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paint and finishes final layers with sign-painting perfection. perfection. sign-painting with layers final finishes and paint

had been replaced by water. water. by replaced been had

and European cultures on the back of Turtle Island Island Turtle of back the on cultures European and

and historical floral motifs. She uses household brooms to sweep on on sweep to brooms household uses She motifs. floral historical and

to Quebec for burial. When the keg was opened, the rum rum the opened, was keg the When burial. for Quebec to

symbolically represents the joining of First Nations Nations First of joining the represents symbolically

captures and re-designs feminine forms from calligraphy, graffiti, tattoos, tattoos, graffiti, calligraphy, from forms feminine re-designs and captures

keg of rum for an HBC memorial service, then delivered delivered then service, memorial HBC an for rum of keg

rock effigy with a Celtic labyrinth, this effigy effigy this labyrinth, Celtic a with effigy rock

Drawing motifs and tools from wherever she finds them, Galellis Galellis them, finds she wherever from tools and motifs Drawing Rowand’s bones that were shipped to England in a a in England to shipped were that bones Rowand’s

Designed to combine a First Nations turtle turtle Nations First a combine to Designed

refers to to refers Bay the to Bones Rowand. John Factor Chief INTERIOR, ABOVE SOUTH EXIT DOORS EXIT SOUTH ABOVE INTERIOR,

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refers to the extravagantly large large extravagantly the to refers Folly Rowand’s

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resonances and evokes moods and states of mind. mind. of states and moods evokes and resonances

Cree, English, French, Michif, and Ukrainian. and Michif, French, English, Cree,

colour, Guillet’s artwork conveys subtle psychological psychological subtle conveys artwork Guillet’s colour,

2007 BAY THE TO BONES FOLLY,

etched onto steel bands. Select poems were translated into Chinese, Chinese, into translated were poems Select bands. steel onto etched

Airbrushed line-by-line to create directional fields of of fields directional create to line-by-line Airbrushed

Along the park pathway, 40 light poles host 40 poems by Blodgett Blodgett by poems 40 host poles light 40 pathway, park the Along ROWAND’S WATER, BRAZEAU/HIGH THE 20

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Gallery continues to display artwork by Edmonton students. Edmonton by artwork display to continues Gallery

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2008 PARK SMALL A FOR POEMS 25 artists were selected from over sixty submissions. The Partnership Partnership The submissions. sixty over from selected were artists

building. With a call to local artists in 2016, fourteen artworks by five five by artworks fourteen 2016, in artists local to call a With building.

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Darrah continues to actively produce and sell new work. new sell and produce actively to continues Darrah expanded its art program to exhibit artwork on all three levels of the the of levels three all on artwork exhibit to program art its expanded

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University of Alberta’s Department of Art and Design in 2003, 2003, in Design and Art of Department Alberta’s of University Committed to community engagement, the Shaw Conference Centre Centre Conference Shaw the engagement, community to Committed

enter or mingle in the lobby. Though he retired from the the from retired he Though lobby. the in mingle or enter

MORE INFO ON EACH ARTWORK EACH ON INFO MORE INTERIOR, PEDWAY LEVEL PEDWAY INTERIOR,

Two stories tall, this massive painting greets visitors as they they as visitors greets painting massive this tall, stories Two

SMARTPHONE VERSION AND AND VERSION SMARTPHONE ARTISTS VARIOUS

INTERIOR, MAIN ENTRANCE ON NORTH WALL NORTH ON ENTRANCE MAIN INTERIOR,

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perpetual movement toward the skies. the toward movement perpetual

1996 CALIX 24 Indigenous cultures and legends on the artist. the on legends and cultures Indigenous

Jacob’s Staircase to Heaven, acknowledging nature’s nature’s acknowledging Heaven, to Staircase Jacob’s

series. Paskwamostos is a Cree word for Bison, revealing the influence of of influence the revealing Bison, for word Cree a is Paskwamostos series.

form. The decisive carved stepped lines refer to to refer lines stepped carved decisive The form.

sculpture, and has influenced at least two generations of Alberta artists. Alberta of generations two least at influenced has and sculpture, international acclaim and was honoured with a Canada Post stamp stamp Post Canada a with honoured was and acclaim international

colour — with a lyrical response to its original original its to response lyrical a with — colour

. Hide is one of the world’s foremost practitioners of welded-steel welded-steel of practitioners foremost world’s the of one is Hide . House sized bronze cows, pigs and horses, the late Joe Fafard received received Fafard Joe late the horses, and pigs cows, bronze sized

strength of the tree — its character, density and and density character, its — tree the of strength

