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largest and most respected, we have our patrons will be dining in the focused on our critical role in the permanent collection galleries. We community —enriching, inspiring, are close to a sell-out, so get your and engaging people with the world tickets soon for Winnipeg’s premiere of art. Today the WAG’s place is gala cultural event. more important than ever—as a On the staff front, our creative, relevant, and accessible Development team became a lot forum where people of all ages and stronger with the arrival of Pamela backgrounds gather to experience Simmons as Director of Development art and the cultural wellbeing of their this past summer. And you’ll begin communities. We consider ourselves to see some exciting changes in as the lens that enables people to the Gallery Shop and Art Rental & see more of life and society through Sales since Sherri Van Went recently the experience of art and artistic joined the WAG as Manager of Retail innovation. Operations. This fall the WAG is looking The focus of this year’s Annual as diverse and enriching as ever, Appeal is on our youth programs. and after a $4.2 million building Youth are the future of our restoration project, we are ready to community and society, and we are launch the next season. In September always working to nurture creativity the William Kurelek exhibition, a and imagination in our children— partnership with the Art Gallery helping them see life from different of Hamilton and the Art Gallery of perspectives through art. I hope you Greater Victoria, offers visitors will help make a difference in our the definitive retrospective of this community’s future through your Canadian artistic legend. Precise: Craft donation to the WAG. Refined highlights five contemporary Looking ahead to our centennial, artists thinking outside of the box an historical capital campaign, and the “The Winnipeg Art Gallery is a defining craft. For the Feast exhibition planning of Canada’s Inuit Art Centre, cultural advocate for understanding (all about eating!) we asked our we have many reasons to celebrate and experiencing art and artmaking, art educators to act as curators and grow. And through this exciting and their vital place in our lives, and assemble the checklist and journey forward and northward we work and society.” This is our new programming—and the results are all have the opportunity to embrace vision statement for the WAG and for fascinating. The Collection on View, the WAG—encouraging a meaningful our future. presented in six of our galleries, has engagement with art and its global This past year we finished work been refreshed with the addition of message. For almost a century, the on a new strategic plan that will many works, including several key WAG has been building and presenting guide us through our centennial year contemporary works installed in the its collections and programs to local, (2012–13) and towards our legacy historical galleries. national, and international audiences, goal—mounting a capital campaign The second annual Nuit Blanche and we are gearing up for the next to support the building of an Inuit Art event is set for October 1, coinciding 100 years of cultural innovation and Centre, the first of its kind in with the public opening of the Kurelek excellence. the world. and Precise exhibitions. Two weeks As Canada’s oldest civic art later on October 15, we present the Stephen Borys museum and one of the country’s Gallery Ball, and for the first time

04 Precise Craft REFINED September 10, 2011–January 15, 2012 • Galleries 5 and 6 Burrows’ incredible beaded creations speak to spirituality, to social issues, and to women’s rights and power. Helen Delacretaz, Chief Curator The work in Precise is provocative. It is visually Iron wheelbarrows as delicate as lace. Silver wire accessible, instinctively engaging, and aesthetically soldered into fragile containers. This exhibition brings rewarding. It aims to surprise, to awe, and to expand visitors’ together five contemporary artists who integrate beads, interpretation of craft as it is practiced in the 21st century. fibres, clay, silver, and industrial metals into works of A catalogue is available in the Gallery Shop. art that expand the definition of craft. The laborious

production techniques result in skillfully constructed TOP Kye-Yeon Son. Adieu III, 2006. Sterling silver, copper, enamel, gold leaf, and conceptually complex pieces. While the artists are green patina. Private collection. Photo: the artist addressing particular issues such as politics, gender, BOTTOM Greg Payce. Dwell, 2010. Porcelain. Collection of the environment, and historical context/precedent, all the Foundation for the Arts. Photo: the artist works are linked by the involvement of the hand, the Art Workshop commitment of time, the dedication to precision, and the Sat, Sept 17 & Sun, Sept 18 • Beadwork • Embark on your creation of objects of exquisite beauty. own beadwork project with Precise artist Teresa Burrows. Greg Payce’s practice considers the relationship Register online at wag.ca or call 789.1766 by September 6. between vessel and human, and our interaction with both the physical presence and the void created/filled by objects. Decorative Arts Symposium Jane Kidd’s exquisite tapestries speak to human interaction September 22–25 • See page 17. with the world in which we exist, our need to understand Members’ Event as well as control it. Cal Lane transforms metal most Thur, September 29, 11am–5pm • See page 8. commonly used in industrial manufacturing into delicate, lacy statements that question ideas of preciousness, Artist Talk femininity/masculinity, artifice, and ornamentation. Thur, September 29, 7pm • With Precise artist Greg Payce • Kye-Yeon Son was the 2011 Governor General Award See page 21. Winner (Saidye Bronfman Award for Excellence in Fine Free Public Opening Craft). Her elegant and restrained compositions in silver Sat, October 1, 7pm • Come for the opening of the exhibition, consider the natural environment, speaking to its fragility, then stay til morning for all the Nuit Blanche fun! See page 27. resilience, and enduring presence in our lives. Teresa Art for Lunch Wed, November 2, 12:10pm • Video • Craft in America: Messages • See page 20. Wed, November 9, 12:10pm • Tour • With Chief Curator Helen Delacretaz, curator of Precise. Curatorial Tour Thur, November 3, 7pm • With Helen Delacretaz, Chief Curator. Art Eats Fri, November 18, 6pm • Dinner at Storm Bistro followed by an exhibition tour • See page 21. 05 William Kurelek The Messenger September 30–December 31 • message. It is out of this fundamental Galleries 7, 8, and 9 dichotomy, around which the present exhibition has been conceived, that Free public opening October 1, 7pm the artist’s richness emerges. Widely recognized as a painter of This is the first major exhibition childhood reminiscences and prairie on William Kurelek in over 25 years, fields, William Kurelek (1927–1977) as well as the largest exhibition of conjured up a sense of a timeless work by this immensely popular and innocent past. He was also a Alberta-born, Manitoba-raised, and chronicler of the experiences of -based painter ever mounted. various cultural groups in Canada, Reflecting a partnership between devoting entire series to Ukrainian, the WAG, the Art Gallery of Hamilton, Jewish, Polish, Irish, French- and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, Canadian, and Inuit peoples. But this retrospective brings together over there is another Kurelek—the tortured 80 works that span the 1950s, 60s, man who spent two years in mental and 70s. Important loans have been This exhibition has been organized and hospitals, the anguished prophet of secured from significant institutions, curated by the Winnipeg Art Gallery, the a modern apocalypse whose art is corporations, and private collections Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, and the Art Gallery of Hamilton. an indictment of the secular age from across Canada, as well as from and a testament to his unwavering and the United States. TOP William Kurelek. King of the Castle, 1958–1959. Roman Catholic faith. Kurelek was at Gouache and watercolour on paper. Courtesy of A beautifully illustrated, 250-page Mayberry Fine Art, Winnipeg his best and most challenging when he publication for this exhibition is successfully bridged the pastoral and BOTTOM William Kurelek. I Spit on Life, c. 1953–54. available in the Gallery Shop. Watercolour on board. Adamson Collection, the prophetic, combining memory and , UK

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“Yet no matter how intensely I painted out my accumulated store of fears, hates and disillusionments, they still remained with me as an immense psychological burden.”

