Fall 2018 promises to be out of this world at Glenbow. The exhibition lineup includes: Cosmos: Gathie Falk, Margaret Nazon and Erik Olson; The Arctic: Real and Imagined Views from the Nineteenth Century; and One New Work Tamara Lee-Anne Cardinal: Feet on the Ground.
Cosmos, curated by Mary-Beth Laviolette features works of art that explore the mysteries of the universe. The celestial studies are the work of three contemporary artists: Erik Olson’s planetary portraits; Gathie Falk’s expressionist starscapes; and Margaret Nazon’s Hubble Telescope-inspired traditional beadwork.
Arctic, curated by Travis Lutley, features art from Arctic expeditions between 1818—1876, including the search for Franklin and his crew and the final British attempt to navigate the Northwest Passage, juxtaposed with Indigenous and European artifacts and contemporary commentary by Inuit cultural consultants James Kuptana and Sophia Lebessis.
One New Work, curated by Nancy Tousley, features Calgary-based Tamara Lee-Anne Cardinal, an emerging multimedia and performance artist and community activist, who uses the women’s Pow Wow Jingle Dress Dance and its regalia as key elements of her art practice, in which she seeks a deeper understanding of herself and her Indigenous culture.
A select group of guests gathered at Glenbow Sept. 28 to be the first to experience the new fall exhibitions at an exclusive VIP opening reception. After the formal reception, scores of Glenbow supporters attended the public Launch Party, the biggest and best art party in town.
Spotted at the VIP reception were: Glenbow president and CEO Donna Livingstone; board chair Irfhan Rawji and his wife Christine Armstrong; Alberta Minister of Infrastructure Sandra Jansen; Imperial Oil president and CEO and new Glenbow board member Rich Krueger and his wife Jennifer; new board member and Boston Consulting Group partner and managing director Ross Middleton; Viviane Art’s Viviane Mehr, Jenna Klein Waller and Elizabeth Middleton; BMO Nesbitt Burns’ Scott McCreath; avid Glenbow supporters Cliff and Leslie Fryers; Fellow of Glenbow and contributor to the Arctic exhibition Rod Green; past Glenbow board chair Jim McLeod; legendary artist Chris Cran; independent curator Diana Sherlock; Alberta Liberal Party Leader David Khan; Harris Kirshenbaum; and Ethel Gibbs, proud grandmother of artist Erik Olson.
The exhibitions run through Jan 6, 2019.
From left: at Glenbow’s exclusive VIP opening reception held Sept. 28 are Christine Armstrong and her husband, Glenbow board chair Irfhan Rawji and Alberta Minister of Infrastructure Sandra Jansen. The reception afforded guests the opportunity to view Glenbow’s new fall exhibitions.
From left: Viviane Art’s Jenna Klein Waller, Viviane Mehr and Elizabeth Middleton.
Alberta Liberal Party Leader David Khan with avid Glenbow supporter Harris Kirshenbaum.
Artist Erik Olson and his proud grandmother Ethel Gibbs at Glenbow’s exclusive VIP opening reception featuring Glenbow’s new fall exhibitions. Olson’s portraits of planets are part of the exhibit Cosmos, which runs at the Glenbow Museum through Jan 6.
From left: BMO Nesbitt Burns’ Scott McCreath, Cliff Fryers, past Glenbow board chair Jim McLeod and Rod Green, Fellow of Glenbow and contributor to Glenbow’s exhibition The Arctic.
From left: renowned artist Chris Cran, Glenbow Fellow and curator Nancy Tousley and Diana Sherlock.