Full Full for forms its on played and interior building’s the studied Hide Renowned for his sculpted caricatures of famous people and life- and people famous of caricatures sculpted his for Renowned

in England, Bromley sought to reveal the life and and life the reveal to sought Bromley England, in

Commissioned for the opening of the Winspear Centre in 1997, Peter Peter 1997, in Centre Winspear the of opening the for Commissioned

EXTERIOR, DOWN ESCALATORS, THRU SOUTH EXIT DOORS EXIT SOUTH THRU ESCALATORS, DOWN EXTERIOR, With access to wind-felled timber while residing residing while timber wind-felled to access With

(EDMONTON, ALBERTA) (EDMONTON, HIDE PETER SASKATCHEWAN) (REGINA, FAFARD JOE

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one day before it was to be crushed. be to was it before day one many historically accurate design finishes. design accurate historically many

sold in Calgary for $100,000). Leadbeater heard about this, and saved it for $25, $25, for it saved and this, about heard Leadbeater $100,000). for Calgary in sold

Resurrected a half block east, the repurposed building opened in 2012 with with 2012 in opened building repurposed the east, block half a Resurrected

modernism, rooted in Cubist collage and Surrealist-inspired abstraction. abstraction. Surrealist-inspired and collage Cubist in rooted modernism,

had it removed to a scrap yard (while a similar artwork by Leadbeater had just just had Leadbeater by artwork similar a (while yard scrap a to removed it had

sandstone blocks, and other architectural remnants were numbered and stored. stored. and numbered were remnants architectural other and blocks, sandstone

Ryley’s lyrical tones and richly textured colours are reminiscent of classical classical of reminiscent are colours textured richly and tones lyrical Ryley’s

inappropriate, and and inappropriate, Dialogue deemed managers building 1992, In Plaza. College Edmonton’s first elevator and shower baths. Demolished in 1984, the bricks, bricks, the 1984, in Demolished baths. shower and elevator first Edmonton’s

INTERIOR, SUN LIFE PLAZA, ABOVE SECURITY DESK SECURITY ABOVE PLAZA, LIFE SUN INTERIOR, remember it as the tall orange sculpture marking the university residence of of residence university the marking sculpture orange tall the as it remember establishment. It included the finest bar and restaurant in the district and and district the in restaurant and bar finest the included It establishment.

BC) (VERNON, RYLEY BRYAN was nearly lost in the scrap pile — literally. Many Edmontonians Edmontonians Many literally. — pile scrap the in lost nearly was Dialogue Built in 1903, the Alberta Hotel was considered Edmonton’s most fashionable fashionable most Edmonton’s considered was Hotel Alberta the 1903, in Built

(EDMONTON, ALBERTA) (EDMONTON, LEADBEATER ROY NORTHERN SKY (FREEZE-UP) & SPRING (BREAK-UP) (BREAK-UP) SPRING & (FREEZE-UP) SKY NORTHERN 12 2013 INTERIOR, PEDWAY LEVEL, NEXT TO ELEVATORS ELEVATORS TO NEXT LEVEL, PEDWAY INTERIOR,

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alive for 23 days before perishing. The pilot was rescued eight days later. days eight rescued was pilot The perishing. before days 23 for alive

passengers. Despite suffering from appendicitis, David kept the injured pilot pilot injured the kept David appendicitis, from suffering Despite passengers.

FULL MAP FULL ammonite, Alberta’s provincial gemstone. provincial Alberta’s ammonite,

of Yellowknife. David initially survived the crash that killed the two other other two the killed that crash the survived initially David Yellowknife. of

“DREAM”, the colour of this artwork represents represents artwork this of colour the “DREAM”,

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was aboard a plane that crashed in the NWT approximately 300 km north north km 300 approximately NWT the in crashed that plane a aboard was

on this site from 1912 to 1979), and spelling spelling and 1979), to 1912 from site this on

is dedicated to the heroism of 14-year-old David Kootook, who who Kootook, David 14-year-old of heroism the to dedicated is Inukshuk OPEN UP THE THE UP OPEN Recalling the Dreamland Theatre (situated (situated Theatre Dreamland the Recalling