– William Kurelek, Someone with Me, 1980

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06 William Kurelek Discovering Kurelek: The Messenger A Curator’s Pilgrimage Andrew Kear, Curator, Historical

As one of the three curators involved in William Kurelek: The Messenger, I can attest to its ambitious scope. My involvement began soon after my arrival at the WAG in 2008. No sooner had I landed in Winnipeg than I left to undertake exhibition research elsewhere. My colleagues—Tobi Bruce in Hamilton and Mary Jo Hughes in Victoria—likewise fanned out across the country in search of resources. St. Thomas More College Chapel, University of Saskatchewan, . My first trip was to southern , where I harvested archives, into everything from their father’s Art exhibitions are fleeting things milked minds, and grazed art personality to his creative process. when compared with the behind-the- collections. Farming metaphors I then headed down the highway scenes preparation and work that are appropriate when discussing to the Niagara Falls Art Gallery, goes into them. Nonetheless, their Kurelek, who grew up on a farm specifically constructed in the 1970s impact can be profound and lasting. north of Winnipeg in the Stonewall as a venue for Kurelek’s art. Travelling I hope William Kurelek: The Messenger area. I consulted material at major north to Midland, I inspected a series will be such an exhibition. archives and art galleries in Toronto of the artist’s ink drawings at a shrine and Ottawa, and had the opportunity to 17th century Jesuit martyrs. In to meet the artist’s eldest son. Combermere, where Kurelek kept Connecting with Kurelek’s family a studio and second home, I had and gaining their support was of the chance to play his accordion, a paramount importance, and they have moving experience. been invaluable in providing insight Back to the Prairies and Saskatoon, the site of one of Kurelek’s grandest church murals. Only last summer did I finally have the chance to trace Kurelek’s life in Manitoba. I made a pilgrimage to the family’s former section of land around Stonewall—which Kurelek referred to as his spiritual home— uncovered important research material at his alma mater at the , and paid a visit to the North End Ukrainian Orthodox cathedral, Saint Mary the Protectress, where Kurelek received Andrew Kear playing William Kurelek’s accordion. his first bit of artistic encouragement.

07 Kurelek Programming Curators’ Talk Sat, October 1, 3:30pm • Kurelek, his Medium and Messages: A Roundtable Discussion with the Exhibition Curators • Included with Gallery admission. See page 21. Art Workshop Sat, Dec 10 & Sun, Dec 11 • Picturing Your Story • Study the exhibition with WAG Art Educator Michael Boss, then develop drawings that tell your own story. Register online at wag.ca or by calling 789.1766. Registration deadline November 21. Art for Lunch Wed, October 19, 12:10pm • Talk • William Kurelek’s Christian Perspective • Join Michael Boss, Head of WAG Studio Programs by day and Ukrainian history buff by night, for a talk on Kurelek’s Christian perspective within the broader context of his Ukrainian heritage and artistic production. Although religion was a source of strength and an important tie to their homeland for

William Kurelek. Lumberjack’s Breakfast, 1973. Egg tempera on board. Art many Ukrainian families who arrived in Canada in the first Gallery of Greater Victoria, Mr. & Mrs. Freeman Tovell half of the 20th century, Kurelek didn’t really embrace this aspect of his cultural heritage until he was an adult. Members’ Event Thur, September 29, 11am–5pm • Tour of William Kurelek Wed, November 16, 12:10pm • Exhibition tour with at 12pm with WAG Curator Andrew Kear and Art Gallery Andrew Kear, Curator of Historical Canadian Art. of Greater Victoria Curator Mary Jo Hughes. Also tour Film for Precise: Refined at 1pm with WAG Chief Curator Helen Thur, October 13, 7pm/Sat, November 26, 2pm • $10 • Delacretaz. Bring up to two friends at no charge—if Canadian premiere of William Kurelek’s The Maze • Robert they sign up for membership, they will receive a 10% Young’s iconic 1970 documentary film on artist William reduction. Kurelek has been digitally remastered and expanded with Free Public Opening original footage that was thought lost and only recently Sat, October 1, 7pm • Come for the opening of the found. More information to be announced soon! Please exhibition, then stay ’til morning for all the Nuit Blanche check back at wag.ca for updates. fun! See page 27. Supported by Exhibition Tours Selected weekends at 2pm • Included with Gallery admission. Family Sunday October 9, 16, 23 Sun, October 23, 1–4:30pm • Kurelek; the Ukrainian November 6, 13, 19, 20, 27 Pioneer • Join us as we celebrate Canada’s Ukrainian December 10, 11 heritage and the much-loved art of William Kurelek. Ukrainian Language Tours Details to come at wag.ca! Selected weekends at 2pm • Included with Gallery admission. Art Eats October 30, December 4 Thur, October 20, 6pm, Curatorial Tour Thur, December 15, 6pm Thur, December 1, 7pm • With Andrew Kear, Curator, Dinner at Storm followed by an exhibition tour. See page 21. Historical Canadian Art. 08 Get Interactive at www.kurelek.ca Exhibition Made Possible by Canadian A special interactive website Heritage Grant has been designed to In June 2010, William Kurelek: The Messenger was awarded a accompany this exhibition. grant of $301,118 from the Museums Assistance Program, You can view all the images Department of Canadian Heritage, one of the largest MAP in the exhibition, zooming in grants ever awarded to a Canadian museum. By touring to on details you might not even the WAG, the Art Gallery of Hamilton, and the Art Gallery of notice in the actual work itself Greater Victoria, this exhibition meets MAP’s objective of and leave comments about ensuring that Canadians have access to Canada’s rich and your impressions of the work. diverse cultural heritage. The funds from Canadian Heritage You can access all kinds of information about the artist. support the publication, website, and exhibition production. There is also a digitized audio recording of an interview MAP also funded the research to develop the concept with Kurelek from 1975; footage of his infamous, and and list of artworks for the Kurelek show. Thanks to now disassembled, basement studio; a biographical the tour, publication, and website, Canadians across the timeline; and an educational site designed for teachers country will be able to enjoy this exhibition. and students, grades 1 to 8.

