features aplatform cantilevered over the Olympic Plaza reflecting pool, witha simple plexiglass box on the end of the plank. Artwork byCalgary artist Maija Graham titled Prayer will be on displayaround the pavilion.

About 50 entries from around the world submitted in thisyear’s Peep Show competition will be showcased in the Banker’sHall/TD Square +15 bridge, and the winning entry—worth$3,000—will be announced at the festival’s opening galaSeptember 20. The completed work will be unveiled at next year’sArtCity festival, and organizers hope that each year from now ona new installation somewhere downtown will feature a differentwork of art.

In addition to Peep Show, a special exhibition on the thirdfloor of the Barron Building is called Indemnity: Intimate EffortsMade Dear. Curated by Noel Bégin and featuring the work ofeight Alberta artists, the show encompasses a range of performingand visual arts.

ArtTalk this year consists of seven lectures constructedaround the topic of Memory and Identity. Adding depth andcontext to the festival, ArtTalk features an international lineup ofspeakers including Chilean-born New York architect AlfredoJaar; Akiko Busch, a writer and editor for Metropolitan magazine;and Finnish architect Pentti Kareoja, who will speak on the topicArt as Building Material.

An architecture exhibition animating four downtown +15bridges will focus the eye on different elements of the streetscapebelow. This architectural aspect of ArtCity is intended tocritically address the way contemporary North American citiesare constructed.

Capping off the festival will be a two-day self-guided ArtWalkon September 28 and 29. Visitors will be able to view exhibitionsat 42 participating galleries, from established commercial andpublic galleries to artist-run centres.

For more information about ArtCity call 403-870-2787 orvisit www.art-city.ca/.

Saskatoon's ArtWalk will be held September 29 from 1 to 5pm at 16 participating galleries. Because galleries in Saskatoon arelocated throughout the city, free transportation between them isplanned for visitors.

During ArtWalk, Collector's Choice Gallery will be showingPrairie Pastels: An Australian Perspective by Amanda McLean, whowill also be in attendance at the show’s opening on September 27.A group exhibition of gallery artists opens during ArtWalk atDarrell Bell Gallery, and Gallery on the Bridges at SaskatoonCity Hospital is hosting a group exhibition by five Saskatchewanartists including photographer Courtney Milne. Also noteworthy

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Water Pavilion, a portable art showcase at Olympic Plaza, was lastyear’s winning Peep Show entry.



EDMONTON'S GALLERY WALK AREA

Beyond interesting architecure, unique shops and scrumptiousdining set in a friendly urban village atmosphere, Edmonton’s

124 Street district is home to the city’s largest concentration offine art galleries.

Start your tour on Stony Plain Road,where Electrum DesignStudio features fine gems and one-of-a kind jewellery by WayneMackenzie, an award-winning designer and goldsmith, in an artgallery setting that features monthly shows of emerging andestablished Alberta artists. 12419 Stony Plain Road, 780-482-1402.

Turn south onto 124 Street and make your second stop atScott Gallery. Founded in 1986, the Scott Gallery featurescontemporary Canadian fine art by over 30 emerging, mid-careerand established Canadian artists. Solo exhibitions are devoted to adiverse group of artists whose works are recognized for theirexpressiveness, personal vision and staying power. The ScottGallery offers paintings, sculptures, ceramics and original printsalong with consultation services for both home and office. 10411– 124 Street, 780-488-3619.

Next door is Bearclaw Gallery, which specializes in FirstNations and Inuit art including BC jade and soapstone carvings,Navajo and Northwest Coast jewellery and First Nations crafts.The gallery features many original pieces by leading CanadianAboriginal artists including Daphne Odjig, Norval Morrisseau,Roy Thomas, Jane Ash Poitras, Joane Cardinal Schubertand others. 10403 – 124 Street, 780-482-1204.

Head across the street and south to Douglas Udell Gallery,which represents leading contemporary Canadian artists as well asyoung artists gaining international momentum. Douglas Udell hasbeen in the art business in Edmonton since 1967 and has a secondlocation in Vancouver. With an extensive network of globalcontacts, the gallery offers collectors the opportunity to be a partof a worldwide focus in contemporary art. 10332 – 124 Street,780-488-4445.

are ongoing exhibitions at the Mendel Art Gallery and theKenderdine Gallery. The Mendel is showing Indivisuals, a newmedia exhibition with eight international artists that examineshow communications technology has shaped our socialinteractions. Jordan Broadworth: Contingencies is a review of thelast five years of work by Toronto-based painter JordanBroadworth at the Kenderdine Gallery on the University ofSaskatchewan campus.

For more information about ArtWalk Saskatoon call 306-665-8300 or 306-966-6816.

The Front Gallery exhibits Alberta art in Edmonton'sGallery Walk Area.

441 - 5 Avenue SWTel. (403) 262-3715 Fax. (403) 262-3743

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Continuing south, turn the corner onto Jasper Avenue and visitthe Front Gallery, where the main focus is Alberta art, withexhibitions of paintings, sculpture and ceramics changing everythree weeks. The gallery also offers a complete picture framingservice. 12313 Jasper Avenue, 780-488-2952.

Agnes Bugera Gallery represents emerging, mid-career andestablished contemporary Canadian artists. Solo exhibitions in themain gallery offer a rich variety of landscape, still life, figurative andabstract paintings as well as sculpture, and new work by galleryartists is featured in two smaller exhibition rooms. Agnes Bugerahas been an art dealer in Edmonton since 1975. 12310 JasperAvenue, 780-482-2854.

Finish your tour next door at the West End Gallery.Established in 1975, the West End Gallery is known for discoveringand presenting Canadian artists working in a broad spectrum ofmedia including painting, sculpture and contemporary glass art.Owners Dan and Lana Hudon opened a second gallery inVictoria, BC, in 1994. 12308 Jasper Avenue, 780-488-4892.

CROSSROADS MARKET& INGLEWOOD

Arrive at Artspace via the stairs to a second-level potpourri ofgalleries. Located in an isolated industrial zone behind

Stampede Park on 26 Avenue SE, the converted slaughterhousemanages to combine fine art upstairs and a main floor farmer’smarket jumble of kiosks, food vendors and produce stalls. Park inthe northwest corner of the building and take the stairway to artheaven. At the top: a spacious, contemporary art gallery and amaze of smaller fine art galleries, stores, studios and other art-related businesses—even a cappuccino lounge.

Artspace Gallery, a contemporary exhibit area operated byartist duo Rob Mabee and his mother Audrey Mabee, is thelargest commercial gallery in the city at 9,000 square feet. Thegallery represents approximately 60 primarily Canadian artists,including well-known and emerging talents working in variousmedia. Call 403-269-4278.

Artspace also refers to the entire 35,000-square-foot second-floor environment managed by the Maybee team. The recentdeparture of tenants Virginia Christopher and VisionQuest hastriggered a renewal of new occupants including a paint-your-ownceramics studio, the new civic art collection headquarters, a smallgallery of emerging artists, a Korean paper sculpture gallery andseveral others.

Remaining in place are the Melting Pot pottery and gift shop;Lattice jewellery studio and Crossroads Custom Framingalong with Myken Woods Fine Art, featuring Myken Woods’

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ADAC members in Alberta and Saskatchewan are:ABOUT ADAC

The Art Dealers Association of CanadaInc. (ADAC) is a national not-for-profitorganization founded in 1966. Our 75-member association is the largestrepresentation of major privatecommercial galleries in Canada and ourmembers represent the country'sleading artists. ADAC's mandate includesstimulating the art market in Canadaand encouraging the awareness of thevisual arts both nationally and abroad.

ADAC both monitors and is activelyinvolved with issues and policyformation concerning the visual arts. Aspart of this initiative, the Associationmaintains a continuing dialogue withgovernment agencies at federal,provincial and municipal levels. ADAC isalso active as a liaison with publicgalleries, museums and culturalorganizations in Canada and in theinternational community.

ADAC proudly supported Canadianartists Janet Cardiff & George BuresMiller at the 49th International VeniceBiennale (June 10 - November 4, 2001),and sponsorship was granted to theartists in the amount of $10,000.00CDN for their collaborative work at theCanadian Pavilion titled The ParadiseInstitute. The ADAC Art Foundation alsogrants two academic scholarships on anannual basis in the amount of$2,500.00 each. One scholarship isawarded to a fourth year Art Historystudent in creative writing and theother is issued to a fourth year visualartist in a Studio program.

