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7 YEAR IN REVIEW

9 EXHIBITIONS & PUBLIC PROGRAMS

21 COMMUNITY SUPPORT

23 DONORS & SPONSORS

27 ACQUISITION HIGHLIGHTS

31 MEMBERS & VOLUNTEERS

37 BOARD OF TRUSTEES & STAFF

39 SUMMARY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

CORE FUNDING PROVIDED BY

ADDITIONAL SUPPORT PROVIDED BY

Divya Mehra, There is nothing you can possess which I cannot take away (Not Vishnu: New ways of Darsána), 2020, coffee, sand, chamois leather, leather cord, metal grommets, 2.4 lbs. Photo by Sarah Fuller. Image courtesy the artist and Georgia Scherman Projects. Collection of the MacKenzie Art Gallery. ANNUAL REPORT

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Out of an abundance of caution we cancelled several key In July, the Gallery bid farewell to Executive Director & excited by John’s forward-thinking vision, and we are fundraising events in 2020 including Holiday Baazart, CEO Anthony Keindl. I want to acknowledge his many confident that his dynamic range of curatorial experience, the Gala Art Auction, and a new in-Gallery dinner series achievements during his six-year tenure at the Gallery. sound leadership, and community mindedness will help slated to launch in early December. Although this had He was instrumental in the realization of a number of us continue to grow and inspire as we enter a new phase a significant financial impact, the Gallery continued to strategic goals including the commissioning a major public of understanding our role as cultural caretakers in this receive support from our community. We extend our artwork, Duane Linklater’s Kâkikę / Forever, stewarding territory. I’d like to thank our volunteer search committee, deepest appreciation to our members, donors, and the donation of over 1,000 Indigenous artworks through Searchlight Recruiters, and members of the Board for corporate sponsors for their ongoing generosity. the generous donation of Thomas Druyan and Alice their time, effort, and thoughtfulness in this process. Ladner, the addition of the café and program space, a A growing awareness of social injustice and racism renewed membership program, development of our new At the time of writing this, the Gallery has once again sparked global conversations about systemic barriers website and rebrand, and the establishment of the Equity temporarily closed our doors to the public in response to a and the harm caused by discrimination. In June, the Task Force. Anthony has left behind a solid foundation, provincial government mandate. While it is impossible to MacKenzie struck an Emergency Equity Task Force and paving the way for a new generation of leadership. predict what new challenges may come to bare, I know the later released an Equity Statement along with a list of Gallery has a bright future ahead of it! While nothing could have prepared us for the remarkable current and future actions we are undertaking to combat The Board of Trustees welcomed then Director of challenges we faced throughout 2020/21, I could not be systemic racism within our institution. On behalf of the Programs John G. Hampton in an Interim Executive prouder of the work of our management team, staff, board Board of Trustees, I want to express our sincere gratitude Director & CEO capacity in August. John worked to of trustees, and volunteers. Their creativity, commitment, to the many groups and individuals who graciously shared ensure a smooth transition following Anthony’s departure, and resiliency propelled the MacKenzie Art Gallery their knowledge and guidance. Equity and accessibility providing continuity and stability to the Gallery’s forward during one of the toughest times in its history. work is an ongoing process, and we look forward to operations. In January, following an extensive executive Nathan Schissel providing updates to our community as we continue to search, the Board was delighted to announce John’s President, MacKenzie Art Gallery Despite the challenges presented by COVID-19, the invest in this work and move toward positive change. appointment as permanent Executive Director & CEO, Board of Trustees MacKenzie remained deeply focused on our mission to making history by hiring the first Indigenous Executive create transformative experiences of the world through The MacKenzie Art Gallery, in partnership with the Director & CEO of a public art gallery in Canada. We are

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE art. Over the past year, we successfully overcame several University of Regina, participated in its first-ever operational hurdles and developed new safety protocols repatriation ceremony alongside Mr. Ajay Bisaria, High guided by the recommendations of public health officials. Commissioner of India and representatives of Global Prior to re-opening in August, we implemented a Affairs Canada and Canada Border Services Agency in comprehensive safety plan which included increased the winter of 2020—as the stolen statue of Annapoorna cleaning protocols, a mandatory mask policy, and timed housed in the MacKenzie vault found its way back ticketing with an hourly maximum capacity. In addition home to India. The repatriation thrust the MacKenzie to this, our approach to exhibition design was modified onto an international stage, putting a spotlight on to space artworks further apart to encourage physical ethical collection practices and strengthening India- distancing. We were thrilled to welcome visitors back Canada relations. We are grateful for the work of Divya to the Gallery, while ensuring safety was top priority. Mehra—from her initial discovery and research to her creation of There is nothing you can possess which I We fast-tracked the Gallery’s virtual programming cannot take away (Not Vishnu: New ways of Darsána) now offerings allowing us to expand our geographic reach and acquired to the MacKenzie’s Permanent Collection. significantly increase our online audiences. We launched several new online initiatives including our Digital Artist in Residence Program, Thursday Night Live Programs, Virtual Members Events, Online Studio Sundays, and Virtual School Tours. I am thrilled to share that through our online and in-person programming we have impacted 94,691 people in our community and beyond.

Installation view of As it Unfolds: Recent Acquisitions, 2020, MacKenzie Art Gallery. Photo: Don Hall.

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we re-opened our doors in the Fall of 2020, this permanent collection (stewarded by the MacKenzie the retirement of Flash and the artistic community moving exhibition placed our current events in the in our vault), replacing it with a symbolic placeholder that flourished within that ecosystem, and asked context of the longer history of pandemics and that will forever mark its presence and absence. In what relationship do artist have to the corporations colonialism on this continent. We have faced similar a presidential address, we were acknowledged and who make the tools their art is bound to. In the late challenges before and we are learning both new thanked for returning this sculpture of Annapoorna summer, we launched our first ever digital artist in and old ways of persevering, healing, and thriving. (the goddess of nourishment), even while India residence program, hosting five artists and assisting was in the midst of one of the largest protests them in the development of video games as art. Throughout the year, we looked to the history of the in its history by the nation’s rural farmers. land, to our permanent collection, and to artists In the midst of all this, our CEO, who guided us to help us navigate our response to parallel crises These cultural investigations expanded into how we through five years of growth, innovation, and of racial injustice, disease, and climate change. connect as humans, how we value each other and excitement, took on a new chapter as the leader of Jon Sasaki’s Hang in There, presented on digital who we welcome as neighbours. Christina Battle: the Vancouver Art Gallery, one of Canada’s largest billboards across Regina and online advertisement connecting thru grasses used prairie grasses as a public art galleries. I was humbled and honoured spaces across Saskatchewan, explored the platitudes frame for exploring models for complex relationships to be trusted with the responsibility of stewarding that can feel so futile and meaningless, but can between diverse populations. Human Captial took this incredible cultural institution which has meant a critical look at Canadian immigration policies so much to me throughout my life, and has helped This past year was one of the most significant also bring much needed comfort. As it unfolds and their relationship with economics and labour shape our culture, our sense of identity, and our in MacKenzie history. We closed our doors in an provided space to process shifting relationships with practices, and particularly the racialization of labour. understanding of each other and the broader world. unprecedented, but opened our minds and our the environments we occupy, The Blood Records And our final exhibition of the year, Ithin-eh-wuk— Our team has come together in these difficult times, hearts. Our staff rose to this moment and offered presented haunting histories of disease and loss we place ourselves at the center: James Nicholas navigating a changing relationship to each other, to space for contemplation, processing, grief, joy, and on the prairies, Speculating Art History presented and Sandra Semchuk was a poetic exploration work, and to the community, with open minds and for re-examining our own history and the role we alternative forms for interpreting histories of art and of navigating Cree and Ukranian histories on hearts, finding new ways to support one another. want to play in our broader community. In a culture, and Multiple Lives of Drawings: European this land through dialogue, respect, and love. We have grown as a team and as an institution, remarkable feat, they turned around years of Graphic Art 1500 – 1800 unveiled new research and attributions to many works in the Norman MacKenzie finding the work we need to do internally so that we planning in a matter of weeks, launching new digital The zoom reception for Ithin-eh-wuk had over collection, pointing to the shifting narratives are prepared for the work we need to do externally. initiatives, artist residencies, commissions, and 140 live attendees, and hundreds more viewed and understandings of drawings across time. It is this external work—the work of connecting

