2007 Annual Report Mendel Art Gallery

The Saskatoon Gallery and Conservatory Corporation 

Mendel Art Gallery 

2007 Annual Report

The Mandate of the Mendel Art Gallery 

To operate and maintain in the City of Saskatoon a public 

museum for the collection, exhibition, preservation and 

interpretation of works of art and for the development of 

public understanding and appreciation of art. 

Our Goals 

• To further develop a major community 

asset for the people of Saskatoon. 

• To support and promote the visual 

artists of Saskatoon and Saskatchewan. 

• To be Saskatoon’s centre for visual art 

experiences in the broadest and most 

inclusive ways possible. 

• To be actively engaged in Saskatchewan’s 

various communities by sharing 

resources and expertise. 

• To present a balanced, quality program 

of exhibitions and to provide the most 

innovative public and professional 

programs, thereby ensuring that our 

constituents have maximum enjoyment 

of the Visual Arts. 

• To be a leading visual arts institution, 

locally and nationally. 

• To make significant gains in Private 

Sector support for the Mendel Art 

Gallery. 

Cover Image: Hans Siegfried Dommasch, My 

World 15th Floor, 430 5th Ave. N. Mendel Gallery, 

August 2004 (detail), 2004, colour photograph on 

paper. Gift of the artist, 2007. 

Above: The Mendel during the Blizzard of 2007. 

Photo: John Penner.

Mendel Art Gallery 

2007 Annual Report 

Contents 

2 

President’s Message 

3 Board of Trustees 

4 Director’s Report 

5 In-House Exhibitions 

5 Curatorial Statement 

5 Aboriginal Curator-in-Residence 

6 January 19–April 2, 2007 

7 April 13–June 3, 2007 

8 June 15–August 26, 2007 

9 September 7, 2007–January 6, 2008 

10 Touring Exhibitions 

13 Public and Professional Programs 

13 Major Initiatives 

15 Professional Programs 

17 Gallery Interpretives 

18 School, General Guided, and Studio Class 

Programs 

22 Art Studio Classes 

23 Community/Outreach Programs 

27 Community Partnerships 

29 Program Planning 

30 Collections 

30 Processing of Acquisitions 

30 Digitization 

30 Preparation and Installation of Exhibitions 

30 Challenges 

30 Acquisitions Summary 

32 Gallery Group Volunteers 

32 Volunteer Advisory Council 

32 Receptions 

33 Special Events & Fund Raising 

34 Hostessing at the Gallery 

34 Gallery Mailings 

35 Communications 

35 Gallery Shop 

35 Library 

35 Recognition & Long Service Awards 

35 2007 Volunteers 

36 Communications 

36 Publications 

37 The Gallery Shop 

37 Library 

37 Museo Coffee 

38 Staff 

39 Mendel Art Gallery Foundation 

40 Fundraising and Development 

41 Annual Scroll 

44 summarized financial statements 

45 Auditors’ Report 

46 Statement of Financial Position 

47 Operating Fund 

48 Restricted Funds 

49 Quick Facts

President’s Message 

It is a great pleasure and honour to serve the Mendel as 

Board Chair and President. I want first of all to express 

the appreciation of all of my Board colleagues—indeed 

of the entire Mendel community—to our Past-Chair 

Wade Heggie, whose dedicated work on the Gallery’s 

behalf really has made a difference. I also welcome our 

four new Board colleagues, Jack Hillson and Alex Sokalski 

appointed by City Council, as well as Linda Langille 

and Dennis Yee elected by the Gallery membership. 

Your Board of Trustees has moved forward this year 

in revamping its many existing policies to make them 

consistent with currrent governance practices. The 

various Board committees (see page 2) continue to do 

an exceptional job in contributing to the work of the 

whole Board. I wish to publicly acknowledge and thank 

the Chairs of these committees and all of the trustees 

for their contributions of time and expertise. 

The Board held a day-long retreat in September 

at Wanuskewin Heritage Park. That successful event 

provided an opportunity for the Board to review all 

aspects of the Mendel and develop an action list of key 

items that require priority attention. 

The Board values highly the support of the Gallery’s 

volunteers and members. The Board itself is a group of 

volunteers who have the direct responsibility for the 

Gallery’s mission, mandate, and vision, and for ensuring 

their effective implementation. The Board is committed 

to continue to provide direction and make decisions 

that are in the best interests of the Gallery and support 

the success of the Mendel now and in the great future 

that awaits the Gallery. 

The diverse exhibitions and public programs of the 

Mendel Art Gallery again attracted a wide spectrum 

of enthusiastic public interest and acclaim in 2007. This 

annual report represents a detailed accountability of the 

many ways in which the Mendel has fulfilled its mandate 

and generated the cultural return on investment of the 

primary organizations that fund the Gallery: the City of 

Saskatoon, the Saskatchewan Arts Board, Saskatchewan 

Lotteries, The Canada Council for the Arts, and the 

Department of Canadian Heritage. 

The Mendel appreciates in a special way the essential 

support provided by the City of Saskatoon in the 

form of the annual 

operating grant. These 

funds represent in a 

tangible way the direct 

support by the citizens 

of Saskatoon for their 

art gallery, and impose 

at the same time an 

obligation for people to 

value and respect the 

Mendel. In February 

2007 Saskatoon City 

Council confirmed its 

commitment to fund 

the future increased 

Dr. Art Knight, Chair & President, Mendel 

Art Gallery Board of Trustees 

operating costs of the expanded Gallery, estimated 

at just over eight hundred thousand dollars per year. 

As the planning and design work for the renovation 

and expansion project continued during the year, City 

Council also agreed to provide an additional advance 

on their commitment of $4,625,000 for the project. 

This supplementary advance, totaling three hundred 

thousand dollars, will cover the cost of bringing the final 

plans to the tender-ready stage, and to determine the 

compliance of the project with the LEED (Leadership 

in Energy and Environmental Design) standard for 

environmental sustainability. 

The Board is committed to working in close 

collaboration with City Council and the civic 

administration not only to bring this project to a 

successful conclusion but also to ensure the effective 

operation of the Gallery now and in the future, on 

behalf of the citizens of our community. 

The year also saw the beginning of a leadership 

transition for the Gallery. At the end of October, Mr. 

Terry Graff resigned as Executive Director & CEO. The 

Board has engaged The Caldwell Partners to conduct 

a national search for a new Executive Director. Our 

objective is to have a new Executive Director in place by 

July 2008. 

The Expanding the Vision renovation and expansion 

project continues to be a key area of focus for the 

Gallery. The announcement on July 18, 2007 that 

The Mendel Art Gallery gratefully acknowledges funding from: 

 

Mendel Art Gallery 2007 Annual Report

Board of Trustees 

the Province of Saskatchewan will provide a grant 

of $4,092,877 for the project was pivotal through 

its Building Communities program. This funding 

complements the $4,625,000 foundation funding from 

the City of Saskatoon. Taken together, this support from 

two levels of government casts the project in a new and 

positive light. Our vision for an expanded Mendel now 

has significant substance, and has the momentum to 

move us towards accomplishing all that will be required 

to bring us to the day when the new gallery will open. In 

September the Gallery submitted—in consultation with 

the City of Saskatoon—an application to the Cultural 

Spaces Program of Heritage Canada for $6,610,549. As 

well, the Mendel hired nationally-experienced private 

sector fund raiser Darryl Peck as Capital Campaign 

Manager. The campaign began with a direct focus on 

major donors, and we are pleased with the positive 

response that has been received. 

For the thousands of visitors who cross our threshold 

each year, and those who participate in our public 

programs, the Mendel provides an experience that 

enhances lives and is appreciated by many. The Gallery 

will be positioned to achieve its objectives much more 

effectively in the renovated and expanded Mendel. 

The vastly improved physical environment, a more 

rewarding visitor experience, a greatly enhanced 

exhibition capability, a venue for special events, and 

a greatly improved environment for the Gallery’s 

permanent collection will all be important. What will 

be most important, however, is the diversity and quality 

of exhibitions and programs that will be experienced, 

appreciated, and enjoyed by all the individuals and 

families who will continue in even greater numbers to 

partake of the Mendel. 

The Board is very conscious of our responsibility 

to steward the enormous community resource that 

is the Mendel Art Gallery, and to ensure its successful 

continued operation. My Board colleagues and I have 

great respect and admiration for the highly professional 

and dedicated staff that serve the Mendel as we move 

forward to the bright promise of 2008. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Dr. Art Knight 

Chair and President 

Board of Trustees of The Saskatoon Gallery 

and Conservatory Corporation (Mendel Art Gallery) 

Dr. Arthur Knight, Chair and President 

John Hampton, Vice-Chair 

R. Wade Heggie, Past Chair 

James Leach, Treasurer 

Barbara Beavis, Secretary 

Carol Cisecki 

Dr. Jo-Anne Dillon (term completed March 2007) 

Jack Hillson 

Murray J. Hinds (resigned February 2007) 

Brent Klause, Q.C. 

Jocelyne Kost 

Linda Langille 

Councillor Tiffany Paulsen 

Alexander Sokalski 

Councillor Gordon Wyant 

Dennis Yee 

Eva Mendel Miller, Honourary Chair 

Standing Committees 

Executive Committee 

Dr. Art Knight, Chair 

John Hampton, Vice-Chair 


James Leach, Treasurer 

Barbara Beavis, Secretary 

Audit & Finance Committee 

James Leach, Chair 

John Hampton 


Dr. Art Knight, ex-officio 

Collections Committee 

Brent Klause, Q.C., Chair 

Barbara Beavis 

Jack Hillson 

Jocelyne Kost 



Facility Development Committee 

Barbara Beavis, Chair 

Brent Klause, Q.C. 


Dennis Yee 


Human Resources Committee 

Carol Cisecki, Chair 


Councillor Tiffany Paulsen 

Dennis Yee 


Governance Committee 

John Hampton, Chair 

Carol Cisecki 


Councillor Gordon Wyant 



Director’s Report 

In keeping with its mandate to be Saskatoon’s centre for 

visual art experiences in the broadest and most inclusive 

way possible, the Mendel Art Gallery, during the past 

year, strived to increase its investment in the area of 

public and professional programs, integrating it with 

curatorial practise to reach out to the community with 

an expanded social role. It also endeavoured to develop 

proactive, imaginative, and multi-disciplinary ways of 

forging mutually beneficial relationships with new and 

diverse audiences. Through the strategic development 

of partnerships and collaborations, the Mendel worked 

to serve as a catalyst for creating new networks to 

stimulate meaningful dialogue with citizens of all 

backgrounds and abilities, with the goal to ensuring the 

content of the programs was relevant and reflective 

of Saskatoon’s pluralism. Infusing young people with 

excitement for learning about complex issues through 

contemporary art remained a critical objective. Through 

an integrative strategy, the Mendel sought to weave 

together exhibitions, collections, publications, and other 

special programs and projects that were intended to 

incorporate an expanded vision for the organization in 

response to the evolution of contemporary art practise, 

shifting socio-political realities, and to meet the broad 

needs of its various and diverse audiences. 

I believe there are several indicators showing that 

the Mendel Art Gallery succeeded in meeting most of 

its major objectives in 2007. More than 154,000 visitors 

viewed an impressive array of exhibitions. There were 

large numbers participants in public and professional 

programs offered in-house, and another 27,575 people 

visited exhibitions produced and circulated by the 

Mendel to other galleries in Saskatchewan and Canada. 

The Mendel also offered numerous community 

outreach programs, bringing visual art experiences to 

countless others. Of course, it is simply not just these 

kind of statistics that are the measure of success, or the 

sole indicator of the value of cultural organizations such 

as the Mendel. Rather, it is the quality of experience 

that is paramount. Quality of experience is something 

that is often very difficult to evaluate and articulate, but 

nonetheless, it is the primary objective whenever the 

Mendel’s staff contemplates the intended outcomes of 

programs and activities to be offered. Stated simply, we 

ask ‘what difference will this program or activity make 

to the participant or audience, or to the community as a 

whole?’ Upon reflection of the Mendel’s 2007 activities, 

I hope that you feel the quality of your experience was 

such that the Mendel did make a difference in your life. 

Within this 2007 annual report you will see a 

comprehensive description of the Mendel’s programs 

 

and activities for the year, 

along with an identification 

of those people from both 

inside and outside of the 

organization who made it all 

possible. Special thanks goes to 

the artists—without them we 

simply would not exist—and to 

the many other partners that 

were involved with Mendel 

projects. I also want to extend 

my sincere thanks to our many 

dedicated and committed 

volunteers, our hardworking 

Board of Trustees, and of course our members, patrons, 

sponsors, and other supporters. I wish to also thank and 

acknowledge the efforts of our incredible staff. I am truly 

impressed by what they have accomplished given some 

of the very serious constraints of an aging and often 

inadequate facility. 

Regarding the facility, I am pleased that much was 

accomplished in 2007 to move our major capital 

project forward. Kindrachuk Agrey Architects made 

significant progress in advancing the architectural 

drawings and specifications, with the input from 

the Mendel’s key stakeholders. We were gratified to 

receive funding approval from the Province’s Building 

Communities Program in the amount of $4,092,877 in 

2007, augmenting the $4,625,000 already approved by 

the City of Saskatoon, and the initial grant of $438,513 

received from the Cultural Spaces Program of Heritage 

Canada. We look forward, with eager anticipation, to 

receiving approval for additional capital support from 

the Federal Government in 2008, and to the launching 

of our private sector capital campaign, necessary to 

generate the remaining funds needed for the $21.5 

million capital project. 

Finally, I would like to thank our major funders. It is 

with deep and sincere gratitude that all of us associated 

with the Mendel Art Gallery acknowledge the City of 

Saskatoon, the Saskatchewan Arts Board, the Canada 

Council for the Arts, the Department of Canadian 

Heritage, and Saskatchewan Lotteries for their ongoing 

operational and program support. Combined they 

contributed more than $2.1 million towards our annual 

operations in 2007. 

Respectfully submitted, 

Richard Moldenhauer 

Acting Executive Director & CEO 

Richard Moldenhauer, Acting 

Executive Director & CEO 


In-House Exhibitions 

Curatorial Statement 

The Mendel Art Gallery supports contemporary 

and historical art and artists and fosters scholarship 

in regards to regional, national, and international 

art through an integrated strategy which includes 

exhibitions, public programs, collections, curatorial 

and artist residencies, as well as co-operative initiatives 

with other arts organizations. Through these programs 

we actively encourage and expand the participation of 

an increasingly diverse public and seek to broaden the 

relevance of artistic production within these various 

communities locally and nationally. 

The Saskatchewan art community offers a broad 

cross-section of contemporary art activity. It is the 

representation and stimulation of this activity which 

is the primary focus of the Mendel’s exhibitions and 

public programs; the high proportion of contemporary 

art exhibitions within Mendel programming is a clear 

indication of this commitment. Exhibitions place 

regional work within a national and international 

context through concurrent exhibitions, programming, 

and circulation. Solo, group, and Permanent Collection 

exhibitions are juxtaposed with the intent of informing 

one another. In developing our programs, the Mendel 

seeks to provide its audiences with access to the best in 

contemporary and historical art. 

The Mendel’s curatorial and programming premise 

emphasizes how art is both an indicator of important 

structural change in contemporary society while 

positively affecting awareness and change within that 

society. In recent years, Saskatoon has become a growing 

centre for new technologies and global information and 

goods exchange. These shifting social, aesthetic and 

environmental conditions are increasingly important 

to contemporary artists as they develop new forms of 

relational aesthetics. At what appears to be a turning 

point in world culture, we feel that art is a valuable and 

necessary way to examine these changes and the way 

they affect our ideas of communities and our sense of 

place, identity, aesthetics, and artistic practice itself. Our 

program of activity is centered on an expanded idea of 

the art museum, reinforcing the gallery as a place where 

people have access to work by artists, curators, and 

programmers, as well as a space to research, interact 

with, reflect on, and discuss contemporary life and art. 

—Dan Ring, Acting Head Curator 

Aboriginal Curator-in-Residence 

Adrian A. Stimson was 

the Mendel Art Gallery’s 

Aboriginal Curator-in- 

Residence from 2006– 

2007 through the Canada 

Council of the Arts. The 

Aboriginal Curator-in- 

Residence program assists 

aboriginal curators with 

professional residencies 

in the visual arts at their 

chosen host institution. 

