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M.C. EsChEr: thE MathEMagiCian

Did you know about the interesting Canadian connection to the art of M.C. Escher? The writings of University of Toronto mathematician H. S. M. Coxeter inspired Escher to do a series of prints on what he called the “Coxeter system.” One of the resulting pieces, Circle Limit III, can be seen in Glenbow’s current exhibition, M.C. Escher: The Mathemagician.

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thE Big FOUr: KEnt MOnKMan

Kent Monkman is an artist of Cree ancestry who explores non-native interpretations of Aboriginal life as depicted in historical documents and traditional western art. Monkman’s artworks offer untold, imaginary or irreverent alternatives to generally accepted storylines.

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Front cover: M.C. Escher, Sky and Water I, June 1938. Woodcut on japan paper, 48.9 x 50 cm; image: 43.8 x 43.8 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa © 2013 The M.C. Escher Company-the Netherlands. All rights reserved. Used by permission. www.mcescher.com Photo © NGC

Above: M.C. Escher, The Drowned Cathedral, January 1929, Woodcut on japan paper, 79.2 x 48.3 cm; image: 72 x 41.6 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Gift of George Escher, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, 1985 © 2013 The M.C. Escher Company-the Netherlands. All rights reserved. Used by permission. www.mcescher.com Photo © NGC

Above: Kent Monkman in his studio

His approach contrasts the mythology of the West with differing perspectives on historical reality and examines romantic notions and often negative stereotypes that continue to inform opinions about Aboriginal history and contemporary life.

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5 LAuNCh PARty The best art party in town

10 CALENDAR of EvENtS Your complete guide to Glenbow Museum for Spring/Summer 2013

12 ShoP Beautiful buys exclusive to the Glenbow Museum Shop

MadE in Calgary: thE 1970s

At 192 cm x 276.5 cm, Joice Hall’s Summer Garden (1979) represents the shift to large-scale pieces by many Calgary artists in the 1970s. As they increasingly gained national recognition, many of these artists found that their works were just as likely to be hanging in boardrooms or the galleries of public institutions as they were in private parlours.

Left: Joice Hall, Summer Garden, 1979, Collection of Glenbow Museum

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13 tALkS & touRS Learn more about the art and the artists

14 SPECIAL EvENtS Programming inspired by the feature exhibitions

16 fAmILy PRoGRAmS Fun hands-on activities for all ages

18 fRom thE PRESIDENt Donna Livingstone, interim President and CEO

20 uPComING ExhIbItIoNS Exciting exhibitions coming this fall

sPECial EVEnt: art FOr thE sEnsEs

Have your modern art and eat it, too! The art-inspired desserts served at the Blue Bottle Café in San Franciso‘s Museum of Modern Art have proven so popular that pastry chef Caitlin Freeman has published a book of recipes based on the treats (Rothko Toast or Frida Kahlo Wedding Cookies, anyone?). Now the SFMOMA chefs join Glenbow for a decadent evening featuring a talk by the author, wine and food pairings and creations by SAIT culinary students inspired by artworks found in Made in Calgary: The 1970s.

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Above: Mondrian Cake (vanilla and red velvet cake with chocolate ganache); photo: Charles Villyard

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feature exhibitionfeature exhibitionMay 25–August 18

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Maurits Cornelis Escher (1898-1972) is one of the world’s most famous and recognized artists. Images of his work are reproduced and appreciated by millions of people around the world, yet few have a sense of the depth and details of the artist’s career.

Escher toured the Italian countryside, drawing and sketching images for the prints that he would produce later in his studio at home. Mostly cross grain wood-cuts, these early works are more naturalistic representations of the Italian landscape (that are both lesser known and reproduced), with a few dream-like images such as Castle in the Air (1928) and The Drowned Cathedral (1929), that evoke the artist’s later interest in uncanny juxtapositions and architectures of the imagination.