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO MESSAGE a slate of exhibitions and public programs that EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR & CEO MESSAGE the recording afterwards. Throughout the year we artists and communities—that gives us purpose, responded to the demands of these times. This explored new ways to connect, through virtual Studio guidance, and drives what we do every day. Despite was one of the most difficult and unpredictable We examined Norman Mackenzie’s legacy and what Sundays and School Tours, online panel discussions, the challenges faced across the board, we saw an years that many of us have faced in our lifetime, we have inherited as stewards. We explored our and digital exhibitions and publications. We opened incredible outpouring of support from all corners and I offer my deepest gratitude to the healthcare accountability towards those who came before us, the year in the middle of our second pilot semester of our membership and the broader community. workers who kept us well, the frontline workers and as future ancestors building the cultural future for a new art school exploring the language and Thank you, from the bottom of our hearts. We will who kept us fed and thriving, and the artists we want to see. The exhibition Travelling Memory concepts of video games. In March, we quickly moved honour this trust you have placed in us, and look and cultural workers who nurtured our souls. featured the only remaining robe known to have our digital training efforts online, hosting workshops, forward to the culture we are all building together. been painted by Sitting Bull, produced during his talks, classes, and artist residencies through digital time spent in Saskatchewan while hunted by the US Culture is the space where we can process platforms. Our digital coordinators ran a weekly live- government. After returning to Saskatchewan in 2019 concepts that are too complex for words, where stream that took a critical look at its own medium, for the first time in approximately 100 years, the loan we share new perspectives and our capacities for at the history of digital, online, and virtual art. In was extended for an additional year due to border understanding and imagination. Art and culture a co-presentation with Rhizome, we memorialized closures, prolonging its stay in its home territory. John G. Hampton have been instrumental in seeing us through this Divya Mehra: From India to Canada and Back to India Executive Director & CEO time, and it will be essential in guiding us into the (There is nothing I can possess which you cannot MacKenzie Art Gallery next chapter of living in relation to each other and take away) drew attention to Norman MacKenzie’s this world. In the essay for Reflecting Dis-Ease: theft of an idol from an active shrine in Varanasi, Eh Ateh Pahinihk—Rethinking pandemics through India. Mehra upended the traditional relationship an Indigenous lens, Timothy Long and Felicia between artist and institution, by making a direct Gay remind us that “disease does more than just intervention into our vault, calling for the repatriation attack a person’s health; it represents a challenge of this sculpture from the University of Regina’s to the way we live together as a society.” When

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OVER 94,691 CHILDREN AND ADULTS PARTICIPATED IN A DIVERSE RANGE OF OVER 230 PROGRAMS, ACTIVITIES AND EVENTS ORGANIZED THROUGHOUT THE YEAR.

TOTAL PEOPLE ONLINE ONLINE ADULT FAMILY & YOUTH PROGRAMS IMPACTED EXHIBITIONS PROGRAMS PROGRAMS

94,691 46,886 20,462 7,177 10,287 7,540 361 Impacted Online Attendees Attendees Attendees Total Attendees Family Program School Tours Attendees Attendees This includes attendance in-house, 9 742 1,644 off-site, and online Virtual Exhibitions Rawlco & MAG Free Youth Programming via virtual programs Days Attendees Attendees

AUDIENCE FEEDBACK $1,067,624 $348,853 Cash & In-kind Cash & In-Kind Most Impactful Exhibition Contributions Contributions from Reflecting Dis-ease: eh ateh pahinihk ahkosiwin— from Individuals Organizations Rethinking Pandemics through an Indigenous Lens

4.2 out of 5 4.9 out of 5 Average audience score Average score for how 57% 122 1,434 for how well the Gallery is safe visitors feel when Percentage of Permanent Gallery serving the community at the Gallery Free Visits Collection Works Memberships through exhibitions Displayed and programs ANNUAL REPORT 2020/2021

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PARADISE (TO ALL THOSE WHO DID & THE BLOOD RECORDS DIVYA MEHRA REFLECTING DIS-EASE DID NOT MAKE IT ACROSS) Written and Annotated From India to Canada and Back to India (There is eh ateh pahinihk ahkosiwin: Rethinking nothing I can possess which you cannot take away) Pandemics through an Indigenous Lens

15 MARCH – 15 JUNE 2020 (ONLINE ONLY) 11 JUNE – 10 SEPTEMBER 2020 (ONLINE ONLY) 7 AUGUST 2020 – 2 JANUARY 2021 7 AUGUST – 8 NOVEMBER 2020 CURATED BY LILLIAN O’BRIEN DAVIS CURATED BY ANTHONY KIENDL CURATED BY JOHN G. HAMPTON CURATED BY FELICIA GAY & TIMOTHY LONG ORGANIZED BY THE MACKENZIE ART GALLERY ORGANIZED BY THE MACKENZIE ART GALLERY ORGANIZED BY THE MACKENZIE ART GALLERY ORGANIZED BY THE MACKENZIE ART GALLERY

Presented online, this series of films by multiple artists Curated in the context of COVID-19, this film by Divya Mehra presented pieces that unravel the This Permanent Collection exhibition featured examined the concept of paradise through the lenses artists Lisa Steele and Kim Tomczak takes a look West’s obsession with simultaneously defining four Indigenous artists, Ruth Cuthand, Robert of global blackness, sovereignty, environmentalism, back at a tuberculosis sanatorium in 1944, in the and consuming the histories and identities of Houle, Norval Morrisseau, and Edward Poitras, and economics, and belonging, asking what does paradise heart of the Canadian prairies (Fort San, other cultures. In this collection of reproduced, displayed how pandemics that followed European look like, and who is it made for. Saskatchewan). The film was on view on the Gallery’s misclassified, staged, and stolen cultural property, contact decimated the peoples of North and South website at mackenze.art as an online exhibition. Mehra deftly and playfully navigated complex America and permanently changed the shape of networks of colonial entitlement, popular culture, art life on Turtle Island. history, sacred objects, and exotic adventurism. EXHIBITIONS PROGRAMS PUBLIC & EXHIBITIONS PROGRAMS PUBLIC & ONLINE SCREENING AND ARTIST TALK JON SASAKI AS IT UNFOLDS THURSDAY NIGHT LIVESTREAM The Blood Records: Written and Annotated Hang in There Recent Acquisitions Video Games as an Art Medium With Pipen Barr

THURSDAY, 11 JUNE 2020 15 JUNE – 9 AUGUST 2020 7 AUGUST – 8 NOVEMBER 2020 THURSDAY, 20 AUGUST 2020 FEATURING AN ARTIST TALK WITH LISA STEELE & CURATED BY JOHN G. HAMPTON CURATED BY TAK PHAM HOSTED BY THE MACKENZIE’S DIGITAL COORDINATORS KIM TOMCZAK, MODERATED BY LAUREN FOURNIER ORGANIZED BY THE MACKENZIE ART GALLERY ORGANIZED BY THE MACKENZIE ART GALLERY CAT BLUEMKE AND JONATHAN CARROLL

The Gallery was joined virtually by guest artists The MacKenzie Art Gallery exhibited Jon Sasaki’s video As It Unfolds featured a rich selection of recent This special presentation of Thursday Night Lisa Steele and Kim Tomczak for a livestream installation of Hang in There in various public spaces acquisitions to the MacKenzie Art Gallery’s Livestream was joined by Dr. Pippin Barr, a screening of their film, The Blood Records: outside of the gallery walls. Presented on a digital Permanent Collection from the past five years. video game maker, educator, and critic who lives Written and Annotated. An online artist talk, billboard in Regina and through advertisements on A diverse multi-media exhibition showcased and works in Montréal. The event explored the moderated by Dr. Lauren Fournier was presented various social media platforms, this special presentation approaches, formats, and innovations in depictions use of video games as an art medium and looked after the screening. referenced the pause in regularly scheduled programs, of nature, landscapes, and the built environment. at common forms and themes that this or the space between planned destinations. medium explores.

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SPECULATING ART HISTORY ONLINE SCREENING & ARTIST TALK VIRTUAL ARTIST-LED WORKSHOP VIRTUAL ARTIST TALK On view in the Shumiatcher Theatre & Online Speculating Art History With Artist Zoé Fortier Gone in a Flash with Natalie Lawhead

9 SEPTEMBER – 16 DECEMBER 2020 THURSDAY, 10 SEPTEMBER 2020 SUNDAY, 15 NOVEMBER 2020 THURSDAY, 3 DECEMBER 2020 CURATED BY TAK PHAM FEATURING GUEST ARTISTS ANNIE MACDONELL & PRESENTED BY CANADA LIFE AS PART OF STUDIO SUNDAYS IN PARTNERSHIP WITH NEUTRAL GROUND ARTIST RUN CENTRE ORGANIZED BY THE MACKENZIE ART GALLERY SANAZ SOHRABI, MODERATED BY TAK PHAM

Speculating Art History showcased how artists and we Visitors were invited to a virtual launch of the theatre As part of Studio Sundays, the MacKenzie Art In partnership with Neutral Ground Artist Run –the audience–speculate about a variety of objects program Speculating Art History. The livestream Gallery, in partnership with the Conseil culturel Centre, the MacKenzie Art Gallery presented an and bestow on them the status of art. Featured films included a film screening of Auxiliary Mirrors, and fransaskois, had the pleasure of offering its first artist talk with Nathalie Lawhead (alienmelon) as included The Fortune Teller by Annie MacDonnell, The Fortune Teller accompanied by a conversation French-language livestream workshop. Hosted by part of the Gone in a Flash Livestream Series about Auxiliary Mirrors by Sanaz Sohrabi, and A Brief History with filmmakers Annie MacDonell and Sanaz Sohrabi, artist Zoé Fortier, who put together a special project Adobe Flash and digital art archiving. Nathalie of Princess X by Gabriel Abrantes. moderated by our Assistant Curator Tak Pham. as an homage to Joe Fafard for the guests to create a Lawhead is a net-artist and award-winning game collage-inspired work of their own. designer that has been creating experimental digital art since the late ‘90s. EXHIBITIONS PROGRAMS PUBLIC & EXHIBITIONS PROGRAMS PUBLIC & MEMBER’S ONLINE EVENT VIRTUAL ARTIST PANEL TRAVELLING MEMORY CHRISTINA BATTLE Brendan Copesake Presentation Yield Your Time: A Group Reaction on Zoom Sitting Bull’s Robe, The MacKenzie’s Art School & connecting thru grasses The Art & Concept of Game Design for Youth