Out of Mind—Into Creativity: Mental Health and the Arts Symposium Thur, November 24–Sat, November 26 • Historically speaking, we can point to many artists such as William Kurelek who have dealt with the debilitating effects of mental illness. Although their stories have since been canonized as part of a larger and well- known narrative of the “tortured artist” or “artist as mad genius,” mental illness within contemporary society remains a topic of deep-seated social ignorance and those suffering from mental health issues still face rampant social stigma and marginalization. This symposium is presented in partnership with Artbeat Studio, a Winnipeg-based mental health consumer-initiated program focused on individual recovery and empowerment through artistic expression and creative endeavour. It explores the relationship between individual creativity and artists’ mental health, shedding light on the links between social inclusion and the participatory arts, and provides a forum for subverting the myths, stereotypes, and stigma that continue to haunt discussions of mental illness today. Out of Mind-Into Creativity will feature a lineup of speakers and panelists from Winnipeg and abroad, including a keynote address by Jenny Secker, Professor of Mental Health at Anglia Ruskin University, Essex, UK. A full symposium program will be available online. Visit wag. ca for information on how to register. Questions? Call 789.0516. William Kurelek. Despondency, 1963. Oil on masonite. Collection Generously supported by Eli Lilly Canada Inc. of the Winnipeg Art Gallery, Gift of an anonymous donor. G-77-34

09 Feast Art Educators Michael Boss, Anna Wiebe, Rachel Baerg, Aline Frechette October 29, 2011–March 25, 2012 • Mezzanine Gallery What role does food and feasting play in our lives? How does one extol the virtues of a fine glass of wine, a bag of greasy french-fries from the local chip truck, the delectable promise of a shiny new lunchbox? WAG educators join forces to dish out Feast, a unique and tantalizing exhibition featuring a smorgasbord of approximately 30 multi-media works from the permanent collection that explores a variety of fascinating issues and ideas surrounding food and the daily act of eating. Sure to satisfy art lovers and foodies alike! What’s on the menu? Here’s a sampler from our educators…

Marianne Gopalkrishna. The Sweet Taste of Maple Sugar, 1990. Earthenware, coloured underglazes. Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Acquired with funds from the Winnipeg Rh Foundation. G-90-533 “This delightful ceramic charger exemplifies many of the images we might imagine when considering a feast. People are depicted busily engaged in the harvesting, preparation, and consumption of maple syrup delicacies. Winter provides the backdrop and domesticated animals are interspersed to suggest a sense of harmony between humans and nature. All of this is cozily encircled by a pattern of alternating houses and trees along the periphery of a large terracotta serving platter, whose earthy hue adds warmth to the muted blue, white, and black glazes.” Michael Boss, Art Educator, Studio Programs

Art for Lunch Wed, November 30, 12:10pm • Tour with WAG art educators. See page 20. Share Your Favourite Recipe Do you have a favourite recipe? When you visit Feast bring it along and pop in the recipe box to share with others. Then sit down, go over the other recipes, and copy out some exciting new ones.

ArtReach The WAG has a mission to inspire and engage people in the visual arts and to be inclusive of individuals from all communities. To accomplish this, we have created a new program called ArtReach which formalizes a long-held practice of waiving admission to exhibitions for not-for-profit organizations providing community support. To obtain membership in the ArtReach program, send an email to [email protected] or call 789.0516.

10 John Kelly. Sauce Ladles, 1785. Silver. Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Gift of Mrs. Bernard Naylor in memory of her mother, Mrs. T.A. Crerar. G-74-159ab “Practically speaking, spoons or ladles are meant for moving food around, but when does our understanding of these utensils, and in this case, utensils we also categorize as fine art, move from their practical usage to ideas about human relations? The very ‘silver-ness’ of these spoons points to the complicated relationship between the consumption of food and social standing. We say someone is born with a silver spoon in their mouth and we refer to their wealth and privilege. When is a ladle more than a ladle?” Anna Wiebe, Associate Art Educator, Adult Programs

André Kertesz. Celebration in Montparnasse after the first futurist ballet, Paris, 1928. Silver print on paper. Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Gift of an anonymous donor. G-85-121 “I love the energy in this photograph. For me, it signals the excitement at the turn of the century, a time when Paris was considered the hotbed of creative activity. Shot in a popular café in Montparnasse, young avant- garde poets, artists, and dancers gather to celebrate the debut of the first Futurist ballet. A veritable feast for the senses, the photo draws us into the very heart of the festivity so we can actually smell the cigars, hear the sounds of laughter, the lively conversation, and the continuous clinking of glasses!” Rachel Baerg, Art Educator, Youth Programs

Fritz Brandtner. French Fries at Fletcher’s Field, 1938. Ink on paper. Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Gift of Robert and Margaret Hucal. 2007-46 “The variety of ways in which the medium is applied offers different vocabularies that seem to resonate from the sounds of the hectic business parked on the side of the street. The cross-hatching mimics the clinking of the dishes in the tiny truck’s kitchen and I can almost hear the chatter from the people in the scribbles of the night sky. Another layer of sound can be heard in the big bold capital letters that scream out CHIENS CHAUDS PATATES FRITES. Brandtner demonstrates his affinity with pen and ink by jotting down this lively and noisy drawing.” Aline Frechette, Art Educator, Youth Programs

11 Continuing Exhibitions

Ongoing • Galleries 1, 2, 3, 4, and the MRA Gallery The Collection On View Enhanced with Additional Works Over the summer months the collection galleries have been refreshed with additional works and perennial favourites. The WAG is extremely fortunate to have such a wealth of art to draw on from its permanent collection, now numbering over 26,000 works. Continuing with the thematic modules of “European and Baroque Art”, “The Academic Tradition in and Canada”, and “The Modernist Tradition”, The Collection on View explores highlights and strengths of the WAG’s collection from the spectacular Northern Renaissance panel paintings of the Gort Collection—the finest in Western Canada—to the 19th-century romanticism of Sir John Everett Millais’ masterpiece, Afternoon Tea Thomson, will be joined by new works by L.L. FitzGerald, (The Gossips). Key examples from the WAG’s modern David Milne, William Kurelek, and many more. European collection, works by artists such as Maurice Introduced into this reiteration of The Collection Vlaminck, Marc Chagall, and Karl Schmidt-Rotluff, will on View are a number of contemporary works installed be expanded with new additions by André Derain, to create engagement and debate. They are specifically Walter Gramatté, and others. The number of artworks positioned to bring attention to contemporary discourse by Canadians will also increase. Favourite canvases by with historical precedent, or to remark on art historicism painters like Cornelius Krieghoff, George Reid, and Tom and its role in contemporary practice. The recent acquistition Adad Hannah’s Raft of the Medusa (100 Mile House) provides just this direction, recreating a complex tableaux vivant of Théodore Géricault’s haunting, monumental painting from 1818–1819. Hannah features the citizens of the small community of 100 Mile House in central BC for the character roles. In October, gallery 3 will be reinstalled to feature some exciting new drawings that were acquired in 2011. Eleven

12 original drawings are by two young artists from Cape Dorset, Ningeokuluk Teevee and Tim Pitsiulak. Teevee’s drawings explore the relationship between abstraction and representation, particularly the interplay of patterns found in nature. Pitsiulak’s works are realistic depictions of modern subjects that are often angled or run off the edge of the page. The installation also includes sculptures by Cape Dorset artists that have been acquired in recent years. They reflect an interest in traditional shamanic subjects, such as the sea spirit Nuliajuk, but also concerns that are more contemporary, such as Chopper (a motorcycle) by Jamesie Pitseolak and Woman Showing Her Drawing by Ovilu Tunnillie. The Collection on View answers our visitors’ requests to see more of the WAG collection. Four of our exhibition spaces are dedicated to this purpose, as well as Eckhardt Hall, the MRA Gallery, the Skylight Gallery, and the Rooftop Sculpture Garden. The WAG’s collection is a public collection, held in trust for the citizens of Manitoba. We are pleased to be able to share it and explore it with you, our visitors and members.