Following the completion 

of his residency in 2007, 

Adrian A. Stimson, Aboriginal Curatorin-Residence. 

Photo: Troy Mamer. 

Stimson was appointed Acting Associate Curator at the 

Mendel Art Gallery. 

Stimson is an interdisciplinary artist with a MFA from 

the University of Saskatchewan. His performances, 

paintings, and installations have received national 

recognition. In addition to his art practice, Stimson is a 

sessional instructor at the University of Saskatchewan. 

He has received the Queen Elizabeth II Golden Jubilee 

Medal and the Alberta Centennial Medal in recognition 

of his achievements and contributions to human rights 

and diversity in various communities. Stimson is a 

member of the Siksika (Blackfoot) Nation in southern 

Alberta. He has lived in Saskatoon since 2003. 

Stimson’s main project as Aboriginal Curator-in- 

Residence was a series of exhibitions titled Articulation. 

These exhibitions created the opportunity for the 

Curator-in-Residence, artists, and the Mendel to 

explore and experiment with curatorial ideas. It was an 

articulation of a community in action: curator, artists, 

and institution. There were three exhibitions in the 

Articulation series: Conex-Us in the January–March 

exhibition period, Express during the April-June period, 

and Joined in the fall. For details of these exhibitions, 

please see the full descriptions in the chronological 

listing that follows. 



January 19–April 2, 2007 

Michael Hosaluk: 

Containment 

This was the first solo exhibition at 

the Mendel by Michael Hosaluk, a 

Saskatoon artist who is recognized 

as one of the world’s most creative 

woodturners. In the exhibition 

Hosaluk explored new territory 

through the idea of “containment,” by 

breaking through such dichotomies 

as art/craft and solo/collaborative 

art practice. His installation of chair 

and grid structures was used as the 

basis for an investigation of form, 

control, and restraint. Hosaluk 

took collaboration to a new level, 

producing work for Containment 

in collaboration with theatrical artist Paul Crepeau, 

photographer Jason Hosaluk, and sculptor Don Hefner, 

as well as groups, students, friends, and fellow artists 

locally and internationally. 

Michael Hosaluk: Containment was part of the 

Mendel’s ongoing Sask Solo series, which presents work 

by prominent emerging and mid-career Saskatchewan 

artists. Each exhibition is accompanied by a publication. 

Curated by Alexandra Badzak, Former Head of Public 

and Professional Programs. 

Articulation: Conex-Us 

The first of three exhibitions in the Articulation series, 

Conex-Us explored the shape or manner in which things 

come together for a connection to be made. In this 

exhibit, Aboriginal-Curator-in-Residence Adrian Stimson 

chose four local artists who each selected an artist, who 

then chose another artist each until there were twelve 

artists in total. 

Organized by the Mendel Art Gallery. Curated by Adrian 

Stimson, Aboriginal Curator-in-Residence 

Rebecca Belmore: blood on the snow 

blood on the snow, purchased by the Mendel Art 

Gallery in 2003, was one of the first major works by 

Rebecca Belmore to be purchased by a public art 

gallery in Canada. This work has been included in 

two major touring exhibitions. The Named and the 

Unnamed—organized by the Morris and Helen Belkin 

Art Gallery at the University of British Columbia in 

2002—toured to the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto 

 

Michael Hosaluk gives a talk/tour of his exhibition Containment on January 19, 2007. 

and the Confederation Centre, Charlottetown. Au fil 

De Mes Jours (In My Lifetime) was organized in 2005 

by the Musée National Des Beaux Arts Du Québec, 

Quebec. Following its exhibition at the Mendel, blood 

on the snow was shown at the Museum of Civilization 

in Ottawa, and will continue to be on exhibit there until 

2008. The work references the horrific massacre of three 

hundred unarmed Sioux people—mostly women and 

children—by the United States Cavalry in December 

1890 at Wounded Knee in South Dakota. As well, the 

piece is an evocation of that which is still, faceless and 

silent, a memorial of tragedy and a condemnation of 

the official erasure of memory and voice. 

Born in Upsala in Northern Ontario, Rebecca Belmore 

is an Anishinabekwe artist currently living in Vancouver. 

She attended the Ontario College of Art and Design 

in Toronto and since 1987 has been internationally 

recognized for her sculpture, installation, video, and 

performance work addressing history, place, and 

identity. She represented Canada in the 2005 Venice 

Biennale of Visual Art and the 1998 Sydney Biennale. 

Organized by the Mendel Art Gallery, Curated by 

Associate Curator Dan Ring 

Jane Ash Poitras: Consecrated Medicine 

This exhibition presents paintings and installations 

related to the Jane Ash Poitras’ exploration of the 

healing and spiritual significance of plants; that “The 

divine or sacred is recognized within them and endows 

them with special purpose. This is a knowledge that 

native people once shared and which Poitras now hopes 



to reclaim.” Born into the Mikisew Cree First Nation at 

Fort Chipewyan, Alberta, Jane Ash Poitras currently 

lives and works in Edmonton. Her talent and academic 

achievement—including a B.Sc. in Microbiology, a BFA 

in Printmaking from the University of Alberta, and an 

MFA in Printmaking from Columbia University in New 

York City—have provided a solid foundation for her 

ongoing examination of the impact of acculturation, 

both past and present. Poitras has participated in 

numerous exhibitions in Canada, the United States 

and abroad and is the recipient of several honours and 

achievement awards. Her works are included in public 

and private collections, including the National Gallery of 

Canada, Art Gallery of Ontario, Vancouver Art Gallery, 

Winnipeg Art Gallery, and the Mendel Art Gallery. 

Organized and circulated by the Thunder Bay Art 

Gallery. Guest curated for the Thunder Bay Art Gallery 

by Virginia Eichorn 

April 13–June 3, 2007 

Lasting Impressions: Celebrated Works 

from the Art Gallery of Hamilton 

This exhibition was comprised of over eighty works 

from the Art Gallery of Hamilton collection. The 

show was planned to present major works from one 

of Canada’s great public collections for tour while 

the AGH was completing its new facility. Bracketed 

by two icons of Canadian art—William Blair Bruce’s 

Phantom Hunter and Horse and Train by Alex Colville— 

Lasting Impressions presents the very best of the 

AGH’s collection of Canadian historical art, as well 

as significant works by British, American and French 

artists. The exhibition traces the various stylistic and 

ideological movements that shaped Canadian art over 

a half century. Moving steadily from adaptations of 

Impressionism and Post-Impressionism, to the rise of 

the Group of Seven and an attendant national school of 

painting, through the development of regional forms of 

painting, this half century provides us with some of the 

most defining moments in Canadian art. Accompanied 

by a major publication, Lasting Impressions traveled to 

six venues across Canada following its presentation in 

Hamilton. 

Organized and circulated by the Art Gallery of Hamilton. 

Curated by Tobi Bruce, Senior Curator/Historical 

Canadian Art, AGH. This exhibition was made possible 

in part through a contribution from the Museums 

Assistance Program, Department of Canadian Heritage. 

Articulation: Express 

Express is the second project of Aboriginal Curator-in- 

Residence Adrian A. Stimson’s three-part Articulation 

series. Express celebrated the life of performance artist 

Ahasiw Maskegon-Iskwew, whose expression, action, 

and effect on both the aboriginal and non-aboriginal art 

world is far-reaching. The exhibition contained textual 

material, images and documentary video on Ahasiw 

Maskegon-Iskwew. 


Stimson, Aboriginal Curator-in-Residence. 

CoolArt (April 13–June 3, 2007) 

CoolArt (formerly School Art) has been, for over thirty 

years, a presentation of artworks by elementary and 

secondary students of Saskatoon’s schools. This annual 

exhibition is organized by the Mendel Art Gallery in 

cooperation with the Saskatoon Public School Division 

and the Greater Saskatoon Catholic School Division. 

Selected by jury, this exhibition of talented young artists 

acknowledged excellence while encouraging a continued 

commitment to art at the primary and secondary levels. 

At least two works were selected from each of the 

schools that submitted works. Schools with over threehundred-and-fifty 

students were represented by three 

works. In addition, a limited number of art pieces were 

included on a merit basis. 

Juried by Karen Thompson, Bishop James Mahoney High 

School (Greater Saskatoon Catholic School Division); 

Maryanne Amos, North Park Wilson School (Saskatoon 

Public School Division); and Terry Graff (Executive 

Director and CEO, Mendel Art Gallery). Sponsored by 

PotashCorp. 

A capacity crowd attends the opening reception for CoolArt 2007. 



William Bell Scott, The Arcadian Poet, 1866. Oil on cavas. Collection of Dennis T. Lanigan. 

June 15–August 26, 2007 

British Drawings from the National 

Gallery of Canada 

This exhibition was consisted of seventy outstanding 

drawings by seventy dif ferent artists, from the 

collection of British drawings at the National Gallery of 

Canada, and was accompanied by a scholarly, full-colour 

catalogue. Only specialists in the field are aware that the 

NGC has one of the best collections of British drawings 

in North America. Organized chronologically, the show 

surveyed the period from the early eighteenth century 

to the mid-twentieth century, beginning with a work 

by James Thornhill, the late Baroque decorator, 

and ending with Henry Moore, the sculptor, who 

was also a great draughtsman. The Golden Age 

of watercolour (1750–1850) was spectacularly 

represented with splendid works by Paul Sandby, 

John Robert Cozens, J.M.W. Turner, Samuel Palmer, 

and John Sell Cotman. Pre-Raphaelite drawings 

were another significant focus, including major 

works by the three principal members of the 

Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood: Dante Gabriel 

Rossetti, William Holman Hunt, and John 

Everett Millais, and by such second-generation 

artists as Edward Burne-Jones, William 

Morris, and Frederick Sandys. The exhibition 

concluded with an exciting group of modern 

drawings by Walter Sickert, Augustus John, 

Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and Eric Gill, 

among others. 

Organized and circulated by the National 

Gallery of Canada. Guest curated by Dr. 

Douglas Schoenherr 

Drawing Inspiration from the 

Pre‐Raphaelites: Selected Works from the 

Dr. Dennis T. Lanigan Collection 

In conjunction with the British Drawings exhibition, 

the Mendel Art Gallery was privileged to present an 

exhibition of forty-six works by artists associated with 

the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood from the collection of 

Dr. Dennis T. Lanigan of Saskatoon. Lanigan’s collection 

is primarily focused on drawings and preparatory work, 

however Dr. Lanigan’s interest in the Pre-Raphaelites 

extends to paintings, sculpture, graphic art, and design. 

The exhibition was selected by Dr. Lanigan and included 

work by such important artists as James Abbott McNeill 

Whistler, Dante Gabriel Rossetti, Sir John Everett Millais, 

Sir Lawrence Alma-Tadema, Ford Madox Brown, and Sir 

Edward Coley Burne-Jones. 

Organized by the Mendel Art Gallery. Works selected 

by Dr. Dennis T. Lanigan and Dan Ring, Acting Head 

Curator 

September 7, 2007–January 6, 2008 

Graeme Patterson: Woodrow 

In Woodrow, Graeme Patterson combined quirky 

constructions and innovative stop-motion animations of 

his family farm and the town of Woodrow, Saskatchewan 

that evoke ironic nostalgia, iconic representations, and 

changing perceptions of community and history. 

Woodrow is small town in Southern Saskatchewan 

where Graeme Patterson lives and works in the 

family farm built by his grandfather. Woodrow was 

a thriving farming community, and it still hangs 

on. However, like many small towns across 

the country, it is rapidly becoming a 

ghost town as its economy changes, its 

inhabitants move away, age, and die. 

Woodrow consisted of nine large 

sculptural works incorporating 

video and animatronic elements. 

The exhibition also featured a 

video by the artist, Monkey and 

Deer, presented in a theatrical 

setting. The sculptures in 

Woodrow reflect the key 

elements of local culture, 

the sites that define small 

town life: a farmhouse, a 

barn, grain bins, a workshop, 

Graeme Patterson, The House, 2005, mixed media. Collection of the Mendel Art Gallery. Purchased 

with the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts, 2007. Photo courtesy of Graeme Patterson. 

10 Mendel Art Gallery 2007 Annual Report

the church, the hockey rink, the grain elevator, and the 

road into (and perhaps more importantly, out of) town. 

The buildings represented are run-down and neglected, 

some virtually ruined, though none are actually 

abandoned: they are inhabited by a series of re-animated 

“ghosts,” presences that hark back to the histories of the 

sites and their importance to both Patterson’s family 

(the show is a tribute to his inventor grandfather) and 

to what was once a thriving community. Through his 

use of stop-motion animation and robotic figures, 

Patterson infused new life into what at first glance is a 

dead town. 

Exhibition organized and 

circulated by the Art Gallery of 

Nova Scotia. Curated by Ray 

Cronin, AGNS Senior Curator. 

A catalogue documenting 

Woodrow was co-produced 

by the AGNS and the Mendel 

Art Gallery. It contains essays 

by Ray Cronin, Dan Ring, 

Acting Head Curator of the 

Mendel Art Gallery, and 

Wayne Baerwaldt, Director of 

the Illingworth Kerr Gallery in 

Calgary, Alberta. 

Dennis Anderson, untitled (detail), 2007, acrylic on canvas. From the 

exhibition The Insiders. Photo: Eve Kotyk 

The Insiders 

In November 2006, artist—and guest curator of The 

Insiders—Jeff Nachtigall began a nine-month residency 

with the Saskatoon Health Region through the Artist 

in the Community program, a project of the City of 

Saskatoon and the Saskatchewan Arts Board. He was 

given the opportunity to work with people with limited 

mobility and/or cognitive disorders at the Sherbrooke 

Community Centre, a long-term care facility in 

Saskatoon. Jeff implemented a studio program that 

provided participants—residents of Sherbrooke as well 

as those attending its Community Day Program— 

with the chance to express themselves visually. From 

the many participants in the Studio, Jeff selected the 

work of twelve artists: Dennis Anderson, Jack Coggins, 

Marjorie David, Cynthia Faust, Larry Fitzpatrick, Linda 

Friesen, Esther Heimbecker, Ian Huck, Matthew Proctor, 

Kathleen Robertson, Stuart Sherin, and Margaret 

Vogelgesang. 

Organized by the Mendel Art Gallery. Guest curated by 

Jeff Nachtigall. An exhibition catalogue—co-published 

with Buffalo Berry Press and sponsored by PotashCorp— 

is forthcoming in 2008. 


Emotional Geographies 

(September 7–November 4) 

Emotional Geographies is a survey of work from the first 

two decades of collecting at the Mendel Art Gallery: 

the 1960s and 1970s. It presented artworks that reflect 

the issues or emotional response of those times. The 

works were diverse yet delved into and revealed the 

human psyche. Sigmund Freud stated: “A man should 

not strive to eliminate his complexes but to get into 

accord with them: they are legitimately what direct his 

conduct in the world.” Rather than signify meaning, 

Emotional Geographies sought to engage the viewer in 

an emotional dialogue. Were 

the works in accord with 

the mind of the artist or the 

times they experienced? Did 

the works transcend time 

and place? Does art reflect 

time and movements or the 

complexities of the human 

psyche? Furthermore, do 

artists predict or foreshadow 

events or simply respond to 

them? And in responding, 

what does the art say or 

trigger within the viewer? 

Organized by the Mendel Art 

Gallery. Curated by Adrian Stimson, Acting Associate 

Curator, Mendel Art Gallery 

Articulation: Joined 

(November 9, 2007–January 6, 2008) 

This was the third and final exhibition of the Articulation 

project which explored the concepts of creative 

joining and interpretation. Four local artists were 

invited to show their own new work in conjunction 

with works they each chose from the Mendel Art 

Gallery Permanent Collection. The resulting exhibition 

examined how these artists perceived other artists work 

that was related to their own production, or artists who 

had inspired them. Cheryl Buckmaster chose works by 

Margaret Vanderhaeghe, Todd Gronsdahl, chose works 

by David Thauberger, Dallas Poundmaker chose a work 

by Joanne Tod, and Linda White chose a photograph of 

a work by Edward Poitras. 


Stimson, Aboriginal Curator-in-Residence. 

