Lasting Legacy: Honoring the History of Visual Arts at Extension

poster image: Professor Harry Wohlfarth instructs students in sketching live model, January 13, 1966 (no photographer named)

2022–23 Ticket Information

FAB Gallery, 1-1 Fine Arts Building
University of Alberta
(780) 492-2081
gallery@ualberta.ca

Gallery Hours

May 16 – June 10, 2023: 
Tuesday to Friday from 12:00pm–5:00pm

June 22 – July 15, 2023:
Thursday, Friday & Saturday from 12:00pm–5:00pm; closed July 1

September through April:
Tuesday to Friday from 12:00pm–5:00pm; Saturday from 2:00pm–5:00pm

Admission is free. Masks are strongly recommended indoors on the University of Alberta campus.

Lasting Legacy: Honoring the History of Visual Arts at Extension

June 22 – July 15, 2023

FAB Gallery
Main Floor

Opening Reception

University of Alberta faculty, staff, students and invited guests
Thursday, June 22
7:00–9:00pm
FAB Gallery

The Department of Extension was formed in 1912, a mere four years after the University of Alberta itself was founded in 1908, and visual arts have played a significant role since these early days. As a distinct program, it traces its roots back to the programs initiated by HG Glyde who, along with the likes of Annora Brown, brought painting courses to rural communities in the 1930s. Over the past hundred years, the subsequent impact that the program and those involved have had on arts in the province cannot be overstated: including the founding of the Banff Summer School (now the Banff Centre for Arts & Creativity), to the formation of Latitude 53 by Harry Savage and Sylvain Voyer. Although 2023 marks the final year of the formal certificate program, and Extension has become Online and Continuing Education, this creates different opportunities moving forward. For its part, Lasting Legacy offers a glimpse into this incredible program and the stories of the people whose impact is undeniable.

Curated by:

Megan Bertagnolli

Featuring work by: 

Dan Bagan; Paul Braid; Annora Brown; Scott Cumberland; James Davies; Ihor Dymytruk; Giesla Feldsberg; HG Glyde; Les Graff; Jerry Heine; Charles Hilton; Noburo Kubo; Riki Kuropatwa; AC Leighton; Amy Loewan; Brenda Malkinson; Izabella Orzelski; Walter J Phillips; Harry Savage; Carol & Richard Selfridge; Sylvain Voyer; Ella May Walker; Samantha Walrod; Ron Wigglesworth; Gillian Willans; and Harry Wohlfarth

 

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