OPPOSITE RIGHT Giuseppe Puglia. St. Cecilia, c. 1630. Oil on canvas. On permanent loan to the Winnipeg Art Gallery from the City of Winnipeg, James Cleghorn Collection. C-36-55 opposite LEFT Ningeokuluk Teevee. Sea Goddess, 2010. Coloured pencil, black ink on paper. Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Acquired with funds from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Naylor, funds administered by The Winnipeg Foundation Inc. 2011-93

OPPOSITE BOTTOM Alex Colville. St. Croix Rider, 1997. Acrylic polymer emulsion on hardboard. Acquired with funds from Dr. R.T. Ross and from the Winnipeg Art Gallery Foundation. G-97-164

TOP LEFT Adad Hannah. The Raft of the Medusa (100 Mile House) 4, 2009. C-Print on paper. Acquired with funds from the Estate of Mr. and Mrs. Bernard Naylor, funds administered by The Winnipeg Foundation and with funds from the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance program. 2010-31. Image courtesy of Adad Hannah and Pierre-François Ouellette art contemporain.

TOP RIGHT James Ward. The Great Bull, c. 1800. Oil on canvas. Permanent loan to the Winnipeg Art Gallery from the City of Winnipeg, James Cleghorn Collection, C-36-115

RIGHT Lita Fontaine. The Pagan, 1996. Acrylic, collage on wood. Acquired with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts Acquisition Assistance program and with funds from the Winnipeg Art Gallery Foundation. G-98-337

13 Upcoming Exhibitions

American Chronicles: The Art of Norman Rockwell COMING SOON • March 2–May 20, 2012 Norman Rockwell is an unparalleled North American icon-maker and storyteller, best known for his exacting and affecting paintings of mischievous children, good- hearted soda jerks, and rosy-cheeked Christmas carolers. Rockwell paintings like No Swimming, Girl Reading the Post, and The Runaway are more than well known. They have entered the public subconscious, and enjoy the rare quality of being immediately recognizable even to people who may not know the name “Norman Rockwell.” However, more recently, Rockwell’s artistic legacy has undergone widespread historical reappraisal and he is no longer viewed simply as an illustrator. Eminent scholars such as Robert Rosenblum, John Updike, and Dave Hickey have begun to celebrate Rockwell’s technical mastery, his thoughtfulness, and capacity to provoke. Rockwell’s art often revealed a committed social consciousness. In 1965, for instance, he painted Murder in Mississippi, which recreates a violent event that actually occurred, the slaying of three American civil rights this defining exhibition is destined for Winnipeg—the first workers. The work testifies to Rockwell’s appreciation ever exhibition of Rockwell’s work in Canada. Included of art history—its subject and composition draw on in the show are more than 40 major canvases, dozens of Francisco Goya’s infamously harrowing portrait of 19th preparatory sketches, and over 320 of Rockwell’s Saturday century brutality, The Third of May—and to his unfiltered Evening Post tear sheets (covers). The WAG is the sole attentiveness to all aspects of contemporary America. Canadian venue for this historic retrospective exhibition. This exhibition has been organized by the Norman Rockwell Museum in Stockbridge, Massachusetts which A lavishly illustrated, 270 page catalogue also accompanies holds the world’s largest and most significant collection the exhibition. The WAG is planning a wide range of of Rockwell works. Since 2008 it has toured ten venues programming around the show including a Family Sunday throughout the United States to great reception. Now, on May 6 and a talk by the artist’s son Peter Rockwell.

TOP Norman Rockwell. No Swimming, 1921. Oil on canvas. Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, June 4, 1921. ©1921 SEPS: Licensed by Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN. From the permanent collection of Norman Rockwell Museum

LEFT Norman Rockwell. Murder in Mississippi (detail), 1965. Oil on canvas. Painting intended as the final illustration for Southern Justice by Charles Morgan, Jr., Look, June 29, 1965, unpublished. Licensed by Norman Rockwell Licensing, Niles, IL. From the permanent collection of Norman Rockwell Museum

RIGHT Norman Rockwell. The Discovery, 1956. Oil on canvas. Cover illustration for The Saturday Evening Post, December 29, 1956. ©1956 SEPS: Licensed by Curtis Publishing, Indianapolis, IN. From the permanent collection of Norman Rockwell Museum

14 Recent Acquisitions

The Winnipeg Art Gallery recently acquired two significant sculptures by a pair of internationally revered modern artists, Jean Arp and Barbara Hepworth. The two works add significant scholarly and aesthetic weight to the WAG’s collection of modern European art. Neither sculpture is, however, new to this city. Previous to their donation, Daphné II and Bronze Form (Patmos) were part of the private collection of George T. and Tannis M. Richardson of Winnipeg. The WAG is very grateful to the Richardsons for their generosity.

Jean (Hans) Arp (French; 1887-1966). Daphné II, 1960. Bronze. 155 x 42 x 42 cm. Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery; Gift of George T. and Tannis M. Richardson. 2011-1 Internationally influential modernist master Jean Arp is best known for his use of curvilinear biomorphic forms, which suggest the close, and sometimes surprising, link found between order and chance in the natural world. Although Arp is routinely associated with the Dada and Surrealism movements in Europe, Daphné II reveals an underlying interest in Classicism as well. The sculpture’s title refers to the protagonist of a Greek myth, a nymph who asks to be transformed into a laurel tree in order to avoid the pursuit of Zeus. The myth affords Arp the opportunity Barbara Hepworth (British; 1903-1975). Bronze Form to capture animal and (Patmos), 1962. Bronze. 71 x 97 x 23 cm. Collection of the vegetative forms in a Winnipeg Art Gallery; Gift of George T. and Tannis M. Richardson. 2011-2 moment of metamorphosis. Prior to this acquisition, the English sculptor Barbara Hepworth enjoyed a considerable WAG held one work by Arp reputation while she was alive, and her oeuvre continues in its collection, the plaster to receive the attention of collectors, scholars, curators, sculpture Muse’s Amphora. and the general public around the world. In 1931 Hepworth Daphné II represents a major pioneered a holistic approach to creating volume. Bronze contribution to the Gallery’s Form (Patmos), a version of which is also on display in collection of European the garden of the Barbara Hepworth Museum in St. Ives, modern sculpture, Cornwall, demonstrates Hepworth’s approach to defining which includes Henry sculptural volume through the use of both positive form Moore, Jacob Epstein, and negative space. This work, which is the first by Alexander Archipenko, Hepworth to be acquired by the WAG, is one of very few Ossip Zadkine, and Lynn bronzes by the artist that references a Greek place name. Chadwick. It is suspected that it references the artist’s impression of the Aegean and Mediterranean seas that surround the island of Patmos, where Hepworth visited in 1954. 15 WAG 100 In anticipation of the opening of the Winnipeg Art Gallery on December 16, 1912, founder James McDiarmid described the inaugural exhibitions indicating they “…would be the best thing in the way of art that had been seen in Western–Canada.” (Manitoba Free Press, Oct 11, 1912). This was the vision of the founders who came together to build Canada’s first civic art gallery. James McDiarmid, architect, amateur painter, and partner in the J. McDiarmid Company, worked for many years to establish a civic art gallery for Winnipeg along with two other prominent civic-minded businessmen—W.J. Bulman, President, Winnipeg Industrial Bureau; and George Wilson. The WAG’s history is full of significant people, art-making, and exceptional art exhibitions. The WAG’s 2012–13 exhibition year will celebrate the Centennial with special events, a history exhibit, website, The opening of Winnipeg’s new Art Gallery, in the Exposition Building of the and ground-breaking exhibitions. Winnipeg Industrial Bureau. From the left, back: Charles F. Roland, Commissioner, Already over 70 volunteers have been working for Winnipeg Industrial Bureau; James McDiarmid (chairman); and George Wilson, more than a year to help plan this extraordinary year of members of the Art Committee. Front: F.C. Challoner, R.C.A.; Homer Watson, R.C.A., Doon, Ont.; Maurice Cullen, R.C.A., ; W.J. Bulman, President, Winnipeg festivities. It’s a special year you will want to be part of! Industrial Bureau