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Canada House GalleryAddress: 201 Bear St., Banff, AB T1L 1B5 Telephone: (403) 762 3757Fax: (403) 762 8052 Web Site: www.canadahouse.com E-mail: [email protected] Year Established: 1974

Douglas Udell Gallery (Edmonton)Address: 10332 - 124th St., Edmonton, AB T5N 1R2 Telephone: (780) 488 4445 Fax: (780) 488 8335 E-mail: [email protected] Year Established: 1967

Image 54 GalleryAddress: 709 - 11th Avenue S.W. Calgary, AB. T2R 0E3 Telephone: (403) 265 5458 Fax: (403) 265 8681 Web Site: www.image54.com E-mail: [email protected] Year Established: 1982

Masters Gallery Ltd.Address: 815C - 17th Ave. S.W., Calgary, AB. T2T 0A1 Telephone: 403 245 2064 Fax: 403 244 1636 Web Site: www.mastersgalleryltd.com E-mail: [email protected] Year Established: 1976

Newzones Gallery of Contemporary ArtAddress: 730 - 11th Ave. S.W., Calgary, AB. T2R 0E4 Telephone: 403 266 1972 Fax: 403 266 1987 Web Site: www.newzones.com E-mail: [email protected] Year Established: 1992

Paul Kuhn GalleryAddress: 724 11th Ave., S.W. Calgary, AB T2R 0E4 Telephone: 403 263 1162 Fax: 403 262 9426 Web Site: www.paulkuhngallery.com E-mail: [email protected] Year Established: 1983

TrépanierBaerAddress: 999 - 8th St. W. Suite 105,Calgary, AB. T2R 1J5 Telephone: (403) 244 2066 Fax: (403) 244 2094 E-mail: [email protected] Year Established: 1992

Wallace Galleries Ltd. Address: 500 - 5th Ave. S.W., Calgary, AB. T2P 3L5 Telephone: (403) 262 8050 Fax: (403) 264 7112 Web Site: www.wallacegalleries.com E-mail: [email protected] Established: 1987

West End Gallery Ltd. (Edmonton)Address: 12308 Jasper Ave., Edmonton, AB. T5N 3K5 Telephone: (780) 488 4892 Fax: (780) 488 4893 Web Site: www.westendgalleryltd.com E-mail: [email protected] Year Established: 1975

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Art Placement Inc.Address: 228 - 3rd Avenue South,Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, S7K 1L9 Telephone: (306) 664-3385 Fax: (306) 933-2521 Web Site: www.artplacement.com E-mail: [email protected] Year Established: 1978

Susan Whitney GalleryAddress: 2220 Lorne St., Regina, SK. S4P 2M7 Telephone: (306) 569 9279 Fax: (306) 352 2453 Web Site:www.susanwhitneygallery.com E-mail: [email protected] Year Established: 1979


own work as well as contemporary artists such as Amy Loewan,Ferdinando Spina and Toni Onley. Call 403-606-8414.

As its name implies, Artspace is devoted to more thanexhibiting artworks. It is intended as a place where the arts inCalgary can come together and offers a perfect setting forcorporate and private parties, fund raisers and other special events.Visitors are welcome every Friday evening to Afterwork with theArts from 5 – 8 pm.The galleries and shops are open so guests canenjoy a combination of live jazz music, art gazing, nibbling andsipping.

In addition, guided tours of the Artspace Gallery are now beingoffered for groups of five to 50 people. Led by Calgary artist SekaOwen, the one-hour walks take visitors behind the scenes and areavailable Tuesday to Friday between 11 am and 4 pm. Also offeredat the gallery are morning tea tours, lunch tours and afternoonwine and cheese tours, all of which must be booked in advance.

The Artspace Gallery is open Tuesday to Thursday 11 am – 4pm, Friday 11 am – 8 pm, and Saturday and Sunday 10 am – 5 pm.For more information contact the gallery at 403-269-4278. Theother galleries and shops in Artspace are open Friday 4 – 8 pm,Saturday and Sunday 10 am – 5 pm. Crossroads Market is locatedat 1235 - 26 Avenue SE.

A few blocks away from Artspace is the Point of Art Gallery& Studios at 1139 – 11 Street SE.The building contains numerousartist studios as well as a gallery space operated by a society of 35artists. The society schedules three-week shows of members’works. Openings are usually on Fridays, 5 – 9 pm.The mandate ofthe Point of Art Society is public education. During shows, visitorscan stroll amongst the studios, glimpsing artists at work.The Pointof Art Gallery is open Thursday, Friday and Saturday, 11 am – 4 pm.One Sunday per month, the society hosts Sundays in the Gallery, achance for the public to take in a mini-lecture on art subjects suchas art appreciation, collecting and framing. For more information,call 403-265-6867.

Nearby in Inglewood, Marro Gallery & Design is the sort ofsmall, eclectic gallerywhere you can expectto find a few intriguing,quirky treasures. It isowned by Ron Burke, ablues musician for 15years who now createsjewellery full time anddabbles in music. Inaddition, Burke designsand custom crafts wood,stainless steel and glassfurniture. Of particularinterest are thesculptural water wallsthat he designs andbuilds along with galleryartist Clint Ecklund.Framed like a painting,the functional fountainsmeasure up to six feet inheight, and incorporatestainless steel, copperand bronze with largeslabs of slate. Marro alsocarries oil and acryliclandscapes by Brian

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If a sense of fun is part of your artistic criteria, you’ll want to startyour tour on 4 Street SW at the Gallery of Canadian Folk

Art. Presenting “uncommon art of the common people,” thegallery has a delightful collection of Canadian folk art includingfurniture, paintings, textiles and more. 2206A – 4 Street SW, 403-229-1300.

Nearby, The Croft carries one of the city’s best collections ofdecorative and functional pottery, as well as glassworks, jewellery,wood carvings and other fabulous gift items. 2105 – 4 Street SW,403-245-1212.

At the corner of 4 Street and 17 Avenue, Art Mode Galleryis a firmly established presence. The gallery has developedrelationships with several Canadian artists, and carries works bybest-selling international artists. Art Mode Gallery offers customlighting, room design and audio/video services to complement theart that graces your house. 399 – 17 Avenue SW, 403-508-1511.

Next stop is Gallery San Chun, an oasis of serenityspecializing in imported, contemporary artworks by Korean artistsand featuring Celadon porcelain, silkscreens, serigraphs andwoodblocks. You can also find some top Western Canadianprintmakers here, including Walter Phillips, Margaret Shelton,Takao Tanabe and Illingworth Kerr. 736 – 17 Avenue SW, 403-228-1731.

Expect to spend a little time between 7 and 8 Streets SW,starting with Masters Gallery, one of the few galleries in Canadato carry both contemporary and historical works including major19th- and 20th-century Canadian artists such as IllingworthKerr, Nicholas de Grandmaison, Robert MacInnis, JoaneCardinal Schubert, Allen Sapp and Jack Shadbolt. 815 – 17Avenue SW, 403-245-2064.

Almost next door is Kensington Fine Art Gallery, whichexhibits a range of modern Canadian landscape art, fromconventional to impressionistic.This trendy little gallery has beenappealing to beginning art collectors for more than 33 years. Ondisplay are the original works of exceptional artists from acrossCanada, including Arthur Evoy, Raymond Theriault and AlanC. Colier. 817 – 17 Avenue SW, 403-228-2111.

Continuing west, Collector’s Gallery specializes in 19th and20th century prints and paintings by Canadian artists such asMargaret Shelton, John Snow, Walter Phillips and CarlSchaefer. 829 – 17 Avenue SW, 403-245-8300.

A recent addition to the 17 Avenue gallery scene is MixedEmotions, presenting works by Canadian and Australian artists

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including limited edition photography-based giclée images bygallery owner Christopher Talbot and photographer MartinKaspers. 850 – 16 Avenue SW, 403-244-8123.

Also new to the district is Nexos Art Company, which isdevoted to providing “Art for All.” Owner Pedro Morales saysthe focus is on providing mid-level collectors with affordableoriginal art by dedicated artists. Artworks are from Europe, LatinAmerica and Canada, and include various media. Nexos is locatedin the Devenish Building, 908 – 17 Avenue SW, 403-245-2211.

Just past 14 Street SW, the Cube is anything but square.Featuring photography and works by emerging local, national andinternational contemporary artists in all media, Cube Gallery’sminimalist approach is highlighted by exposed pipes, simple linesand white walls and ceilings. 1520 – 17 Avenue SW, 403-209-2823.

CITY CENTRE & EAU CLAIRE

Downtown Calgary isn’t all concrete and glass—it’s also hometo some of Calgary’s best-known art galleries. Start on the

+15 level of Bow Valley Square at Stephen Lowe Art Gallery,where you will find Western and Asian fine art paintings andsculpture by more than 65 artists of Canadian and internationalacclaim. 251 – 5 Avenue SW, 403-261-1602.

Down the escalator, one block north and around the corner onthe north side of 4 Avenue, you’ll find Diana Paul Galleries,where some of Canada’s most renowned contemporary

impressionists are featured, including Ken Gillespie, JohnCompton, Ingrid Harrison and Philip Craig. 314 – 4 AvenueSW, 403-262-9947.

Kitty-cornered from each other at the intersection of 4 Streetand 5 Avenue SW, you’ll find Gainsborough Galleries and WallaceGalleries. Gainsborough Galleries, which opened in 1923 and isthe longest-running art gallery in the city, represents local artists aswell as artists from Vancouver Island, Quebec, Nunavut and as farsouth as Arizona. Much of the art is focused on traditionalrepresentational and impressionistic genres along with westernbronze and Inuit art. 441 – 5 Avenue SW, 403-262-3715.

Wallace Galleries represents accomplished Canadian andinternational contemporary visual artists. The gallery carriespaintings in oil, watercolour and acrylic, drawings, prints andsculptures in various media. Owners Heidi Hubner and herdaughter, Colette, are happy to provide extra assistance on suchthings as selection, background information, framing, shipping,installation and pricing. 500 – 5 Avenue SW, 403-262-8050.

Watch for an emerging new downtown arts district in thevicinity of Eau Claire Market, sparked by the relocation of VisionQuest Gallery and Virgina Christopher Fine Art to thehistoric Greyhound Building at 222 Riverfront Avenue SW. VirginiaChristopher has been exhibiting original Canadian painting,sculpture, ceramics, hand-dyed silk and works on paper since 1980.Among the artists she represents are Douglas Haynes, LesliePoole, William Morton and Rick Rivet. Call 403-263-4346.

VisionQuest Gallery, another new tenant in the GreyhoundBuilding, carries Aboriginal art and artifacts, particularly from the

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Northwest coast. Of particular note are the original handcarvedKwakiutl masks and bentwood cedar boxes.The gallery also carriespaintings by Norval Morrisseau, Les Mawakeesick and FredMcDonald. Call 403-208-6936.

