Diversity in Art and Artists - National Gallery of Canada

All sessions are on a Wednesday at 10:15 in the National Gallery auditorium
National Gallery of Canada
Wednesday
Morning
Study Group
2011-2012
Diversity
in Art
and
Artists
The Diversity in Art theme offers
another opportunity to be part of a
stimulating professional environment
that showcases the diversity of artists
and their practices, and the diversity of
art. In all their variety, the arts have the
capacity to enrich the lives of everyone.
Cultural and social diversity can be
promoted and positively influenced
through art.
September 7, 2011
Jonathan Shaughnessy, Assistant
Curator, Contemporary Art, NGC
Louise Bourgeois 1911-2010
Thaddeus Holownia, Head of Fine
Arts, Mount Allison Univ., N.B.
Why I Love My Letterpress
September 14, 2011
Gordon Harrison, Canadian
Landscape Artist, Ottawa
The Colours of Canada: Coast to Coast
Catherine Vamvakas Lay
Sculptor, Toronto
Triad: Spirit, Material, Process
October 5, 2011
Mario Bencomo, Colourist,
Cuban-American, Miami
Colour: The Logic of Ecstasy
Dahlia Morgan, former Director,
Florida International Univ. Museum,
Miami
Pop Art: Pure Americana
October 19, 2011
Rita Letendre, Quebec Artist,
Toronto-based
The World of Rita Letendre:
Interview with Denise Leclerc, Curator of
Modern Canadian Art, NGC
November 9, 2011
Adelheid Gealt, Director,
Indiana Univ. Art Museum, Ind.
Creative Attachments:
Artists' Parents, Siblings,
Courtships, Spouses, Families,
Lovers and Friends
November 23, 2011
Tim Murray, Architect
The Essential Frank Lloyd Wright
Catherine Lane
Good Hair Days:
The Pre-RaphaeliteVision
December 7, 2011
Ersen Cogulu
The Art of Turkish Carpets and more
Louise Déry, Director
Galerie de l'UQAM, Montreal
Metamorphosis:
Canadian Artists in Istanbul
January 18, 2012
Nazan Fathy
Die Brücke and German Expressionism
Ellen McLeod
Bloomsbury Artists: Vanessa Bell,
Duncan Grant
and their Charleston Farmhouse
February 8, 2012
Anabelle Kienle, Assistant Curator
European and American Art, NGC
Van Gogh: Up Close
Pamela Thompson
Come into my Parlour: Visitor or Victim
February 22, 2012
Pauline Dodds
The Art of Caricature
Cecilia Peterson
Realism in European Art, 19C:
Millet and others
March 7, 2012
Yumiko Tsunakawa
Ikebana: Its Beauty and Diversity in
Japanese Art
Zachary Jacobson
Folk Art of Nova Scotia
March 21, 2012
Maureen Beard Freedman
Chagall: Storyteller
Edith Pahlke
Anselm Kiefer: A Diverse Body of Work
April 11, 2012
Mitchell Frank, Associate Professor
Art History, Carleton Univ.
The Art of Max Liebermann
C.J. Fleury, Artist, Wakefield, Que.
Postcards from the Piazzas: Public Art in
Little Italy
April 25, 2012
Josée Drouin-Brisebois,
Curator Contemporary Art, NGC
54th International Art Exhibition:
La Biennale di Venezia 2011
(Venice Biennale)
Marti Todd
The Peacock Room, The Princess from
the Land of Porcelain and James McNeill
Whistler

National Gallery of Canada
Wednesday
Morning
Study Group
2011-2012
Diversity
in Art
and
Artists
The Diversity in Art theme offers
another opportunity to be part of a
stimulating professional environment
that showcases the diversity of artists
and their practices, and the diversity of
art. In all their variety, the arts have the
capacity to enrich the lives of everyone.
Cultural and social diversity can be
promoted and positively influenced
through art.
The Wednesday Morning Study
Group is run by members of the
Volunteers’ Circle of the National
Gallery of Canada.
Members of the Group and invited
speakers present illustrated talks
on the year’s chosen topics. There
are usually two papers of forty
minutes each per session.
Programs offered by the
Volunteers’ Circle include daytours,
extended travel to major
galleries and museums for
Members of the NGC, other Study
Groups and school outreach
programs such as Vive les arts !
and Looking at Pictures.
For information and volunteer
opportunities, please contact
Volunteers’ Circle of the
National Gallery of Canada
Box 333, Station A
Ottawa, ON K1N 8V3
Tel: (613) 241-2787
E-mail:
Volunteers.circle@gallery.ca
This program is presented by the Volunteers’
Circle of the National Gallery of Canada, a
registered charitable organization.
Wednesday Morning Study
Group
Founded in 1966, the Group has
grown from half a dozen people
who gathered around a table to
discuss art to some 360 full
members and a significant number
of occasional visitors.
The Group meets every second
Wednesday, September-to-April
(holiday Dec/Jan)
10:15 a.m., Auditorium,
National Gallery of Canada.
Convenor:
Sidney Hicks
Tel: 613 233 4163
E-mail: shicks@sympatico.ca
Deputy Convenor:
Deirdre Graham
Tel: 613 828 3232
E-mail: gracow@bell.net
Secretary/Treasurer:
Chloe McLellan
Tel: 613 726 3503
E-mail: wmsgatngc@gmail.com
Deputy Secretary/Treasurer:
Frank Anglin
Tel: 613 225 0286
E-mail: wmsgatngc@gmail.com
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