Want to learn more? Email communications- [email protected] or sign up as a volunteer at wag.ca under support/ volunteer. Industrial Bureau c. 1914. Industrial Bureau c. 1912 Section of Winnipeg Art Winnipeg Civic Auditorium, c. 1965 (home to Gallery the Winnipeg Art Gallery from 1933–1970)

Read for the Love of Art! The Clara Lander Library is accessible to all WAG visitors, free of charge. The library offers a variety of art books and exhibition catalogues from galleries around the world. Search for publications at wag.ca under Learn/Library.

Here’s a selection of new exhibition catalogues: • Henry Moore. (Tate Britain; ; and Leeds Art Gallery) • Alice Neel: Painted Truths. (Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; Whitechapel Gallery, London; and • Otto Dix: A Terrifying and Beautiful World. Moderna Museet Malmo, Sweden) (Neue Galerie, New York and Montreal Museum of Fine Arts) • Turner and the Masters. (Tate Britain; Galeries nationales, Paris; and Museo Nacional del • Studio Glass: Anna and Joe Mendel Collection. Prado, Madrid) (Montreal Museum of Fine Arts)

16 WAG Hosts National Decorative Arts Symposium The WAG is pleased to partner with the Canadian Society of Decorative Arts and serve as the key location for their 29th Annual Symposium, Rendezvous on the Red!, from September 22 to 25. The Winnipeg-based organizing team comprised of Helen Delacretaz (WAG Chief Curator), Marilyn Wade (independent arts consultant), Virginia Lockett (former Interpretive Curator, Parks Canada), Andrea Reichert (Curator, Manitoba Crafts Museum and Library), and Jennifer Gibson (Curator, Gallery 1C03) have compiled a fantastic lineup of talks, tours, and events covering historical Red River furniture, contemporary glass and clay, architecture and design, Métís style and Ukrainian decorative arts.

The symposium launches Thursday, September 22 with a keynote address on the architecture of the Canadian Museum for Human Rights from the firms of Antoine Predock, Architect PC and Smith Carter Architecture. The symposium is open to the public. Full symposium and individual day rates are available, as are reduced rates for students. For more information and registration information check out www.csda-ccad.org/ events.cfm or call Helen Delacretaz at 789.0515. Join us and rendezvous on the Red!

Digby Scott and Benjamin Smith for Rundell, Bridge & Rundell. Sauce boats on stand. Silver. Collection of the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Gift of an anonymous donor. 2004-3 a-d

Stephen Borys Attends Getty Museum Leadership Institute

This past summer, WAG Director Stephen Borys participated in the Getty Leadership Institute at Claremont Graduate University in California, joining 28 senior leaders from prominent museums in the United States, Canada, Europe, and the Middle East. The participants in the 3-week Museum Leadership Institute (MLI) gathered to explore the increasingly complex challenges facing museums today. Now in its 33rd year, MLI is the world’s foremost professional development program for senior museum executives, offering intensive executive education. This is borne out through the geographic diversity of the museums represented and the calibre of the program’s participants who were selected based on their ability to influence policy and effect change at their institutions.

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WAG Art Camps – A huge success The inaugural year for WAG Summer Art Camps was an immense success. All six week-long art camps were fully booked with a waiting list of interested participants just hoping to get in. Kids explored their inner artist at unique art classes in the morning and then bounced around the city for inspiration in the afternoons. It was creative fun that only the WAG can offer. Watch for new exciting themes for next year. Grow up as creative as can be at WAG Art Camps.

YOUTH PROGRAMS

Young Weekends Sun, October 2, November 6, December 4, 1–3pm • Included with Gallery admission • The first Sunday of every month (except holidays and long weekends) is the perfect time for families to experience the WAG. Exciting Volunteer Opportunity Take an interactive, fun-filled family tour led by one If you enjoy art and like working with children, join the of our experienced facilitators, then create your own dedicated team of Youth Programs volunteers! This masterpiece at the painting station. wonderful group of volunteers meets regularly for ongoing volunteer exhibition orientations which include Family Sunday exclusive talks with artists, curators, and youth program Sun, October 23, 1–4:30pm • Kurelek; the Ukrainian experts. Learn to give tours to school groups and enjoy Pioneer • Join us as we celebrate Canada’s Ukrainian the rewards of sharing your love of art with children of all heritage and the much-loved art of William Kurelek. ages. To join call 789.1762. Details to come at wag.ca! Sponsored by HOT 103. Kurelek.ca Annual WAG Tree Trimming Party Visit the William Kurelek website for fun activities for kids! Thur, December 8, 6–9pm • Free admission to party; general admission applies to exhibition visits • Get the WAG Student Art Board (SAB) holiday season off to a festive start! The WAG elves A group of dedicated high school students meet monthly will be on hand to help you create your own Christmas at the WAG to create unique programming for teens. You ornaments to hang on our tree. Bring your camera never know what they will create so keep in touch with the and take your picture with Santa. The Gallery Shop SAB by joining our Facebook group – wagstudentartboard. will feature holiday discounts on a wide range of gifts. Donations to Winnipeg Harvest welcome.

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Fall 2011 Art Classes General registration is now underway for classes running from Available in every category with September to December. fantastic benefits that include: Painting. Drawing. Pottery. Photography. Sculpture. Animation. Whatever • Free admission to the Gallery • Special member pricing for WAG your interest, whatever your skill level, from 5 years of age and older, programs and concerts we have a class for you! During ten-week classes and special weekend • Discounts for Studio Program workshops, our artist instructors will help you develop artistic skills and art classes, the Gallery Shop, nurture your creative spirit. Birthday pARTies, and Storm Visit wag.ca for details on all classes and to register on-line! Or call 789.1766. Restaurant • Selected Winnipeg arts Registration will begin in late November for winter classes beginning organization discounts in January. • Canadian art magazine discounts Office hours • Mon–Thur, 12–4pm (beginning Monday, September 12) and Sat 12pm–4pm (beginning September 24). It’s the gift they will enjoy all year! ART & SOUL – Aprés Ski Save the For more information call date! Saturday, February 25, 2012 • If you can’t get to St. Moritz, 204.789.1764, or email you can still experience the aprés-ski atmosphere—prairie [email protected]. style. Make sure you get your tickets—last year was sold out!