THURSDAY, 15 OCTOBER 2020 THURSDAY, 29 OCTOBER 2020 5 DECEMBER 2020 – 5 APRIL 2021 5 DECEMBER 2020 – 16 MAY 2021 MACKENZIE WAS EXCITED TO BRING BRENDAN’S EXPERTISE FEATURING ASIAN BRAIN TRUST: AMY FUNG, DIVYA MEHRA, CURATED BY TAK PHAM ORIGINATING CURATOR ALYSSA FEARON AND FRESH PERSPECTIVE TO OUR MEMBER COMMUNITY & KIM NGUYEN ORGANIZED BY THE MACKENZIE ART GALLERY HOST CURATOR LILLIAN O’BRIEN DAVIS

MacKenzie members were invited to a virtual Asian Brain Trust was founded in 2014 by Amy Fung, The exhibition showcased the return of Sitting Works by artist Christina Battle were on view at the event with special guest Brendan Copestake from Divya Mehra, and Kim Nguyen as an arts research Bull’s Robe, the MacKenzie’s Art School and the gallery for the exhibition connecting thru grasses Johannesburg, South Africa. Brendan is the founder collective. The event was hosted in conjunction with the Art and Concept of Game Design for Youth. Sitting that had recently been on view at the Art Gallery of of Parts & Labour, a multidisciplinary studio that exhibition, Divya Mehra: From India to Canada and Back Bull’s robe, on loan to the MacKenzie Art Gallery Southwestern Manitoba in Brandon, Manitoba. The specializes in art project management. to India (There is nothing I can possess which you cannot courtesy of the State Historical Society of North exhibition looked at how we might both map and take away). Visitors were invited to watch live reactions Dakota, is the only buffalo robe known to have been define prairie boundaries anew. to the forgotten Avenger, Indiana Jones, (and byosnax). painted by legendary Hunkpapa chief and artist, Sitting Bull.

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THE MULTIPLE LIVES OF DRAWINGS THE 13TH FLOOR VIRTUAL EXHIBITION PROVINCIAL ARTCADE PUBLIC WORKSHOPS VIRTUAL ZOOM EVENT European Graphic Art 1500–1800 The Multiple Lives of Drawing: European Graphic Connecting Digital Artists with Communities Annapoorna Repatriation Farewell at the MacKenzie Art Gallery Art 1500–1800 at the MacKenzie Art Gallery

5 DECEMBER 2020 – 5 APRIL 2021 DECEMBER 2020 –ONGOING (ONLINE ONLY) 8, 9, 10 DECEMBER 2020 SATURDAY, 12 DECEMBER 2020 CURATED BY FRANCESCO FREDDOLINI & TIMOTHY LONG CURATED BY FRANCESCO FREDDOLINI & TIMOTHY LONG ART & COMMUNITY ACCESS TO DIGITAL EDUCATION, HOSTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH THE UNIVERSITY OF REGINA & ORGANIZED BY THE MACKENZIE ART GALLERY ORGANIZED BY THE MACKENZIE ART GALLERY BY OUR COORDINATOR OF LEARNING INITIATIVES KEN DUCZEK PART OF THE UNIVERSITY OF REGINA COLLECTION

The Multiple Lives of Drawings: European Graphic Art Innovative interactives and new research brings life Building on the success of the Gallery’s original The MacKenzie Art Gallery and the University 1500–1800 at the MacKenzie Art Gallery looked back to the form and function of early modern drawings Provincial Outreach Program, we were able of Regina participated in the Gallery’s first-ever at the MacKenzie’s small but exquisite collection from the MacKenzie Art Gallery, Norman MacKenzie to connect digital artists with communities. repatriation ceremony, as the Annapoorna statue of European drawings from 1500 to 1800 from the Collection. On view on the MacKenzie Art Gallery’s Participants had the opportunity to see a digital work found its way back home to India. We are grateful Norman MacKenzie Collection. Drawing primarily website as part of the 13TH Floor virtual exhibition of art produced right before their eyes and were able for Divya Mehra’s research and the creation of from Italian examples, the exhibition showcased how space. to engage directly with the digital artist throughout There is nothing you can possess which I cannot drawing was a shared medium and practice both north the presentation. take away (Not Vishnu: New ways of Darsána). and south of the Alps throughout the Renaissance and Baroque periods. EXHIBITIONS PROGRAMS PUBLIC & EXHIBITIONS PROGRAMS PUBLIC & THE 13TH FLOOR VIRTUAL EXHIBITION RAWLCO RADIO & MACKENZIE ART GALLERY HUMAN CAPITAL MIGRANT DREAMS Enter the Candahar FREE ADMISSION DAY On view in the Shumiatcher Theatre & Online Winter Opening Reception

DECEMBER 2020 –ONGOING (ONLINE ONLY) SATURDAY, 5 DECEMBER 2020 17 DECEMBER 2020 – 18 APRIL 2021 17 DECEMBER 2020 – 18 APRIL 2021 CURATED BY ANTHONY KIENDL FEATURING THE OPENING OF TRAVELLING MEMORY, CURATED BY TAK PHAM CURATED BY TAK PHAM ORGANIZED BY THE MACKENZIE ART GALLERY THE MULTIPLE LIVES OF DRAWINGS & CHRISTINA BATTLE ORGANIZED BY THE MACKENZIE ART GALLERY ORGANIZED BY THE MACKENZIE ART GALLERY

In this online publication, featuring a new essay by Our December Rawlco Radio and MacKenzie Art Gallery Human Capital presented work that offered insight Migrant Dreams presented a powerful feature Daniel Jewesbury, the MacKenzie Art Gallery looks Free Admission Day celebrated the opening of Christina into the impact of Canada’s immigration policies documentary by multiple award-winning director back at The Candahar, a sculpture by Winnipeg- Battle: connecting thru grasses, Travelling Memory and and history: how it treats humans as capital, Min Sook Lee and Emmy award-winning producer based artist Theo Sims, that was exhibited over the The Multiple Lives of Drawings: European Graphic Art and the role it plays in shaping the complex and Lisa Valencia-Svensson. The documentary summer of 2016, and subsequently acquired for 1500–1800 at the MacKenzie Art Gallery. Thanks to the contested formation of a “Canadian identity.” The highlighted the undertold story of migrant the MacKenzie’s Permanent Collection. On view on support of Rawlco Radio, visitors enjoyed free access to exhibition asked: What else is lost when human agricultural workers struggling against Canada’s the MacKenzie Art Gallery’s website as part of the the second-floor galleries. potential is measured as units of capital? Temporary Foreign Worker Program (TFWP) and was 13TH Floor virtual exhibition space. presented in conjunction with Human Capital.

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VIRTUAL OPENING RECEPTION THE 13TH FLOOR VIRTUAL EXHIBITION ITHIN-EH-WUK—WE PLACE OURSELVES RAWLCO RADIO & MACKENZIE ART GALLERY Human Capital Jeanne Randolph: My Claustrophobic Happiness AT THE CENTER FREE ADMISSION DAY James Nicholas & Sandra Semchuk African Canadian Black History Month Launch

THURSDAY, 17 DECEMBER 2020 JANUARY 2021 – ONGOING (ONLINE ONLY) 28 JANUARY 2021 – 16 MAY 2021 SATURDAY, 30 JANUARY 2020 FEATURING GUEST ARTIST JEANNIE MAH CURATED BY ANTHONY KIENDL CURATED BY TIMOTHY LONG IN PARTNERSHIP WITH SASKATCHEWAN AFRICAN MODERATED BY CURATOR TAK PHAM ORGANIZED BY THE MACKENZIE ART GALLERY ORGANIZED BY THE MACKENZIE ART GALLERY CANADIAN HERITAGE MUSEUM

Curator Tak Pham was joined by artist Jeannie Mah During her 2017 residency responding to works from This exhibition brought together for the first time a The event featured a livestream of the official for a virtual opening of the exhibition Human Capital. the MacKenzie’s Permanent Collection, Jeanne comprehensive selection of the collaborative works launch of African Canadian/Black History Month The livestream discussed the impact of Canada’s Randolph created a series of “ficto-criticism” texts. In of James Nicholas and Sandra Semchuk. The photo- and was led by Sharon-Ann Brown, Saskatchewan immigration policies and history: how it treats humans addition to highlighting the Permanent Collection, the installations and videos they created between 1993 African Canadian Heritage Museum chair. This as capital, and the role it plays in shaping the complex writing in this online publication is particularly relevant and Nicholas’ accidental death in 2007 unveil the event was in conjunction with Rawlco Radio and and contested formation of a “Canadian identity.” as it was written from the perspective of an “inveterate mindset and effects of colonialism through the lens the MacKenzie Art Gallery Free Admission Day consumer ensconced in a Vancouver condo tower.” of their remarkable intercultural marriage. where visitors enjoyed free access to the second- floor galleries as well as facilitated gallery tours. EXHIBITIONS PROGRAMS PUBLIC & EXHIBITIONS PROGRAMS PUBLIC & VIRTUAL ARTIST CONVERSATION DIGITAL PUBLICATION LAUNCH VIRTUAL OPENING RECEPTION INSTAGRAM LIVE TAKEOVER Locating John A. MacDonald Briarpatch Magazine Ithin-eh-wuk—We Place Ourselves at the Center: With Artist and Poet Randell Adjei James Nicholas & Sandra Semchuk