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SHARE WITH YOUR FRIENDS! TOUR NO. 2 IN THE #ARTTOURYEG #YEGDT ARTTOURYEG SERIES Cover Image: Dialogue, 1972, Roy Leadbeater IMAGES: E. MALZAHN, THE WORKS AND EDMONTON ARTS COUNCIL CITY HALL & PLAZA 6 SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL SQUARE BANNERS 2008 1 SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL SQUARE M - F 7AM - 10PM, SAT 9AM - 5PM, SUN 11AM - 5PM Designed by Edmonton Architect, Gene Dub, City Hall VARIOUS ARTISTS was planned as a showcase for Alberta artists. New City Hall became the site of one of the larger public art Canada’s International Multiculturalism Day (June 103a AVE acquisition projects in Alberta. Visitors are invited to pick 27th, 2008) is permanently captured through up a self-guided brochure at reception. these banners created by 13 artists from Edmonton’s new immigrant, multicultural, CHURCHILL TO MCKINNEY and Aboriginal communities. The artists contributed 24 images of their artwork to create and celebrate the important ART GALLERY OF ALBERTA 2 SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL SQUARE milestone. The artists are: Roger Garcia HOURS: T - SU 11AM - 5PM, W 11AM - 9PM (El Salvador); Iryna Karpenko (Ukraine); Appearing wrapped in steel ribbon, architect Emmanuel Layila (Sudan); George Millar (Ireland); 100 ST 1 Randall Stout’s design evokes the North Saskatchewan River, Aurora Borealis and Kathleen Newman (Singapore); Babatope Omotoso Edmonton’s prolific abstract metal sculpture community. The new AGA hosts three floors of (Nigeria); Pedro Rodriguez De Los Santos (Uruguay); Gabriela Rosende (Chile); exhibition space, Zinc restaurant, a gift shop, an Valeriy Semenko (Ukraine); Ash Shumba (Zimbabwe); Will Truchon (Canada - Cree art sales and rental gallery and more. Nation); Erika Vela Namsechi (Peru); and Xin Yu Zheng (China). 2 7 LIGHT VENTURI 2004

102a AVE TERRY FROST (EDMONTON, ALBERTA) 3 102a AVE FRANCIS WINSPEAR CENTRE 4 SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL SQUARE Frost uses the natural flow of water M - SA 10AM - 5:30PM as inspiration and subject, directing it 4 Designed by Cohos Evamy and Partners the Winspear is

97 ST 5 world renowned for its acoustic design and flexibility. through various situations to create effects 6 for all seasons. The water flows from late

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8 GENESIS 1984 7 23 24 ROY LEADBEATER (EDMONTON, ALBERTA) SIR WINSTON INTERIOR, CITADEL THEATRE, LEE PAVILION CHURCHILL SQUARE

99 ST. & 102A AVE. 100 ST This enormous steel disc rises from vegetation like a UFO split in two.

100 ST Inspired by early exploration of the moon, Einstein’s ideas, and scientific 22 advancement, this is Leadbeater’s artistic re-creation of the Big Bang. 102 AVE 9 DREAMFIRES 1999 CITADEL THEATRE GLENN GUILLET (EDMONTON, ALBERTA) 9 97 ST 9828 - 101A AVENUE M - SU 8AM - 8PM, Banners of colour invite the visitor to look up — way up. This artwork is STANLEY MILNER LIBRARY 8 CLOSED HOLIDAY MONDAYS dedicated to Helen Collinson (1934-1998), daughter of beloved Alberta 7 SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL SQUARE A lush indoor tropical Architecture I Tkalcic Bengert will garden, the Lee Pavilion is a painter H.G. Glyde. Collinson worked for years as curator at the University provide Edmonton’s Arts District a show-stopper that includes five performance spaces of Alberta, and was a driving force in Edmonton’s cultural community. fresh new feature with a bold re- and a two-story, interior design of the Library’s facade waterfall. 10 TOGETHER 1973 10 11 CHARLES HILTON (MELVILLE, SASKATCHEWAN) INTERIOR, SOUTH STAIRWELL TO THE SHOCTOR THEATRE