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ADULT PROGRAMS Art for Lunch Wednesdays, 12:10pm. Talks and tours included with Gallery admission. Video programs are free.

September 7 • Curator’s Tour • Carl a guided tour and learn more about Beam • Last chance! Join Mary Reid, these new interventions into the Curator of Contemporary Art. collection. September 14 • Talk • Cuban artists October 12 • Video • Typeface • Jairo Alfonso and Francisco Nuñez A documentary film that focuses are in Winnipeg for an exhibition of on a rural Midwestern museum and their work at the Mennonite Heritage print shop where international artists Centre Gallery that runs until October meet retired craftsmen and together 8. Alfonso and Nuñez are considered navigate the convergence of modern by many to be at the vanguard of design and traditional technique. contemporary young Cuban artists. October 19 • Talk • William Kurelek’s Join them for a discussion on Christian Perspective • With Michael contemporary Cuban art, history, and Boss, Head of Studio Programs. • culture. See page 8. September 21 • Video • Simon October 26 • Video • Art and Copy: Schama’s The Power of Art: Picasso • November 16 • Tour • William Kurelek: Inside Advertising’s Creative Revolution The last episode in the popular Power The Messenger • Join Andrew Kear, • As avid fans of the show Mad Men of Art series. Curator of Historical Canadian Art can tell you, modern advertising was and William Kurelek co-curator for an September 28 • Talk • U of M revolutionized in the 1960s. Art and in-depth examination of the art and professors Jill Oakes and Rick Riewe Copy profiles some of the cultural life of this iconic Canadian artist. share the stories behind the stunning visionaries and most successful ad amautiit they recently donated to campaigns of the 20th century. November 23 • Talk • An Introduction the WAG which are currently on to Hindu Art • Our focus on non- November 2 • Video • Craft in America: view in Annuraat: Inuit Clothing in western art continues with the Messages • Next episode in the Art. Riewe has done research in the primer lecture on Hindu art with acclaimed PBS series exploring the Arctic since 1970, and in the 1980s Chief Curator Helen Delacretaz. craft movement in the United States. Oakes conducted clothing research November 30 • Tour • Feast • What in the Kivalliq and other areas for her November 9 • Curator’s Tour • role do food and feasting play in our doctoral thesis. They have written Precise: Craft Refined • Discover the lives? WAG educators Anna Wiebe, many articles and books on the subject astonishing work of five contemporary Rachel Baerg, Aline Frechette, and of Inuit clothing. artists who integrate wool, thread, Michael Boss have joined forces to clay, silver, and industrial metals into October 5 • Tour of The Collection dish out Feast, a unique and tantalizing works requiring laborious production on View • There are some new and exhibition featuring a smorgasbord techniques and result in skillfully exciting additions to the Collection on of art from the permanent collection constructed and conceptually complex View series of exhibitions. Several that explores a variety of fascinating pieces. • With Helen Delacretaz, Chief contemporary works from the issues and ideas surrounding food and Curator and curator of Precise. permanent collection have snuck their the daily act of eating. Sure to satisfy way into this historical display. Join art lovers and gastronomes alike! WAG curators and educators for

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Films Symposium Thur, September 8, 7:30pm • Aakideh: The Art and Legacy Thur–Sat, November 24–26 • Out Of Mind-Into Creativity: of Carl Beam • Winnipeg premiere of a documentary Mental Health and the Arts • See Page 9 for more details. film on Carl Beam, one of Canada’s most influential and NEW! significant artists. Beam earned a reputation for being Art Eats! fearless, visionary and ultimately, unforgettable. Personal William Kurelek: The Messenger • Thur, October 20/ remembrances along with insights about his art and ideas Thur, December 15 are vividly illustrated through dozens of Beam’s artworks, Precise: Craft Refined • Fri, November 18 family photos, interviews, performance videos, and journals. Forget dinner and a movie! Immerse yourself in the Thur, October 13, 7pm/Sat, November 26, 2pm • pleasures of the table and the Gallery. Enjoy a tantalizing Canadian premiere screening of William Kurelek’s The 3-course meal expertly prepared by Storm Bistro’s new Maze • See page 8. executive chef paired with one of the WAG’s newest Artist and Curator Talks exhibitions. • Dinner is at 6pm, tour starts at 7:30pm • Tickets are $30 for WAG members/$35 for non-members Thur, September 29, 7pm • Artist Talk: Greg Payce • and include dinner, Gallery admission and a tour. Ticket Precise: Craft Refined • Included with Gallery admission • and menu information available at wag.ca. For more Over the past 35 years, ceramic artist Greg Payce has information call 789.0516. built an impressive and innovative body of work. He has exhibited and given numerous lectures, workshops, Jazz Under the Rooftop and presentations on his practice, both in Canada and October 7 and November 19 • See ad on page 26. internationally. His exhibition record includes 20 solo exhibitions and over 120 group exhibitions. Greg’s work is included in numerous public and private collections. Sat, October 1 • 3:30pm • Kurelek, his Medium and Messages: A Roundtable Discussion with Three Curators • Included with Gallery admission • The exhibition William Kurelek: The Messenger is an unprecedented partnership between the WAG, the Art Gallery of Hamilton and the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria. Join co-curators Andrew Kear CANNES (WAG), Mary Jo Hughes (AGGV), and Tobi Bruce (AGH). Music in the Galleries Thur, October 27, 7:30pm • Included with Gallery admission • How do the art forms of violin-making LIONS and music-making go hand in hand? How does a violin’s fabrication and design affect its sound? Join PREMIERE Associate WSO Concertmaster Karl Stobbe for an in- The World’s Best Commercials depth presentation of several interesting and important violins and bows dating back to the 1600s. To illustrate November 29–December 10, 2011 the interconnectedness of the two art forms Stobbe will Winnipeg Art Gallery • Muriel Richardson Auditorium demonstrate and compare each instrument and perform music that was composed at the time the instruments were Nov 29–30, 7pm • Dec 1–3, 7 and 9pm made. In addition to his role at the WSO, Stobbe is also Dec 6–7, 7pm • Dec 8–10, 7 & 9pm concertmaster of the Manitoba Chamber Orchestra and (no screenings on Dec 4 and 5) a core member of The Winnipeg Chamber Music Society. Member $9 • Adult $11 • Student and Senior $10 • Available in person at the WAG or online at wag.ca Donate to the WAG’s Annual Appeal and Put a Smile on a Child’s Face This fall the WAG’s Annual Appeal is focusing on youth. Each year thousands of young people in Manitoba enjoy the WAG’s youth programs that open the doors to the joys of creativity and a love of the arts. Through art classes, school visits, Family Sundays, summer art camps, and Young Weekends they have the chance to experience all that art has to offer. Their horizons expand as they learn to see the world through other eyes. They learn to work as a team in the Saturday art classes. They spend quality time with their parents or grandparents at Family Sundays. Our new summer art camps were Mohamed, from the Manitoba School for the Deaf shows off his sold out, with waiting lists! artwork at the WAG’s Sign for Art program. Photo: Leif Norman Young people are Other areas in need of support are exhibitions, the our future. And we need permanent collection, and endowment. As a donor, you your help to keep their choose where to direct your gift. programs running. This Donate today online, at the Gallery or by calling our is why we are asking you Development Department at 204.789.1764. Each donor to support one of our will receive a token of appreciation for their gift. most important areas of Your donation, no matter the size, will have an impact funding—youth programs. on someone’s future. Our new Summer Art Camps were a huge sold-out success. Photo: Leif Norman