THURSDAY, 7 JANUARY 2021 THURSDAY, 14 JANUARY 2021 THURSDAY, 4 FEBRUARY 2021 THURSDAY, 25 FEBRUARY 2021 FEATURING SYRUS MARCUS WARE, DANA SALAMA & PRESENTED IN CONJUNCTION WITH BRIARPATCH MAGAZINE FEATURING A CONVERSATION BETWEEN SANDRA SEMCHUK PRESENTED IN PARTNERSHIP WITH VERTIGO SERIES CHRISTINA BATTLE, MODERATED BY LILLIAN O’BRIEN DAVIS & CREATED FOR THE HUMAN CAPITAL EXHIBITION. & TIMOTHY LONG

Presented in conjunction with the MacKenzie’s The digital publication expanded conversations around The official opening of Ithin-eh-wuk—we place Artist and poet Randell Adjei took over the current exhibition, Christina Battle: connecting Canada’s immigration policy, and issues of migrant’s ourselves at the center: James Nicholas and Sandra MacKenzie’s Instagram and shared special thru grasses, Lillian O’Brien Davis was joined in justice. The launch featured a panel discussion with Semchuk took place virtually. Head Curator performances with Brad Bellegarde (InfoRed), conversation with artist, activist and teacher Syrus participation from Gabriel Allahdua – a former migrant Timothy Long shared in conversation with artist ecoaborijanelle, and guest artists from Marcus Ware, architect Dana Salama, and artist farm worker and now an organizer with the collective, Sandra Semchuk and viewers as they virtually Scott Collegiate. Christina Battle. Justice for Migrant Workers and was featured online. explored the exhibition. Featuring remarks by our Elder-in-Residence Betty McKenna and Elder Rodney Spence.

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THE 13TH FLOOR VIRTUAL EXHIBITION VIRTUAL OPENING RECEPTION DAiR v1: Video Games by Artists DAiR v1: Video Games by Artists

4 MARCH – 26 MAY 2021 THURSDAY, 4 MARCH 2021 CURATED BY JONATHAN CARROLL AND CAT BLUEMKE FEATURING ARTISTS THIRZA CUTHAND, HILAREY COWAN & SIMON ORGANIZED BY THE MACKENZIE ART GALLERY FUH MODERATED BY JONATHAN CARROLL AND CAT BLUEMKE

DAiR v1: Video Games by Artists delves into the Visitors joined us for a virtual opening of the online conceptual, creative, and narrative boundaries of exhibition, DAiR v1: Video Games by Artists. Exhibiting video game design, to explore its potential as an artists Thirza Cuthand, Hilarey Cowan, and Simon Fuh artistic medium. This online exhibition features work discussed their work during a live demonstration in the from the participants of the Gallery’s first Digital Artist form of a Let’s Play. in Residency program. On view on the MacKenzie Art Gallery’s website as part of the 13TH Floor virtual exhibition space. EXHIBITIONS PROGRAMS PUBLIC & VIRTUAL ARTIST-LED WORKSHOP MINECRAFT DIGITAL ARTIST IN RESIDENCY LAUNCH With Artist Diana Ntibandetse With Digital Artist in Residence Cat Haines

SUNDAY, 21 MARCH 2021 TUESDAY, 30 MARCH 2021 PRESENTED BY CANADA LIFE AS PART OF STUDIO SUNDAYS CURATED BY SARAH FRIEND, CAT BLUEMKE & JONATHAN CARROLL IN PARTNERSHIP WITH ENDER GALLERY

As part of Studio Sundays, the MacKenzie Art The MacKenzie Art Gallery hosted its first Minecraft Gallery, in partnership with the Conseil culturel Digital Artist in Residency (DAiR), in partnership with Images (Top, Left to Right): Installation views of Ithin-eh-wuk—we place ourselves at the center: Sandra Semchuk and James Nicholas, 2021, MacKenzie Art Gallery. Installation view of Christina Battle: connecting thru grasses, 2021, MacKenzie Art Gallery. (Bottom): Roy Kiyooka (Canadian, 1926–1994) fransaskois, had the pleasure of offering a Ender Gallery, a studio and exhibition space within the Capricorn, 1965, aquatex on canvas, 138.4 x 228 cm. Collection of the MacKenzie Art Gallery, gift of Ken Tencer. Photos: Don Hall. French-language livestream workshop. Hosted video game Minecraft, curated by Sarah Friend, Cat by artist Diana Ntibandetse, it featured a painting Bluemke, and Jonathan Carroll. On International Trans workshop employing painting techniques to depict Day of Visibility, artist Cat Haines joined the curators a modern-day structure. of the exhibition for a livestreamed open studio event where she discussed her work in the Minecraft platform.

17 18 19 EXHIBITIONS Host Curator:LillianO’BrienDavis Originating Curator:AlyssaFearon Manitoba Southwestern of Gallery Organized bytheArt 5 December2020–24March2021 CONNECTING THRUGRASSES CHRISTINA BATTLE: Curated byTak Pham Gallery Organized bytheMacKenzieArt 9 September–16December2020 SPECULATING ART HISTORY Curated byJohn G. Hampton ofAlberta Gallery of CanadaandtheArt with assistancefromTheNationalGallery Gallery Organized bytheMacKenzieArt 7 August2020–2January 2021 POSSESS WHICHYOU CANNOT TAKE AWAY) BACK TO INDIA(THEREISNOTHING ICAN DIVYA MEHRA:FROMINDIATO CANADAAND OTHER IN-HOUSEEXHIBITIONS Timothy Long Curated byFrancescoFreddoliniand Gallery Organized bytheMacKenzieArt 5 December2020–24March2021 AT THEMACKENZIE ART GALLERY EUROPEAN GRAPHICART FROM1500–1800 THE MULTIPLE LIVESOFDRAWINGS: Curated byFeliciaGay andTimothyLong Gallery Organized bytheMacKenzieArt 7 August–8November2020 THROUGH ANINDIGENOUSLENS AHKOSIWIN—RETHINKING PANDEMICS REFLECTING EHATEH DIS-EASE: PAHINIHK Curated byTak Pham Gallery Organized bytheMacKenzieArt 7 August–8November2020 AS ITUNFOLDS: RECENTACQUISITIONS SK Arts. City ofRegina,University ofRegina,and SaskCulture, Canada CouncilfortheArts, CommunityFoundation,Saskatchewan bytheSouth aresupported Gallery Art All exhibitionsorganizedbytheMacKenzie EXHIBITIONS PERMANENT COLLECTION MACKENZIE GALLERY ART ANNUAL REPORT Truesdale Drive,Regina,SK billboard atthecornerofVictoriaAve and websiteanddigital Gallery MacKenzie Art Curated byJohn G. Hampton Gallery Organized bytheMacKenzieArt 15 June –9August2020 A PERMANENTCOLLECTION EXHIBITION JON SASAKI:HANGINTHERE Charlottetown, PE Gallery, Confederation CentreArt Curated byJulia KruegerandTimothyLong Government ofCanada bythe has beenmadepossibleinpart Gallery.MacKenzie Art Theproject Organized andcirculatedbythe 25 January –6September2020 THE GARDENER’SUNIVERSE VICTOR CICANSKY: EXHIBITIONS OFF-SITE ANDTOURING Curated byTimothyLong Gallery Organized bytheMacKenzieArt 28 January –24March2021 SANDRA SEMCHUK AT THECENTER:JAMESNICHOLASAND ITHIN-EH-WUK—WE PLACE OURSELVES Curated byTak Pham Gallery Organized bytheMacKenzieArt 17 December2020–24March2021 Curated byTak Pham Gallery Organized bytheMacKenzieArt 17 December2020–24March2021 HUMAN CAPITAL Curated byTak Pham Gallery Organized bytheMacKenzieArt 5 December2020–24March2021 FOR YOUTH THE ART ANDCONCEPTS OFGAMEDESIGN ROBE, THEMACKENZIE’S ART SCHOOL,AND TRAVELLING MEMORY: SITTINGBULL’S MIGRANT DREAMS

THE MACKENZIE ART GALLERY EUROPEAN GRAPHICART 1500–1800FROM THE MULTIPLE LIVESOFDRAWINGS: The 13 ENTER THECANDAHAR Curated byAnthonyKiendl Gallery Organized bytheMacKenzieArt 11 June –10September2020 WRITTEN ANDANNOTATED THE BLOOD RECORDS: Davis O’Brien by Lillian Curated Gallery Art MacKenzie the by Organized –14 2020 March 1 February IT ACROSS) NOT MAKE DID AND DID WHO THOSE (TO ALL PARADISE EXHIBITIONS VIRTUAL The 13 DAIR V1:VIDEO GAMESBY ARTISTS Tak by Pham Curated Gallery Art MacKenzie the by Organized 2020 –16 December 9 September ART HISTORY SPECULATING Tak by Pham Curated Gallery Art MacKenzie the by Organized 2020 –8November 7 August ACQUISITIONS RECENT ITAS UNFOLDS: The 13 MY CLAUSTROPHOBIC HAPPINESS JEANNE RANDOLPH: Tak by Pham Curated Gallery Art MacKenzie the by Organized 2021 –18 2020 April 17 December MIGRANT DREAMS The 13 Jonathan Carroll Curated byCatBluemke and Gallery Organized bytheMacKenzieArt Curated byAnthonyKiendl Gallery Organized bytheMacKenzieArt Timothy Long Curated byFrancescoFreddoliniand Gallery Organized bytheMacKenzieArt Daniel Jewesbury Curated byAnthonyKiendl,withessay by Gallery Organized bytheMacKenzieArt TH TH TH TH Floor, 4March –26May 2021 Floor, January2021–ongoing Floor, December2020–ongoing Floor, December2020–ongoing