8 AVENUE CORRIDOR

Best to plan to spend the entire afternoon strolling along 8Avenue downtown—there are several galleries to visit in nine

city blocks and several public art pieces to engage your eye.On the corner of 9 Avenue at 5 Street SW is Calgary’s oldest

artist-run centre. The non-profit NEW Gallery presents aspectrum of art forms. The gallery is known for innovativeperformances and special events such as Space for Space and ArtistTrading Cards. 403-233-2399.

Next stop is in the Penny Lane Mall on 8 Avenue and 5 StreetSW. Fosbrooke Fine Arts is a contemporary gallery owned byCalgary painter Jean Fosbrooke, who specializes in surrealisticmountain scenes and florals.The gallery features a mix of originalpaintings and sculptures by emerging and established local artists.513 – 8 Avenue SW, 403-294-1362.

Platinum Art, a new arrival on the third floor of Banker’s Hall(south side), features the works of more than 20 independentartists. Platinum Art bridges the gap between buyers and sellers byoffering a prime retail location for independent artists to displaytheir works of art. 403-862-0555.

Walk east to Toronto Dominion Square, which housesDevonian Gardens on the fourth floor, which in turn houses the bi-level Devonian Art Gallery.The Devo, a public gallery operatedby the City of Calgary, features local artists working in a variety ofmedia. 317 – 7 Avenue SW (also accessible from 8 Avenue), 403-268-4728.

Carry on to 1 Street SW, cut to the right and duck into theTRUCK, a not-for-profit artist-run centre generally focused onhybrid and emerging forms of contemporary art. 815 – 1 StreetSW, 403-261-7702.

Back on Stephen Avenue Walk, the next block contains Art isVital Gallery, housed upstairs in the refurbished Ashdown Block.Known as a launching pad for local artists, Art is Vital is a showcaseof Alberta talent.The gallery features a selection of contemporaryworks by emerging and mid-career Western Canadian artists, withan emphasis on realist, figurative and landscape styles. 110 – 8Avenue SW, 403-262-1358.

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Across the avenue, the Art Gallery of Calgary (AGC)occupies two restored historic buildings and is undergoing aninterior makeover. A public art gallery and education centreemphasizing historical and contemporary Western Canadian art,AGC is celebrating its 25th anniversary this year. 117 – 8 AvenueSW, 403-770-1350.

On the next block, the Hyatt Regency is the home of thesecond downtown location of Gainsborough Galleries, locatedon the +15 level.

A jewel in Alberta’s crown, the Glenbow Museum holdssome 28,000 artworks dating from the 19th century to thepresent. Glenbow acquires historical, modern and contemporaryworks focusing on this region and its place in Western Canada.Several travelling and local exhibitions are presented each year. 130– 9 Avenue SE, 403-268-4100.

At the east end of Stephen Avenue Walk is the TriangleGallery of Visual Arts. Located in the Municipal Building,Triangleis a public gallery administered by the not-for-profit CalgaryContemporary Arts Society. The gallery presents and interpretstraditional and contemporary work including retrospectives andthemed exhibitions as well as architecture, applied arts, fine craft,

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A detour off 8 Avenue at this point gets you to two more artspaces. From the Triangle, head to 9 Avenue and the Calgary Tower.Centennial Gallery is a cooperative gallery in Tower Centre,featuring original paintings, ceramics and weavings by local artistsat reasonable prices. 125 – 9 Avenue SE, 403-266-6783.

Continue south on 1 Street SE, beneath the train trackoverpass, and turn east one block to Macleod Trail, where you willdiscover Stride Gallery, an artist-run, non-profit centre featuringwork by innovative artists not readily recognized in the localcommercial or public galleries. Stride provides an experimentalvenue for artists to develop their practices in whatever mediumthey choose. 1004 Macleod Trail SE, 403-262-8507.

BELTLINE

Browsing the Beltline district takes time—between visiting thehigh spots for art you’ll probably want to stop for a nosh here

or there. But don’t get distracted—there’s lots to see at the majorgalleries in this district.

Start your tour on 8 Street SW at the Trépanier BaerGallery, a cornerstone of the local contemporary art scene. Ondisplay are the works of more than 25 artists from across thecountry in a variety of media including sculpture, photography andpainting. 105, 999 – 8 Street SW, 403-244-2066.

East on 11 Avenue, Webster Galleries has 10,000 squarefeet of space showcasing a large collection of Canadian fine artincluding Inuit sculpture, oils, watercolours, stone sculpture,bronzes, ceramics and hand-pulled prints. Artists such as StanPhelps, Real Fournier, Mark Farand and Edward Tuts arerepresented along with Inuit sculptors Sean McNamee andMark Totan. 812 – 11 Avenue SW, 403-263-6500.

One block east, Newzones Gallery of Contemporary Artis “a slice of Soho in Calgary,” specializing in works by mid-careerCanadian artists and international artists who have a connection toCanada. Don Maynard, Cathy Daley, Greg Edmonson, DonPollack, Christopher Kier, Colleen Philippi and MarieLanoo are all represented. 730 – 11 Avenue SW, 403-266-1972.

A few doors east in a funky turn-of-the-century warehouse isthe Paul Kuhn Gallery, which offers three floors of exhibitionspace along with a full-service frame shop in the lower level.Owner Paul Kuhn represents emerging artists from WesternCanada along with mid-career and established artists from acrossCanada, and the gallery carries a selection of international prints.Artists represented include John Eisler, Alex Colville, GuidoMolinari, John Chalke, Barbara Milne, Edward Burtynski,Christopher Pratt and Claude Tousignant. 724 – 11 AvenueSW, 403-263-1162.

Just a few more steps east and across the street you cometo Image 54 Fine Art & Custom Framing, one of the fewcommercial galleries in Western Canada to specialize in fine artprints by Canadian artists.A good starting place for budding artcollectors, the gallery is at 709 – 11 Avenue SW, 403-265-5458.

A fresh face on the block, Harrison Galleries is moving innext door to Image 54 early this fall. The gallery, which has asecond location in Vancouver, will continue to presenttraditional and contemporary paintings by emerging local artistsas well as such established painters as Jae Dougall, AudreyMabee and Francine Gravel. 709A - 11 Avenue SW, 403-229-4088.


The Collector’s Gallery829 - 17 Avenue SW

Phone/Fax (403) 245-8300Dealers in 19th to 21st Century Works of Art

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Judith ZinkanKarl's Fence oil on canvas; 36" x 36"

June Moshansky Foothills Bluffoil on canvas; 14" x 18"

Sharon ThirkettleAlberta Skyoil on canvas; 22" x 28"

in Calgary says when she first saw Attar’s work in Vancouver, shefell in love with it. Apparently, she is not alone. Some of Attar’spieces were bought by the Clinton administration and now hang inthe White House. Attar is shown exclusively by Wallace Galleries,500 – 5 Avenue SW, 403-262-8050. A show of Attar’s work beginsOctober 5.

MICHAEL MATHEWS IT IS NOT VERY OFTEN THAT ONE FINDS AN ARTIST

whose studio sits on a ridge 7,800 feet up in the mountains. For twoweeks at a time in the summer, however, Michael Mathews worksin a fire tower in the Columbia valley, keeping his eyes open forfires and painting the Canadian wilderness. He paints intuitivelyhe says, following his instincts and creating landscapes which lookas natural as the environment in which they were conceived.Mathews works in warm tones and paints with bold strokes, whichgive some of his paintings a sense of heat that can only come fromwitnessing wild fires. Mathews completed a Bachelor of Fine Artsat the University of Calgary and his work hangs in the CanadianEmbassy

in Washington, as well as the Canadian Embassy in Warsaw.Michael Mathews’ work is found at Virginia Christopher Fine Artin Calgary, newly located beside Eau Claire Market at 222Riverfront Avenue SE, 403-263-4346.


Artist PortraitsA brief look at some of the artists represented by local galleries

KATHERINE LAKEMANKATHERINE LAKEMAN IS

inspired by the wonder of thenatural world. A landscape painterin the summer, Lakeman works onlocation in the Columbia Icefieldsand the Monashees, where she cancapture the natural light and beautyof her surroundings. She paintsquickly, hoping to convey theenergy she finds in the landscape. Inthe winter, Lakeman devotes herselfto still lifes of colourful flowers. Butshe cannot stay inside for long.Lakeman’s passion for the outdoorsis satisfied every spring when sheorganizes a two-week long workshopin San Miguel, Mexico, where sheand her fellow artists paint andrelish in what she calls a “true fullblown spring”. Many of Lakeman’scurrent paintings are of subjects inSan Miguel, and communicate tothe viewer the beauty and lushsurroundings of Mexico. KatherineLakeman’s work can be found atArtspace in the Crossroads Market,1235 – 26 Avenue SE, Calgary, 403-269-4278, and at Ferntree Gallery,501 – 1 Street West in Cochrane,403-932-7335.