In 1935-36, the interest that Escher had shown in the world around him expands from a more traditional study of the physical landscape to an intense engagement with the physics of the world – of reflective

This exhibition features over 50 works selected from the collection of the National Gallery of Canada, and includes prints that represent the different themes and areas of study that fascinated this extraordinary artist. The works selected for the exhibition trace Escher’s work from his earliest prints, works such as Eight Heads (1922), the first work that shows the artist’s experimentations with the regular division of a planar surface, which was produced during the artist’s enrollment at the School of Architecture and Ornamental Design in Haarlem, Netherlands.

After graduating in 1922, Escher travelled to Italy, eventually settling in Rome, where he remained until 1935. During these 12 years,

M.C. Escher, Depth, October 1955, Wood engraving and woodcut in black, green, and orange on laid japan paper, 42.5 x 30.5 cm; block: 32 x 23 cm, National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Gift of George Escher, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, 1988 © 2013 The M.C. Escher Company-the Netherlands. All rights reserved. Used by permission. www.mcescher.com Photo © NGC

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surfaces, plays with perspective and illusions of depth – and with an interest in the order, symmetry and geometric logic of mathematics. The exhibition features iconic images such as Day and Night (1938) and Sky and Water I (1938), as well as examples of Escher’s studies of the multiple variations possible in the regular division of the plane through images representing his study of glide reflection, the metamorphosis of forms and size reduction. This can be seen in works such as Circle Limit III (1959) and Circle Limit IV (Heaven and Hell) (1960).

The exhibition also includes examples of Escher’s experiments with different printmaking techniques, from the use of lithography seen in works such as The Bridge (1930) and Tropea Calabria (1931), to one of the artist’s few etchings, the mezzotint Mummified Frog of 1946. Finally, the exhibition includes examples of Escher’s plays with impossible architectures Relativity (1953), Belvedere (1958) and Waterfall (1961).

Above: M.C. Escher, Relativity, July 1953, Lithograph on cream wove paper, 39.3 x 40.3 cm; image: 27.9 x 28.9 cm. National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa. Gift of George Escher, Mahone Bay, Nova Scotia, 1990. © 2013 The M.C. Escher Company-the Netherlands. All rights reserved. Used by permission. www.mcescher.com Photo © NGC

launch partySaturday, May 25

7:00–10:00pm Pay-what-you-can at the door, cash bar Please RSVP by May 24 to rsvp@glenbow.org or 403.268.4110

laUnCh Party

SAtuRDAy, mAy 25Get your Saturday night started at our Spring/Summer Launch Party! Celebrate the opening of our latest exhibitions – M.C. Escher: The Mathemagician, Made in Calgary: The 1970s and The Big Four – at the best art party in town. Hot local band The Soft Option and our sizzling DJ, Myke Atkinson will provide the soundtrack for a night of mingling and meet-ups with visuals provided by artist Joe Kelly. The Launch Party is your opportunity to check out Glenbow after hours, while cooling your spring fever at the cash bar.

Supported by:

Visuals by Joe KellyDJ Myke Atkinson

The Soft Option

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Kent Monkman

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May 25–August 18

These kinds of scrapped cars serve a multitude of practical purposes in economically marginalized communities: potential transportation, a necessary source of spare parts or even shelter.

One of the vehicles in the installation is an “escape car” – a reference by the artist to the systematic institutionalization of Aboriginal people through the reserve system and residential schools. This legacy of incarceration continues today in the form of the disproportionate numbers of Aboriginal people in the Canadian prison system.

Monkman relates these ideas of incarceration and mobility to the first year of the Calgary Stampede. In 1912, the Stampede’s creator, Guy Weadick, had to secure permission from the federal government for Aboriginal people to legally leave their reserves to participate in the inaugural Stampede.

During his research visit to the 2012 Centennial Stampede, Monkman met with elders at the Stampede’s Indian Village.

These conversations influenced another layer of The Big Four, tying back to the hierarchy of Stampede events. While First Nations people are proud participants in many aspects of the Stampede, some of them commented on a disparity in prize money awarded for mainstream rodeo events compared to “Indian” events.

In The Big Four, Monkman uses his trademark insight and wit to create a multi-layered narrative that illuminates the significance of mobility and transportation while encouraging questions about the disparities that have plagued the relationship between Aboriginal and non-Aboriginal society throughout our shared history.