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MacKenzie Art Gallery.MacKenzie Art Photo: DonHall. Ruth COVID-19 Cuthand,Surviving: No. 3,2020,glassbeads,backingandthread,vinyllettering onglass. Gallery. CollectionofMacKenzieArt Collectionofthe 2020/2021 27 PERMANENT COLLECTION ACQUISITIONS ACQUISITION HIGHLIGHTS 3. 2. 1. that theywouldputtheWILDbackintowest. universe broughtthemtogetherandtheyknewinstantly and therestoodBelleSauvage. Thepowersofthe turnbacktime…”time, ifIcould arainbowappeared clicked hisheelsandrepeated turnback “If Icould crap outofCusteragainandagain,Iwould.” As he his mantra, turnbacktimeandbeatthe “If Icould out oftheshadowsfringeandfeathers. Hebegan Buffalo come Boy knewthathehadtobreakfreeand ANNUAL REPORT cowgirl alternativetoplaying Indianprincessorsquaw. Day’s Calamity Jane, providesIndigenouswomen witha withagun-toting,gender-bendingSauvage, nodtoDoris who soldtheWildWest totheworld. Blondeau’s Belle present across-dressing,queercritiqueoftheman Bill, flashesfishnetstockingsandastringofpearlsto within. Buffalo Stimson’s Boy, looselybasedon Buffalo with thosestereotypesinordertodismantlethemfrom andBlondeaualter egos,Stimson subversivelyplay stereotypical rolesforIndigenouspeople. Throughtheir on imagesthathaveprescribedalimitednumberof oftheWestIn popularculture,themyth hasbeenbuilt the West (Western FrontSeries) (2006–10). Boy Putting &BelleSauvage: theWILDBackin irreverent andsatiricalphotographicseries,Buffalo highlights for2020–2021isthepurchaseoftheir performance art. ofthemajorcollecting One and influentialfiguresinCanadianpost-colonial Boy twoofthemostimportant &BelleSauvage—are andLoriBlondeau—a.k.a.Adrian Stimson Buffalo http://openresearch.ocadu.ca/id/eprint/1662/ Ryan RiceandCarla Taunton, “Buffalo Boy: ThenandNow,” Fuse Magazinevol. 32,no. 2(1992): 25. (Winnipeg: MAWA, 2004),28. Lori Blondeau, KindaPrincess Some , MentoringArtistsFor Women’s Art:Culture ofCommunity,ed. Vera Lemecha https://plugin.org/exhibitions/adrian-stimson-and-lori-blondeau-putting-the-wild-back-in-the-west-buffalo-boy-and-belle-sauvage/ Excerpt ofexhibitiondescriptionforBuffalo Sauvage: Boy &Belle Putting theWILDBackin West, PlugInICA,2010. 1

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underlines its support of Saskatchewan art histories. art ofSaskatchewan underlines itssupport and Indigenousart growing collectionofcontemporary of thisoutstandingcollaborativeworkaddstothegallery’s MFA fromtheUniversity ofSaskatchewan. Thepurchase fromtheBlackfootartist SiksikaNationwhoreceivedhis University isanAlberta-based Art, ofManitoba;Stimson nowonfacultyattheSchoolof fromSaskatchewan, artist Blondeauto Saskatchewan: isaCree/Saulteaux/Métis narratives andthesettlerimaginary. Both havestrongties intocolonial recognition oftheirperformativeinterventions with GovernorGeneral’sAwards in inVisualandMediaArts Both andBlondeau Stimson havebeenrecentlyhonoured the grandopeningofWinnipeg’sPlugInICAin2010. exhibition curatedbyAnthonyKiendltocoincidewith white photographsinthisacquisitionwereincludedan of stereotypes.” record thatexposestheabsurdityandconstructedness arecreatinganewphotographic and BelleSauvage peoples throughtheWestern lens. Ineffect, Buffalo Boy document, record,produceandconstructAboriginal examination ofhowphotographshavebeenusedto Carla Taunton note,theworksupports “the continued them oftheirpowerandmeaning. AsRyan Riceand colonialtropes,therebyemptying nineteenth-century parodicallyenacting and non-Indigenousparticipants impromptu exchangescaughtoncamerasawIndigenous photo sessionswithinvitedaudiencemembers. The withastagesetforinteractive skull, providedtheartists with mountainbackdrop,whiskeybottle,andbison in2004. Gallery Art A “Wild West” diorama,complete andperformancesattheMendel photographs, artefacts, cowboy iconographyfirstappearedinanexhibitionof andBlondeau’sStimson collaborativerethinkingof 3 ShotinVancouver, thetenblackand white photographonpaper, edition1/1,41x51cm. Gallery. Collection oftheMacKenzieArt Photo:AdrianStimson. Lori Blondeau, andAdrianStimson

Belle Sauvage&BuffaloBoy: Putting theWildBack intothe West (The Western FrontSeries), 2006–2010,blackand 2020/2021 28 29 ACQUISITIONS & WORKS ON LOAN ACQUISITIONS Collection of the MacKenzie Art Gallery Gallery Collection oftheMacKenzieArt 152.4 x101.6cm edition 5/5 archival pigmentprintonpaper, Roots (3),2019 Deeper theWounded, Deeperthe Gallery Collection oftheMacKenzieArt 152.4 x101.6cm edition of5(1AP) archival pigmentprintonpaper, Roots (2),2019 Deeper theWounded, Deeperthe Gallery Collection oftheMacKenzieArt 101.6 x152.4cm edition of5(1AP) archival pigmentprintonpaper, Roots (1),2019 Deeper theWounded, Deeperthe Canadian [African-Canadian], born1992 Esmaa Mohamoud Gallery Collection oftheMacKenzieArt 23 x2016cm(approx.) grommets, edition1/10 coffee, sand,chamois,leathercord,metal of Darsána),2020 takeawaycannot (NotVishnu:NewWays possessThere isnothingyoucan whichI Canadian, born1981 Divya Mehra Gallery Collection oftheMacKenzieArt 63.5 x48.7cm(framed) vinyl letteringonglass glass beads,thread,backing, COVID-19Surviving: No. 3,2020 born 1954 Canadian [PlainsCree/Scottish/Irish], Ruth Cuthand Gallery Collection oftheMacKenzieArt 41 x51cmeach on paper, edition1/1 series oftenblackandwhitephotographs Series), 2006–2010 Wild BackintotheWest (TheWestern Front &BuffaloBelle Sauvage Boy: Putting the born 1964 Canadian [Siksika,Blackfoot Nation], Adrian Stimson born 1964 Canadian [Cree/Saulteaux/Métis], Lori Blondeau PURCHASES ANNUAL REPORT gift ofWilliamWraygift Carney Gallery, Collection oftheMacKenzieArt 121.9 x61cm oil oncanvas circa 1987 Ojibwa GrandchildwithWoodland Flower I, 1932–2007 Canadian [Anishinaabe/Ojibway], Morrisseau Norval ofKen Tencergift Gallery, Collection oftheMacKenzieArt 138.4 x228cm aquatex oncanvas , 1965 Capricorn Canadian, 1926–1994 Roy Kiyooka ofPaul-Andrégift Fortier Gallery, Collection oftheMacKenzieArt 300 x12501030cm(installed. approx.) metallic paint costumes: fabric,leather, aluminum, set: steel,linoleum,ceramictile; Bras deplomb,1993 Set andCostumes forPaul-André Fortier, Canadian, born1948 Paul-André Fortier Canadian, 1923–2008 Goodwin Betty ofWilliamWraygift Carney Gallery, Collection oftheMacKenzieArt 40.7 x50.8cm onpaper acrylic Set FreeandFly, 1983 ofWilliamWraygift Carney Gallery, Collection oftheMacKenzieArt 45.5 x61cm onpaper acrylic Help andI’mBittenbyPirrana,1983 born 1951 Canadian [Anishinaabe/Ojibway], Ash Sam DONATIONS Regina Collection,2021 University of Gallery, MacKenzie Art 76.2 x98.4cm(each) 15 lightjetphotographs,vinyllettering , 2004–2005 understoryoverstory Canadian, born1948 Sandra Semchuk Canadian [Rock Cree],1947–2007 James Nicholas oftheartist gift Gallery, Collection oftheMacKenzieArt 63.5 x96.5cm chromira printonpaper project), 2006 OK, Igetit(fromHerDomain:arecipecard ofthe artist gift Gallery, Collection oftheMacKenzieArt 131 x87cm screenprint onpaper, edition1of15 Bearded Lady,2001 ofthe artist gift Gallery, Collection oftheMacKenzieArt 161.1 x116.5cm(framed) black andwhitephotograph onetchedplexiglassover oil andacrylic 1990 Mythologies: TransitionContemporary , oftheartist gift Gallery, Collection oftheMacKenzieArt 85.2 x58.5cm onplexiglas ink andacrylic Shelter Project,1988 VenturesCleo Forth, Part 5:ReginaBus oftheartist gift Gallery, Collection oftheMacKenzieArt 85.2 x58.5cm onplexiglas ink andacrylic Shelter Project,1988 VenturesCleo Forth, Part 4:ReginaBus oftheartist gift Gallery, Collection oftheMacKenzieArt 85.2 x58.5cm onplexiglas ink andacrylic Shelter Project,1988 VenturesCleo Forth, Part 3:ReginaBus oftheartist gift Gallery, Collection oftheMacKenzieArt 85.2 x58.5cm onplexiglas ink andacrylic Shelter Project,1988 VenturesCleo Forth, Part 2:ReginaBus Canadian, born1957 Leesa Streifler andJanice ofLarry Hilderman gift Gallery, Collection oftheMacKenzieArt 68.5 x105.2cm paint onhardboard Blue SkyTakes aWife,1970 1928–2016 Canadian [Potawatomi/Odawa], Daphne Odjig gift ofBruceHughRussellgift Gallery, Collection oftheMacKenzieArt 51.2 x40.7cm(paper) Exhibition Fiberpaper archival pigmentprintonEpson Agnes NM,1988 Martin,1988,Galisteo, ofBruceHughRussellgift Gallery, Collection oftheMacKenzieArt 35.4 x51.1cm(paper) paper Epson UltraSmoothFineArt archival pigmentprinton 1978 Agnes MartinontheMackenzieRiver, American, born1945 Donald Woodman oftheartist gift Gallery, Collection oftheMacKenzieArt 66.9 x101.4cm oil oncanvas What’s There,2012 oftheartist gift Gallery, Collection oftheMacKenzieArt 63.5 x96.5cm chromira printonpaper project),2006 Her Domain:arecipecard Orange ChiffonCake:responsibility (from Setting X,1997 Setting VII,1997 Marsha Kennedy(Canadian,born1951) 9 October2020–10January 2021 (Moose Jaw, SK) Moose Jaw Gallery Museum&Art Marsha Kennedy:EmbodiedEcologies Moose Jaw Gallery Museum&Art Trading: WhoopingCough,2008 Trading: SmallPox, 2008 Trading: Measles , 2008 Kokum Goes To GetHerBoy, 1984 Scottish; Irish],born1954) Ruth Cuthand(Canadian[PlainsCree; 22 January –10April2021 SK) (Saskatoon, 1and2 Gallery and Collection,CollegeArt Galleries University Art ofSaskatchewan Beads intheblood:Ruth Cuthand,aSurvey Galleries andCollection University ofSaskatchewan Art She Went toTown , 1985 Scottish/Irish], born1954) Ruth Cuthand(Canadian[PlainsCree/ 30 January –9April2021 (Regina,SK) Gallery Dunlop Art States ofCollapse Gallery Dunlop Art Hauptmann, 1893 Programme: Ames Solitaires deGerhart Edouard Vuillard (French,1868–1940) The Kiss, pre1917 Eternal Spring,pre1917 Auguste Rodin (French,1840–1917) accommodate mid-runCOVID-19closure) (exhibition andloanextendedto 2020–10January 2021 1 February ofHamilton Gallery (Hamilton,Art ON) French Symbolism The Artist’sDream:Works of ofHamilton Gallery Art LOAN ON WORKS Self-Portrait WithBunnies , 1983 Self-Portrait (Aries), 1973 Life andDeathMatters,1985 Horse andOpenCutter,1974 Blue Boat, 1973 Bilingual Banana,nodate Russell Yuristy (Canadian,born1936) accommodate mid-runCOVID-19closure) (exhibition andloanextendedto 2021 2020–7February 8 February ON) (Ottawa, Gallery Art Ottawa and AllKindsofThings Russell Yuristy: TheInsideofElephants Gallery Art Ottawa 2020/2021