ALAIN ATTARBORN IN MOROCCO AND

now residing in Vancouver, AlainAttar’s abstract paintings evokefeelings on many levels. Perhaps this isbecause, before he became a full-timepainter, Attar worked as apsychoanalyst. A Canadian residentfor 20 years, Attar creates his art usingplaster, marble dust and dolomite sandon board. This mixed medium not onlyevokes impressions of Morocco, butalso gives a sculptural feeling to histwo-dimensional, abstract work.Colette Hubner of Wallace Galleries

Michael Mathews: Water Flowing Underground, 1993,acrylic on canvas, 32" x 41"

Katherine Lakeman:Starburst Amaryllis,acrylic on canvas, 2002,36" x 12"

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Alain Attar: ArcadeRouge, mixed media,60" x 41"


JEAN PILCH“IF I DIDN’T LIVE IN ALBERTA I MIGHT NOT BE A

landscape painter,” says Jean Pilch. A Calgary resident for 30 years,Pilch grew up on a farm in Northern Alberta and began paintingwhen she was nine years old. She works in acrylics and pastelpencil, which allow her to compose very technical work. But don’tcall it photo realism. Although Pilch works in her studio fromphotos she takes on her various hikes throughout KananaskisCountry and other mountainous regions, she does not make exactreplicas of her photos. Pilch prefers to refer to her work as “editedrealism,” often using two or three photos together to compose onepiece. Pilch is a Premier Pastellist with the Pastel Society ofCanada, and has been a member of the Alberta Society of Artistssince 1998. Jean Pilch’s exhibition High Trails and Back Roads runs

September 21 to mid-October at Kensington Fine Art Gallery,817 – 17 Avenue SW in Calgary, 403-228-2111.

JAMIE EVRARDJAMIE EVRARD’S SUMPTUOUS MONOTYPES AND OIL

paintings reflect the artist’s elegant lifestyle. From her homebase inVancouver, Evrard spends much of the year travelling including anannual month’s retreat at her family’s Tuscan villa. On her travels,Evrard collects exquisite handmade papers which she uses toproduce lush fruit and floral monotype prints. Often, she begins bypainting directly onto the paper, sometimes applying metallicpowders. Then, she creates her image in oil on plexiglass. Theprepared sheets of paper are pressed, repeatedly, on the plate,creating a richly textured, diffused image reminiscent of an agedfresco. The individual pieces of paper are mounted onto a backingand usually completed with a water gilded frame. Evrard’smonotypes and her exuberant oils on canvas will be on viewstarting November 16 at the Agnes Bugera Gallery, 12310 JasperAvenue, Edmonton, 780-482-2854.

IAN RAWLINSONSASKATOON ARTIST IAN RAWLINSON EXPLORES A

seemingly mundane subject in his paintings: suburbanneighbourhoods at night. Rawlinson’s luminous paintings take usto backyard vantage points, from which we see the shadows of

after-dark punctuated by intense pools of window or street lights.Like inkblots, the scenes evoke myriad emotions and psychologicalconnections. What is distancing and alienating to one viewer,might be warm and inviting to another. A sense of anonymitymight as easily be a sense of belonging. Mysterious, ominous,voyeuristic? Or peaceful, homey and familiar? “The power of theseworks resides in their ambiguity and mute testimony,” writesGeorge Moppet in his notes from a 2001 Mendel Art Galleryshow. “A sense of order and unity, experienced during the daylight,gives way at night to a degree of uncertainty and apprehension.”Ian Rawlinson’s first solo show runs October 20 to November 2 atDarrell Bell Gallery, 220 – 3 Avenue S., Saskatoon, 306-955-5701. He is represented in Edmonton at the Agnes BugeraGallery.

Jean Pilch: Shades of September, acrylic on canvas, 20" x 30"

Jamie Evrard: Summer Baroque XIII,2000, oil on canvas, 36" x 40"

Ian Rawlinson: Fascination, 2002, acrylic on canvas, 18 "x 22"


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Commercial GalleryCANADA HOUSE

BOX 1570201 BEAR STBANFF, AB T1L 1B5T. 403-762-3757 F. 403-762-8052Toll Free: [email protected]

A Banff destination since 1974, just ashort drive from Calgary. This friendlyand fresh gallery represents a large col-lection of current Canadian art – paint-ings and sculpture from Canada's bestlandscape, contemporary and Nativeartists. Check website for daily updates.Member of Art Dealers Association ofCanada. Open daily.

Public GalleriesWALTER PHILLIPS GALLERY

BOX 1020 STATION 40107 TUNNEL MOUNTAIN RDBANFF, AB T0L 0C0T. 403-762-6281 F. 403-762-6659

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Located on a spectacular site beside theBow River in downtown Banff.Discover the rich natural and culturalheritage of the Canadian Rockies. TheMuseum offers guided tours of Banff'sheritage log homes and cabins; historicwalking tours of the Banff townsite; andexhibition tours of the galleries. Opendaily, 10 am - 5 pm.

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Cooperative GalleriesCENTENNIAL GALLERY133-125 9 AVE SECALGARY, AB T2G 0P6T. 403-266-6783

This unique, artist-run gallery hasserved Calgary and area continuouslyfor more than 27 years, offering excel-lent quality representational andimpressionistic art work – paintings,hand-pulled prints, wall hangings, pot-tery, porcelain and glass by local artists.Tues to Sat 10 am - 4 pm (also on Monfrom May to Oct).

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STRIDE GALLERY1004 MACLEOD TR SCALGARY, AB T2G 2M7T. 403-262-8507 F. [email protected]

THE NEW GALLERY516 9 AVE SWMain Floor DCALGARY, AB T2P 1L4T. 403-233-2399 F. [email protected]/~thenew-gallery

TRUCK AN ARTIST RUN CENTRE815 1 STREET SWLower LevelCALGARY, AB T2P 1N3T. 403-261-7702 F. [email protected]

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ART IS VITAL GALLERY110 8 AVE SW 2ND FLOORCALGARY, AB T2P 1B3T. 403-262-1358 F. [email protected]

A progressive fine art gallery presentingCanadian painting, drawing, and sculp-ture embodying a high level of skillwith a contemporary temper. Tues toSat 10 am - 5 pm or by appointment.

ART MODE GALLERY CANADA INC399 17 AVE SWCALGARY, AB T2S 0A5T. 403-508-1553 F. [email protected]

Located just minutes from the down-town core, this 3,000 square foot galleryis home to more than 50 Canadianartists and several internationally-renowned artists. Many styles andmedia are represented including easternand western Canadian landscapes.Open every day.

ARTNEST GALLERY & FRAMINGGLENMORE LANDINGC145-1600 90 AVE SWCALGARY, AB T2V 5A8T. 403-258-0555 F. [email protected]

Promoting original artwork in differentmedia by Canadian artists. Mon to Wedand Fri 10 am - 6 pm, Thur to 8 pm, Satto 5:30 pm.

ARTSPACE GALLERY1235 26 AVE SE2nd lvl, Crossroads MarketCALGARY, AB T2G 1R7T. 403-269-4278 F. [email protected]

Calgary's largest commercial art gallery,featuring contemporary Canadianartists and special exhibitions in anexceptional art complex facility. Tuesto Thur 11 am - 4 pm, Fri 11 am - 8 pm,Sat and Sun 10 am - 5 pm and byappointment.

COLLECTOR'S GALLERY829 17 AVE SWCALGARY, AB T2T 0A1T. 403-245-8300 F. 403-245-8300mail@collectorsgalleryofart.comwww.collectorsgalleryofart.com

Specializing in important Canadian artfrom the 19th to the 21st centuryincluding early topographical paintings,Canadian impressionists and the Groupof Seven. The Collectors Gallery repre-sents over 30 prominent Canadian con-temporary artists. Tues to Fri 10 am - 6pm, Sat 10 am - 5:30 pm.

CUBE GALLERY1520 17 AVE SWCALGARY, AB T2T 0C8T. 403-209-2823 F. [email protected]

Calgary's Cube Gallery deals in photog-raphy as the exclusive source in Canadafor some of the most important photog-raphers in the medium from the NYSchool of Photography; plus excitingand emerging local, national and inter-national contemporary artists in allmedia from alumni of Alberta Collegeof Art and Design. Tues to Sat 10 am -6 pm or by appointment.

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DIANA PAULGALLERIES314 4 AVE SWCALGARY, AB T2P 0H7T. 403-262-9947 F. [email protected]

Specializing in high quality fine art –small and large format works – in stylesfrom super-realism to impressionism tosemi-abstract. Featuring the work ofemerging and well-established artists.Tues to Sat 11 am - 5 pm.

FOSBROOKE FINE ARTS211A-513 8 AVE SWCALGARY, AB T2P 1G3T. 403-294-1362 F. 403-234-8080fosbrooke_arts@telusplanet.netwww.fosbrookefinearts.com

Specializing in impressionist, expres-sionist, surreal and contemporary art byemerging, mid-career and establishedartists – distinctive, vibrant, colourfulabstracts, figures, portraits, landscapesand sculptures. Mon to Fri 10 am - 6 pmand Sat to 5:30 pm.

GAINSBOROUGH GALLERIES441 5 AVE SWCALGARY, AB T2P 2V1T. 403-262-3715 F. 403-262-3743Toll Free: 866-425-53735thave@gainsboroughgalleries.comwww.GainsboroughGalleries.comOther Location:+15 level, Hyatt Regency Hotel700 Centre St SE, T. [email protected]

Extensive collection of fine art in avariety of styles by artists includingTinyan, Raftery, Lyon, Cameron, MinMa, Desrosiers, Wood, Hedrick,Crump, Anderson, and Brandel.Calgary's largest collection of bronzesincluding works by Stewart, Cheek,Lansing and Zach. Mon to Sat 10 am -5 pm.

GALLERY OF CANADIAN FOLK ART2206A 4 ST SWCALGARY, AB T2S 1W9T. 403-229-1300 F. 403-243-1390www.galleryofcanadianfolkart.com

A surprising and unique gallery thatexhibits and sells Canadian folk art:furniture, paintings, carvings, textiles,antiques and artifacts gathered fromacross the country. Presents “uncom-mon art of the common people.” Wedto Sun noon - 5 pm.