Mendel Art Gallery 2007 Annual Report 

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Touring Exhibitions 

In 2007, Mendel Art Gallery Extension Services was responsible for coordinating the tours of five exhibitions 

provincially and two exhibitions nationally, with a combined total of nineteen showings. The attendance for the 

provincial exhibitions was 10,894 and the national attendance was 16,681 for a total attendance of 27,575. 

Clifford Wiens, Heating and Cooling Plant, 

University of Regina, 1967. Photo: Henry Kalen. 

Courtesy of Clifford Wiens. 

Rick Rivet, String Game #7, 2002, courtesy of 

Virginia Christopher Gallery, Calgary 

National Tours 

Telling Details: The Architecture of Clifford Wiens 

This exhibition was a career survey of Saskatchewan’s most acclaimed architect, Clifford Wiens. The exhibition 

visually and verbally investigated the essential informing details of Wiens’ representative buildings and industrial 

designs completed between 1958 and 1984. The exhibition was organized and circulated by the Mendel Art Gallery, 

and curated by Trevor Boddy. 

Venue location dates Attendance 

Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art Winnipeg, MB Mar 2–Apr 27, 2007 3000 

Mackenzie Art Gallery Regina, SK May 2–Aug 26, 2007 6346 

Total attendance in 2007 for this exhibition 9346 

Rick Rivet 

This exhibition presented twenty-one paintings by British Columbia-based Rick Rivet, and constitutes a survey of 

the artist’s work from 2000–2005. Originally shown at the Mendel in 2006, the exhibition was curated by Mendel 

Associate Curator George Moppett and organized and circulated by the Mendel Art Gallery. 


Thunder Bay Art Gallery Thunder Bay, ON Jan 6–Feb 28, 2007 2100 

Godfrey Dean Art Gallery Yorkton, SK Apr 19–May 20, 2007 359 

Kelowna Art Gallery Kelowna, BC Sep 15–Nov 18, 2007 4876 


The total attendance in 2007 for all national tours was 16,681. 


Provincial Tours 

The River: Two Perspectives, Lynn McKenzie-Barteski 


This was a solo exhibition of twenty-eight watercolour paintings on paper completed from 2003–2005 by Lynn 

McKenzie-Barteski who lives and works in Outlook, Saskatchewan. These paintings were an ongoing project by the 

artist to observe and record the constantly changing landscape of the South Saskatchewan River Valley from the 

perspective of both the shore and from the extraordinary pedestrian walkway on the former CPR Bridge in Outlook. 


Grand Coteau Heritage & Cultural Centre Shaunavon, SK Jun 1–29, 2007 400 

Grace Campbell Art Gallery Prince Albert, SK Aug 30–Sep 23, 2007 101 

Estevan Art Gallery and Museum Estevan, SK Oct 1–26, 2007 450 

Chapel Gallery North Battleford, SK Nov 5–Dec 31, 2007 881 


Brian Ring…here and there… 

Brian Ring is a Saskatchewan-born artist who has lived and worked in Moose Jaw, Fort Qu’Appelle, and Ruddell, 

and is currently located in Hanoi, Vietnam. He is well-known for his work in clay, however in the last fifteen years 

he has worked mainly with digital imaging. The exhibition was organized and curated by Holly Hildebrandt for the 

Chapel Gallery in North Battleford—where it was first presented in 2003—and circulated by the Mendel Art Gallery, 

Saskatoon. 


Estevan National Exhibition Centre Estevan SK Nov 7, 2007–Jan 8, 2008 885 


Ian Rawlinson: Nightwatch 

Ian Rawlinson graduated in with a 1992 BFA from the University of Saskatchewan, and has been a practising artist 

based in Saskatoon since that time. This exhibition was first presented at the Mendel Art Gallery in 2005 in a two 

person exhibition called Nightwatch: David Hoffos/Ian Rawlinson curated by Mendel Associate Curator George 

Moppett. The exhibition was organized and circulated by the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon. 


Moose Jaw Museum and Art Gallery Moose Jaw, SK Jan 25–Mar 18, 2007 3584 


Lynn McKenzie-Barteski, A Gentle Winter, 2006, watercolour on 

paper. Photo: Eve Kotyk. 

Brian Ring, Eyes Series 1 (detail), 2003, inkjet print 

on canvas. 

Ian Rawlinson, Walk with Me, 2004, 

acrylic on wood panel, Collection of 

Peggy & Tim Martin. 


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Dorothy Elsie Knowles, Untitled (landscape), c. 1966, 

watercolour on paper. Collection of the Mendel Art 

Gallery. Gift of the artist 1966. Photo: Eve Kotyk. 

Marcel Dzama, Untitled (Man, Woman, Bear), 

1996–1998, ink and watercolour on paper. Purchased 

with support from The Canada Council for the Arts 

Acquisitions Assistance Program, 1999. From the 

exhibition The Moving Hand. Photo: Eve Kotyk. 

Paperworks: Dorothy Knowles and William Perehudoff 

Dorothy Knowles and William Perehudoff are widely considered as two of Canada’s most prominent senior artists. 

This exhibition, curated by Mendel Art Gallery Associate Curator Dan Ring, presented examples of watercolour and 

acrylic works on paper by both artists, from the collection of the Mendel Art Gallery. The exhibition was organized 

and circulated by the Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon. 


Allie Griffin Art Gallery Weyburn, SK Apr 1–30, 2007 287 

Art Gallery of Prince Albert Prince Albert, SK Jun 1–Jul 31, 2007 774 

Barr Colony Heritage and Cultural Centre Lloydminster, AB Aug 10–Oct 7, 2007 1107 

Godfrey Dean Art Gallery Yorkton, SK Nov 11, 2007–Jan 11, 2008 241 


The Moving Hand: 50 Years of Drawing from the Mendel Art Gallery Permanent 

Collection 

The exhibition curated, by Mendel Associate Curator Dan Ring, explored the traditional definition of drawing as well 

as its role in preliminary sketches for work in other media, such as architecture or sculpture, and more experimental 

practices that blur the line between drawing and painting. The exhibition was organized and circulated by the 

Mendel Art Gallery, Saskatoon. 


Estevan Art Gallery and Museum Estevan, SK Mar 1–31, 2007 553 

Barr Colony Heritage and Cultural Centre Lloydminster, AB Apr 11–May 31, 2007 1187 

Godfrey Dean Art Gallery Yorkton, SK Jul 4–Sep 14, 2007 444 

Total attendance in 2007 for this exhibition 2,184 

The total attendance for all provincial tours in 2007 was 10,894. 


Major Initiatives 

Every year, the Public and Professional 

Programs Department mounts several 

major initiatives that connect many 

different stakeholders with important 

community issues and themes. 

Public and Professional Programs 

Art and Ideas Series 

Conceived by Alexandra Badzak, the 

Mendel’s former Head of Public and 

Professional Programs, the Art and Ideas 

Series was an attempt to engage the 

community on a deeper level through 

distinguished and renowned visiting 

lecturers, salons, artists talks, and a 

noon-hour film series. Listed below are some of the 

highlights. 

• Collecting Canadian was an exhibition talk given by 

Tobi Bruce in conjunction with Lasting Impressions: 

Celebrated Works from the Art Gallery of Hamilton. 

Ms. Bruce is Senior Curator at the Art Gallery of 

Hamilton and was recently elected to the Board 

of Directors of the Ontario Association of Art 

Galleries. 

• Dr. David Franklin gave a talk/tour of British 

Drawings from the National Gallery of Canada. 

An internationally renowned expert in the Italian 

Renaissance period, Dr. Franklin has been Deputy 

Director and Chief Curator of the National Gallery 

of Canada since 2001. 

• Scholar and collector Dr. David Latham of 

Saskatoon gave a lecture titled Haunted Text: 

Studies in Pre-Raphaelitism, based on the book of 

the same name that he recently edited. His book 

and lecture explored how Pre-Raphaelitism has 

moved from the margins of nineteenth-century art 

and literature to the vanguard of interdisciplinary 

studies. 

• Professor Keith Bell gave a lecture on painter 

Stanley Spencer, titled Modern British Drawings. A 

specialist on early twentieth-century British art, Bell 

is the leading expert on Stanley Spencer. Bell is a 

professor in the Department of Art and Art History 

at the University of Saskatchewan. 

• Dr. Jan Marsh presented a lecture entitled The 

Pre-Raphaelite Women. Specialising in artists and 

writers, Dr. Marsh has researched and written 

extensively on the Pre-Raphaelite circle. 

• The British Drawing Salon was a major event 

held on July 7, 2007. This salon harkened back to 


Douglas Schoenherr, pianist Robin Harrison, and guests at The British Drawing Salon 

on July 7, 2007. Photo: Troy Mamer. 

the tradition of salons as sites of civic discourse, 

trendsetting, and networking. The event included 

a curator’s lecture by Douglas Schoenherr, piano 

performance by Robin Harrison, a poetry reading 

by Don Kerr, wine tasting, and fabulous feasting. 

The salon was hosted by world-renowned collector 

of Pre-Raphaelite artwork, Dr. Dennis Lanigan, 

who played a critical role in connecting Saskatoon 

scientists to composers, politicians to painters, 

and business leaders to writers, in order to spark 

dialogue about art, philosophy, and society. 

Writer Jan Marsh and scientist Bill Thomlinson 

also facilitated the dialogue. The Mendel Gallery 

Group arranged the food, along with Mendel 

staff, who were also social hosts for the evening. 

This was a unique and extremely fun evening with 

approximately one hundred and thirty participants. 

Mendel Youth Council 

The Youth Council was a new programming initiative. 

It was initiated based on the recognition that youth are 

positive active citizens who need to have a voice in the 

community, and that the arts can provide a practical 

and powerful forum through which youth voices can be 

heard. As well, we found that the Mendel needed to do a 

better job of creating an inviting environment for young 

people. Recruitment began in Fall 2006, and in January 

2007 we began to attract interest in the program. The 

group began with twelve students aged 13–18 who have 

strong aptitudes for the arts and believe in community 

involvement. Our “Fill This Space” posters calling for 

submissions to the Youth Council’s inaugural exhibition 

in the fall created more interest, prompting three more 

young people join the Council. 

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at the Mendel, which was well received. There were over 

twenty-two speakers in total. Topics covered existing 

programming, funding, publication, and dissemination 

of aboriginal art, as well as the development of these 

areas. 

Members of the Mendel Youth Council. Left to right: Willis Kirkham, Sasha Hanson- 

Pastran, Dylan Scheibelhoffer, Rhiann Hosaluk, Thomas Webster, Jayne Walters, Donna 

Fan, Lewis Liski, Dan Numeier, Wendy Monks. Missing: Courtney Sperling, Teresa Yang, 

Catherine Patrick, Adam Duret, Rylely Epp. Photo: Jessa Alston-O’Connor. 

In 2007, the Mendel youth Council was responsible for 

the following projects: 

• At the Living Artfully, Waterfront Art, Craft and 

Eco Fair, members of the Youth Council helped 

gallery staff with set up, selling raffle tickets for 

an eco prize package, and assisted vendors and 

artists. They ran a vegetarian food booth, raising 

over $300 which was used to purchase trees 

as a way to help offset the festival carbon 

footprint. 

• Youth Art Studios Ideas: The Youth Council 

gave feedback which was used in planning 

the Mendel’s fall studio programs. 

• Phantasmagoria—Mendel Youth Council 

Exhibition: The Mendel Youth Council 

organized, curated, and installed Phantasmagoria 

in November. This show featured over eighty 

works by local youth artists in a variety of 

media including sculpture, photography, 

painting, drawing, and more. 

Aboriginal Curatorial Collective 

Conference 

The Mendel hosted the opening evening of 

Corralling Art—Aboriginal Curatorial Practice 

in the Prairies and Beyond, a two-day national 

conference organized by TRIBE Inc. The 

main conference was held at the Bessborough 

Hotel and brought together over one hundred 

curators, scholars, educators, and from Canada 

and the United States. 

Alexandra Badzak, Head of Public and 

Professional Programs at the Mendel, gave a 

talk on the history of aboriginal programming 

Living Artfully: Waterfront Art, Craft, 

and Eco-fair 

Living Artfully: Waterfront Art, Craft, and Eco-fair 

was a one day, multidisciplinary festival of art, craft, 

environmental consciousness, produced in partnership 

with the Saskatchewan Environmental Society, the 

Saskatchewan EcoNetwork and the Saskatchewan Craft 

Council. More than a festival, Living Artfully is a state of 

mind that embraces notions of community building, 

risk taking, diversity, youth, and a positive sense of our 

future. 

Held on August 18, Living Artfully: Waterfront Art, 

Craft, and Eco-fair combined two formerly separate 

events: the Waterfront Art and Craft Show and Sale 

with the Living Artfully Eco-fair. Artists-in-residence 

Monique Blom and David Geary produced eco-themed 

artwork onsite. Living Artfully featured a stage 

with musical entertainment including 

Indian in the Machine (Dieter Braun), 

Michael Herauf, and Dany Rousseau, 

guest speakers including Amy-Jo Ehman 

on Eating Locally, Adrian Stimson 

on Living Artfully, and Sheri 

Praski from the City of 

Saskatoon. Eco-art 

making , organic 

food vendors, a 

storytelling tent 

with Joseph Naytowhow, 

a s well a s the S a skTel 

Mendel Art Caravan for 

the kids were all found on 

the Mendel grounds. The 

event ended with a keynote 

address and performance by 

acclaimed singer/songwriter 

and eco-activist Susan 

Aglukark. In conjunction 

w ith L i vi n g A r t f u l ly, 

Barrett Russell engaged 

in Here and There: 

Keynote speaker and performer 

Susan Aglukark at Living 

Artfully: Waterfront Art, 

Craft, and Eco-fair August 18, 

2007. Photo: Marie Brown. 



The Easy Magic Machine, a performance-based piece 

where he cycled to the Burning Man festival in Nevada. 

Russell concluded with a performance and installation 

in the Mendel auditorium in October. The number of 

visitors inside the Gallery during Living Artfully was an 

impressive 2170. Visitors to the outdoor part of the 

festival is estimated at 2700. 

PROFESSIONAL PROGRAMS 

This program provides professional development and 

networking opportunities for local emerging, midcareer, 

and senior artists as well as individuals interested 

in the arts. 

Exhibition Talks 

• Containment—Given by Michael Hosaluk, artist, on 

Friday, January 19. Attendance: 150 

• Blood on the Snow—Given by Rebecca Belmore, 

artist, on Saturday, January 20. Attendance: 50 

• Consecrated Medicine—Given by Jane Ash Poitras, 

artist, on Friday, February 23. Attendance: 60 

• Articulation: Conex-Us—Given by Adrian Stimson, 

curator, on Thursday, March 8. Attendance: 20 

• Lasting Impressions—Given by Tobi Bruce, curator, 

on Thursday, April 5. Attendance: 100 

• Woodrow—Given by Graeme Patterson, artist, on 

Friday, September 7. Attendance: 80 

• Insider’s Scoop—Given by Jeff Nachtigall, curator, 

on Sunday, September 16. Attendance: 25 

Lectures 

• Collecting Canadian—Given by Tobi Bruce, curator, 

on April 13. Attendance: 100 

• British Drawings—Given by Douglas Shoenherr, 

curator, on Friday, June 8. Attendance: 130 

• British Drawings from the National Gallery of 

Canada—Given by Dr. David Franklin, curator, on 

June 15. Attendance: 70 

• Haunted Text: Studies in Pre-Raphaelitism— Given 

by Dr. David Latham, collector, on June 16. 

Attendance: 40 

• Modern British Drawings—Given by Prof. Keith Bell, 

professor, on June 21. Attendance: 45 

• The Pre-Raphaelite Women—Given by Dr. Jan 

Marsh, professor, on July 5. Attendance: 50 

artists by artists 

The Mendel Art Gallery is committed to both 

acknowledging expertise in our artistic community and 

fostering the careers of newly independent artists. This 

community-based project connects senior studio artists 

with emerging artists through a mentoring exchange. 

This project provides emerging artists with the 

opportunity to network and expand their art practice 

with a professional in the field, and emerge through 

the process of preparing a presentation or program to 

be exhibited at the Mendel. Part of the project includes 

critical writing and contributing to the Mendel’s web 

site. Potential mentors are invited to participate in the 

artistsbyartists project based on their associations 

with the various programming themes currently being 

planned at the Gallery. 