Monkman plays with numerology in the title of the exhibition: the number four refers to the financial backers of the first Calgary Stampede and is also of symbolic importance to many indigenous nations, including the Blackfoot of southern Alberta. The installation centers on four “junker” automobiles, that function as display cases for video works, native-themed collectables and artifacts from Glenbow’s collection.

Inspired by the history of the iconic Calgary Stampede at the time of its 100th anniversary in 2012, the big four is a new work by acclaimed Canadian artist Kent Monkman commissioned by Glenbow Museum.

Facing page: Glenbow Archives NA-4069-6/National Archives of Canada PA30224

in COnVErsatiOn: KEnt MOnKMan

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6:00–7:00pmConocoPhillips Theatre, Glenbow Museum Learn more: page 13

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T h e 1 9 7 0 s

Organized by Glenbow Museum; Curated by Ron Moppett

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of Made in Calgary: The 1970s, the second installment in Glenbow’s five-part Made in Calgary series, “[It’s] one thing to have all these influences, but the whole thing about exhibitions was key – that there was the opportunity to show and sell here … and away.”

For the first time, Calgary artists were able to entertain the notion of a full-time career in art making.

“You have the beginnings of artists thinking, ‘Well, I may still have to have a day job but it’s not going to be working in the mine like some people before me because there are exhibition possibilities and if things go well, maybe I don’t have to teach the rest of my life,’” says Moppett.

Such significant shifts in the attitudes of local artists in their perceptions of themselves and their work were par for the course in the ‘70s. As the city expanded upwards and outwards, so did the ambitions of its most creative citizens, gaining them recognition and respect both here at home and across Canada.

In the 1960s, social and professional hubs for local artists were limited to one or two places, but the 1970s saw the opening of a new building for the Alberta College of Art (and a new gallery within), a new arts department at the University of Calgary and a new home for Glenbow Museum.

These institutions not only made it possible for a greater variety of major national and international exhibitions to tour the city, they fostered the recruitment of art professionals from around the globe to work and teach. So while Alberta College of Art launched its new gallery with a ceramics exhibition that had just shown at England’s prestigious Victoria and Albert Museum, the College also welcomed into its classrooms and studios an influx of prestigious, university-educated artists from abroad who were exploring new mediums and idea-based art not rooted in the tradition of representation. Although traditional materials such as wood and canvas still dominated art practices in Western Canada, the import of new ideas inspired Calgary artists to explore different materials and forms, from plastic to video to performance art.

This adventurous spirit resonates through the works on display in Made in Calgary: The 1970s, revealing an artistic community in full embrace of many new avenues of expression.

“The big thing in the ‘70s was the importance of exhibitions,” says Ron Moppett, curator

Facing page: Katie Ohe, Puddle I, 1976, Collection of Glenbow Museum

May 25–August 11

made in Calgary is a five-part exhibition series that explores the character of Calgary’s artistic community from 1960 to 2000. Each exhibition will reflect the contributions of individual artists in the context of the social and cultural factors that influenced their work.

in COnVErsatiOn: PanEl disCUssiOn

thE tADPoLE QuARtEt AND mADE IN CALGARy: thE 1970SthuRSDAy, JuNE 67:00–9:00pmConocoPhillips Theatre, Glenbow Museum Learn more: page 13

In the 1970s, Calgary grew up, way up. Thanks to a petroleum-fueled economic boom, the city saw unprecedented change. In the span of a decade, the province’s population increased by a third, and our skyline scaled new heights, with Calgary superseding Chicago and New York in the annual amount of construction permits issued.

calendar of events

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MAY S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

JUNE S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30

JULY S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

AUGUST S M T W T F S 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 17 18 19 20 21 22 23 24 25 26 27 28 29 30 31

May 11 SPECIAL EVENT Asian Heritage Celebration 1:00pm

May 17 SPECIAL EVENTBuddha’s Birthday12:00pm

June 6 TALKS & TOURS In Conversation Panel Discussion: Made In Calgary: The 1970s 7:00pm

June 13 TALKS & TOURS Out For Lunch: Made in Calgary: The 1970s 12:00pm

July SPECIAL EVENTArt on the Mall Tuesdays and Thursdays (Every day during Stampede) 12:00pm