GALLERY SAN CHUN736 17 AVE SWCALGARY, AB T2S 0B7T. 403-228-1731 F. 403-242-8640

Traditional Asian works on paper andframed prints by some of the topWestern Canadian print artists of the20th century – Walter J. Phillips,Margaret Shelton, Takao Tanabe andIllingworth Kerr – along with contem-porary local and Korean printmakers.Mon to Sat 10:30 am - 6 pm, Sun Noon- 5 pm.

HARRISON GALLERIES709A 11 AVE SWCALGARY, AB T2R 0E3T. 403-229-4088 F. 403-229-4088donna@harrisongalleries.comwww.harrisongalleries.comOther Locations:2932 Granville StVancouver, BCT. 604-732-5217 F. 604-732-09111471 Marine Dr

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West Vancouver, BCT. 604-926-2615 F. 604-926-2615

Representing the art of local, regionaland internationally renowned artists,the gallery carries an extensive collec-tion of traditional and contemporaryartwork. Tues to Sat 10 am - 5:30 pmand by appointment.

HERRINGER KISS GALLERYCALGARY, ABT. 403-710-3200 F. 403-663-1249deborah@herringerkissgallery.comwww.herringerkissgallery.com

Specializes in contemporary Canadianfine art including printmaking, paint-ings and hand blown glass. Featuredartists include Heather Aston, SarahBing, Sharon Clarke, Steven Dixon,Helen Keyes, Harry Kiyooka, JeinaMorosoff, Maria Anna Parolin andWilliam Steinberg.

IMAGE 54709 11 AVE SWCALGARY, AB T2R 0E3T. 403-265-5458 F. [email protected] www.image54.com

The only commercial art gallery inwestern Canada to specialize in con-temporary fine art prints. Also presentsemerging and mid-career Canadianpainters and photographers. Offers cus-tom framing and installation; consulta-tion services on collection cataloguing,management and appraisals. Tues to Sat10 am - 5:30 pm and by appointment.

KENSINGTON FINE ARTGALLERY817 17 AVE SWCALGARY, AB T2T 0A1T. 403-228-2111 F. [email protected]

Located in the heart of 17th Avenue'spopular shopping area, the gallery fea-tures original 21st century Canadian art– in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere.Tues to Sat 10 am - 5:30 pm.

MARRO HOUSE1224B 9 AVE SECALGARY, ABT2G 0T1T. 403-265-7224 F. 403-269-7245

MASTERS GALLERY815C 17 AVE SWCALGARY, ABT2T 0A1T. 403-245-2064 F. [email protected]

Celebrating 25 years of qualityCanadian historical and contemporaryart. Tues to Sat 10 am - 5:30 pm.

MICAH GALLERY110 8 AVE SWCALGARY, AB T2P 1B3T. 403-245-1472 F. [email protected]

Celebrating their 11th anniversarywith selected works by local artistsErnie Whitford, wood carver;Tsimshian jeweller, Bill Helin; andoriginal acrylics by Ernie Scoles,Calgary's premier North AmericanFirst Nations arts gallery specializes injewellery, artifacts, original paintingsand prints of traditional and contempo-rary design. Mon to Wed and Fri 9:30am - 6 pm, Thur to 8 pm, Sat 10 am - 6pm, Sun 11 am - 5 pm.

MIXED EMOTIONS ART GALLERY850 16 AVE SW Lower LevelCALGARY, AB T2R 0S9T. 403-244-8123 F. 403-229-9687

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Features a mixture of art pieces fromcontemporary paintings and bronzesculptures to medieval armour and vin-tage motorcycles. Primary focus is topromote Canadian and Australianartists to the rest of the world. Tues toThur, and Sat 10 am - 6 pm, Fri 10 am- 8 pm.

MYKEN WOODS FINE ART1235 26 AVE SE 2nd lvlCrossroads MarketCALGARY, AB T2G 1R7T. [email protected]

Representing artists working with ideasthat reflect Canada's cultural diversityin a contemporary way. Introducingnew gallery artist Richard Blacquiere.Also new work by Ferdinando Spinaand New York artist Liu Landing.Continued representation of PareshAthparia, Amy Loewan, Steven Malie,Edwardo Spina, Mai Swan, CatherineHuang-Tam and Paul Woodrow.Selected prints by Toni Onley and LinChien Shih. Fri 4 pm - 8 pm, Sat andSun 10 am - 5 pm.

NEW IMAGE GALLERY AND GALLERY 1912342 14 ST NWCALGARY, AB T2N 1Z7T. 403-270-0414 F. 403-270-0209

NEWZONES GALLERY OFCONTEMPORARY ART730 11 AVE SWCALGARY, AB T2R 0E4T. [email protected]

Representing leading names in contem-porary art: Joe Andoe, Michael Batty,Ross Bleckner, Jack Bush, Cathy Daley,Tom Dean, Greg Edmonson, EvelyneBrader-Frank, John Hall, Brad Harms,Christopher Kier, Ben Macleod, DonMaynard, Donald Sultan, WilliamPerehudoff, Colleen Philippi, DonPollack, Teresa Posyniak, Pat Service,Kevin Sonmor, Andrew Valko,Michael Walker, Barry Weiss, JeroenWitvliet, et al. Tues to Sat 10:30 am -5:30 pm and by appointment.

NEXOS ART COMPANY908 17 AVE SWCALGARY, AB T2T 0A3T. 403-245-2211 F. [email protected]

Located inside the historic DevenishBuilding, Nexos Art Company special-izes in original, affordable and collec-table modern and contemporary art.The gallery bridges frontiers by bring-ing together a combination of qualitypaintings and sculptures from Europe,Latin America and Western Canada.Tues to Sat 10 am - 5:30 pm.

PAUL KUHN FINE ARTS722 11 AVE SWCALGARY, AB T2R 0E4T. 403-263-1162 F. [email protected]

Focuses on national and regional con-temporary Canadian paintings, draw-ings, prints and sculpture; also showscontemporary American prints.Exhibitions change monthly featuringestablished and emerging artists alongwith themed group shows. Tues to Sat10 am - 5:30 pm.

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#104, 800 Macleod Trail S.E. Calgary, AB. (403) 262-1737

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ADMISSION BY DONATION

www.trianglegallery.com


[email protected]

ROWLES & COMPANY LTD311 6 AVE SW - Plus 15 LEVELCALGARY, AB T2P 3H2T. 403-290-1612 F. [email protected] Location Edmonton:10130 103 St, Mezz LevelEdmonton, AB T5J 3N9T. 780-426-4035 F. 780-429-2787

Features over 100 western Canadianartists in original paintings, bronze,blown glass, metal, scrimshaw onmoose antler, marble and soapstone.Specializing in corporate collectionsand gifts, the gallery offers consultationfor special commissions, packaging andcomplete fulfillment for a wide varietyof corporate projects. Mon to Fri 9 am -5 pm; Edm also Sat noon - 5 pm.

STEPHEN LOWE ARTGALLERY251-255 5 AVE SWCALGARY, AB T2P 3G6T. 403-261-1602 F. [email protected]

Specializing in fine art orginals by dis-tinguished Canadian artists of nationaland international acclaim for over 20years. Offers an excellent selection ofoutstanding paintings and sculptures inlandscapes, florals, still life, and figura-tive in contemporary and traditionalstyles. Mon to Sat 10 am - 5 pm.

THE CROFT2105 4 ST SWCALGARY, AB T2S 1W8T. 403-245-1212 F. [email protected]

Showcases fine art and crafts by 150regional artists and artisans. Works onexhibit include both decorative andfunctional pottery, glass, jewellery,turned wood, journals, wood sculptureand paintings. Mon to Wed and Sat 10am - 6 pm, Thur, Fri to 8 pm, Sun to 5pm.

TREPANIER BAER GALLERY105-999 8 ST SWCALGARY, AB T2R 1J5T. 403-244-2066 F. [email protected]

A progressive and friendly commercialgallery specializing in the exhibitionand sale of Canadian and internationalart. In addition to representing well-known senior and mid-career artists,the gallery also maintains an active andsuccessful program for the presentationof younger emerging Canadian artists'work. Tues to Sat 11 am - 5 pm and byappointment.

VIRGINIA CHRISTOPHERFINE ART222 RIVERFRONT AVE SWCALGARY, AB T2P 0A5T. [email protected]

Dealer in major works by establishedCanadian contemporary artists, operat-ing in Calgary since 1980. The gallerydisplays solo and group exhibitionswhich change monthly and maintains adiverse inventory of original paintings,sculpture, hand-dyed silk, works onpaper, and ceramics. Works are avail-able by David Alexander, JenniferAnnesley, Bob Boyer, Douglas Haynes,Luke Lindoe, Roy Leadbeater, WilliamMorton, Rick Rivet and other impor-tant Canadian artists.

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WALLACE GALLERIES LTD500 5 AVE SWCALGARY, AB T2P 3L5T. 403-262-8050 F. [email protected]

Specializes in Canadian contemporaryoriginal art. Features some of Canada'sleading artists including Ted Godwin,Kenneth Lochhead, Vivian Thierfelder,Alain Attar, LesThomas, Brian Atyeoand Jeff de Boer. Mon to Sat 10 am -5:30 pm.

WEBSTER GALLERIES812 11 AVE SWCALGARY, AB T2R 0E5T. 403-263-6500 F. [email protected]

Since 1980, Webster Galleries Inc. hasbeen a leading specialist in stone sculp-ture and offers a large collection ofInuit sculpture, oils, watercolours,bronzes, pencil works, ceramics andhand-pulled prints within 10,000square feet of gallery space. Mon to Sat10 am - 6 pm; Sat 1 pm - 4 pm.