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Josh Haugerud Paul Hartman Belinda Harrow Kayla Harrison Carla Harris Donna Harries Tamara Harder Lillian Hardabura-Dar Chris Harbron Michelle Harazny ElaineHannah Kathy Hancock Brent Hancock HamreKathryn John Hampton Eber Hampton MacKenzie Hamon Laurie Hammond Freddy Hammond HamiltonJo-Anne 2020/2021

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Florence Holt Mary Ellen Kitchen Nicole Little Gillian McCreary Cheryl Mueller Joan Patterson Joey Reynolds William Sherick Erik Hood Robert Kitchen Zachari Logan Sarah McCreary Mark Mulatz Wes D Pearce Sylvain Rheault Joanne Shurvin-Martin Graham Hooper Dee Kitsch Timothy Long Donna McCudden Pat Mulatz John Peet Bruce Rice Trina Sich Michelle Hunter Cassandra Klassen Cheryl Loos Rod McDonald Valerie Mulholland Robert Perry Kenn Robb Julia Siemer Kelly Husack Pam Klein Aileen Lopez Ron McDonald Amanda Mullan Verda Petry Joseph K Roberts Evanna Simpson Sotonye Igoniko Joseph Kluger BarryLotz Pat McEwen Caitlin Mullan Yvonne Petry Sheila Roberts Gerri Ann Siwek Lidia Ireland Allyne Knox Petrina Lotz Robert McEwen Riley Munro Sheila Petty Catherine Robertson Ralph Skanes Carmen Ironstar Jane Knox Melissa Lozinski Bob McFadden Lynne Murphy Jayden Pfeifer Collette Robertson Joanne Skidmore EmIronstar Murray Knuttila Apolline Lucyk John McIntosh Tim Murphy Tak Pham Ray Robertson Karl Skierszkan Kathleen Irwin Ethel Koh Blaine Lucyk Martha McIntyre Vincent Murphy Courtenay Phillips Pat Robinson John Skinner Bill Jack Dimitra Kolitsas Lise Lundlie Sheila McKague Susan Nadon Marianne Phillips Jill Rodgers Reece Skjonsby Georgina Jackson Maxim Kondrashov Mai Ly-Dolata Terence McKague Marilyn Nelson Brad Pickard Barrington Rogers Brad Slowski Jared Jacobs Lana Kondrashove Arlene Macallister Julie McKenna Jeff Nenson Megan Pippus Winnifred Rogers Nicole Small Nancy Jacoby James Kostal Alex MacDonald Susan McLaren Laurie Nenson Sara Pippus Melanie Monique Rose Brenda Smith Ray Jacoby George Koutsoulis Denise MacDonald Connie Mclaughlin Monique Nenson Chantel Poisson-Fast Kathy Rosenkranz Janis Smith Jenelle Jakobsen Lisa Koutsoulis Jesse Macdonald Anne Mclellan Katie Newman Shaun Poisson-Fast Harriet Ross Linda Smith Josh Jakubowski Julia Krueger Joel MacDonald Kristen McLeod Albert Ngui Edward Poitras Jill Ross Pamela Smith Eric James Wendee Kubik Kerry Macdonald Karla McManus May Ngui Robin Poitras Jessica Ross-Brown Stephanie Smith Doug Johnson Nikhil Kumar Lynn Macdonald Ian McNeil Michael Nicholls Annette Polasek Joan M Roy Stephen Smulan Katherine Johnson Arlene Kuntz Flora MacDonald Waller Deena McNichol Yvonne Niegas Mary-Jane Potvin Robert T Roy Claire Snyder Phil Johnson Don Kuntz Josh MacFadden Douglas McNichol John T Nilson Stephen Powell Megan Ruf Hanee Solanki Adria Johnston Michael Kurtz Cindy MacKenzie R James McNinch Linda Nilson Suzanne Pozniak Lore Ruschiensky Michele Sorensen Bonnie Johnston Bernadette Kutarna Amber MacLeod Kurtis Medhurst Solveig Nilson Vanessa Prevost Danielle Sakundiak Paul Spasoff Don Johnston Aaron Kyle Connor MacNeil Donald Meikle Erik Norbraten Gord Pritchard Kim Sakundiak Cheryl Stadnichuk Janelle Johnston Sharron Labatt Jera MacPherson Marie-France Menc Vivian Norbraten Francine Proulx-Kenzle Ben Salloum Deron Staffen

MACKENZIE MEMBERS MACKENZIE Tracy Johnston Bryce Lacombe Lorna MacPherson Peter Menzies Tim Novak Jim Putz Heather Salloum Mirrian Staffen MEMBERS MACKENZIE Mike Jozsa Colin Ladyka Barbara Mader Diana Milenkovic Cindy Ogilvie Brent Pylot Johanna Salloum David Stanchuk Angus Juckes Carol LaFayette-Boyd Doug Mader James Millar Don Ogilvie Ted Quade Colleen Sampson Erin Stankewich DeVona Juckes Edie Laidlaw Colleen Mahoney Natalie Millar Melissa Oliver Czarina Querijero Laurie Sampson Sandra Staples-Jetko Elizabeth Kalmakoff Don Laing Rory Mahony Linda Miller-Wenman Audrey Olson Evan Quick Lyle Sampson Rae Staseson Vicky C Kangles Tobi Lampard Ahmed Malik Shawn Milligan Carol Olson Luanne Quick Matthew Sauder Katherine Stedwill Ashley Kanyatte Ashlee Langlois Penny Malone Whitney Schaefer Milligan Melody Olson Norma Quinn Suzanne Sauder Bruce Steele Steve Karch Ruth Langwieser Ted Malone Graeme Mitchell Olufunmilola Oluwaseye Trevor Quinn Gerald Saul Peter Steele Yuko Kawamata Gediminas Lankauskas Russell Mang Jack Mitchell Deborah O’Malley Barbara Quinney Brenda Saunders Janice Stefan Elizabeth Kazymyra Katherine Lawton Angie Marchtaler Suzanne Mitten Terrence O’Malley Faye Rafter Don Savaria Mark Stefan Marlyn Keaschuk Beryl Ledingham Linda Marchtaler Kim Mock Arthur Opseth Christine Ramsay Theresa Savaria Andrea Sterzuk Michael Keaschuk Diana Lee Edith Marshall Ali Molaro Mary Opseth Alexander Ranger Evie Sawatzky Patricia Sterzuk Tammi Keith Rori Lee Ashley Martin Jennifer Mooney Angela Ottenbreit Ken Rasmussen Neil Sawatzky Miranda Stewart Louise Kelly Yueh Lee Jackie Martin Eileen Moore Maureen Ottenbreit Larry G Raynard Peter Sawchyn Bob Stirling Colleen Kembel Kelly Leichert Joshua Martin Emily Moore Celia Overend James Rayner Carol Schick Brian Stockton Peg Kessler Kama Leier Patty Martin Lyall Moore Deb Pacholka Michelle Rebinsky Nathan Schissel Sheila Stoffel Iuliia Khimchak Roger Lepage Victoria Martin D Morgan Ernie Pappas Dawn Redmond-Bradley Robin Schlaht Florence Stratton Anthony Kiendl Ron Leray Philippe Mather Jeremy Morgan Donalda Parker Steve Reilly Stephanie Schlechter Maureen Stuart Carol Kilpatrick Sisi Li Brittany Mattick Rob Morley Karen Pask-Thompson Jessica Reimer Wanda Schmockel Elaine Stutt Patti Kindred Kelly Liberet Ken Mazur Sheila Moxley Chris Pasterfield Mike Reiss Ron Scott Rod Stutt Daniel Kirby Bonnie Little Darlene McClelland Teresa Moxley Karen Pasterfield Andrea Rempel Bonnie Senger Louise E Sutherland Lori Kirby Lyle Little Ross McClelland Raegan Moynes Dolinkumar Patel Peter Resch William Sgrazzutti Dianne Swanson