July 20 SPECIAL EVENT Art For the Senses: Modern Art Cakes7:00pm

August SPECIAL EVENTArt on the Mall Tuesdays and Thursdays 12:00pm

August 11 EXHIBITION CLOSES Made in Calgary: The 1970s

August 18 EXHIBITIONS CLOSE M.C. Escher: The Mathemagician The Big Four

May 25 TALKS & TOURSIn Conversation: Kent Monkman on The Big Four6:00pm

May 25 LAUNCH PARTYCelebrate the Spring/Summer Exhibitions7:00pm

June 18 SPECIAL EVENT Sled Island Film Screening Museum Hours 7:30 pm

June 19 SPECIAL EVENT Sled Island Film Screening Sign Painters7:30pm

for more information visit www.glenbow.org

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June 20 SPECIAL EVENT Aboriginal Awareness Week Film ScreeningRacing the Rez 7:00pm

June 22 WEEKEND AT THE MUSEUM Out of Sight Dyn-O-mite 9:00am

June 23 WEEKEND AT THE MUSEUM Out of Sight Dyn-O-mite 9:00am

MuseuM HoursMonday: ClosedTuesday–Thursday: 9:00am–5:00pm Friday: 11:30am–7:30pm Saturday: 9:00am–5:00pm Sunday: 12:00–5:00pm

LibrAry And ArcHives Hours

Tuesday–Thursday: 10:00am–4:30pm

sHoP HoursMonday–Saturday: 11:00am–6:00pmSunday: 12:00–5:30pm

event tickets And bookinGsPlease call 403.268.4110 or email: bookings@glenbow.org

Think Glenbow,it's Friday

Open Fridays until 7:30pm

May 25 SPRING/SUMMER EXHIBITIONS OPEN M.C. Escher: The MathemagicianThe Big FourMade in Calgary: The 1970s

May 30 TALKS & TOURSOut For Lunch: Made in Calgary: The 1970s 12:00pm

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With graceful, fluid lines, not dissimilar to the curves of a sleek, deconstructivist building, the jewellery design of HK + NP Studio is rooted in architecture.Hiroko Kobayashi (HK) was born in Japan, and is a graduate of the architectural program at Nihon University in Tokyo, while Canadian-born Neil Prakash (NP) is a graduate of the University of Manitoba’s architectural program. The two met while apprenticing at the same firm in 2005 and launched HK + NP five years later.

Kobayashi and Prakash’s jewellery design philosophy involves “establishing a formal language” consisting of clear forms, distinct lines and refined details.

The bangles, earrings, pendants and rings of HK + NP’s “Twist” series are informed and inspired by the soft ripples in a pond created by a light rain, the twist of silver evoking “the ripple’s presence as it moves through the room.”

The “Q” series, which includes cuff links, takes its cue from cherry blossoms emerging in the springtime. “Its simple shape holds the anticipation of those awaiting to see its beauty in moment both temporary and fleeting,” describe Prakash and Kobayashi.

HK + NP Studio designs are available in Calgary exclusively at the Glenbow Museum Shop.

Top: Q Series; Above: Twist Series

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talks & tours

OUt FOr lUnCh tOUrs

Satisfy your appetite for knowledge with our special noon-hour programming.

12:00pm Meet in the second floor lobby Members Free/General $5

MadE in Calgary: thE 1970s

thuRSDAy, mAy 30 AND thuRSDAy, JuNE 13Join exhibition curator Ron Moppett for insight and context about Calgary’s art world in the ‘70s, a time of tremendous growth and ambition in the city and the art community.

in COnVErsatiOn: KEnt MOnKMan

thE bIG fouRSAtuRDAy, mAy 25Acclaimed Canadian artist Kent Monkman discusses his largest and most ambitious diorama installation to date. The Big Four is the result of Monkman’s visit to the 100th anniversary of the Calgary Stampede in 2012 and his interactions with Glenbow’s collections. His newest work draws on archival documents, historical images, film footage, Blackfoot artifacts and historical artifacts documenting the history of the Calgary Stampede, the rodeo and the Indian Village.