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Travel Tours

The Volunteer Associates of The Winnipeg Art Gallery HOME7th Annual TOUR Arts and Crafts of October 15–29, 2011 • SOLD OUT The homes of South Headingley October 20–November 4, 2011 • SECOND TOUR Highlights include Istanbul, Ephesus, Kusadasi, Bodrum, September 11, 2011 • 10am–4pm Konya, and the Cappadocia region. Host: José Koes. Info: Tickets $30 • Available at the WAG information desk, Charlene Underhill, Continental Travel 989.9642. McNally Robinson Booksellers, Shelmerdine’s, The Garden Room, and Envy Paint and Design. Paris and Portraits of Southern France River Cruise Visit wag.ca for details April 11-22, 2012 Three days in Paris followed by a cruise down the Saone and Rhone rivers through Provence and the Burgundy wine country. Visit Arles, the Palais des Papes in Avignon, and Lyon, a city whose historical and architectural landmarks have earned it a UNESCO Heritage Site designation. Host: Lila Goodspeed. Info: Jim Bell at Cruise Vacations at 954.2095. Thailand and Beyond Fall, 2012 Host: Sherry Glanville at [email protected] or 204.885.0091. Visit wag.ca and click on visit/events/ traveltours for more information.

Annual Stamp Sale We provide: The Stamp Committee is always looking for donations • Private party room complete with decorations of stamps, covers, related material, and collections for • Guided thematic tours through current exhibitions our April 12–14, 2012 sale. Please leave them at the WAG • Art-making activity front desk clearly marked “stamp sale.” You may also call • Art-related goodie bags (additional cost) the Volunteer Associates’ office at 786.6641, ext 296, to arrange for a pick-up. Charitable donation receipts will be themes to choose from! Call the Winnipeg Art Gallery issued for large collections. at 204.789.1762 or e-mail [email protected]. Support

The Winnipeg Art Gallery is grateful for the support though various initiatives by individuals, corporate sponsors, foundations, friends, and all levels of government that support the WAG’s many exhibitions, education programs and intermedia activities. The following list recognizes individual contributions received between January 1 and June 30, 2011 and our ongoing government support.

Individual Patrick Boult Susan and Douglas Magnusson C.D. Bredt and J. Cameron Michael J. Mark President’s Circle $25,000 + David and Sheila Brodovsky Mike Mason Don and Connie Borys Doneta and Harry Brotchie Paul and Louise Mazur Megan Brown Ms. Mcfadyen Curators’ Circle $2,500–$4,999 Mary C. Campbell Cynthia McGill Stephen and Hazel Borys Tom and Louise Carson Steven Meltzer Carla and Patrick Rae Bjorn and Roberta Christianson Mel and Pippy Michener Heather and Hartley Richardson Stephen and Cynthia Cohlmeyer Ron and Sandi Mielitz Marlene Milne Artists’ Circle $1,000–$2,499 Dr. Yvonne C. Condell A. Lorne and Kathleen Campbell John E. Cooper Tony Mitousis Albert and Irena Cohen John Corlett M. Valinda Morris Curwin Friesen and Jill Weber Friesen Meribeth Coyne D.E. (Elizabeth) Morrison Brian and Ruth Hastings Dr. Raymond Currie Grange Morrow and Linda Hamilton Stephen Hutchings Robert G. and Alison Darling Sharon and Mel Myers David and Diane Johnston Jackie Dirks Jeff Neufeld and Katrina Lee-Kwen Barbara Levy Dr. Sheila Domke Jason Normandale Alan and Erica McLaughlin Adrienne Dorge Margaret Pettigrew Michael Pflug Karl Ebel Patricia Pittman Shirley A. Richardson M. Elaine Finnbogason Lawrie and Frances Pollard James A. Ripley and Diane Jones Ab Freig Evan Pritchard Tony Scherman L. and P. Fuller Gordon M. Pullan Hartley and Margaret Stinson Ken Gabel Allan Purves Dr. and T. Kenneth Thorlakson Gord and Elizabeth Gage Patricia and Olaf Reinart L. Marjorie Gardner Dr. Marlene Reiss and Perry Rose Supporter $500–$999 Robert Gardner Allan Reiss Lilian Bonin and Daniel Levin Van Den Berge B. Gavin Linda Remple Marilyn Burt Lorena Gawaziuk Joyce E. Rich Kerry Dangerfield L. (Lee) Gibson Laura Richman Joe Fafard Professor Robert and Dr. Linda Gold Alex Robinson Dr. Lawrence Hoffman Yhetta Gold Sylvia Rodriguez Ted and Wanda Lismer Grace Goldberg Odesa Rosati Michael F. B. Nesbitt Percy and Elaine Goldberg James Sandberg Richard Prince Gil Goodman Isabel Sandison Reva and Harold Stone Jason Gorchynski Kris Saxberg Priscilla Guberman Petronila Schweitzer Friend $100–$499 Gloria Hendin A.M. and M.G. Shojania David Adams & Jeannette Briand David and Sue Hicks Robert and Eleanor Siddall Brian Akins Jennie Hogan Robert Sim Barbara H. Aldous Frank and Donna Hruska G. Spafford and K. Nomura June E. Anderson Marilyn Huband Neal Stock Esther Rose and Aubie Angel Audrey and Frederick Hubbard Margot Tass Linda Armbruster Lindsay Ingram Charles Thomsen and Roine Thomsen Erin Armstrong Nadya Kamienski Arni Thorsteinson and Susan Glass Shauna Arnott Ali and Tasadouq Khan Louis Trepel Al and Cindy Babiuk Susan and Keith Knox F.C. and E.F. Violago Judith Bager Konstantinos Kotoulas Hoanglan Vu Janet and John Bailey Lois Kristjanson and Helga Kristjanson Mike Weretyk Earl J. and Cheryl Barish Katarina Kupca and Bartley Kives Victoria Wilson Joseph Bednarczyk Estelle Lamoureux and Bob MacArthur Adele and Arthur Wortzman Ryan Behie Gerald D. & Mardie L. Law John and Elizabeth Zandstra Joyce Berry Mr. Lazareck Elena Zinchenko Morley and Marjorie Blankstein Diane and Harvey Lee Nine Anonymous Donors Joan Blight Ms. Lemieux Shirley Book Easton and Debby Lexier Tim and Shelly Borys Harry and Inna Loewen Shouren Bose Carol A. and Richard Macoomb