99 ST Working mainly in clay, Hilton was a modern abstractionist 1 MADONNA OF THE WHEAT 1981 (well-known in Canadian modern sculptors’ circles) who let material JOHN WEAVER (AMERICAN/CANADIAN, 1920-2013) and form lead his artwork. During the 1978 Commonwealth Games EXTERIOR, CITY HALL PLAZA, EAST SIDE OF FOUNTAIN 101a AVE in Edmonton Hilton selected ten artists from six countries to create a collection of sculptures commemorating the event. Madonna of the Wheat commemorates the often-unmentioned role of pioneer women in Canada. To supplement family incomes, 12 11 UNTITLED 1978 men left to build the Canadian Pacific Railroad, leaving women for months to tend farms and care for children. Employed as a sculptor BALBIR SINGH KATT (INDIAN, 1939-1999) SUN LIFE PLACE INTERIOR, SOUTH STAIRWELL TO THE SHOCTOR THEATRE with the Smithsonian Institute, and later the Royal Alberta Museum, 10123 - 99 ST. } M - F 7AM - 6PM John Weaver’s bronzes are found in some of the most prestigious Balbir Singh Katt was one of ten artists invited to Edmonton to create PEDWAY North American collections. artwork for the City to commemorate the 1978 Commonwealth Games. 9TRIPLE8 Others included Mike Banwell, Peter Hide, Dempsey Bob, Berlings Lengani 14 9888 JASPER AVE 2 UKRAINIAN FAMINE OF 1933 MEMORIAL 1983 13 M - F 7AM - 6PM 21 Kaunda, Barry Cogswell, Nicholas Pope, Keith Oliver, Peter Nicholls, and LUDMILLA TERMERTEY (TORONTO, ONTARIO) 15 SHAW CONFERENCE CENTRE David Wilson. In 1999, Katt left his home for a walk and never returned. 9797 JASPER AVE } M - SU 7AM - 7PM At the time, he was Professor of Sculpture and Dean, Faculty of Fine Arts, EXTERIOR, CITY HALL PLAZA, WEST SIDE OF FOUNTAIN 16 The coal mine cavities left underground from 1892 Banaras Hindu University, Varanasi, India. Approximately seven to ten million and 1893 allowed the Edmonton based architect 20 James Wensley to design 70% of the Conference Ukrainians are estimated to have perished Centre underground. This burrowing conceals the in the Soviet-made famine of 1932-33. JASPER AVE 19 fact the building is over 10 stories high. Intended to weaken Ukrainians and eliminate rebellion, Soviet police WELCOME CENTRE 17 LOUISE MCKINNEY removed or destroyed 9797 JASPER AVE M-F 9AM-5PM RIVERFRONT PARK food, livestock, and agricultural products, 18 25 9999 GRIERSON HILL RD then arrested, deported, or executed the country’s religious, artistic, intellectual, and political leaders. Ukraine was devastated. Edmonton was the first international city to erect 26 a monument to the Holodomor, with representatives of 14 ethnic communities attending its unveiling. GRIERSON HILL COMMUNITY MEDICINE WHEEL GARDEN 3 LUNCHBREAK 1983 J. SEWARD JOHNSON JR. (AMERICAN, 1958-2014) For 30 years, Edmontonians have sat, lunched, and taken selfies with this iconic artwork. Johnson’s realistic sculptures take viewers by surprise and are beloved 5 CATCHING NEUTRINOS 2004 in cities across North America. Johnson Jr. was one of the heirs to the medical/ DARCI MALLON (EDMONTON, ALBERTA) pharmaceutical/consumer goods empire Johnson & Johnson. Sponsored by the Edmonton Journal to 4 SIR WINSTON CHURCHILL 1989 celebrate it’s first 100 years of publication, this Walking Edmonton’s OSCAR NEMON (YUGOSLAVIAN/BRITISH, 1906-1985) solid granite cone references the printing river valley trails will rollers, curled lead linotypes, and towering add approximately 30 Purchased for $125,000 and gifted to the City by the Sir Winston paper rolls of the printing process. The piece Churchill Society in 1989, this firm and active pose of Churchill refers to the challenges of bearing journalistic minutes to your walk. represents his unflagging leadership in times of hardship and witness to events, “catching the neutrinos” that war. Until his death, Nemon was the sculptor to the British Royal flow through the living world. Family, boasting a spectacular list of high-profile subjects, including Queen Elizabeth II, Dwight D. Eisenhower, Sigmund Freud, and Margaret Thatcher.

TO CONTINUE THE TOUR, RETURN TO THE SHAW CENTRE AND PROCEED TO 19 PARTNERSHIP GALLERY CITY OF EDMONTON’S PUBLIC ART COLLECTION 1 2 3 4 5 7 18 25 ALBERTA FOUNDATION FOR THE ARTS 10 THE PLACES, ART & DESIGN IN PUBLIC PLACES PROGRAM 5 6 7 9 13 14 15 16 25 26