January–March: Joan Scaglione/Ruth Chambers 

In her art practice, Joan 

Scaglione dialogues with 

t wo sources: the cosmic 

s p i r i t u a l f o r c e m o v i n g 

through time/space and 

N ature a s an authent i c 

model of interconnectedness 

o f c r e ation . S h e b u i l d s 

structures to reveal a process 

of becoming, expressing the 

primal energetic qualities 

of archetypes. Elements in 

her practice explore mythic 

traditions where the psyche 

wrestles with itself in the 

Joan Scaglione, Chaos and 

Disentanglement (detail), 

installation, 2007. 

process of transformation. Scaglione is a sessional 

instructor at the University of Regina as well as 

instructing at the Neil Balkwill Centre. 

Ruth Chambers received an MFA from the University 

of Regina in 1994, where she continues to work as 

Assistant Professor of Visual Arts. Her installations 

employ a wide range of media and techniques spanning 

hand-building, new technologies, and found objects. 

Chambers has exhibited her work at the Canadian Glass 

and Clay Museum (Waterloo), Artspace (Peterborough), 

the Koffler Gallery (North York), and Latitude 53 

(Edmonton) and other galleries in Canada and the 

United States. She is a founding member of Petri’s 

Quadrille, a Regina-based artists’ collective. 


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April–June: Yuka Yamaguchi/David Geary 

Yuka Yamaguchi is a selftaught 

artist born in Kobe, 

J a p a n . S h e m o v e d t o 

Canada in 2000 and lives in 

Saskatoon. Yuka draws and 

makes useless toys for adultchildren. 

She draws whatever 

images pop into her mind, 

using coloured pencils to 

place them onto paper. There 

is a certain stillness to her 

work, inward-looking even as 

it reaches extremes of cute 

and grotesque. Yuka started 

drawing simply to amuse herself, but now she has her 

own blog and online gallery showing her work to people 

around the world (www.plastiquemonkey.com). 

David Geary is well known as a cartoonist and zine 

producer of many comic classics including Gopher 

Freedom, Bridge City Revue, and The Wonder That Is Paris, 

and as the producer of arcane and mysterious objects 

and videos based on prairie life and popular culture. 

The graphic images presented in artistsbyartists are a 

continuation of a political poster project Geary began 

in 2005 entitled “The Great Saskatchewan Socialist 

Utopia—that never was.” The posters are affectionately 

satirical images that reflect life in an imaginary time 

and place that he feels could have and should have 

been. Visually and verbally, they are based on postrevolutionary 

Soviet posters from the 1920s. Geary 

works as a designer and artist in Saskatoon 

. 

June–August: Sonya Adams/Patrick Traer 

S o n y a A d a m s r e c e n t l y 

earned her Bachelor of Fine 

Arts from the University 

of Saskatchewan. She was 

the Saskatchewan selection 

for the 2006 BMO 1 st Art! 

Invitational Student Ar t 

C o m p e t i t i o n . S h e f i n d s 

inspiration for her disquieting 

drawings from the remains of 

outmoded communications 

technology. 

Yuka Yamaguchi, Inside of me, 

2006. Coloured pencil on paper. 

Sonya Adams, Untitled drawing 

(detail), 2007. Charcoal on paper. 

Columbia and University of Saskatchewan) and a MFA 

in Visual Art (York University). Traer is best known for 

his embroidered textile works and upholstery which 

often extend into sculptural installations, and mixedmedia 

works using video, light-boxes, and blown glass. 

These works reference incubation periods, biological 

obsolescence, and the mythology of anatomy. His work 

has been exhibited across Canada and the USA at such 

venues as the Contemporary Art Gallery (Vancouver), 

Mendel Art Gallery (Saskatoon), Walter Phillips Gallery 

(Banff), Plug-In (Winnipeg), YYZ (Toronto) and Galerie 

Oboro (Montreal). 

September–November: Shelley Kaszefski/ 

Leslie Potter 

Shelley Kaszefski has been 

working with the human 

f o r m f o r m a n y y e a r s . 

She endeavours to make 

physical the complexity of 

human nature by her own 

conscious and subconscious 

experiences. She is currently 

completing her BFA at Emily 

Carr Institute in Vancouver, 

and has exhibited extensively 

throughout Canada. 

Shelley Kaszefski, Hybrid, Mixed 

media, 2007. 

Leslie Potter received his 

BFA in 1986 and his MFA in 

1993 from the University of Saskatchewan. His art is 

represented in many private and public collections. 

Several of his large-scale sculptures can be viewed in 

Saskatoon, as well as in Outlook and Prince Albert. 

Potter has taught sculpture and painting at the 

Mendel Art Gallery, the University of Saskatchewan’s 

Department of Art and Art History, as well as various 

schools and galleries. He has been active in the Prairie 

Sculptors’ Association, and recently curated, with James 

Korpan, an exhibition touring Saskatchewan called 

“The Bill Epp Show,” featuring the works of the late Bill 

Epp, former Professor of Sculpture at the University of 

Saskatchewan. 

Patrick Traer is an Associate Professor at the University 

of Saskatchewan. He has a BA (University of British 


GALLERY INTERPRETIVES 

This program incorporates self-directed, informal 

material that enriches or expands on exhibition content 

and is intended for the casual visitor. 


the space between/The Reading Room 

Installed in Gallery II, the space between/The Reading 

Room is an interpretive site situated at the centre of 

our main gallery spaces that further develop themes in 

the current exhibitions. Designed to engage the casual 

visitor, the site provides extensive information including 

handouts, brochures, self-guided tour pamphlets, 

tapes, wall quotes, and extended labels. This site is 

also used to display art works from our permanent 

collection that relate to the other exhibitions, providing 

a context for our visitors. During 2007 Gallery II was 

used extensively as an exhibition space. From January– 

March and March–June, Gallery II was used for the 

series of exhibitions entitled Articulation. In the June– 

August show period Gallery II was used as part of the 

British Drawings from the National Gallery of Canada 

exhibition. 

September–January 2008: Grow Up or Blow Up 

This installation of the space between featured a 

rare look at illustrative work done by Ernest Lindner. 

Completed for John McNaughton’s 1948 book “Man” 

Jungle-wise and Otherwise, Lindner’s illustrations are 

a visual interpretation of man’s history of success and 

the “new” challenge of that era: impending nuclear war. 

At once intriguing and bizarre, these drawings—from 

the Mendel’s Permanent Collection—are situated 

well outside of Lindner’s well-known oeuvre and were 

presented in this exhibition as a timely reminder of the 

fragility of humanity. 

studioXPRESS 

studioXPRESS provides an opportunity for visitors 

to explore art media and concepts raised by current 

Mendel exhibitions, in a studio environment. Selfdirected 

activities take place in our studio, and are 

open to the public all day everyday whenever there are 

no tours or other programs taking place. Materials are 

provided, along with instructions and inspiration. In 

2007 studioXPRESS was sponsored by Dr. Robert and 

Lura Mae Sider. 


Ernest Lindner, New Horizons, 1948, charcoal on paper. Collection of the Mendel Art 

Gallery. Gift of Judy McNaughton. Photo: Eve Kotyk. 

January 19–April 2: Reloading the Canon (blood on 

snow, Consecrated Medicine, Containment) 

Visitors were encouraged to think about art histories 

that have often been neglected or omitted from a 

Eurocentric art canon, such as First Nations art history 

and craft as art. Activities for this installation included 

learning about the key figures in First Nations art 

history and contemporary art through books, a wall 

of honour featuring Aboriginal artists, and a DVD on 

contemporary artist Michael Hosaluk. Other activities 

included flip books, props, and costume items for 

visitors to ‘dress up’ a Hosaluk chair and feedback on 

some of the dichotomies and questions surrounding the 

value of art and craft today through a talk-back bulletin 

board. 

April 13–June 3: Re-Collection (Lasting Impressions) 

The audience expanded the Canadian art history canon 

by exploring key moments in Canadian history through 

an illustrated timeline. Activities included several 

films on Canadian artists and art movements, and 

three stations which invited the public to create their 

own impressionist, social realist, or post-impressionist 

masterpiece, just like the artists of Lasting Impressions 

who were inspired by these movements and others. The 

Wall of Honour from the previous installation period 

was left up as it suited this discussion of Canadian Art 

History. 

June 15–August 26: bohoXPRESS (British Drawings, 

Drawing Inspiration from the Pre-Raphaelites) 

This installation of studioXPRESS focused on the 

Pre-Raphaelites, the neo-medieval realm of the Pre- 

Raphaelite Brotherhood, and bohemian life in England 

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SCHOOL, GENERAL GUIDED, and 

STUDIO CLASS PROGRAMS 

This program provides art classes and workshops for a 

fee, guided tours for schools and community groups, 

as well as intensive gallery/school programming. It is 

intended for emerging and amateur artists (studio 

classes) as well as school age children (school programs). 

John William Waterhouse, Lady of Shalott (detail), 1888, oil on canvas. Collection of 

Tate Britain, London, England. One of many images reproduced in Bohoxpress. 

in the nineteenth century. Activities included creating 

calligraphy, crafting intricate book borders and 

illuminated initials, designing nature-inspired wallpaper, 

and composing romantic poetry. The studio space was 

decorated as an artist’s studio using a fireplace and a 

variety of props to give a bohemian ambiance. 

September 7, 2007–January 6, 2008: ghost town 

(Graeme Patterson: Woodrow, The Insiders) 

studioXPRESS: ghost town looked at the notion of the 

ghost town as a metaphor for Saskatchewan, how 

history has contributed to an overarching myth that 

“better days are just over the horizon,” and how early 

success isn’t necessarily a guarantor of an easy future. 

Visitors were encouraged to build and decorate a mini 

grain elevator, create their own propaganda posters, 

make a memory map, watch the documentary “Ghost 

Highway,” and write a “Dear Saskatchewan” letter. 

The studio became a spooky ghost town through the 

installation of old windows and a fence, tumbleweeds, a 

fake crow, and lots of spider webs. 

School Programs 

The Mendel is a valuable and unique learning resource 

for schools. We provide opportunities to engage with 

original artwork (both historical and contemporary) 

and to critically examine visual culture. Designed to 

connect Mendel exhibitions to the curriculum needs 

of teachers and students, the programs demonstrate 

that art is relevant to daily life and crosses disciplines. 

School Hands-On Tours are highly interactive, and very 

adaptive to the goals identified by individual classroom 

teachers. We also build self-directed learning skills to 

encourage lifelong usership. By collaborating closely 

with teachers through the Art Immersion and Sustained 

Interpretive Materials and Other 

Publications 

• Short Cuts —These handouts briefly describe the 

exhibitions, and were produced for the following 

shows: Iturria, canopy, Containment, blood on the 

snow, Consecrated Medicine, Lasting Impressions, 

British Drawings, The Insiders, Emotional 

Geographies, each of the three Articulation 

exhibitions, and all installations of artistsbyartists. 

• Living Artfully brochure/poster—outlining the 

events, partners and philosophy. 

• Mendel School Hands-on Tour Poster—lively work 

from the Mendel’s permanent collection on the 

front, with detailed program information on the 

back. 

• Art Studio Classes—four flyers advertising studio 

programs. 

Mendel PotashCorp School Hands-on Tours are highly interactive and teach a range 

of viewing and artmaking skills. 

Workshop programs, we work to reduce barriers by 

situating ourselves more visibly within school culture 

and expanding the in-school options for teachers 

interested in our programs. 

A foundational program at the Mendel, our Mendel 

PotashCorp School Hands-On Tours continue to thrive 

and adapt to the changing needs of the institution and 

school divisions. We welcome about seven thousand 

students yearly in pre-booked tour programs. 



New Initiatives 

1. Name Change: PotashCorp came on board 

as a funder in 2007 for the annual School Art 

exhibition and for school programming in general. 

Therefore in spring we changed the name to 

Mendel PotashCorp School Hands-On Tours. 

2. Program Audit: The staff audit of school 

programming that began in fall 2005 has resulted 

in a few changes including how Program Guides 

are trained, what occurs at meetings, and new 

templates to help Guides to cover pertinent 

information based on the audience’s learning 

styles, multiple intelligences theory, and Mendel 

goals. 

3. Georges Vanier School: We partnered with 

Grade 7 and 8 students from the school for their 

ArtsSmarts project, Stops with History. They 

created twenty-two bus shelter and bus interior 

card advertisements that detail Saskatoon History. 

The Mendel was featured on the shelter near City 

Hospital, which was launched 

May 11. 

4. ArtSask website: We partnered with Sask 

Learning, MacKenzie Art Gallery and University of 

Regina on a new website for teachers featuring the 

work in public collections. Funding was provided 

by Canadian Heritage and in-kind contributions 

from the galleries. 

5. In the spring we partnered with North Park 

Wilson School on our SlammED project on the 

theme of slam poetry, funded by an ArtsSmarts 

grant. 

Workshop/Tour Program Stats for Schools and 

General Special Interest Group Guided Programs: 

Type of Tour Number of Groups Participants 

School 215 7,100 

Special Interest 100 1,955 

Total 315 9,055 

Meeting/Training Highlights 2007 

Jan 18 Guest Speaker—Adrian Stimson, curator, 

Michael Hosaluk, artist, 

Apr 12 Guest Speaker—Adrian Stimson, curator, 

Lasting Impressions curator 

Jun 7 Guest Speaker—British Drawings NGC curator 

Sep 13 Guest Speaker—Jeff Nachtigall, curator 

Nov 8 Guest Speaker—Adrian Stimson, curator, 

Cheryl Buckmaster, artist 

Educator Resource Materials 

• What to Do Before Your Tour—brief exhibitionspecific 

handouts for five exhibition periods. 

• Educator Guides—Viewing and Representing: 

Connecting the Language and Visual Arts 

Curriculums—Living Artfully curriculum in 

process. DiverCity curriculum in process. SlammED 

curriculum in process. 

• Mendel Web Site—Activities for Keevil 

reproduction on School Hands-On Tour poster. 

Activities for Jane Ash Poitras reproduction on the 

School Hands-On Poster 

Saskatoon Credit Union’s ARTforLIFE: A 

Mendel Gallery/School Program 

ARTforLIFE provides enriched cross-curricula learning 

opportunities—through the visual arts—for Saskatoon 

Community Schools. Selected on a rotational basis 

for three academic years, each school collaborates 

with the Mendel to address the needs of their specific 

community and to guide activities. Recognising the 

Mendel’s unique role in the larger community and that 

visual art reflects all aspects of the world in which we 

live, ARTforLIFE strives to deliver timely, relevant, and 

curriculum- and community-centred programming. To 

reduce barriers, we situate ourselves more visibly within 

school culture and have expanded the in-school options 

for teachers interested in our programs. 

The Mendel launched ARTforLIFE at the start of 

the 2001 school year with W.P. Bate Community 

School. Subsequently, we have welcomed Mount Royal 

Collegiate, St. Maria Goretti School, City Park Collegiate, 

Pleasant Hill Community School, St John Community 

School, and our recent partner Nutana Collegiate. Our 

current sponsor is the Saskatoon Credit Union (renamed 

FirstSask Credit Union in 2007). 


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Summary of Activities with City Park Collegiate 

January–June 2007: 

City Park Collegiate began the third and final year 

of the partnership in ARTforLIFE. Tanya Zuzak and 

Monique Blom were the liaisons. We participated in 

Healing Arts Events, an intensive studio program, 

Glass Slumping project, and a student/parent open 

house. Zuzak was hired by City Park to curate 

Peyattak Wittamowin - Articulation of Culture; an 

exhibition of student artwork at AKA Gallery in 

Saskatoon. We sponsored their graduate art award 

with $50 towards art supplies, and contributed 

a text panel to commemorate a student gallery 

created in honour of ARTforLIFE. We attended 

graduation to present the award as well as their 

ceremony opening the student gallery. Our 

partnership officially ended in June 2007. 