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Gregory Swanson Vivian Wasiuta Susan Zmetana Carrie Sweeney Rod Watson Elizabeth Zmetana Mahony Joshua Switzer Brenda Watt Liubov Zonova Amanda Swystun Brett Waytuck Myra Zubot Mitchell Jeremy Swystun Sabine Wecker Ron Taylor Lorraine Weidner VOLUNTEERS Nathaniel Teed Jeremy Weimer Sanaz Dehghani Gerald Tegart Dennis Weist Mary Ference Lisa Telfer Dean Wenman Brittany Gogel Kam Teo Olivia Wensel Leanne Sumners Louise Tessier Constance M Wernikowski Brianne Urzada Kimberly Third Steven Wernikowski Chantel MacCorquodale C Elaine Thompson Vanessa West Kate Thompson Victoria R Whitmore Sarah Timewell Kristina Wiebe Helen Timm Susan Wiebe Ben Tingley Cameron Wiest Dieter Toews Margaret Wigmore Charlie Toman Mark Wihak Aydin Torkabadi Diane Will Maria Trebuss Gilbert Will Carol Tremblay Edward Willett Mavis Tremblay Elias Williams Sybile Tremblay Greg Willner Angela Tremka Barbara Willows MACKENZIE MEMBERS MACKENZIE Valerie Triggs Greg Willows Robert Troff Janet Wilson Wayne Tunison Jelani Wilson Morgan Tunzelmann Rod Wood Iryn Tushabe Shirley Wood Rob Tyler Alyssa Woolhether Laura Ursu Darlene Woywoda Brianne Urzada Rose Wynnyk Keith Ustupski Brittany Yang Jackie van Schie Chris Yang Hope Van Vliet Marlene Yaqub William Vancise Brand Yarnton Judy Vanderleest Celeste York Elizabeth Verrall Richard Yoshida Mackenzy Vida Waddah Younes Hannah Volke Daryle Young Juliana Wafula Loranne Young Kendra Walker Hagere Selam ‘shimby’ Louise Walker Zegeye-Gebrehiwot Sharon Wall Frances Zerr Images (Top): Installation view of Reflecting Dis-ease: eh ateh pahinihk ahkowiwin—Rethinking Pandemics through and Indigenous Lens, 2021, MacKenzie Art Gallery. (Bottom: Left to Right): Installation view of Human Capital, 2021, MacKenzie Art Gallery. Installation view of Divya Mehra: From India to Canada Shirley Warden Sylvia Ziemann and Back (There is Nothing You Can Possess Which I Cannot Take Away), 2021, MacKenzie Art Gallery. Photos: Don Hall. Vera Wasiuta Joel Zimmerly

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BOARD OF TRUSTEES MACKENZIE ART GALLERY STAFF

BOARD OF TRUSTEES

Members Governance Committee Linda Allen-Hardisty Linda Allen-Hardisty Anne Brochu Lambert Sanaz Dehghani Sanaz Dehghani Mary Ference Mary Ference (Vice President) Munir Haque Asma Gehlen Ashlee Langlois (Chair) Munir Haque Riley Munro Doug Johnson Courtenay Phillips Ashlee Langlois Nathan Schissel Riley Munro Cindy Ogilvie Courtenay Phillips Nominating Committee Johanna Salloum (Past President) Images (Top Row, Left to Right): John G. Hampton, Anthony Kiendl, Caitlin Mullan, Jackie van Schie, Cat Bluemke, Michael Fahlman, Shane Grand, Joan Gunayon, Jackie Martin, Krysta Mitchell, Linda Allen-Hardisty MacKenzie Hamon (Middle Row, Left to Right): Kara Neuls, Allison Weed, Robyn Barclay, Jera MacPherson, May Ngui, Brittany Yang, Larissa Berschley MacLellan, Mike Bird, Corey Bryson, Nathan Schissel (President) Mary Ference Jonathan Carroll, Leevon Delorme (Bottom Row, Left to Right): Ken Duczek, Felicia Gay, Nicole Little, Timothy Long, Nicolle Nugent, Lillian O’Brien Davis, Marie Olinik, Tak Pham, John Reichert, Jeremy Swystun Johanna Salloum (Chair) Christy Ross, Jessie Short, Brenda Smith Nathan Schissel

Audit & Finance Committee Doug Johnson Cindy Ogilvie Office of the CEO Casual Staff John G. Hampton, Executive Director Development Rania Al-Harthi,Tamara Bartley, BOARD OF TRUSTEES & STAFF Nathan Schissel BOARD OF TRUSTEES & STAFF & CEO Robyn Barclay, Development Associate Colton Bates, Stephanie Bobetsis, Jeremy Swystun (Chair) Anthony Kiendl, Executive Director Jera MacPherson, Member & Katrina Bray, Hilary Cowen, Shane & CEO (to July 2020) Volunteer Coordinator Crerar, Dave Delaforest, Hannah Doell, Elder Betty McKenna, Elder in Residence May Ngui, Visitor Services Representative Justine Eden-Balfour Wagner Filho, Caitlin Mullan, Head of Strategic Initiatives Brittany Yang, Director of Development Ahmee Gordon, Madeleine Greenway, Olufunmilola Oluwaseye, Executive Michael Hamann, Jan Hetherington, Assistant (to May 2020) Programs Huang Joo Hee, Angela Marchtaler, Linda Jackie van Schie, Executive Assistant Larissa Berschley MacLellan, Preparator Marchtaler, Ayesha Mohsin, Jeff Morton, Mike Bird, Assistant Preparator William Nadurak, Kayla Schmaus, Erin Administration & Finance Corey Bryson, Preparator Stankewich, Kimberley Third, Firolla Cat Bluemke, Digital Operations Jonathan Carroll, Digital Villagary-Pacheco, Hanna Volke, Eve Coordinator Program Coordinator Whiteman-Desjarlais Michael Fahlman, Gallery Shop Leevon Delorme, Senior Preparator Assistant Manager Ken Duczek, Coordinator of Security Shane Grand, Senior Accountant Learning Initiatives Susan Ackerman & Analyst (to July 2020) Felicia Gay, Curatorial Fellow Marcia Dormuth Joan Gunayon, Accountant Nicole Little, Programs Assistant Lorraine Oleskiw Jackie Martin, Director of Finance Timothy Long, Head Curator James Otitoju & Operations Nicolle Nugent, Curator of Education Rick Pockett Krysta Mitchell, Administrative Assistant Lillian O’Brien Davis, Assistant Curator Rita Schuck (to February 2021) Denis Smidt Communications Marie Olinik, Collections Coordinator Georgina Sobcshyshyn MacKenzie Hamon, Communications Tak Pham, Assistant Curator Coordinator John Reichert, Head of Kara Neuls, Graphic Designer Program Operations Deborah Rush, Director of Christy Ross, Events & Communications (to May 2020) Rentals Coordinator Allison Weed, Communications Manager Jessie Short, Curatorial Assistant Brenda Smith, Conservator

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SUMMARY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

MANAGEMENT RESPONSIBILITY REPORT OF THE INDEPENDENT AUDITOR ON THE SUMMARY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS

Management of the MacKenzie Art Gallery is responsible for the integrity of the financial data reported by the Gallery. To the Members of MacKenzie Art Gallery Incorporated Copies of full audited financial statements are available by contacting Jackie Martin, Director of Finance & Operations at (306) 584-4250 ext. 4275 or by visiting our website at mackenzie.art. OPINION The summary financial statements, which comprise the summary balance sheet as at March 31, 2021, and the summary statement of revenue and expenses for the year ended, and related notes, are derived from the audited financial statements of MacKenzie Art Gallery Incorporated (the “Gallery”) for the year ended March 31, 2021.

In our opinion, the accompanying summary financial statements are in fair summary of the audited financial statements, in accordance with the criteria disclosed in Note 1 to the summary financial statements.