Doors and bar service at 5:30pm 6:00–7:00pm ConocoPhillips Theatre, Glenbow Museum Members $10/General $12 Call 403.268.4110 to purchase tickets

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mADE IN CALGARy: thE 1970SthuRSDAy, JuNE 6Prominent Calgary artists active during the 1970s join exhibition curator Ron Moppett for a panel discussion on the myriad ways in which the decade shaped the city’s creative output – from the opening of new institutions to the influx of ideas from afar to increased corporate patronage as a result of the economic boom.

As an example of the move towards experience-based conceptual art in the ‘70s, the evening’s program will include a special performance of Paul Woodrow’s The Tadpole Quartet.

In the piece (conceived in the ‘70s and only performed once), a quartet of musicians perform a “song” by reading a music ledger painted on an aquarium, taking their cues from the shifting “notes“: the fish in the aquarium.

Doors and bar service at 6:30pm Tadpole Quartet performance at 7:00pm Panel discussion at 7:45pm ConocoPhillips Theatre, Glenbow Museum Members $10/General $12 Call 403.268.4110 to purchase tickets

Made in Calgary: The 1960s panel discussion

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special events

asian hEritagE MOnth

This May, Glenbow joins the Asian community as they celebrate their culture and heritage. Our Many Faces, Many Paths: Art of Asia gallery includes more than 80 superb sculptures from across Asia. This collection represents the splendid artistic heritage of the growing population of Asian Canadians in our city and province.

BUddha’s Birthday

fRIDAy, mAy 17Help us celebrate Buddha’s birthday during your lunch break with a talk and a ceremony, followed by cake and refreshments.

12:00pm Meet in the second floor lobby Members Free/General $5

slEd island MUsiC and arts FEstiVal sCrEEnings

Glenbow Museum partners with Sled Island to co-present intriguing and artful films.

MUsEUM hOUrstuESDAy, JuNE 18Canadian music icon Mary Margaret O’Hara stars in this film about a guard at Vienna’s Kunsthistorisches Art Museum who befriends an enigmatic visitor, sparking an exploration of their lives and the ways in which artworks reflect and shape the world.

sign PaintErsWEDNESDAy, JuNE 19A documentary about the craft of hand-lettered sign making, a once widespread trade that has come close to obsolescence thanks to the proliferation of computer designs, die-cut vinyl lettering and inkjet printers. The film profiles two dozen sign painters dedicated to preserving this time-honoured tradition.

7:30pm ConocoPhillips Theatre, Glenbow Museum Free admission with Sled Island pass Individual tickets $10 Call 403.268.4110 for ticket information.

Still from the movie Sign Painters

Standing Amida Buddha

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aBOriginal aWarEnEss WEEK

FilM sCrEEning: raCing thE rEZ

thuRSDAy, JuNE 20Join us for the Canadian premiere of the documentary Racing the Rez, followed by a discussion with director Brian Truglio. The film follows cross country runners from rival Navajo and Hopi reservation high schools in Northern Arizona. The student athletes put it all on the line for tribal pride, triumph over personal adversity and state championship glory.

Doors and bar service at 6:30pm Film at 7:00pm ConocoPhillips Theatre, Glenbow Museum Members $10/General $12 Call 403.268.4110 to purchase tickets

BlaCKFOOt BEadingfRIDAy, JuNE 21People of all ages are invited to the learn about traditional Blackfoot beadwork and then use a tabletop loom to create an original design. For further inspiration, visit the Blackfoot Gallery: Niitsitapiisinni: Our Way of Life.

11:30am–4:30pm ARC Discovery Room Free with general admission

art FOr thE sEnsEs

MOdErn art CaKEs

SAtuRDAy, JuLy 20Celebrated pastry chefs from the Blue Bottle at San Francisco’s Museum of Modern Art visit Glenbow for one night only to discuss their famous art-inspired treats. SAIT culinary students will prepare their own edible masterpieces based on their interpretations of artworks in Made in Calgary: The 1970s. Plus: wine pairings, tastings and much more.