Summary of Activities with Pleasant Hill Community 

School 

2006–07 school year: 

Pleasant Hill began their second year of the 

partnership. Carol Wylie replaced Zachari Logan 

as Mendel Liaison. Grades 5 through 8 classrooms 

did workshops around performance, sculpture, 

and printmaking, and two Grade 5 students 

participated in mentorships with Mendel Program 

Guides. A floor mural of a stylized dream catcher 

was painted at the front entrance of the school. 

In September the SaskTel Mendel Art Caravan 

attended a pancake breakfast at the school, with 

over one hundred participants. In October the 

SlammED performance. Photo: Jessa Alston-O’Connor. 

Mendel conducted Mini Museum workshops with 

students Kindergarten to Grade 6 and Art Club 

continued on Wednesdays after school. 


Carol Wylie worked with about 50 students weekly. 

From May 15 to June 24, Mr. Steel’s Grade 7/8 class 

had an exhibition of masks and prints at Circle 

Park Mall. We received an ArtsSmarts grant for 

SlammED, involving Barb Wright’s Grade 5/6 class 

and students from St. John Community School and 

North Park Wilson School. Students participated 

in art activities, watched dramatic performances, 

received visits from a professional performance 

poet, participated in a hip hop workshop, and 

were visited by a well-known rap artist in order 

to prepare for the Slam event. Slam semi-final 

competitions were held in their classrooms and five 

finalists represented the school at Off Broadway 

Art Centre on May 25. 

September–December 2007 

Christine Loewen’s Grade 6/7 class created puppet 

characters out of plaster sculpture and fabric, 

and Doug Steel’s Grade 7/8 class worked on script 

writing and performance one afternoon per week. 

The SaskTel Mendel Art Caravan was present at 

the school’s pancake breakfast in September, and 

worked with many of the students and community 

children on the front lawn of the school. 


Summary of Activities with St. John Community 

School 

2006–07 school year: 

Robin Adair was the Mendel Liaison for the first 

partnership year. The “Community of Angels” 

Project involved angel-making work shops 

conducted by Mendel program staff. Art Club was 

held Mondays after school with Grades 3, 4/5, 7 and 

8 participating. Eight students were involved with 

mentorships once a week. 



Robin Adair continued as Mendel Liaison. 

Workshops included “Impressionist” Workshop 

with Grade 3 and “Chinese Dragon” Workshop 

with pre-Kindergarten students. We received an 

ArtsSmarts grant for SlammED, involving the Grade 

8 class and students from Pleasant Hill Community 

School and North Park Wilson School. Students 

participated in art activities, watched dramatic 

performances, received visits from a professional 

performance poet, participated in a hip hop 

workshop, and were visited by a well known rap 

artist in order to prepare for the Slam event. 

Slam semi-final competitions were held in their 

classrooms. Five finalists represented the school at 

the slam final at Off Broadway Art Centre on May 

25. Art Club was held Mondays after school. Sixteen 

children took part in mentoring partnerships with 

Mendel program staff. 

September–December 2007: 

Robin Adair continued as Liaison for the second 

school year of partnership. A number of Mendel 

program staff facilitated workshops with the Grade 

2, 7, and 8 classes with a total of seven workshops. 

Community outreach projects included three art 

workshop sessions with parents. Grade 8 students 

designed and painted a mural on the wall of the 

gym stage. From Oct 22–Nov 25 Grade 7 students 

exhibited work in a Circle Park Mall show entitled 

“Emerging Faces.” An all-school project in which 

students are helping to construct a miniature 

landscape began Oct 30th and is projected to 

continue into February of 2008. Seven students 

participated in mentoring partnerships with Mendel 

program staff. Art Club was held on Thursdays after 

school. 

Summary of Activities with Nutana Collegiate 


Maskmaking workshop with St. John Community School students. Photo: Robin Adair. 

Carol Wylie was hired in September 2007 as Liaison 

with Nutana Collegiate, our seventh and newest 

partner for the ARTforLIFE program. Special Events 

included the attendance of the SaskTel Mendel 

Art Caravan at the Nutana Harvest Fair, and 

Renée Duddridge’s second-quarter art class made 

decorations for the Mendel Art Gallery Christmas 

Tree. Five workshops included creating centerpieces 

for the Salvation Army Fall Supper, a workshop 

for pregnant students, a poetry slam workshop, 

designing a new logo for the Canadian Academy 

of Travel & Tourism, and making scarecrow 

decorations for the Harvest Fair. A design has been 

started for a mural outside the Integrated School 

Link Services office. 

General Guided Programs 

In addition to school tours, Guided Programs are 

offered by the Mendel to all ages. Program options 

include a tour of the exhibitions with or without handson 

artmaking, games, and activities. There are very 

few limitations on when a group can book, and we 

are always willing to discuss specific needs and special 

requests. The atmosphere is inspiring, social, and 

informal. Professionally trained Program Guides—many 

of whom are artists—facilitate the program. Typical 

users of this program: Girls Guides/Brownies/Scouts, 

ESL classes, convention groups, seniors, birthday parties, 

university groups, and other special interest groups. 

Total special interest group programs in 2007: 100 

tours with 1955 participants. 

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Art Studio Classes 

Art Studio Classes link current gallery exhibitions to 

studio production. Offered to ages four 

through adult, these programs motivate, 

demonstrate, and provide avenues for 

students to explore personal interests. 

Moving away from a more traditional 

“how to” approach to art instruction, 

Art Studio Programs more accurately 

reflect the way professional artists 

work in their studios. We have been 

articulating this unique approach in our 

advertising. Instructors are working 

artists who model their studio practices, 

working along side the group on their 

own projects; they guide students 

to understand how to prepare and 

organise their own workspace, self-motivate, discipline 

themselves to accomplish goals, and to appreciate the 

creative act in progress. Whenever possible, instructors 

are artists currently exhibiting at the 

Mendel. 

In 2007 we offered a much wider 

selection of times and formats including 

evening/after school/weekends. We 

continued to partner with Youth Media 

Workshop to offer digital filmmaking 

and sound studios. We also continued 

the “art star” concept this year, which 

seems to appeal to children and youth. 

Adult studios offered “art quickie” 

weekends, but of all the painting studios 

offered, we only had sufficient enrolment 

to run one. 

Art Star Studios Winter 2007 Spring 2007 Summer 2007 Fall 2007 

Period Jan–Apr Apr–Jun Jul–Aug Sep–Dec 

Studios Offered 9 9 14 9 

Studios Delivered 2 2 8 2 

Studios Cancelled 7 7 6 7 

Instructors 2 2 8* 2 

Instructional Hours 26.25 25.75 113.25 26 

Participants 15 children 8 children 76 children/teens 16 children 

Total number of participants in 2007: 126 

Total number of studios running in 2007: 14 

*2 instructors were from Youth Media Workshop 

(6–9 weeks) (9 weeks) (6–8 weeks) 

4 adults (1 weekend) 7 adults 



COMMUNITY/OUTREACH PROGRAMS 

Provides free artmaking activities as well as lectures, talk 

tours, workshops, performances, and special events to 

the whole family at the Mendel. Also brings artmaking 

workshops to disadvantaged neighbourhoods, for 

family groups and youth. Includes festivals and special 

outreach events. 

Mendel Art Caravan 

The SaskTel Mendel Art Caravan encourages children 

of all demographics to celebrate and explore the world 

of art by bringing Mendel Art Gallery programming to 

their communities. Housed in an identifiable tent wellstocked 

with art supplies, the Caravan provides free artmaking 

activities to children from ages four to twelve 

at festivals, community events, the farmer’s market, 

hospitals, and city-run playground programs. Activities 

are facilitated by practicing artists trained by Mendel 

staff to provide art instruction and encouragement to 

participating children. They also provide information 

on the Mendel and its programming. Sponsorship by 

SaskTel—secured in 2005—has continued. 

SaskTel Mendel Art Caravan Events in 2007 

Royal University Hospital Paediatrics 3000 

Jan 3 6 children and 3 adults Plasticene Worlds 

Jan 10 2 children and 2 adults Ink Masterpieces 

Jan 17 6 children and 5 adults Scribble Drawings 

Jan 24 5 children and 4 adults Magic Wands 

Jan 31 6 children and 3 adults Silent Creatures 

Feb 7 4 children and 4 adults Yarn Creations 

Feb 14 7 children and 6 adults Mosaic Hearts 

Feb 21 4 children and 3 adults Paper Hats 

Feb 28 6 children and 4 adults Crafty Jewelry 

Mar 7 4 children and 5 adults Tipi Designs 

Mar 14 7 children and 6 adults Plasticene Animals 

Mar 21 9 children and 10 adults Drawing with Traditional 

Materials 

Mar 28 5 children and 4 adults Cosmic Creations 

Apr 4 7 children and 6 adults Jewelry Making 

Apr 11 5 children and 3 adults Tempera Painting 

Apr 18 9 children and 3 adults Clay Sculptures 

Apr 25 3 children and 4 adults Painting 

May 2 6 children and 5 adults Small Art Pets 

May 9 7 children and 2 adults Painted Collage 

May 16 4 children and 5 adults Accordion Books and 

Landscape Drawings 

May 23 7 children and 5 adults Crowns, Swords, and 

Scriptures 

May 30 3 children and 1 adult Watercolour Cards 

June 6 6 children and 3 adults Drawing Self-Portraits 

Jun 13 10 children and 3 adults Finger Painting 

Jun 20 8 children and 4 adults Painting With Tissue 

Jun 27 5 children and 3 adults Printmaking 

Jul 4 8 children and 3 adults Magical Mandalas 

Jul 11 3 children and 2 adults Summer Hats 

Jul 18 6 children and 3 adults Primal Prints 

Jul 25 7 children and 2 adults Creative Healing Flowers 

Aug 1 4 children and 6 adults Magic Wands 

Aug 8 7 children and 2 adults Watercolour Pencils 

Aug 15 9 children and 5 adults Plasticene Sculptures 

Aug 22 9 children and 7 adults Non-Permanent Tattoos 

Aug 29 5 children and 3 adults Plasticene Worlds 

Sep 5 7 children and 5 adults Finger Puppets 

Sep 12 4 children and 3 adults Party Hats 

Sep 19 1 child Paper Bag Puppets 

Sep 26 9 children and 4 adults Water-Soluble Pictures 

Oct 3 12 children and 8 adults Memory Maps 

Oct 10 2 children and 1 adult Halloween Sculptures 

Oct 17 5 children and 2 adults Haunted House 

Oct 24 5 children and 3 adults Craft 

Oct 31 4 children and 3 adults Halloween Creations 

Nov 7 6 children and 2 adults Watersol Portraits 

Nov 14 5 children and 2 adults Miniature Worlds 

Nov 25 5 children and 3 adults Pastel Drawings 

Nov 28 6 children and 5 adults Clay Sculptures 

Dec 5 7 children and 5 adults Head Puppets 

Dec 12 6 children and 3 adults Christmas Ornaments 

Dec 19 8 children and 3 adults Blow-Up Ornaments 

White Buffalo Youth Lodge 

Jan 11 18 children and 3 adults Clay Animals 

Feb 8 3 children and 2 adults Totem Poles 

Mar 8 4 children and 1 adult Body Tracings 

Apr 12 20 children and 3 adults Drawing Games 

May 10 10 children and 3 adults Paper Tipis 

Jun 14 8 children and 4 adults Mini Graffiti 

Jul 30 10 children and 5 adults Printmaking Experiments 

Aug 13 15 children and 4 adults Watercolour Painting 

Aug 20 8 children and 3 adults Squiggle Drawings 

Mennonite Central Committee Appleby Art Club 

Jan 24 18 children and 3 adults Bridge Building 

Feb 21 22 children and 0 adults Painting with Tissue Paper 

Mar 28 36 children and 3 adults Wet Chalk Painting 

Apr 25 33 children and 4 adults Prang Prints 

May 23 23 children and 5 adults Illustration Creations 

Jun 27 32 children Comic Strips 

Jul 25 27 children and 4 adults Temporary Tattoos 

Aug 22 27 children and 6 adults Mark Making Explorations 

Sep 26 50 children and 5 adults Prang Prints 

Oct 24 30 children and 5 adults Paper/Scissors Creations 

Nov 28 32 children and 1 adult Paper Snowflakes 


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Saskatoon Heritage Festival 

Feb 4 74 children and 43 adults Snowflakes and Drawings of 

Hibernation 

Can West Spelling Bee 

Mar 2 8 children and 3 adults Cheering Bees 

Child Hunger Education Program 

Mar 17 25 children and 15 adults Dreaming Seeds 

Nov 9 30 children and 5 adults Litter Bugs 

The Saskatoon Farmer’s Market 

Apr 7 22 children and 14 adults Egg Designs 

Oct 6 43 children and 27 adults Startling Scarecrows 

Dec 8 40 children and 16 adults Plasticene-Head Puppets 

Princess Alexandra Fun Day in the Park 

Apr 20 40 children and 2 adults Mini-Art Galleries 

Westmount Community Association Carnival 

May 11 28 children and 9 adults Crowns 

City Park Carnival 

May 26 41 children and 20 adults Adornments 

St. Martin’s Congregation Party 

May 26 50 children and 13 adults Craft 

Martensville Busters Day 

Jun 3 32 children and 10 adults Marker Prints 

Northern Saskatchewan International Children’s 

Festival 

Jun 6 500 children and 80 adults Necklaces 



Jun 9 265 children and 80 adults Crowns 

Holliston Community Association Fun Day in the 

Park 

Jun 16 38 children and 8 adults Mask Making 

College Park Community Association Fun Day in the 

Park 

Jun 16 50 children and 19 adults Accordion Style Cards 

SaskTel Saskatchewan Jazz Festival 

Jun 22 16 children and 8 adults Cartoons 



Jun 29 43 children and 10 adults Cartoons and Illustrations 

Jun 30 39 children and 16 adults Mixed Media Collage 

Jul 1 43 children and 14 adults Mixed Media Drawing and 

Collage 

River Heights Community Association Fun Day in the 

Park 

Jun 23 76 children and 27 adults Prang Prints 

2nd Ave Sidewalk Sale 

Jul 5 23 children and 5 adults Sculpture 



Taste of Saskatchewan 





Jul 21 43 children and 21 adults Watercolour Pencils 

Jul 22 31 children and 14 adults Watercolour Pencils 

Saskatoon Fringe Festival 

Aug 4 18 children and 8 adults Temporary Tattoos 

Aug 5 29 children and 20 adults Temporary Tattoos 

Aug 6 40 children and 20 adults Flag, Hat, and Card Making 

Aug 11 18 children and 11 adults Sculptures 

Langham Centennial Celebration 

Aug 4 14 children and 10 adults Flag, Hat, and Card Making 

Vanscoy Summer Fair 

Aug 12 25 children and 15 adults Watersol Pencil Crayon 

The Mendel Art Gallery “Living Artfully” Event 

Aug 18 41 children and 22 adults Beaded Necklaces 

Ukraine Day in the Park 

Aug 25 65 children and 21 adults Embroidery Designs 

Dundonald Fun Day in the Park 

Aug 26 23 children and 8 adults Zipper Pulls 


Briarwood Fun Day BBQ 

Aug 26 32 children and 2 adults Multi Media Sculpture 

Pleasant Hill School Pancake Breakfast 

Sep 5 45 children and 5 adults Zipper Pulls 

Broadway Street Fair 

Sep 8 36 children and 29 adults Mini Sculptures 

Caswell Community Art in the Park Day 

Sep 9 41 children and 11 adults Mixed Media Sculptures 

St. John Community School Pancake Breakfast 

Sep 20 80 children and 4 adults Zipper Pulls 

Bridging 125 City of Saskatoon Event 

Sep 21 24 children and 17 adults Magic Wands 


Nutana High School Harvest Festival 

Sep 27 150 children and 15 adults Magic Wands 

Lakeridge Community Association Day in the Park 

Sep 30 50 children and 12 adults Craft 

Federation of Saskatchewan Indian Nations Annual 

Pow Wow 

Oct 20 45 children and 2 adults Free-form Sculptures 

Sundog Annual Handcraft Fair 

Dec 1 38 children and 22 adults Seasonal Ornaments 

Mendel Art Caravan Totals 

In 2007, there were 5,419 Mendel Art Caravan 

participants who took part in 124 events at different 

communities in Saskatoon and the surrounding area. 