John G. Hampton Jackie Martin SUMMARY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Executive Director & CEO Director of Finance & Operations The summary financial statements do not contain all the disclosures required by Canadian accounting standards for not- June 2, 2021 June 2, 2021 for-profit organizations. Reading the summary financial statements and the auditor’s report thereon, therefore, is not a substitute for reading the Gallery’s audited financial statements and the auditor’s report thereon.

AUDITED FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND OUR REPORT THEREON In our report dated June 2, 2021:

• we expressed an unmodified audit opinion on the audited financial statements,

FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FINANCIAL • we included an Emphasis of Matter paragraph drawing attention to the note in the financial statements that STATEMENTS FINANCIAL described a prior period adjustment.

MANAGEMENT’S RESPONSIBILITY FOR THE SUMMARY FINANCIAL STATEMENTS Management is responsible for the preparation of the summary of financial statements on the basis described in Note 1.

AUDITOR’S RESPONSIBILITY Our responsibility is to express an opinion on whether the summary financial statements are fair summary of the audited financial statements based on our procedures, which were conducted in accordance with the Canadian Auditing Standard (CAS) 810, Engagements to Report on Summary Financial Statements.

Chartered Professional Accountants June 2, 2021 Regina, Saskatchewan

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MACKENZIE ART GALLERY SUMMARY BALANCE SHEET MACKENZIE ART GALLERY SUMMARY STATEMENT OF REVENUES & EXPENSES AS AT MARCH 31, 2021 FOR THE YEAR ENDED MARCH 31, 2021

March 31, 2021 March 31, 2020 March 31, 2021 March 31, 2020

Assets Revenue Current assets Operating Grants $ 1,279,120 $ 1,291,620 Cash $ 2,782,898 $ 3,647,922 Programming Grants 228,610 233,971 Short-term Investments 1,242,542 1,009,279 Fundraising 209,866 3,026,759 Accounts Receivable 62,091 25,005 Earned 622,005 469,951 Government Remittances Receivable 6,514 11,574 Gallery Shop 19,404 28,416 Grants Receivable 88,999 - MacKenzie Trust Income Fund 15,900 31,816 Inventories 87,239 91,670 Other Income 1,157,285 6,578 Prepaid Expenses 11,744 27,647 $ 3,532,190 $ 5,089,111 4,282,027 4,813,097

Expenses Objects of Art 1 1 Exhibitions and Programs 1,465,956 1,674,830 Capital Assets Tangible 1,266,962 1,333,555 Administrative 850,331 981,477 Capital Assets Intangible 65,121 40,863 Collection Management 324,749 362,879 Long-term Investments 245,436 223,777 Marketing and Communications 281,313 375,683 1,577,520 1,598,196 Membership and Development 360,629 271,761 Permanent Collection 144,312 103,912 $ 5,859,547 $ 6,411,293 $ 3,427,290 $ 3,770,542 FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FINANCIAL STATEMENTS STATEMENTS FINANCIAL FINANCIAL

Liabilities Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenses before the following 104,900 1,318,569 Current liabilities Accounts Payable and Accrued Liabilities $ 241,474 $ 506,680 Deferred Revenue 370,787 735,669 Donations of Art 994,877 128,135 612,261 1,242,349 Permanent Collection Donations (994,187) (128,135)

Long-term liabilities Deferred Revenue 114,754 141,312 Excess (deficiency) of revenue over expenses for the year $ 104,900 $ 1,318,569 727,015 1,383,661

Equity The accompanying note is an integral part of these financial statements. Unrestricted 69,927 109,862 Other Internally Restricted 5,062,605 4,917,770

5,132,532 5,027,632

$ 5,859,547 $ 6,411,293

The accompanying note is an integral part of these financial statements.

41 42 NOTES IMAGE CREDITS On the Cover: Esmaa Mohamoud (Canadian [African-Canadian], born 1992), Deeper the Wounded, Deeper the Roots (2) (detail), 2019, archival pigment print on paper, edition of 5 (1 AP), 152.4 x 101.6 cm. Collection of the MacKenzie Art Gallery. Photo: Don Hall.

Page 9, Top to Bottom, Left to Right:Image still from Denise Ferreira da Silva and Arjuna Neuman, 4waters, 2018, 30 min., from the exhibition Paradise (To All 1. Basis of Preparation Those Who Did and Did Not Make it Across). Image still from Kim Tomczak and Lisa Steele, The Blood Records: Written and Annotated, 2019. Image still from The summary financial statements are derived from the audited financial statements for the year ended March 31, 2021 the artist talk for The Blood Records: Written and Annotated, 2020. Installation view of Jon Sasaki: Hang in There, located in Regina at Victoria Avenue and Glencairn Road, 2020. Photo: Don Hall. prepared in accordance with Canadian accounting standards for not-for-profits organizations. Page 10, Top to Bottom, Left to Right: Visitors engage with the exhibition Divya Mehra: To India to Canada and Back to India (There is nothing I can possess which you cannot take away), 2020, MacKenzie Art Gallery. Installation view of Reflecting Dis-ease: eh ateh pahinihk ahkosiwin: Rethinking Pandemics through an The preparation of the summary financial statements requires management to determine the information that needs to Indigenous Lens, 2020, MacKenzie Art Gallery. Visitors engage with the exhibition As It Unfolds: Recent Acquisitions, 2020, MacKenzie Art Gallery. Image still from the livestream of Video Games as an Art Medium With Pipen Barr, 2020, MacKenzie Art Gallery. be reflected in the summary financial statements so that they are consistent, in all material respects, with or represent a fair summary of the audited financial statements. Page 11, Top to Bottom, Left to Right: Image still from Gabriel Abrantes, A Brief History of Princess X, 2016, 16 mm film transferred to 2K, color, sound, 7 min., from the exhibition Speculating Art History. Courtesy of the artist. Image still from Sanaz Sohrabi, Auxiliary Mirrors, 2016, video with sound, 12:07 min., from the exhibition Speculating Art History. Courtesy of the artist. Ricky Lee, Shadow Boxer, 2013, Maboneng Precinct - Johannesburg. Promotional image from Yield Your The summary financial statements have been prepared by management using the following criteria: Time: A Group Reaction on Zoom, 2020. i) Whether information in the summary financial statements in agreement with the related information in the audited Page 12, Top to Bottom, Left to Right: Image created by artist Zoé Fortier for our French-language workshop. Image still from the livestream of Gone in a Flash with Natalie Lawhead, 2020, MacKenzie Art Gallery. Visitors engage with the exhibition Travelling Memory, 2020, MacKenzie Art Gallery. Visitors engage with the statements, and exhibition Christina Battle: connecting thru grasses, 2020, MacKenzie Art Gallery. ii) Whether, in all material respects, the summary financial statements contain the information necessary to avoid Page 13, Top to Bottom, Left to Right: Visitors engage with the exhibition The Multiple Lives of Drawings: European Graphic Art 1500–1800 from the MacKenzie obscuring matters disclosed in the related financial statements, including the notes thereto. Art Gallery, 2020, MacKenzie Art Gallery. Image still from the online exhibition of The Multiple Lives of Drawings: European Graphic Art 1500–1800 from the MacKenzie Art Gallery, 2020, MacKenzie Art Gallery. Installation view of Theo Sims: The Candahar, 2016, MacKenzie Art Gallery. Photo: Don Hall. Visitors engage with the exhibition The Multiple Lives of Drawings: European Graphic Art 1500–1800 from the MacKenzie Art Gallery, 2020, MacKenzie Art Gallery. The audited financial statements of MacKenzie Art Gallery Incorported are available at mackenzie.art. Page 14, Top to Bottom, Left to Right: Screen capture from Taylor McArthur, isometric room, ArtCADE. Unknown artist, Annapoorna, Benares, India, 18th century, stone, 17.3 x 9.9 x 4.9 cm. Photo: Don Hall. Installation view of Human Capital, 2020, MacKenzie Art Gallery. Photo: Don Hall. Min Sook Lee, still from Migrant Dreams, 2016, colour video, sound, 88 min. Courtesy of Cinema Politica.

Page 15 Top to Bottom, Left to Right: Image still from the livestream of Human Capital Virtual Opening, 2020, MacKenzie Art Gallery. Installation view of My FINANCIAL STATEMENTS FINANCIAL Claustrophobic Happiness: Jeanne Randolph, 2017, MacKenzie Art Gallery. Photo: Don Hall. Image still from the livestream of Locating John A. MacDonald, 2021, MacKenzie Art Gallery. Image still from the livestream of Briarpatch Magazine: Digital Publication Launch, 2021, MacKenzie Art Gallery.

Page 16 Top to Bottom, Left to Right: Installation view of ithin-eh-wuk—we place ourselves at the center: James Nicholas and Sandra Semchuk, 2021, MacKenzie Art Gallery. Photo: Don Hall. Image still from African Canadian Black History Month Launch, 2021, MacKenzie Art Gallery. Installation view of ithin-eh-wuk—we place ourselves at the center: James Nicholas and Sandra Semchuk, 2021, MacKenzie Art Gallery. Photo: Don Hall. Image still from Instagram Live Takeover with Randall Adjei, 2021, MacKenzie Art Gallery.

Page 17 Top to Bottom, Left to Right: Image still from Hilarey Cowan: Caring Capacity, online video game. Image still from Thirza Cuthand: Bipolar Journey, online video game. Image created by artist Diana Ntibandetse for our French-language workshop. Image still from the livestream of Minecraft Digital Artist in Residency launch with Digital Artist in Residence Cat Haines, 2021.

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