24 Tribute Gifts David and Diane Johnston Supporter $500–$999 Alanna M. Keefe 5468796 Architecture In Memory of Gwen Borsos Michael J. Mark Storm Catering Esther Rose Angel Margaret Morse Jewish Foundation of Manitoba Elizabeth Wiens David A. Purves and Family – In memory of Cecil and Roberta In Memory of Betty Buggey Susan (Farquhar) Storey Rosenberg, Rosenberg Family Trust Marlene Milne Muriel Sutherland – Alyssa Sara Averbach Lorna and Ken Thorlakson Memorial Fund In Memory of Jill Freeman Strode Arni Thorsteinson and Susan Glass Marjorie Blankstein Government, Association and Council Joan Blumenthal In Memory of Harry Walsh Partners Shirley Book Eva Stubbs Bureau de l’Èducation française under Yhetta Gold the aegis of the Canada/Manitoba Elaine Goldberg In Memory of C. Peter W. Warren Programme for Official Languages in Grace Goldberg Stephen and Hazel Borys Education Gloria Hendin Margaret Morse Canada Council for the Arts Debbi Lexier Morley and Shirley Rypp Canadian Heritage Information Network, Judith Bager Betty and Sam Searle Infrastructure Program Florie Shaen Clara Weiss Community Places, Manitoba Ministry of Richard Yaffe Housing and Community Development In Honour of Sherry and Bill Glanville Corporate and Foundation Manitoba Arts Council Esther Rose and Aubie Angel Manitoba Culture, Heritage, Tourism & Sport President’s Circle $25,000–$49,999 Manitoba Healthy Living, Youth and Seniors In Memory of Roma Hawirko Manitoba in Motion, Manitoba Healthy Vivian M. Bruce Investors Group The Winnipeg Foundation 90 Hour Living, Youth and Seniors In Memory of Albert and Vera Levasseur Giving Challenge Museums Assistance Program, Department Don and Connie Borys of Canadian Heritage Governors’ Circle $10,000–$24,999 Virtual Museum of Canada, Department of In Memory of Douglas Lochhead Dorothy Strelsin Foundation Canadian Heritage Susan and Keith Knox Eckhardt-Gramatte Foundation Winnipeg Arts Council Great-West Life Winnipeg School Division In Memory of Peter Lockett Johnston Group Young Canada Works Archie and John Cooper Manitoba Hydro Anonymous donor through The Winnipeg Mayberry Fine Art Other Support Foundation Pattison Outdoor Advertising Arts Stabilization Manitoba Inc. In Honour of Diane Ramsey The Winnipeg Foundation – The Dorothy Anna Naylor Fund Sherry Glanville – Elizabeth B. Armytage Fund Lila Goodspeed One Anonymous Donor In Memory of Dieter Roger Director’s Circle $5,000–$9,999 Karl Ebel Boeing Canada Technology Ltd. In Memory of the father of Betty National Leasing Anne Searle Thompson Dorfman Sweatman Shirley and Morley Rypp Travel Manitoba Ukrainian Canadian Foundation of Taras In Memory of Robert Thorlakson Schevchenko Marjatta Andison Esther Rose and Aubie Angel Curators’ Circle $2,500–$4,999 Isabel and Murray Auld Wasyl Topolnicky Memorial Foundation, Inc. Stephen and Hazel Borys The Winnipeg Foundation – Burns Family Fund Tim and Shelly Borys Wawanesa Doneta and Harry Brotchie Louise Anne Buhr Artists’ Circle $1,000–$2,499 Maxine Cristall Ada Holding Co. Ltd. Raymond and Charlene Currie IMAX Theatre Winnipeg Shawn Holatko Friesens Corporation Janzen Builders (1963) Holdings Ltd. Volunteer Associates of the WAG

25 Membership and Development Winnipeg Art Gallery Board of Governors President New Membership Categories Launching This Fall Naomi Z. Levine (Director, Centre for Higher Education, Research and Development, VIP Membership Corporate Membership University of Manitoba) Soon you can become a Premium Recognizing that we want to offer Vice President James A. Ripley (Lawyer, Thompson member of the Winnipeg Art Gallery! value-added benefits to the corporate Dorfman Sweatman LLP) Two new categories—Premium community, we now offer five levels Past President and Individual and Premium Family of WAG corporate membership. Chair, Governance and Nominating memberships will have the benefit These memberships will also Gordon R. Gage (Executive Director, of reciprocal memberships to have the benefits of reciprocal Manitoba Lodges & Outfitters Association) NARM (North American Reciprocal membership to NARM, which will Chair, Building Michael J. Grimes Museums), which will provide access provide their cardholders with access Chair, Development to over 450 museums and galleries to over 450 museums and galleries Alex Robinson (Deputy Chief Administrative in North America. in North America. Officer, City of Winnipeg) Added benefits at the discretion of The annual fees for these levels are: Chair, Finance and Audit Hans Andersen (Senior Manager-Audit and the participating museums include: • Corporate Patron: $10,000 Assurance Group, Pricewaterhouse- • Admission • Corporate Benefactor: $5,000 Coopers LLP) • Admission to special exhibitions • Corporate Advocate: $2,500 Chair, Human Resources • Admission to members’ previews • Corporate Friend: $1,000 Naomi Z. Levine (Lawyer) • Discounts at shops and bookstores • Corporate Leader: $500 (limited President, Volunteer Associates Glenda Birney-Evans (Elm Street Strategies) • Does not include mailings from to companies with up to 15 Chair, Works of Art any of the participating museums employees) Doneta A.P. Brotchie The Premium Individual membership fee For more information about (Fundamentals-Creative Ventures) is $100/person and the Premium Family corporate membership and benefits, Ex Officio Stephen Borys (WAG Director) membership is $150/family household. contact Pam Simmons, Director of Members at Large (Out-of-town memberships have been Development at 204.789.1768 or discontinued.) Contact Alisa Pihulak, [email protected] Kevin Donnelly (Senior Vice President & General Manager, MTS Centre, True North Development Associate at 204.789.1764 Sports & Entertainment Ltd.) or [email protected] Ab Freig (President and CEO, The Puratone Corporation) Curwin Friesen (CEO-President, Friesens Corportation) Vic Janzen (Business Development Owen Clark Band Manager, Custom Castings Ltd.) Fri, October 7 Scott McCulloch (Community & Alumni Relations Adviser, Asper School) Keith Price Band Heather Richardson Sat, November 19 Deborah Thorlakson Curt Vossen (President, Richardson 7:30pm • Muriel Richardson International Limited) Auditorium WAG Foundation Inc. Appointment Tom Carson (Senior Fellow and Director, Canada West Foundation) Tickets $21 WAG member • Province of Manitoba Appointments $25 non-member Colleen Cutschall (Artist; Professor, Visual and Aboriginal Arts, Brandon University) Includes free Gallery admission the day of the concert • Zanna Joyce (Duckwranglers, Available in person at the WAG Project Development Specialists) Media Sponsor: or online at wag.ca. City of Winnipeg Appointment John Orlikow (City Councillor) 26 Scotiabank Nuit Blanche at the WAG Saturday, October 1 A free all-night celebration of the arts!

6pm Doors open 7pm Public Opening of William Kurelek: The Messenger and Precise: Craft Refined 10pm–6am • Mariachi Ghost rooftop performance • U of W Uniter presents: A Very Nuit Blanche Film Night • Landscape Synergy – A new dance work by Jolene Bailie • GroundSwell Presents: György Ligeti’s Trio for Horn, Violin, and Piano • Art-making zone with Miss Lyndsay Ladobruk • ARTcadia – indie video games • Food all night at Storm Bistro!

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