• 25 Community events (community fun days, city 

playgrounds) 

• 5 Festivals 

• 76 Regular ongoing visits (White Buffalo, Pediatric 

Playroom, Appleby Art Club, Saskatoon Farmer’s 

Market) 

• Number of events: 124 

• Number of participants: 5,419 

• Number of children: 4,345 

Puppet show by Wide Open Productions at SomethingonSundays January 28, 2007. 

Something on Sundays 

SomethingonSundays provides child-, family-, and 

adult-centered programs free to the public every 

Sunday afternoon. The program offers complementary 

programming relating to current exhibitions and has 

included talk/tours, film screenings, children’s art 

activities, public tours, gallery theatre, music and dance 

performances, public forums, artist demonstrations, 

storytelling, poetry readings, panel discussions, 

workshops, and lectures that all relate in some way to 

current exhibitions. Initiated in 1995, it was the first 

such program in Canada and has proven extremely 

popular. Since then, regular Sunday programs have 

become a mainstay in galleries across the country. 

Our statistics demonstrate that at least ten percent of 

total visits to the Mendel Art Gallery happen during 

SomethingonSundays. By targeting the casual viewer 

who may not have much time to spend in the Gallery, 

we offer simultaneous activities that run continuously 

2–4pm. 

Participation continues to grow from recent years, 

due in part to programming activities with a wider 

popular appeal, and catchier pre-advertised themes. 

We are also focussing on partnering with more 

outside organizations/groups to reach deeper into the 

community. 


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SomethingonSundays 2007 Events 

Date Event event Type Participants Presenter 

Jan 28 Puppet Show and Puppet making workshop 80-90 Kristi Friday of Wide Open Productions 

Feb 18-25 Chairorist Monologues performance 307 Paul Crepeau 

Mar 2 Book Launch and Performance Book launch 60 Michael Hosaluk 

Mar 25 Zoo event workshop 100 Zachari Logan 

Apr 1 Open studio workshop 60 Dave Geary and Yuka Yamaguchi 

Apr 29 COOLartist talks talk 40 student artists 

May 13 Music in Motion performance 20 Music in Motion 

Jun 24 Saskatoon Klezmer Band performance 50+ Saskatoon Klezmer Band 

Jul 8 Summer Kickoff Event performance/workshop 200+ Homines Gladiorum 

Sep 23 Doris Wall Larson event workshop/talk Doris Wall Larson 

Aug 5 Dana Wylie Band performance 70 Dana Wylie Band 

Oct 14 Art Jammin’ workshop 30 Jeff Nachtigall 

Nov 18 Pushpanjali Dance performance 80 Pushpanjali India School of Dance & Music 

Dec 16 Harp Concert performance 40 Chris Lindgren 

Children’s Art Adventures 

Part of SomethingonSundays, Children’s Art Adventures 

run 2–4pm every Sunday, and are offered for children 

ages six to twelve and their families. As long as parents 

stay with younger children, we don’t turn any age 

group away. The ever-changing activities are based on 

the artwork in the current exhibitions, and whenever 

possible are held in the gallery spaces. We develop one 

activity each Sunday, and often utilize the studioXPRESS 

setup. 

Children’s Art Adventures 2007 Summary 

Jan 8 38 (22 children and 16 adults) Body Collages 

Jan 15 46 (26 children and 20 adults) Kooky Cartoons 

Jan 22 55 (34 children and 21 adults) Facilitated studioXPRESS 

Jan 29 59 (35 children and 24 adults) Fab Finger Puppets 

Feb 4 57 (36 children and 21 adults) Portrait Puzzles 

Feb 11 88 (51 children and 37 adults) Heart-y Mosaics 

Feb 18 120 (80 children and 40 adults) Chinese Dragon Masks 

Feb 25 39 (23 children and 16 adults) Nature Accordian Books 

Mar 4 61 (35 children and 26 adults) Make a Mandala 

Mar 11 77 (45 children and 32 adults) Hide the Leprechaun 

Mar 18 50 (27 children and 23 adults) Fancy Stamped Stationary 

Mar 25 105 (67 children and 38 adults) Cool Creatures 

Apr 1 57 (32 children and 25 adults) Yuka Pala Pala Flipbooks 

Apr 8 17 (10 children and 7 adults) Facilitated studioXPRESS 

Apr 15 46 (31 children and 15 adults) Geary Cartoon Bookmarks 

Apr 22 58 (36 children and 22 adults) Totally Thompson 

Apr 29 41 (20 children and 21 adults) Cool Colville Creations 

May 6 37 (24 children and 13 adults) Lawren’s Landscape’s 

May 13 35 (22 children and 13 adults) Mother’s Day Bouquets 

May 20 69 (48 children and 21 adults) Morris Masterpieces 

May 27 29 (14 children and 15 adults) Mini Statues By Rodin 

Jun 3 79 (46 children and 33 adults) Marion’s Majestic Fans 

Jun 10 16 (8 children and 8 adults) Facilitated studioXPRESS 

Jun 17 13 (6 children and 7 adults) Father’s Day Cards 

Jun 24 35 (20 children and 15 adults) William Morris frames 

Jul 1 18 (10 children and 8 adults) Tea Bag Drawings 

Jul 8 125 (75 children and 50 adults) Mad Hatter Tea Party 

Jul 15 38 (23 children and 15 adults) Stained “Glass” Workshop 



Jul 22 26 (14 children and 12 adults) Crazy Calligraphy 

Jul 29 27 (16 children and 11 adults) Palmer’s Trees 

Aug 5 26 (14 children and 12 adults) Captivating Crowns 

Aug 12 57 (29 children and 28 adults) Watercolour Landscapes 

Aug 19 29 (18 children and 11 adults) Bonington’s Parrots 

Aug 26 14 (8 children and 6 adults Narnia’s wardrobe 

Sep 2 29 (17 children and 12 adults) Mini Grain Elevators 

Sep 9 42 (25 children and 17 adults) Free Form Sculptures 

Sep 16 30 (18 children and 12 adults) Animation Creations 

Sep 23 37 (22 children and 15 adults) Marvellous Mini-Altars 

Sep 30 62 (32 children and 30 adults) Facilitated studioXPRESS 

Oct 7 24 (17 children and 7 adults) Gratitude Mobiles 

Oct 14 70 (30 children and 40 adults) Art Jammin’ 

Oct 21 29 (19 children and 10 adults) Sculpture Stew 

Oct 28 50 (36 children and 14 adults) Ghost Town Prints 

Nov 4 45 (30 children and 15 adults) Sharing Your Story 

Nov 11 79 (51 children and 28 adults) Miniatures and Bigiatures 

Nov 18 43 (25 children and 18 adults) Emotional Geographies 

Nov 25 18 (11 children and 7 adults) Art Activities Facilitated by 

the Mendel Youth Council 

Dec 2 37 (24 children and 13 adults) Blow-up Art 

Dec 9 34 (23 children and 11 adults) Making Your Mark 

Dec 16 48 (27 children and 21 adults) Snow Painting 

Dec 23 20 (11 children and 9 adults) Hand Made Wreaths 

Dec 30 44 (32 children and 12 adults) New Year’s Hats 

2007 Something On Sundays Totals 

The Mendel had 19,217 visitors on Sunday afternoons 

in 2007. Of these, 1,217 actively participated in talks, 

performances, demonstrations, etc., and 2,412 

participated in Children’s Art Adventures. 

COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS 

The Mendel has made a commitment to its community. 

We believe strongly in opening up our doors to local 

organizations and connecting to important community 

events, especially when these events overlap with our 

existing programs. Although our space is limited, we 

encourage arts, cultural, educational, environmental, and 

civic stakeholders to partner with us on programming 

and events. It is our desire to play an enriching role in 

our community. 

Adopt a Neighbourhood Program 

Adopt a Neighborhood Program grew from Naked 

City, a multi-layered Mendel program developed in 

2006. The Mendel partnered with the Saskatchewan 

Environmental Society to bring awareness of our 

environment, and celebrate those communities who 

care about issues of youth, diversity, recycling, pollution, 

active citizenry, community exchange, and artful living. 

Caswell Hill Community Association was selected 

and continues to work with the Mendel on a legacy 


project. The Saskatchewan Environmental Society 

conducted eco-friendly workshops and projects with 

the neighbourhood, the SaskTel Mendel Art Caravan 

visited their community parks and festivals, and the 

community will receive a free Mendel tour and one-year 

membership to both the Mendel and the Saskatchewan 

Environmental Society. 

Advisory 

Creating snow art in the style of Jackson Pollock at Children’s Art Adventures, 

in December 2007. Photo: Jessa Alston-O’Connor. 

We provide advisory services and/or network on an 

ongoing basis to these institutions and organizations: U 

of S College of Education, U of S Department of Art and 

Art History, CERT (Community Education, Resources 

and Tours), Museums Association of Saskatchewan, 

Canadian Art Gallery Educators, CARFAC Saskatchewan, 

paved ART + New Media, Blackflash, AKA Gallery, U 

of S Humanities Research Unit, Canadian Museum 

Association. 

Artist in the Community: Art for All 

In conjunction with the Saskatchewan Arts board/ 

City of Saskatoon Cultural Capital of Canada program, 

artist Cesar (Alex) Romero curated an exhibition of 

work from the immigrant communities he was working 

with. The Mendel hosted this exhibition July 13–21 in 

the auditorium. Mendel Program Guides also worked 

with Romero and his participants for free tours and 

workshops in exchange for feedback on how to best 

program for immigrant communities. 

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Boards of Education 

Gallery Programmer Laura Kinzel juried the submissions 

for the Bill Epp Memorial Scholarship for the Catholic 

School system on May 22. She also served as a juror for 

Aden Bowman Collegiate’s annual art fair. 

CARFAC 

Two workshops were held at the Mendel Art Gallery: 

Grant Writing for Artists on January 20 (Attendance: 26) 

and The Permanence of Artist Materials on March 22 

and 23 (Attendance: 15). 

CERT 

In addition to attending and sometimes hosting bimonthly 

meetings, we regularly participate in the Toon 

Time advertising project offered through the Saskatoon 

Sun. The group produces posters, distributed twice a 

year, advertising our individual programs to the schools. 

It also publishes a guide to the programs developed by 

the members, sent to schools in September. 

Design Week 

From November 13–17 the Mendel hosted this annual 

exhibition and lecture series in the auditorium. The 

Mendel’s component included open houses for high 

schools, four lectures including the keynote address, 

and a bus tour of public art. 

Doors Open 

In conjunction with a larger city-wide initiative, the 

Mendel participated in the Doors Open program on 

Sunday, June 3. Intended to provide access to spaces in 

historical buildings that the public otherwise does not 

get to see, events included behind-the-scenes tours 

through our basement and storage areas, key staff 

stationed round the building for conversation, and a new 

handout. Four Mendel Board members and Director 

Terry Graff highlighted our need for renovations and 

expansion. Attendance: 375 overall; 120 toured behindthe-scenes 

Exposed: A Forum on Public Art 

The Mendel partnered on this three-day series of events 

that brought together leading artists, designers, curators, 

and civic administrators with extensive experience in 

public art commissions, to discuss the future of public 

art in Saskatoon. The events were located around the 

city, with the Mendel hosting the keynote speaker and 

Art Lab launch and bus tour. 

Musical and Theatrical Groups 

The 9th Annual Festival of Women’s Art 

Go Diva Hericane Festival, March 2–April 2 

This festival featured emerging and established artists 

in the fields of performing, literary and visual arts. In 

partnership with 25th Street Theatre Inc., the Mendel 

hosted the exhibition of art by established artists and 

a lecture. The reception for the exhibition and lecture 

was held on March 9 at 7 pm. The show was held over 

for Juno weekend. Attendance for lecture: 70 

Saskatoon Regional Youth Heritage Fair 

Laura Kinzel juried student displays on May 3 and 4 at 

the Nutana Curling Club. 

SCYAP Inc. Urban Canvas Project 

Saskatoon Community Youth Arts Programming 

Inc. (SCYAP) is a commercial arts skill enhancement/ 

acquisition community revitalization and beautification 

initiative for “at-risk” youth. Their mission is to use visual 

art and community bonding as the key focus for the 

personal development, empowerment, and redirection 

of “at-risk” youth to a healthy, happy, and productive 

life. Mendel staff continues to be invited to attend 

SCYAP openings events. 

We hosted the exhibition of the graduating class of 

SCYAP’s Urban Canvas VII program from December 3, 

2007–January 7, 2008. The reception and graduating 

ceremony was held on December 7, attended by local 

dignitaries and students. Attendance: 50 



Community Users of Mendel Facilities 

(Board Room, Auditorium, Other) 

• Saskatoon Camera Club 

• Her-icane Festival and 25 th Street Theatre 

• Canada Council for the Arts 

• CARFAC Saskatchewan Visual Artists 

• Saskatoon StarPhoenix CERT (Community 

Experiences Resources and Tours) 

• Saskatchewan Arts Board Artist in the Community 

• Saskatchewan Association of Landscape Architects 

• Museums Association of Saskatchewan 

• 291 Film Company 

• City Park Collegiate 

• Humanities Congress, University of Saskatchewan 

• Aboriginal Curatorial Collective 

• Jack Pine Press 

• Saskatchewan Society for Education Through Art 

• CUPE 59 

• University of Saskatchewan Music Department 

• GoWay Travel Limited 

• Seniors Fitness Walk 

• SCYAP Inc 

• Volunteer Management Group 

• Design Week Partners 

• Outdoor Education Program 

PROGRAM PLANNING 

Plexus 

The Public and Professional Programming Plexus 

continues to meet weekly to brainstorm, clarify, connect, 

and implement all programs for the department. 

Although each Plexus member is responsible for the 

maintenance of specific programs, it is the team that 

guides the overall direction. In 2007 the Plexus included 

ARTforLIFE Liaisons, the Head of Public and Professional 

Programs, Gallery Programmer, Program Facilitator, 

and Program Assistants. Members were also actively 

involved in a program audit of all their programs. 

Professional Development and Initiatives 

Alexandra Badzak, Head of Professional and Public 

Programs: 

• Sat on Facilities Committee for the Mendel 

• Chair of the Mendel on the Move Committee 

• Chair of the Living Artfully Committee 

• Member of the Market Study Committee for the 

Mendel 

Laura Kinzel, Gallery Programmer: 

• Continues as the Special Interest Group 

Representative for Education and Public Programs 

with the Museums Association of Saskatchewan. 

• Continues with CERT, a local group of educators 

providing out of school experiences 

Public Programming Retreat 

All Public and Professional Programming staff, along 

with staff from all Mendel departments, attended a 

retreat at Sandcastle Resort on June 28. 

Other Events 

• Book Signing and Reading: Terry Fenton on Reta 

Cowley, February 6 

• Jazz and Poetry Session: Ray Stephanson, Duane 

Dorgan, Don Kerr, Don Clark, February 10 

• Landscape as Muse Series Launch, March 17 

• Grand Opening of Mendel Café, Café Museo, 

March 24 

• Special Interest Group on Museum and Education, 

Humanities Congress, reception and tour, May 26 

• Chip Mitchell: Continuing the Mendel Family 

Legacy, talk and reception, June 22 

• Book Launch and Poetry Reading, Jack Pine Press, 

June 23 

• Members Showcase, annual member’s show and 

sale, August 18 

• CD Launch, Dean McNeill, Aug 25 

• Book Signing: Otto Rogers, December 10 


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Collections (Registration & Preservation) 

Processing of Acquisitions 

In 2007 the Mendel Art Gallery acquired 323 works 

of art, 318 of which were gifts to the collection. Three 

contemporary artworks were purchased with the 

assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts and the 

Gallery Group, and two historical works were purchased 

with a gift from Mr. Calvin Redlick. 

All the works acquired have been cataloged and 

examined for condition. Deeds of Gift have been 

received, as have most of the appraisals. The remaining 

appraisals are for donations made late in the year, and 

are expected to arrive soon. 

Digitization 

The Mendel Art Gallery uses a program called Virtual 

Collections as our collections database. There have 

been numerous newer versions since the initial 

purchase of version 5 of Virtual Collections in 2001. 