Virtual GalleriesMIRROR IMAGE PHOTOGRAPHY

150 SIERRA MORENA CLOSESWCALGARY, AB T3H 3G4T. 403-246-6017 F. [email protected]

A virtual gallery of award-winninglandscape images. Beautiful high qual-ity blank art/greeting cards. Framedfine art photography featuring theRocky Mountains, Florals, PrairieLandscapes and European images.

PAUL VAN GINKEL111-1117 1 ST SWCALGARY, AB T2R 0T9T. 403-261-5061 F. [email protected]

Calgary artist, Paul Van Ginkel's boldoil paintings are in private and corpo-rate collections around the world. Hespecializes in "western" themes depict-ing horses and rural life. You can viewhis work at www.PaulVanGinkel.com.

Public GalleriesART GALLERY OF CALGARY117 8 AVE SWCALGARY, AB T2P 1B4T. 403-770-1350 F. 403-264-8077artinfo@artgallerycalgary.orgwww.artgallerycalgary.com

The Art Gallery of Calgary is an inter-active and dynamic forum for contem-porary art exhibitions and activitiesthat foster appreciation and under-standing of visual culture. Tues to Sat10 am - 6 pm, Sun noon - 4 pm.

DEVO ART GALLERY317 7 AVE SW4th Floor, TDSquareCALGARY, ABT. 403-221-3782 F. [email protected]

Located in Devonian Gardens – cli-mate-controlled gardens with 138 vari-eties of greenery, flower-banked path-ways, tree-decked plazas, waterfalls,fountains and sculptures. Monthlyexhibits by local artists. Suitable for pri-vate functions. For the exhibits, call268-2300 / 9845.

GLENBOW MUSEUM130 9 AVE SECALGARY, AB T2G 0P3

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Kensington Fine Art Gallery(403) 228-2111

817 17th Ave SW • Calgary, Alta T2T 0A1

Still LifePaul Healey

20" x 24"Oil/CanvasOCTOBER

Flat Creek, KananaskisJean Pilch

12" x 24" Acrylic/CanvasARTWALK

OPENING SEP 21, CONTINUES THROUGH OCT 6

Bridge #1Steve Coffey

20" x 24"Acrylic/Canvas

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KensingtonFine Art Gallery


T. 403-268-4100 F. [email protected]

Explore western Canada's largest muse-um! Discover the rich, colourful her-itage of the Canadian West andencounter history from around theworld through art, artifacts, programsand engaging exhibitions. Daily 9 am -5 pm.

ILLINGWORTH KERRGALLERYALBERTA COLLEGE OF ART& DESIGN1407 14 AVE NWCALGARY, AB T2N 4R3T. 403-284-7633 F. 403-289-6682www.acad.ab.ca

LEIGHTON ART CENTREBOX 9, SITE 31, R.R. 8CALGARY, AB T2J 2T9T. 403-931-3633 F. [email protected]

Situated on 80 acres of rolling foothills15 minutes southwest of Calgary, theformer home of landscape painter A.C.Leighton represents 50 years inCanadian landscape painting.Changing exhibitions and workshops.Located south on Macleod Tr toSpruce Meadows Tr west to 37 St(Hwy 773) and south (then west andsouth) to 266 Ave W (bottom of bighill, west and south on winding roadto Leighton Centre. Museum entrance50 yds south of Centre. Mon to Sat 10am - 4 pm.

MARION NICOLL GALLERYALBERTA COLLEGE OF ART& DESIGN1407 14 AVE NWCALGARY, AB T2N 4R3T. 403-284-7625 F. 403-289-6682www.acad.ab.ca

NICKLE ARTS MUSEUMUNIVERSITY OF CALGARY434 COLLEGIATE BLVD NWCALGARY, AB T2N 1N4T. 403-220-6098 F. [email protected]/~nickle/

A broadly focused public gallery that isan integral part of the University ofCalgary. 18 to 24 exhibitions per yearfocus on contemporary westernCanadian art and on numismatics,reflecting the museum's two major col-lections. Mon to Fri 10 am - 5 pm, Thurto 9 pm, Sat 1 pm - 5 pm.

TRIANGLE GALLERY104-800 MACLEOD TR SCALGARY, AB T2G 2M3T. 403-262-1737 F. [email protected]

Dedicated to the presentation of con-temporary Canadian visual arts, archi-tecture and design within a context ofinternational art. the gallery is engagedin the advancement of knowledge andunderstanding of contemporary artpractices through a balanced programof visual art exhibitions to the public ofCalgary and visitors. Tues to Fri 11 am- 5 pm, Sat noon - 4 pm.

Art Supplies / ServicesHODGINS ART AUCTIONS LTD

5240 1A ST SECALGARY, AB T2H 1J1T. 403-252-4362 F. [email protected]

Hodgins is one of western Canada'slargest and longest running auctioncompanies dedicated to quality fine art.

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They hold catalogued auctions ofCanadian and international fine artevery May and November. In addition,appraisal services are offered for estatesettlement, insurance, matrimonialdivision and other purposes. Individualand corporate consignments of art-works for sale are always welcome.

INGLEWOOD ART SUPPLIES1006 9 AVE SECALGARY, AB T2G 0S7T. 403-265-8961 F. [email protected]

Quality art supplies at competitiveprices. Attentive service. Excellentselection and prices on canvas.Everyday sale on watercolour paper.Carry Stevenson oils and acrylics,Golden paints, M. Graham oils,Liquitex, Winsor & Newton water-colours and oils, drawing supplies,easels and more. Free parking.Wheelchair accessible. Mon to Fri 9 am- 6 pm, Sat 10 am - 5 pm.

KENSINGTON ART SUPPLY132 10 ST NWCALGARY, AB T2N 1V3T. 403-283-2288 F. [email protected]

Fine art supplies featuring a customcanvas service. Art classes available.Mon to Sat 10 am - 5:30 pm.

SWINTON'S ART SUPPLIES LTD7160 FISHER ST SECALGARY, AB T2H 0W5T. 403-258-3500 F. 403-258-3256www.swintonsartsupply.com

Large selection of art materials andhard-to-find suppies. Special orderswelcome. Free delivery in the Calgaryarea for bulk orders. Full custom fram-ing shop and complete restoration ser-vices. Swinton's Art Instruction classes,art books and magazines. Sign up forregular newsletter mailing. Mon to Fri 9am - 8 pm, Sat 10 am - 5 pm, Sun noon- 4 pm.

CAMROSE, AB

Commercial GalleryCANDLER ART GALLERY

5002 50 STCAMROSE, AB T4V 1R2T. 780-672-8401 F. [email protected]

Fresh, vibrant and alive describe boththe artwork and the experience whenyou visit this recently restored gallery.You will discover a diverse group ofboth emerging and established artistsall well priced. Mon to Fri 9 am - 5:30pm, Sat 9:30 am - 5 pm. Or by appoint-ment call Audrey at 1-888-672-8401.

CANMORE, AB

Commercial GalleriesFLUX GLASSWORKS INTER-NATIONAL

1414 RAILWAY AVECANMORE, AB T1W 1P6T. 403-678-5051 F. [email protected]

A working hot glass studio and galleryfeaturing handmade glass art by localartists Brian Hall, Susan Gottselig andMonique Ceresney. Mon to Sat 9:30 am- 5:30 pm, Holidays Noon - 5 pm;Evenings by appointment.

THE CORNER GALLERYBOX 81101408 RAILWAY AVECANMORE, AB T1W 2T8T. 403-678-6090Toll free 800-649-7948

Original works by Canadian artists –www.PaulVanGinkel.com

Art Beat GalleryDreamscapes

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Stepping Stones

A Retrospective ExhibitBarbara Hughes and Elke Blodgett

September 21 to October 6, 2002

Opening ReceptionSaturday, September 21

6 - 9 PMArtists in Attendance

8 Mission Avenue, St. Albert459-3679 www.artbeat.ab.ca


T. 780-482-2854 F. 780-482-2591info@agnesbugeragallery.comwww.agnesbugeragallery.com

In the art gallery business since 1975,Agnes Bugera is pleased to continuerepresenting an excellent group ofestablished and emerging Canadianartists. Spring and Fall solo exhibitionsoffer a rich variety of quality fine artincluding landscape, still life, figurativeand abstract paintings as well as sculp-ture. New works by gallery artists arefeatured throughout the year. Tues toSat 10 am - 5 pm and by appointment.

BEARCLAW GALLERY10403 124 STEDMONTON, AB T5N 3Z5T. 780-482-1204 F. [email protected]

Specializes in Canadian First Nationsand Inuit art from artists includingDaphne Odjig, Norval Morrisseau, RoyThomas, Maxine Noel, Jim Logan,George Littlechild, Joane CardinalSchubert, Jane Ash Poitras and DavidMorrisseau. A wide variety of paintings,jade and inuit soapstone carvings, andNavajo and Northwest coast jewellery.Mon 11 am - 5 pm, Tues to Sat 10 am -5:30 pm.

DOUGLAS UDELL GALLERY10332 124 STEDMONTON, AB T5N 1R2T. 780-488-4445 F. 780-488-8335dug@douglasudellgallery.comwww.douglasudellgallery.comOther Location:1558 West 6th Ave,Vancouver, BC V6J 1R2T. 604-736-8900 F. [email protected]

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In the art business in Edmonton since1967, and Vancouver since 1986,Douglas Udell Gallery represents manyof Canada's leading Contemporaryartists as well as some of the leadingyoung artists gaining momentum in theInternational playing field. The galleryalso buys and sells in the secondarymarket in Canadian historical as well asInternational. Edm: Tues to Sat 9:30am - 5:30 pm, Mon by appt; Van: Tuesto Sat 10 am - 6 pm, Mon by appt.