7:00pm Second floor lobby Tickets $40 Call 403.268.4110 to purchase tickets

Koyai Clauschee (Navajo) and Darrick Joey (Navajo)running at the 2009 Page Invitational in Page, Arizona; Photo Shaun Martin

Thiebaud Cake, inspired by the painting Chocolate Cake (1971), features layers of chocolate cake, coffee ganache, and vanilla buttercream; Photo: Charles Villyard

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family programs

arC disCOVEry rOOM

The ARC Discovery Room is the perfect place for visitors of all ages to enjoy hands-on art activities and explore the ideas featured in Glenbow exhibitions.

The ARC Discovery Room is open daily during museum hours, but may be reserved for private groups and school bookings on weekdays. Please ask at the admission desk or call ahead to inquire about closures.

The activities listed below will be available from May 25–August 18.

sPiral art

Get into the spirit of Made in Calgary and have some fun with our spiral art kits, a favourite educational toy of the ‘70s generation. The intricate patterns created with these geometric drawing toys also relate to the mathematically structured illusions found in the work of M.C. Escher. Grab a template and some coloured pens and create your own trippy modern-day masterpiece.

sPinning sCUlPtUrEs

As you’ll see in Made in Calgary: The 1970s, large scale abstract sculpture came to prominence as a creative form in Calgary in the 1970s. Come to the Discovery Room and build your own miniature, movable sculptures from a variety of materials.

EXPlOratiOns in art

There’s a lot to discover in the Made in Calgary exhibition, and our exploration guide offers clues for you to follow, revealing amazing facts about Calgary and the artists working in the city during the 1970s. Pick up an activity sheet in the Discovery Room and, once it’s completed, turn it in to compete for a prize. A perfect activity to involve the whole family.

art On thE Mall

JuLy 2 – AuGuSt 29Join our museum educators out on Stephen Avenue Mall for sun, fun and collaborative art making. Our team will bring the artmaking outside on Tuesdays and Thursdays throughout the summer (and every day during Stampede).

The ARC Discovery Room is supported by:

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Weekend at the Museum supported by

$32Family admission

(Includes 2 adults & up to 4 youth)

Free for members

WEEKEnd at thE MUsEUM

out of SIGht DyN-o-mItE! JuNE 22 -23Get ready for a magical weekend of action and activities at Glenbow. Drawing on Escher’s illusory example, Glenbow presents Out of Sight Dyn-O-mite!, featuring magician Malcom Russell’s sleight of hand magic, which includes both new and classic tricks and feats of mental dexterity. Just as M.C. Escher is famed for creating mind-bending “impossible landscapes,” magician Russell promises to make the “impossible … suddenly, delightfully possible.”

All weekend there will be plenty of ‘70s-inspired arts and crafts activities for all ages. Get a blast from the past by decorating your own Pet Rock or creating a Velveteen painting. Whether you’re a parent or a kid, we’re sure you’ll create something that’s both out-of-sight and dyn-o-mite!

All activities, workshops and supplies are included with admission or membership.

9:00am–5:00pm $32 Family admission (Includes two adults and up to four youth) Free for members Please visit www.glenbow.org for details.

Magician Malcom Russell

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from the president

Glenbow provides Calgarians with a sense of place – an appreciation for the history that has shaped us and the influences that continue to change the way we look at the world.

This sense of place is an evolving thing, constantly up for interpretation and fresh perspectives. Glenbow’s remarkable collections offer exciting possibilities to increase understanding, to share ideas, and to make sometimes surprising connections between the stories embedded in objects and artworks and the audiences who discover them.

Glenbow’s five-part exhibition series, Made in Calgary, is an engaging way of celebrating Calgary’s creative community while placing it in the larger context of history, art and culture. This showcase of the remarkably diverse art that

Calgary has produced over the last 50 years explores the city’s artistic heritage and captures the personal stories of the artists who have been instrumental in building our art community.

As each decade in the Made in Calgary series is unveiled in the galleries, it is exciting to witness how art making in Calgary has grown and changed over the years. One consistent theme is the supportiveness and community spirit that thrives with each new generation of artists.