In 2007 we upgraded to version 9. The conversion to 

the new database went fairly well but the Collections 

Department is checking all the data and will have to 

build new reports. All the data for the 2007 acquisitions 

has been entered into the database and a check for 

veracity will be done in 2008. To date there are 5576 

works in the collection for a total value in excess of 

$13.5 million 

For the past few years, our practice has been to take 

digital images of each artwork when it is acquired. These 

images are used in the database, on the Mendel web site, 

and in Mendel publications. We are also in the process 

of digitally photographing older works in the collection. 

To date 3193 of the 5576 works in the collection have 

been digitally photographed. Technology and expertise 

has improved and in some cases better images will be 

taken as time permits. 

Preparation and Installation of 

Exhibitions 

The Collections Management and Preparatory team 

prepared and installed twenty-four exhibitions and 

constructed or refitted crates for six provincially-touring 

exhibitions and two nationally-touring exhibitions. 

Artworks from the Permanent Collection were loaned 

to the Canadian Museum of Civilization, The Art 

Gallery of Nova Scotia, the Royal Ontario Museum, and 

the Mackenzie Art Gallery. 

Challenges 

Our biggest challenge continues to be lack of safe storage 

space for the Permanent Collection. The vault built 

in the 1970s cannot contain all of the collection. The 

aging heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems 

cannot maintain museum standards on an ongoing 

basis. We continue to address this situation with offsite 

storage and stop-gap use of fans and dehumidifiers. 

The renovation of the Mendel Art Gallery is critical to 

preserving this important public trust. 

2007 Acquisitions Summary 

Gifts 

Robert Newton Hurley 

Untitled (farm at dusk), 1953 

watercolour on illustration board 

Gift of Norma Botterill, 2007 

2007.1.1 

Robert Newton Hurley 

Untitled (river landscape), 1953 

watercolour on paper board 

Gift of Norma Botterill, 2007 


Bartley Robilliard Pragnell 

Untitled (rolling hills and farm), n.d. 

watercolour on paper 

Gift of Ann Seed, 2007 

2007.2 

Ernest F. Lindner 

Untitled (prairie landscape), 1928 

oil on hardboard 

Gift of Mr. Johann and Mrs. Elisabeth Kunkel, 2007 


Cecil Edward James 

For Today and Tommorrow, 1957 

oil on hardboard 

Gift of Mr. Johann and Mrs. Elisabeth Kunkel, 2007 


Joe Norris 

Men with Fishing Nets, 1980 

oil on canvas 

Gift of Christ Huntington and Charlotte McGill, 2007 



Gifts (continued) 

Joe Norris 

Spraying, c. 1982 

oil on canvas 

Gift of Christ Huntington and Charlotte McGill, 2007 


Hans Siegfried Dommasch 

241 photographs 

Gift of the artist, 2007 

2007.5.1 through 2007.5.241 

Collections (Registration & Preservation) 

Erich Schmid 

36 works on paper 

Gift of Jinjara Johanna Nola Mitchell Halter and Ryan Mitchell 

Halter, 2007 


Ernest F. Lindner 

Intercontinental Pork Plant, 1944 

oil on canvas 

Gift of Chip Mitchell in memory of Johanna Mitchell, 2007 


Hilda Joyce Stewart 

Untitled (Qu’Appelle Valley), c. 1929 - 1932 

watercolour on paper 

Gift of Gordon Ames, 2007 


Ed Zelenak 

30 pieces in various media 

Gift of Clara Zelenak, 2007 


Leo Mol 

Untitled (bust of Fred Mendel), c. 1979 

plaster of Paris 

Gift of Margareth Mol, 2007 


Leo Mol 

Untitled (bust of Ernest Lindner), n.d. 

Plaster of Paris 

Gift of Margareth Mol, 2007 


Angela Grauerholz, Jewish Cemetery, 2004, digital print on paper. Collection of the 

Mendel Art Gallery. Purchased with the assistance of the Canada Council for the Arts 

and the Gallery Group, 2007. 

Purchases 

Graeme Patterson 

The House (Woodrow), 2004–2006 

mixed media 

Purchased with the assistance of the Canada Council for the 

Arts and the Gallery Group, 2007 


Ian Rawlinson 

The Seeker, 2004 

oil on panel 


Arts, 2007 


Angela Grauerholz 

Jewish Cemetery, 2004 

digital print on paper 


Arts and the Gallery Group, 2007 


James Henderson 

Big Timbers, c. 1926–1935 

oil on plywood 

Purchased with funds received from Calvin Redlick, 2007 


Inglis Sheldon-Williams 

Untitled (English scene), c. 1906 - 1913 

graphite; watercolour on paper 

Purchased in part with funds received from Calvin Redlick, 

2007 



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Gallery Group Volunteers 

Mendel Gallery Group Volunteers 

2007 was a banner year for the Mendel Gallery Group 

volunteers. The generosity, goodwill and unqualified 

support extended to the Mendel by the members of 

the Gallery Group continues to be a major factor in 

providing valuable services for the Gallery. Their time, 

energy, talent, and commitment to the art gallery play a 

major role in our success. 

People volunteer at the Mendel Art Gallery for 

many reasons, and volunteers are very much at the 

heart of the Gallery. Our history and mission clearly 

speak to our focus and exemplify the spirit of the 

Gallery. Without the support of our volunteers many 

events would not be possible. Working in collaboration 

with the Administrative Assistant/Manager of 

Volunteer Resources, our dedicated volunteers played 

an important role in many facets of the Gallery’s 

operations in 2007, including receptions, special events 

and fundraising, communications, membership, the Art 

Appreciation Group, the Gallery Shop, and the library. 

Gallery Group Volunteers at Living Artfully food booth in August 2007. Back: 

Raymond Martineau. Front, left to right: Darlene Andrews, Bev Kinshella, Judy 

Koutecky, Nancy Sollosy. Photo: Marie Brown. 

The Mendel thanks our volunteers for raising a 

total of $10,158 in 2007, which was directed towards 

the purchase of Angela Grauerholz’s 2004 digital print 

on paper titled Jewish Cemetery. Unless otherwise 

noted, funds raised by the specific volunteer activities 

described below were used towards acquiring artwork 

for the Permanent Collection. In addition, many 

donations-in-kind were generously provided to the 

volunteers in support of the group’s events and activities 

in 2007. The Gallery Group is grateful for the generosity 

of individuals and businesses that support their events. 

VOLUNTEER ADVISORY COUNCIL 

Under the leadership of the Volunteer Advisory Council, 

the volunteer group continues to expand. Thanks are 

expressed to the Board of Trustees of the The Saskatoon 

Gallery & Conservatory Corporation and the Board of 

Trustees of the Mendel Art Gallery Foundation for their 

support of our activities in 2007. The Volunteer Advisory 

Council of the Mendel Gallery Group recommends, 

advises, shapes, and provides direction for the volunteer 

program at the Mendel. Council members include: 

Hazel Macza, Chair 

Karen Cranston, Past Chair & Member at Large 

Alison Lawlor, Receptions Coordinator 

Michael Klassen, Receptions Co-Coordinator 

Amber Richardson, Receptions Co-Coordinator 

Annette Semko, Receptions Co-Coordinator 

Nancy Sollosy, Receptions Co-Coordinator 

Judy Koutecky, Administrative Assistant/Manager 

of Volunteer Resources 

RECEPTIONS 

Receptions are planned, organized, set-up and taken 

down, including decorating, as required throughout the 

year. The Receptions Committee, convened by Alison 

Lawlor organized the following receptions: 

• Friday, January 19 at 11:30 am – Exhibition Media 

Reception 

• Friday, January 19 at 8 pm – Exhibition Opening 

– Michael Hosaluk: Containment, Rebecca Belmore: 

blood on the snow, Articulation: Conex-Us, and Jane 

Ash Poitras: Consecrated Medicine 

• Saturday, January 20 at 7 pm – Reception for 

Rebecca Belmore Artist’s Lecture 

• Monday, January 29 at 7 pm – Reception for 

Saskatchewan Association of Architects Lecture 

• Friday, February 23 at 7 pm – Reception for Jane 

Ash Poitras Talk/Tour 

• Friday, March 2 at 7 pm – Reception for Michael 

Hosaluk Book Launch following production of 

Chairorist Monologues 

• Thursday, March 8 at 7 pm – Reception for Lecture 

by Adrian Stimson 

• Thursday, April 5 at 7 pm – Reception for Curator 

Talk by Tobi Bruce 

• Friday, April 13 at 12 Noon – Exhibition Media 

Reception 

• Friday, April 13 at 8 pm – Exhibition Opening 

– Lasting Impressions: Celebrated Works from the 

Art Gallery of Hamilton and Articulation: Express 



• Sunday, April 22 at 2 pm – Exhibition Opening 

– Cool Art 

• Wednesday, May 16 at 6 pm – Reception for the 

Aboriginal Curatorial Collective Conference 

• Saturday, May 26 at 5 pm – Reception for Special 

Interest Group on Museum & Education tour (as 

part of the U of S Humanities Congress) 

• Friday, June 15 at 8 pm – Exhibition Opening 

— British Drawings from the National Gallery of 

Canada and Drawing Inspiration from the Pre- 

Raphaelites: Selected Works from the Dr. Dennis T. 

Lanigan Collection 

• Saturday, June 16 at 7 pm – Reception for Lecture 

by David Latham 

• Thursday, June 21 at 7 pm – Reception for Lecture 

by Keith Bell 

• Thursday, July 5 at 7 pm – Reception for Lecture by 

Jan Marsh 

• Saturday, July 7 at 7 pm – British Drawing Salon 

• Friday, July 13 – Immigrant Community Reception 

• Wednesday, July 18 at 1 pm – Reception for 

announcement of funding from Province of 

Saskatchewan Building Communities Program 

• Saturday, August 25 at 6:30 pm – Reception for CD 

Launch for Dean McNeill 

• Friday, September 7 at 8 pm – Exhibition Opening 

– Graeme Patterson: Woodrow, Grow Up or Blow 

Up, The Insiders, and Emotional Geographies 

• Friday, October 12 at 7:30 pm – Opening reception 

for Barrett Russell’s Here and There: the Easy Magic 

Machine installation 

• Friday, November 9 at 8 pm – Exhibition Opening 

— Articulation: Joined 

• Thursday, November 15 at 7 pm – Opening 

of Exposed forum on public art, together with 

reception for Design Week 

• Friday, December 7 at 11 am – Reception for 

Graduation for SCYAP Urban Canvas VII 

Thanks to Blossoms Florist for sponsoring bouquets 

of beautiful and extraordinary flowers for opening 

receptions. 

SPECIAL EVENTS & FUND RAISING 

Volunteers organize and plan special events and annual 

fund raising activities, from the initial stages of planning 

each event to the various important roles during and 

after the event. In 2007, the volunteers assisted with the 

special events and fund raisers outlined below. 


(back row): Kathy Evans, Bob Novak, Karen Hoiness, Judy Koutecky, LeeAnne Clarke, 

Alison Lawlor (front): Margaret Driver, Phyllis Henschel, Bev Kinshella, Tracy Bowler at 

Annual Spring Plant Sale. Photo: Troy Mamer. 

Spring Plant Sale & Mother’s Day Tea – May 12 

This annual and very popular event was held Saturday, 

May 12 from 11am–3pm. Kathy Evans coordinated 

the plant sale and Amber Richardson coordinated the 

tea. A wonderful array of plant materials for “Butterfly 

and Hummingbird Gardens” were offered for sale in 

conjunction with a “Mother’s Day Tea.” Tea pourers 

Hazel Macza and Jeanne Walters did a wonderful job 

pouring tea. Clement Farms Greenhouses supplied a 

wealth of plant materials, including hanging baskets, 

perennials, annuals, and a variety of spring plants. 

Master Gardeners Margaret Driver and Bob Novak 

provided their expertise about the flowers, plant 

materials, and gardening plans to our visitors. This event 

raised $1,876. Thanks to Canadian Linen and Uniform 

Service for sponsoring linens for the tea. 

Doors Open (June 3) 

Volunteers assisted on Sunday, June 3, from 12–5pm in 

the Doors Open event at the Gallery. This event enabled 

the public to see behind the scenes at the Gallery that 

they would not usually get to see. Volunteers welcomed 

guests as they arrived, provided information, and 

booked tours. 

Members’ Showcase (August 18–September 7) 

The Annual Members’ Showcase is organized to 

encourage and support the Gallery’s members who 

make art and who are interested in selling their work. 

This fundraiser for the Gallery was held from August 

18–September 7. There were one hundred and 

thirty artworks displayed with twenty artworks sold. 

Volunteers assisted with all of the logistics related to 

the event. The Members’ Showcase raised $653. 

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Waterfront: Living Artfully Art, Craft, 

and Eco-fair (August 18) 

Volunteers enthusiastically participated in this day-long 

outdoor event on the grounds of the Mendel. They 

organized and ran a food booth, assisted with parking 

control, worked at the membership table, decorated, 

and helped with setup and cleanup. There were about 

Curator George Moppett gives a talk to the Art Appreciation Group. 

Photo: Troy Mamer. 

sixty volunteers assisting to make it the success it was. 

Darlene Andrews coordinated the Gallery Group’s 

food booth, which raised $1,450. Special thanks to the 

following sponsors who supported the food booth: 

Maple Leaf Consumer Foods, Robin’s Donuts, 7th 

Avenue Lucky Dollar, Shoppers Drug Mart (Broadway & 

Taylor, The Circle at Centre & 8th, 7th Avenue), London 

Drugs (8th Street), Sobeys West, Primrose Husky Food 

Store, Family Pizza (Canarama), Party World Rentals, 

Safeway (Cumberland, Lawson Heights, Centre at Circle 

& 8th, Market Mall, and Confederation), PickNic’s Bakery 

& Bistro, Dutch Growers Garden Centre, Saskatoon Cooperative 

Association, Walmart, and Giant Tiger. 

StarPhoenix Realtors’ Appreciation 

Reception (November 22) 

The Annual StarPhoenix Realtors Appreciation 

reception took place on November 22. Thanks are 

expressed to The StarPhoenix for providing $3,000.00 in 

contra advertising for exhibitions at the Gallery. 

Poinsettia Fundraiser (December) 

The Gallery Group’s 11th Annual Poinsettia Fundraiser 

was an outstanding success and the biggest and best 

event yet, with increased orders and sales from the 

prior year. Beautiful poinsettias grown locally by Floral 

Acres Greenhouse were sold by volunteers to businesses 

and individuals in the community. $5,180 was raised. 

Special thanks and congratulations are expressed to 

Co-Coordinators Kathy Evans, Alison Lawlor, and Karen 

Cranston, and all the volunteers involved. We would like 

to thank Quick Delivery Service and Globe Printers for 

donating services for this fundraiser. 

ART APPRECIATION GROUP 

The Art Appreciation Group coordinated by Chair Doris 

Bietenholz looked forward to and benefited by meeting 

on the third Thursday of each month to learn about and 

discuss current shows at the Mendel, and periodically 

tour other galleries, as outlined in the Monthly Program 

below. 

• January 18 – private viewing and talk of the 

collection of John Weil and Jean Williamson in 

Saskatoon. 

• February 15 – tour of the exhibitions Rebecca 

Belmore and Jane Ash Poitras by Kelly Van Damme, 

Program Guide. 

• March 15 – slide show by Lorenzo Dupuis. 

• April 19 – tour of the Lasting Impressions exhibition 

by George Moppett, Associate Curator. 

• May 17 – tour by artist Degen Lindner of the St. 

George Avenue artists studio. 

• June 21 – trip to Mel Bolen’s studio near Humboldt 

with tour by Mel Bolen, as well as tour by June 

Jacobs of the Handwave Gallery in Meacham. 

• September 20 – presentation on the Gallery’s 

expansion/renovation by Terry Graff, Executive 

Director & CEO, followed by pot luck lunch at the 

residence of Bev Caldwell in Saskatoon. 

• October 16 – tour of the Graeme Patterson: 

Woodrow exhibition by Dan Ring, Acting Head 

Curator. 

• November 15 – tour of the The Insiders and 

Articulation: Joined exhibitions by Carol Wylie, 

Program Guide. 

Hostessing at the Gallery 

The hostessing program on Sunday afternoons in 

the Gallery lobby is coordinated by Joy Prokopishyn. 