ELECTRUM DESIGN STUDIO & GALLERY12419 STONY PLAIN RDEDMONTON, AB T5N [email protected]/electrum

FRONT GALLERY12312 JASPER AVEEDMONTON, AB T5N 3K6T. 780-488-2952 F. [email protected]

GIORDANO GALLERYEMPIRE BUILDING10080 JASPER AVEEDMONTON, AB T5J 1V9T. 780-429-5066 F. [email protected]

Celebrating ten years on the art scene,featuring well-known contemporaryCanadian artists such as BarbaraBallachey, Anne Billy, David Bolduc,Sylvie Bouchard, James Clare, TonyCalzetta, Adele Duck, Scott Gregory,Debra Lalonde, Mark Lang, D. Helen,Mackie, Ruby J. Mah, Mark Mullin,Phill Mann, Marcia Perkins, LupeRodrigues, Garth Rankin, and AkikoTaniguchi. Art pieces are appropriatefor the novice as well as the seasoned

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Elaine Fleming, Mike Svob, Tinyan,Min Ma and Vilem Zach. Paintings,pottery, bronze, soapstone, jade, pho-tography and raku. Custom framing.Temporary location. Returning to MainSt late fall 2002. Mon to Sat 11 am -5:30 pm, Sun Noon - 5 pm.

COCHRANE, AB

Commercial GalleriesFERNTREE GALLERY

2-505 1 ST WBOX 366COCHRANE, AB T4C 1A6T. 403-932-7335 F. [email protected]

STUDIO WEST GALLERYPO BOX 550COCHRANE, AB T4C 1A7T. 403-932-2611 F. 403-932-2705

Original bronze works both finishedand in progress at Canada's largestsculpture foundry. Free tours of the lost-wax methods of bronze casting. Alsopaintings, western prints, PioneerWomen's Museum, artifacts and more.Mon to Fri 9 am - 5 pm, evenings byappointment and call (403) 932-2611for weekend hours.

WESTLANDS ART GALLERY118 2 AVE WBOX 1166COCHRANE, AB T4C 1B2T. 403-932-3030 F. [email protected]

Canadian First Nations rare and origi-nal works, Inuit and aboriginal soap-stone sculpture, plus Alberta landscapephotographs, raku and functional pot-tery, metal work and coppersmithingand stained glass from local artisans.

Mon to Fri 10:30 am - 5:30 pm, Sat 10am - 5:30 pm, Sun 1 pm - 5 pm.

DRUMHELLER, AB

Commercial GallerySANDSTONE CITY GALLERY

40 3 AVE WPO BOX 297DRUMHELLER, AB T0J 0Y0Toll Free 866-823-8778T. 403-823-8778

Representing mixed media from artistsC. Little, S. Williams, J. Boydol and L.Dunbar. Local artists C. J. Agar, M.Todor, M. Deschenes and C. Hugglercapture the Badlands and the historicand prehistoric Drumheller Valley. Tuesto Sat 10 am - 5 pm.

EDMONTON, AB

Artist-run GalleriesLATITUDE 5310137 104 STEDMONTON, AB T5J 0Z9T. 780-423-5353 F. [email protected]

SNAP/SNAP GALLERY10137 104 STEDMONTON, AB T5J 0Z9T. 780-423-1492 F. [email protected]

Commercial Galleries

AGNES BUGERA GALLERY INC12310 JASPER AVEEDMONTON, AB T5N 3K5

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NORTHERN IMAGES2113 W-EDMONTON MALL8770 170 StEDMONTON, AB T5T 3J7T. 780-444-1995 F. 780-481-0530

SCOTT GALLERY10411 124 STEDMONTON, AB T5N 3Z5T. 780-488-3619 F. [email protected]

Established in 1986, the Scott Galleryfeatures Canadian contemporary artrepresenting over thirty established andemerging Canadian artists. Exhibitsinclude paintings, works on paperincluding hand pulled prints and pho-tography, ceramics and sculpture. Tuesto Sat 10 am -5 pm.

VANDERLEELIE GALLERY10344 134 STEDMONTON, AB T5N 2B1T. 780-452-0286 F. [email protected]

WEST END GALLERY12308 JASPER AVEEDMONTON, AB T5N 3K5T. 780-488-4892 F. 780-488-4893info@westendgalleryltd.comwww.westendgalleryltd.comOther Location:1203 Broad St, Victoria, BC

Established in 1975, this fine art galleryis known for representing leading artistsfrom across Canada – paintings, sculp-ture and glass art in traditional andcontemporary styles. Exhibitions via e-mail available by request. Tue to Sat 10am - 5 pm; Victoria Open daily.

Public Galleries

CENTRE D'ARTS VISUELSD'ALBERTA20-8527 91 STEDMONTON, AB T6C 3N1T. 780-461-3427 F. 780-461-4053

EDMONTON ART GALLERY2 SIR WINSTON CHURCHILLSQEDMONTON, AB T5J 2C1T. 780-422-6223 F. 780-426-3105info@edmontonartgallery.comwww.edmontonartgallery.com

HARCOURT HOUSEGALLERY10215 112 ST - 3RD FLREDMONTON, AB T5K 1M7T. 780-426-4180 F. [email protected]

PROVINCIAL MUSEUM OF ALBERTA12845 102 AVEEDMONTON, AB T5N 0M6

FORT MCMURRAY, AB

Commercial GalleryARTWORKS GALLERY

9904 B FRANKLIN AVEFORT MCMURRAY, AB T9H 2K5T. 780-743-2887 F. [email protected]

Showcases paintings, bronze sculptures,glass, photography, jewellery, funky fur-niture, and other multimedia works.Also features Northern arts such as

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soapstone and wood carvings, caribouhair tuftings and birchbark bitings.Changing group exhibitions featurenew works by gallery artists, includingpaintings by Alex Janvier, Frederick R.McDonald and Carol Breen, sculpturesby Brian Clark, and various works byother Western Canadian artists. Monto Sat 9:30 am - 6 pm, Fri till 8 pm, orby appointment.

Public GalleryKEYANO ART GALLERY

8115 FRANKLIN AVEFORT MCMURRAY, AB T9H 2H7T. 780-791-8979

GRANDE PRAIRIE, AB

Public GalleryPRAIRIE ART GALLERY

10209 99 STGRANDE PRAIRIE, AB T8V 2H3T. 780-532-8111 F. [email protected]

JASPER, AB

Commercial GalleryTHE GALLERY AT JASPER PARKLODGE

BEAUVERT PROMENADEBox 1651JASPER, AB T0E 1E0T. 780-852-5378 F. 780-852-7292Toll Free: [email protected]

Sophisticated contemporary art –abstract impressionism to magic real-ism. Museum quality sculpture, stone,clay and bronze. The gallery continuesto feature the paintings of Canadianicon Doris McCarthy, as well as 20leading western Canadian painters.New works can be viewed on web site.Daily 8 am - 10 pm.

LACOMBE, AB

Commercial GalleryTHE GALLERY ON MAIN

4910 50 AVE, 2ND FLRLACOMBE, AB T4L 1Y1T. 403-782-3402 F. [email protected]

Located just off Hwy. 2 in the heart ofHistoric Downtown Lacombe, thisgallery boasts the largest selection oforiginal art in central Alberta.Representing over 60 Alberta artists,the gallery's selection covers a widevariety of media. Mon to Sat 10:30 am- 5:30 pm.

LETHBRIDGE, AB

Commercial GalleryTRIANON GALLERY

104 5 ST S - UPSTAIRSLETHBRIDGE, AB T1J 0S9T. 403-380-2787 F. 403-329-1654

[email protected]

BOWMAN ARTS CENTRE811 5 AVE SLETHBRIDGE, AB T1J 0V2T. 403-327-2813 F. [email protected]/aacbac

SOUTHERN ALBERTA ARTGALLERY

601 3 AVE SLETHBRIDGE, AB T1J 0H4T. 403-327-8770 F. [email protected]

One of Canada's most respected publicgalleries, SAAG fosters the work of con-

temporary visual artists. This fall: AnneRamsden, Documents (Conceptual Artfrom U of L Art Collection); MichaelCampbell, Lethbridge Modern (architec-tural modernism in L e t h b r i d g e1945-1970); Kai Chan; AnnetteMerkenthaler. Tues to Sat 10 am - 5 pm,Sun 1 - 5 pm.

UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGEART GALLERY

W600, CENTRE FOR THE ARTS4401 University DriveLETHBRIDGE, AB T1K 3M4T. 403-329-2666

UNIVERSITY OF LETHBRIDGEHELEN CHRISTOU GALLERY

LINC LEVEL 94401 University DriveLETHBRIDGE, AB T1K 3M4T. 403-329-2666

MEDICINE HAT, AB

Commercial GalleryFRAMING AND ART CENTRE

579 3 ST SEMEDICINE HAT, AB T1A 0H2T. 403-527-2600 F. [email protected]

Public GalleriesCULTURE CENTRE GALLERY

299 COLLEGE DR SEMEDICINE HAT, AB T1A 3Y6T. 403-529-3806 F. 403-504-3554

MEDICINE HAT MUSEUM &ART GALLERY

1302 BOMFORD CRES SWMEDICINE HAT, AB T1A 5E6T. 403-502-8580 F. [email protected]

A wide range of art exhibitions, includingcontemporary and historical regional,national and international art.Exhibitions are frequently accompaniedby receptions, talks and tours. Admissionis free. Located adjacent to TransCanadaHighway (south side), exit at the HuskyStation. Mon to Fri 9 am - 5 pm. Sat, Sunand holidays 1 pm - 5 pm.