Glenbow’s greatest sense of place comes from people. Calgarians from all backgrounds inspire the exhibitions and programs that we create and bring to the museum. We seek to set the stage for curiosity and discovery, and we look to our community to help us define what is relevant and meaningful to our audiences.

Above: Photo by Dave Brown;

We seek to set the stage for curiosity and discovery, and we look to our community to help us define what is relevant and meaningful to our audiences.

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nEW aCQUisitiOns

Thanks to a generous gift by one of our most supportive patrons, Glenbow Museum recently acquired two paintings by Group of Seven members.

The acquisition of A.J. Casson’s Cache Bay (1919) and Franklin Carmichael’s Barns and Elms, Southern Ontario (c. 1932) are a welcome addition to Glenbow’s Group of Seven collection, which includes 38 paintings and many more prints and drawings from the famed collective that initiated Canada’s first distinct national art movement in the 1920s and 30s.

Given that he was primarily known as a watercolourist, Carmichael’s oil/board piece is an interesting departure from the better known works of this founding member of the Group of Seven. The painting dates from later in his career and is a welcome addition to the existing 10 works – seven paintings and three prints – by the artist in Glenbow’s collection.

Cache Bay, on the other hand, is a relatively early piece by Casson, who produced the work while under the apprenticeship of Carmichael. It’s one of two studies of Cache Bay that Casson painted in 1919, the other being a watercolour, and is one of three other works by the artist in our collection.

This generous gift exemplifies the spirit through which Glenbow thrives as one of Canada’s leading museums of art and history. The vast majority of artworks and artifacts that are added to Glenbow’s original collections come from donors. Needless to say, such patronage is key to building our collection.

A.J. Casson, Cache Bay (1919) Collection of Glenbow Museum.

Gift of the McMorland Family, in loving memory of Donald McMorland 2012.

Artists, historians, curators, collectors, critics, volunteers, visitors, members, teachers and school children all help inform what happens inside the museum. We invite you to connect your story with ours by visiting and experiencing Glenbow this season.

Donna Livingstone Interim President and CEO

upcoming exhibitions

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War intO landsCaPE: OttO diX and a.y. JaCKsOn

SEPtEmbER 8, 2013–JANuARy 19, 2014Glenbow Museum is proud to present the inaugural exhibition of the Canadian Museum of Civilization’s War into Landscape.

This exhibition shows how two artists on opposite sides of two conflicts responded to war and its aftermath. Focusing on landscape paintings, it features nationally important artworks by Group of Seven member A.Y. Jackson side-by-side with significant works by famed German artist Otto Dix that have never before been seen in Canada.

As a soldier, A.Y. Jackson experienced Canada’s First World War successes and tragedies firsthand, and this marked his emergence as a Canadian nationalist, providing the foundation for his life’s endeavors to be a painter of Canada and a nation builder through art.

Like Jackson, Otto Dix found his artistic direction as a soldier in the mud and trenches of First World War Battlefields. Influenced by the German art movements of Expressionism, Futurism and Dada, Dix is one of the best known

Above: A.Y. Jackson, A Copse, Evening 1918, Beaverbrook Collection of War Art; Right: Chris Cran, Self-Portrait Watching a Man about to Shoot Himself in the Foot, 1985, Collection of Glenbow Museum

German artists of the 20th Century. He often turned to landscape painting to express personal feelings about his German identity and to depict war’s destructive impact on nature and humanity.

Accompanied by a wealth of contemporary photography and the artists’ correspondence, this groundbreaking exhibition reveals how this tumultuous period shaped the artistic output of both men, resulting in contrasting but equally powerful expressions of Canadian and German national identity.

MadE in Calgary: thE 1980s

SEPtEmbER 8, 2013–JANuARy 5, 2014The 1980s: Our city’s ever-changing skyline gained a new landmark as the Petro Canada Tower rose past the Calgary Tower, becoming the city’s – and the West’s – highest building. Calgary also gained the international spotlight, playing host to the world at the ’88 Winter Olympics.

Such expansion and ambition marked developments in Calgary’s artistic community as well.

Jeffrey Spalding, executive director of the Museum of Contemporary Art Calgary, curates the third installment in Glenbow’s Made in Calgary series.

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