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WILLIAM KURELEK GOES DIGITAL AT THE WINNIPEG ART GALLERY

Among the treasures stored online as part of the new joint venture kurelek.ca — a video of William Kurelek’s basement art studio and a trailer for the re-mastered 1970 documentary William Kurelek’s...

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COLLECTOR'S INFLUENCE: Western Canada

Like many museums in North America, Western Canada’s large public galleries were started with the collections of private donors.

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KAG, AGA ANNOUNCE NEW, UPGRADED POSITIONS

Charo Neville has been recently appointed curator at the Kamloops Art Gallery, as predecessor Annette Hurtig moves into the position of adjunct curator. And in Edmonton, Catherine Crowston has taken on...

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VICTORIA GALLERY AWARDS FIRST AUDAIN FELLOWSHIP

The Art Gallery of Greater Victoria will undertake a curatorial project exploring the history of Aboriginal artists and artists of colour on Vancouver Island and the Gulf Islands, part of the gallery’s...

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ONTARIO ARTISTS WIN 2011 SOBEY ART AWARD

Daniel Young and Christian Giroux are the recipients of the 2011 Sobey Art Award, winning the $50,000 top prize at a ceremony at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in October, 2011.

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Early Bill Reid Works Donated to Museum of Anthropology

In December 2011, MOA received an extraordinary gift from Dr. Sydney Friedman (Professor Emeritus, UBC Faculty of Medicine) and his late wife, UBC Emerita Constance Friedman (formerly Professor Emerita...

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University of Montana students visit Medalta for one month

The Medalta International Artists in Residence program can add the University of Montana to its list of partners. In 2011, both organizations agreed on a partnership which would enable promising...

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Vancouver Art Gallery Permanent Collection Expands by More than 150 Works in...

Key acquisitions of historical and contemporary art expanded the Vancouver Art Gallery’s permanent collection by 156 works in 2011, with 113 works received through private donation.

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Royal BC Museum Appoints Jack Lohman as New CEO

The Royal BC Museum Board of Directors has named British cultural leader and scholar Jack Lohman as the organization’s new Chief Executive Officer. He will assume his new position on March 26, 2012.

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Alberta artist Les Manning named to Order of Canada

The announcement, which came on December 30, 2011 from Canada’s Governor General’s office, celebrated “his contributions to the promotion of ceramics, as an artist, teacher and arts advocate.”

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The Contemporary Art Gallery reaches outside of the gallery walls

In its 41st year the Contemporary Art Gallery continues to break barriers with collaborations taking contemporary art to the streets of Vancouver.

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IMCA and MOCA announce Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) to guide their joint...

Today’s joint announcement by the city’s Museum of Contemporary Art Calgary (MOCA) and Institute of Modern and Contemporary Art (IMCA) marks a new chapter in Calgary’s cultural development.

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WAG Premium Membership Program Gives Access to Arts and Culture across North...

The Winnipeg Art Gallery is introducing a Premium Membership that offers WAG members free/discounted admission to over 535 museums across North America.

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Love Art? There’s an app for that!

Regina, SK – Today, the MacKenzie Art Gallery launched a new app for iPhone and iPad and a new website, designed to boost people’s online engagement with the Gallery.

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'Centre A' Announces First Comprehensive Presentation of Contemporary Chinese...

"Yellow Signal: New Media in China" consists of Six Exhibitions and One Film Screening Taking Place in Various Venues Throughout Metro Vancouver, Beginning March 2012

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First exhibition announced for Royal BC Museum at Wing Sang

"Curious", the first museum exhibition at the satellite gallery, Royal BC Museum at Wing Sang, will run from June 14 to September 3, 2012 in Vancouver’s historic core.

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Okanagan Print Triennial 2012

The Kelowna Art Gallery is pleased to announce that Halifax-based artist Mitch Mitchell has been selected as the winner of the Okanagan Print Triennial 2012.

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Public Access to Research Treasure Trove

JSTOR, short for journal storage, is a not-for-profit service which allows entry to a trusted archive of more than a thousand scholarly journals. This service is now available at the Esplanade Archives...

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Manitoba Arts Council 2012 Major Arts Grants Announced

The Major Arts Grant allows artists whose work shows exceptional quality or accomplishment to concentrate on a specific project relating to their creative artistic work.

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Object from Captain Cook's collection donated to MOA

Last privately held object from Captain Cook's collection donated to UBC Museum of Anthropology.

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