RED DEER, AB

Public GalleryRED DEER & DISTRICT MUSEUM

4525 47A AVERED DEER, AB T4N 6Z6T. 403-309-8405 F. 403-342-6644www.museum.red-deer.ab.ca

ST. ALBERT, AB

Commercial GalleryART BEAT GALLERY8 MISSION AVEST ALBERT, AB T8N 1H4T. 780-459-3679 F. [email protected]

Family-owned gallery specializing in origi-nal artwork by Western Canadian artists.The gallery exhibits paintings in all medi-ums, sculpture, pottery, and art glass.Home and corporate consultationsarranged. Certified picture framer on staff.Art rentals and leasing available. Mon toFri 10 am - 6 pm, Thur to 9 pm, Sat 10 am- 5 pm, Sun Noon - 4 pm.

Public GalleryPROFILES PUBLIC GALLERY19 PERRON STST ALBERT, AB T8N 1E5T. 780-460-4310 F. [email protected]

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STONY PLAIN, AB

Public GalleryGENERATIONS PUBLIC ART GALLERY5411 51 STBox 2188STONY PLAIN, AB T7Z 1X7T. 780-963-2777

SASKATCHEWANGALLERIESESTEVAN, SK

Public GalleryESTEVAN ART GALLERY &MUSEUM

118 4 ST. ESTEVAN, SK S4A [email protected]/eagm

MOOSE JAW, SK

Commercial GalleryYVETTE MOORE FINE ARTGALLERY

76 FAIRFORD ST WMOOSE JAW, SKT. 306-693-7600 F. [email protected]

Public GalleryMOOSE JAW MUSEUM & ARTGALLERY

CRESCENT PARK, 461 LANGDON CRESCENTMOOSE JAW, SK S6H 0X6T. 306-692-4471 F. [email protected]

PRINCE ALBERT, SK

Public GalleryTHE LITTLE GALLERY

PRINCE ALBERT ART CENTRE1010 CENTRAL AVEPRINCE ALBERT, SKS6V 4V5T. 306-763-7080 F. 306-953-4814

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REGINA, SK

Artist Run GalleryNEUTRAL GROUND

203-1856 SCARTH STREGINA, SK S4P 2G3T. 306-522-7166 F. [email protected]

Commercial GalleriesASSINIBOIA GALLERY

2429 11 AVEREGINA, SK S4P 0K4T. 306-522-0997 F. [email protected]

Opened in the late 1970s with the goalof establishing a gallery with a strongrepresentation of regionally andnationally recognized artists reflecting avariety of style, subject and medium.The main focus is professionalCanadian artists including Allen Sapp,Ted Godwin, W. H. Webb, BrentLaycock, Louise Cook and many more.Tues to Sat 9:30 am 5:30 pm.

MCINTYRE GALLERY2347 McINTYRE STREGINA, SK S4P 2S3T. 306-757-4323

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Established in 1985 to promote thework of contemporary Saskatchewanartists. A particularly strong representa-tion by women artists and regularly fea-tures emerging artists. Regular exhibi-tions in diverse media: oil and acrylic,watercolours, collages, drawings, origi-nal prints, fabric art and furniture. Tuesto Sat 11 am - 5 pm.

SUSAN WHITNEY GALLERY2220 LORNE STREGINA, SK S4P 2M7T. 306-569-9279 F. 306-352-2453info@susanwhitneygallery.comwww.susanwhitneygallery.com

Public GalleriesROSEMONT ART GALLERY

Neil Balkwill Civic Arts Centre2420 ELPHINSTONE STREGINA, SK S4T 3N9T. 306-522-5940 F. 306-522-5944www.rosemontartgallery.ca

Features contemporary art with anemphasis on Saskatchewan artists.Exhibitions change frequently. Accessvia 15 Ave and McTavish St. Mon toThur 1 pm - 5 pm and 6:30 pm - 9 pm.Fri to Sun 1 pm - 5 pm.

DUNLOP ART GALLERY2311 12 AVE, PO BOX 2311REGINA, SK S4P [email protected]

Represents primarily Saskatoon andSaskatchewan artists who createabstract and representational art. Alsomaintains a small collection of Inuitsculpture and estate art by variousartists. Individual and group exhibi-tions are held throughout the year. Tuesto Fri 9:30 am - 5:30 pm, Sat 9:30 am -5 pm.

ART PLACEMENT INC228 3 AVE SSASKATOON, SK S7K 1L9T. 306-664-3385 F. [email protected]

DARRELL BELL GALLERY317-220 3 AVE SSASKATOON, SK S7K 1M1T. 306-955-5701darrellbellgallery@sk.sympatico.cawww.darrellbellgallery.com

PACIF'IC GALLERY702 14 ST ESASKATOON, SK S7N 0P7T. 306-373-0756 F. [email protected]

Public GalleriesDIEFENBAKER CANADA CENTRE

UNIVERSITY OFSASKATCHEWAN101 Diefenbaker PlaceSASKATOON, SK S7N 5B8T. 306-966-8384

MACKENZIE ART GALLERYT C Douglas Building3475 ALBERT STREGINA, SK S4S 6X6T. 306-584-4250 F. [email protected]

Excellent collection of art from histori-cal to contemporary works byCanadian, American and internationalartists. Major touring exhibits. GalleryShop, 175-seat Theatre, LearningCentre and Resouce Centre. Corner ofAlbert St and 23rd Ave, SW corner ofWascana Centre. Open daily 10 am -5:30 pm, Thur and Fri until 10 pm.

SASKATOON, SK

Artist Run GalleriesA.K.A. GALLERY

12 23 ST SASKATOON, SK S7K 0H5T. 306-652-0044 F. [email protected]

PHOTOGRAPHERS GALLERY12 23 ST E 2ND FLRSASKATOON, SK S7K 0H5T. 306-244-8018 F. [email protected]

Commercial GalleriesCOLLECTOR'S CHOICE ARTGALLERY

625D 1 AVE NSASKATOON, SK S7K 1X7T. 306-665-8300 F. [email protected]

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[email protected]/diefenbaker

KENDERDINE ART GALLERYUNIVERSITY OFSASKATCHEWAN51 Campus Dr - 2nd levelSASKATOON, SK S7N 5A8T. 306-966-4571 F. [email protected]/kenderdine

MENDEL ART GALLERY950 SPADINA CRES ESASKATOON, SK S7N 5A8T. 306-975-7610 F. [email protected]

SWIFT CURRENT, SK

Public GalleryART GALLERY OF SWIFT CURRENT

411 HERBERT ST ESWIFT CURRENT, SS9H 1M5T. 306-778-2736 F. 306-773-8769k.houghtaling@city.swiftcurrent.sk.cawww.artgalleryofswiftcurrent.org

Features exhibitions of regional,provincial and national works of art.Discovery Tours and activities forgroups, special events, receptions, con-ferences, music, films, readings, studioworkshops and courses. Mon to Thur 2- 5 pm and 7 - 9 pm, Fri to Sun 1 - 5 pm,Closed Sun in Jul and Aug.


KINETIC KICKS

Edmontonians are well known forgetting the most out of their green spaces while thesun shines with numerous festivals as well as biking,

urban hiking and other outdoor diversions.Recycles, located in Beaver Hill Park, is a

tribute to the city’s lively spirit. Constructedfrom found objects, it is a playful and

interactive kinetic sculpture created byEdmonton artists Elizabeth Bowering

Beauchamp and Lyn Malin anderected in June 2001.

Beaver Hill Park is found at 106Street and Jasper Avenue.

Recycles was photographed for Galleries West byPaul Murasko, an Edmonton-based freelancephotographic artist. Murasko’s personal portfolioincludes handpainted photographs that meld hislove of photography and painting in oils.“Photography allows me to be spontaneous withsubject matter,” he says.“I move within themoment.” Paul Murasko’s work is availablethrough Douglas Udell Gallery in Edmonton, andcan be viewed at www.one9.com/paul.

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Masters of

AbstractionJack Bush

Helen FrankenthalerKenneth Noland

Jules OlitskiWilliam Perehudoff

ART FAIRS 92-02

San Francisco Int’l Art

Exposition 4, 2002

Art Miami 2001-02

Boston Int’l Fine

Art Show 2000-01

Art Fair Seattle 1994-97

ContemporaryRealists

Paul BéliveauJohn Hall

Don PollackLorraine SimmsAndrew Valko

Michael Walker

Landscape X 10Robert CadotteLorenzo Dupuis

John FolsomGerald FaulderDarlene HayLynn Malin

Catherine PerehudoffRebecca Perehudoff

Pat ServiceJeroen Witvliet

On PaperBarbara AstmanFrank AurbachRoss Bleckner

Eric FischlDavid Hockney

Christopher KierJuame Plensa

Julian SchnabelDonald SultanAntoni Tàpies

Introductions 92-02Michael BattySuzan DionneMichèle Drouin

Brad HarmsJames HolroydJohn KissickBen McLeod

Jeff NachtigallSarah Nind

Joseph SiddiqiGideon Tomaschoff

The FigureTeresa Posyniak

Laurie Steen

SculptureEvelyne Brader-Frank

David Pellettier

Andre Petterson

David Robinson

Galleries West Fall/Winter 2002

Documents

Transcript of Galleries West Fall/Winter 2002