Volunteers welcome and provide information to visitors 

and assist the Gallery Shop staff. 

Gallery Mailings 

Volunteers prepare and assist with mailings of invitations 

and other mailings as needed. A phoning committee of 



the Art Appreciation Group organizes volunteers to 

assist with mailings as required by the Gallery. 

COMMUNICATIONS 

Phoning Committees of the Gallery Group and the Art 

Appreciation Group contact volunteers for meetings, 

events, and shifts for various events. 

Clippings of newspapers and articles from the local paper, 

newsletters, and other documents are clipped and inserted in 

plastic sleeves for the Gallery’s clipping binder. Karen Hoiness 

has done a wonderful job keeping this information up-todate 

for use by various departments of the Gallery. 

During the British Drawings exhibition from June 15– 

August 26, volunteers assisted in various shifts with hosting/ 

attendant duties in the exhibition space to provide extra 

security as required by the National Gallery of Canada. 

GALLERY SHOP 

As required, volunteers continue to serve in the Gallery 

Shop as required, assisting the shop staff with aspects 

of the daily operation of the shop as well as performing 

public relations functions, including telephone 

reception, product knowledge and customer service. 

Volunteers provided a Christmas gift wrapping service 

in the Gallery Shop for the Members Sale on November 

30 and December 1, and on Saturday and Sunday 

afternoons in December prior to Christmas. 

LIBRARY 

Library volunteer Cheryl McFie is responsible for 

maintaining the library database, re-shelving books, 

ordering publication and periodicals, assisting the 

Mendel staff and external researchers with finding 

relevant support material, and conducting one 

publication exchange per year. 

RECOGNITION & LONG SERVICE 

AWARDS 

We would like to recognize and acknowledge the 

continuing contributions of the Gallery’s volunteers. 

Thanks and appreciation is extended to Karen 

Cranston and the CIBC Employee Ambassador 

Program that recognizes the volunteer commitments 

of CIBC employees. In recognition of Karen’s volunteer 

commitment to the Gallery, CIBC made a donation 

of $1,000 to the Mendel, which will be used towards 

acquiring artwork for the Permanent Collection. 

Long service awards were made to volunteers at the 

Gallery’s annual Christmas reception on November 29, 


in appreciation of dedicated and long-service to the 

Gallery. Darlene Andrews, Lili Paul, and Alison Piwowar 

were recognized for having served for more than ten 

years as volunteers with the Gallery. Gwen Barker, 

LeeAnne Clarke, Donna Rawlake, Amber Richardson, 

and Verna Sagansky were recognized for over five years 

of volunteer service. 

2007 Volunteers 

Thank you to our volunteers who assisted with our 

efforts over the past year: 

Dolly Adolf 

Darlene Andrews 

Gwen Barker 

Caryl Bell 

Travis Behning 

Doris Bietenholz 

Peter Bietenholz 

Eva Bolger 

Tracy Bowler 

Grace Boyle 

Joan Braidek 

Eleanor Breher 

Tracey Brennan- 

Bailey 

Annemarie 

Buchmann- 

Gerber 

Beverley Caldwell 

Bobs Caldwell 

Janet Caldwell 

Janet Carr 

LeeAnne Clarke 

Karen Cranston 

Clint Davidson 

Colette 

Duperreault 

Shannon Dyck 

Lorrie Elian 

Kathy Evans 

Sarah Evans 

Shannon Evans 

Aline Florizone 

Vera Giesbrecht 

Lorraine Graham 

Briana Hanlon 

Jean Hanson 

Phyllis Henschel 

Karen Hoiness 

Terry Jelinski 

Edna Jennings 

Lindy King 

Bev Kinshella 

Michael Klassen 

Danny Koutecky 

Robin Koutecky 

Lorraine Kroeker 

Pauline Kushner 

Alison Lawlor 

Brad Lawlor 

Jim Leach 

Marie Lyon 

Hazel Macza 

Anne Maduke 

Joanna Majewska 

Helen Mamer 

Mary Lou 

Martineau 

Cheryl McFie 

Vinay Kumar 

Mysore 

Hilary Nelson 

Lavon Nobert 

Nadia Ochitwa 

Dominic Parent 

Linda Parent 

Shelagh Patterson 

Lili Paul 

Ethel Penner 

Melrose Petty 

Margaret Phillips 

Alison Piwowar 

Nicole Poppleton 

Irene Prisciak 

Joy Prokopishyn 

Donna Rawlake 

Amber 

Richardson 

Elinor Ritchie 

Bonnie Roberts 

Ev Safronetz 

Verna Sagansky 

Annette Semko 

Nancy Sollosy 

Arlene Soloway 

Jean Spurgeon 

Ruth Sulatisky 

Edith Sumner 

Allandra Taylor 

Lois Thompson 

Freda Toffolo 

Mabel Thompson 

Judy Turner 

Bernice Vandeven 

Jeanne Walters 

Marlene Watson 

Loreen Wilsdon 

Helen Wilson 

Lee Wood 

Lynette Wright 

Dennis Yee 

Saskatoon 

Youth Volunteer 

Program 

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Communications / Publications 

Communications 

The Communications Department is responsible for 

developing all promotional materials for the Mendel, 

including exhibition invitations, posters, and press 

releases, and promotional pieces for Mendel school and 

studio programs. Communications edits and designs the 

Annual Report, the quarterly newsletter Folio, exhibition 

text panels, and the Mendel website at www.mendel.ca. 

In the first part of the year there were many press 

queries relating to the planned facility expansion and 

renovation, the Mendel’s successful efforts to have the 

project approved by Saskatoon City Council, and the 

debate about gallery admission fees prompted by City 

Council. 

2007 Communications At-a-Glance 

• Publications: three issues of Folio, two issues of 

Mendel Guide, Living Artfully program. 

• Promotional material: posters, brochures, 

postcards, and other promotional material for 

Mendel exhibitions and public programs. 

• Online Activities: continued to update the 

website on an ongoing basis, adjusted some aspects 

of the design for greater usability, and continued 

our efforts with the Mendel blog and e-Guide. As 

well, we joined the social networking site facebook, 

which has broadened our communications profile. 

• Gallery Signage: vinyl lettering, didactic panels, 

and door signage. 

• Print Ads: we scaled back our national advertising 

efforts, but continued to advertise locally in such 

venues as The StarPhoenix, Planet S, The Saskatoon 

Sun, GalleriesWest, Western Living, and Captive 

Audience. 

Staff 

In 2007, the Communications Department saw some 

staff turnover, with the departure of Rebecca Cittadini 

in the spring, and Betsy Rosenwald in the fall. Ed Pas 

joined the Mendel as Communications Assistant 

in August, and was promoted to Communications 

Coordinator in November. We look forward to having a 

fully-staffed Communications Department in 2008. 

Publications 

Mendel Art Gallery publications provide support, access, 

and engagement with contemporary and historical art, 

and develop critical awareness and research that leads 

to a broader understanding of Canadian art, culture, 

and community. The primary focus of Mendel Art 

Gallery publishing activities is the documentation of 

art exhibitions to contribute to the discourse of art 

history and art criticism. Documentation takes the 

form of exhibition catalogues and books, or digital 

formats such as websites and CD-ROM. Published 

material includes texts by curators, critics, and artists 

who interpret exhibited work from aesthetic, social, 

historical, and political contexts. Visual information 

provides documentation of artwork and the exhibition 

installation, and expands upon accompanying 

textual material. Together, these provide a forum for 

important research and critical commentary, and offer 

the interested viewer a vehicle for consideration and 

understanding. 

Michael Hosaluk: Containment 

48 pages. 

Curator: Alexandra Badzak, Mendel Art Gallery. 

Essay: Stephen Hogbin. 

Graphic design: Colin Wallace, Saskatchewan Craft Council. 

Editor: J. Jill Robinson, Saskatoon. 

Printer: Houghton Boston, Saskatoon. 

Co-produced by: Mendel Art Gallery and Saskatchewan Craft 

Council, Saskatoon. 

ISBN: 978-1-89-6359-61-8. 

Woodrow: A Multimedia Installation by Graeme Patterson 

80 pages. 

Curator: Ray Cronin, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. 

Essays: (In French and English): Graeme Patterson, Ray Cronin, 

Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Dan Ring, Mendel Art Gallery, 

Wayne Baerwaldt, Illingworth Kerr Gallery. 

Graphic design: Graeme Patterson. 

Editor: Meredith Dault, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. 

Printer: K2 impressions, Québec, QC. 

Co-produced by: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia and Mendel Art 

Gallery. 

ISBN: 1-55457-098-0. 

Susan Shantz: canopy 

32 pages. 

Curator: Alexandra Badzak. 

Essays: Alexandra Badzak and John Grande. 

Poem: Sylvia Legris. 

Graphic design: Betsy Rosenwald. 

Editor J. Jill Robinson, Saskatoon. 

Printer: Friesens, Altona MB. 

ISBN: 978-1-896359-62-5. 


Gallery Shop / Library / Museo Coffee 

The Gallery Shop 

The Gallery Shop continues to be an integral part of the 

Mendel Art Gallery. It functions not only as a gift shop, 

but as reception, information, and communications, 

as well as a valuable public service provided by the 


Throughout 2007 the Gallery Shop focused its 

purchasing on high quality merchandise produced 

by local, national, and international artisans. Every 

year, staff from The Gallery Shop attends a major 

international gift show. In 2007 Gallery Shop Supervisor 

Michael Gibson attended the Edmonton Gift Show. 

Merchandise was selected and purchased for resale at 

this show. 

Library 

The library collection continues to grow, with a special 

emphasis on contemporary exhibition catalogues 

and critical arts related publications. We maintain 

subscriptions to several national and international 

arts magazines, such as Blackflash, Canadian Art, 

and Art Forum. Our library remains a vital resource 

for curatorial, public and professional programs, and 

extension staff. Books, catalogues, and periodicals from 

our collections are often featured in the space between, 

and are available for the general public to peruse. Library 

volunteer Cheryl McFie is responsible for maintaining 

the library database which was implemented in 2001, 

re-shelving books, ordering publications and periodicals, 

as well as assisting Mendel staff and external researchers 

with finding relevant support material. The Library 

volunteer is responsible for conducting one publication 

exchange per year, exchanging new Mendel publications 

with over fifty different venues in Canada and abroad. 

Rattles by Michael Hosaluk were available in the Gallery Shop during his exhibition 

Containment. Photo: Betsy Rosenwald 

In order to connect the Gallery Shop with Mendel 

exhibitions and events held throughout the year, the 

shop purchases and sells merchandise relating to 

these programs with special emphasis on exhibition 

catalogues and art-related publications. 

A fundamental focus of the Gallery Shop is to make 

quality works from local artisans available to the public. 

The Artist of the Month program continues to attract 

local and regional artisans, who display and sell their 

works on consignment through the shop. When there is 

sufficient interest in a particular artist’s work, the shop 

considers carrying and selling their works on an ongoing 

basis. The artists of the month in 2007 were Michael 

Hosaluk (woodcraft) in March–April, Lorraine Sutter 

(porcelain & pottery) in May–June, Sue Twigg (stained 

glass) in July–August, and Roxanne Enns (pottery) in 

September–October. 

Museo Coffee 

Yakym Oneschuk (Jimmy) at Museo Coffee. Photo: Troy Mamer. 

In 2007 the Mendel engaged Jimmy Oneschuk to do 

a study and pilot project to test visitor response and 

the feasibility of operating a for-profit café onsite now 

and in the expanded gallery. Museo Coffee opened 

on a trial basis in 2007 and will be evaluated in 2008. 

This venture—which is located in the tea lounge—is a 

departure from the self-serve tea lounge. 


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Staff 

Permanent Full Time 

*Alexandra Badzak Head of Public & Professional 

Programs 

Sandy Chimboryk Membership & Donations 

Assistant 

*Rebecca Cittadini Communications Assistant 

Dave Duchscher Museum Technician 

*Shari Fisher 

Assistant Store Supervisor 

Michael Gibson Store Supervisor 

*Terry Graff 

Executive Director & CEO 

Howard Janzen Manager of Finance & Operations 

Laura Kinzel 

Gallery Programmer 

Eve Kotyk 

Collections Manager 

Judy Koutecky 

Administrative Assistant/Manager 

of Volunteer Resources 

Ray Lodoen 

Preparator 

*George Moppett Associate Curator 

Perry Opheim 

Preparator 

Ed Pas 

Communications Coordinator 

Heather Reid 

Assistant to Manager of Finance & 

Operations 

Dan Ring 

Acting Head Curator 

*Betsy Rosenwald Communications Coordinator 

Adele Suveges 

Extension Assistant 

Permanent Part Time 

Laura Baldwin 

Sales Clerk 

Erinn Bartsch 

Curatorial Assistant 

Troy Mamer 

Curatorial Assistant 

Medoria Olynyk Sales Clerk 

Temporary Part Time 

Robin Adair 

Jessa Alston-O’Connor 

Megan Bocking 

Marie Brown 

Jason Dziadyk 

Kim Ennis 

Rose Ferguson 

Heather Gerstmar 

Deborah Gibson 

Jason Hosaluk 

Clint Neufeld 

Wendy Paterson 

Katherine Reades 

Kristen Reid 

Kelly Van Damme 

Nathan Wahl 

Brigid Ward 

Carol Wylie 

*Tanya Zuzak 

Contract 

Tricia Ashbee 

Richard Moldenhauer 

Darryl Peck 

Harriet Richards 

Program Guide & Assistant 


Program Guide 


Preparator 

Program Guide 

Sales Clerk 

Sales Clerk 

Sales Clerk 

Preparator 

Preparator 

Program Guide 

Program Guide 

Sales Clerk 

Program Guide 

Program Guide 

Program Guide & Researcher 


Art Class Instructor 

Membership & Donations 

Assistant 

Acting Executive Director & CEO 

Capital Campaign Manager 

Development Coordinator 

*Staff marked with an asterisk are no longer employed by the 



Mendel Art Gallery Foundation 

Incorporated in 1989, the purpose of The Mendel 

Art Gallery Foundation is to raise funds in support of 

the Mendel Art Gallery. Specifically, the Directors of 

the Foundation have dedicated their effort to raising 

funds for the purpose of acquisition of works for 

the Permanent Collection. It is in this way that the 

Foundation sees it opportunity to truly keep “The 

Magic of the Mendel” alive. It is our hope that this 

initiative is in keeping with the wishes of the Gallery’s 

founding benefactor Fred S. Mendel, and that his family 

looks kindly upon this objective. 

On June 21, 2007, the Foundation hosted an evening 

entitled “A Celebration of Art and Business” at which 

Fred Mendel’s grandson Chip Mitchell presented an 

oil painting by Ernest Lindner to the Gallery. This work, 

which depicts Fred Mendel’s Intercontinental Parkers 

Ltd. pork plant, symbolizes the symbiotic benefits of 

the relationship between art and business. The success 

of the evening is thanks to Chip Mitchell, Jocelyne 

Kost (the chair of the evening), sponsors, donors, and 

attendees. 

The Foundation Board also acknowledges the 

support of the management team of the Gallery: Terry 

Graff, the Mendel’s former Executive Director and CEO; 

Howard Janzen, Manager of Finance and Operations; 

and Judy Koutecky, Administrative Assistant/Manager 

of Volunteer Resources. 

Special thanks go to the 

Galler y Group, an army of 

volunteers who have assisted 

with all the Foundation’s 

fundraising initiatives. This is a 

wonderful group of people that 

we can never thank enough. 

Since its inception in 1989 

the Foundation has directly 

contributed $154,769 to the 

Gallery for its use, and the 

Foundation has created Funds 

totalling $340,595 (endowment, 

restricted, and unrestricted 

funds) benefiting the Gallery. 

M e n d e l A r t G a l l e r y 

F o u n d a t i o n M e m b e r s : P. 

Raymond Martineau (Chair), 

Gregory A. Thompson (Vice-Chair), Byron Horachek 

(Secretary-Treasurer), Joan Flynn, Jocelyne Kost, Hazel 

Macza, Margaret (Peggy) L. McKercher, Giorgio Piotto, 

Camille Mitchell (Honourary Chair). 

2007 Mendel Foundation Donors 

President’s Circle ($5,000+) 

MGM Communications 

Camille Mitchell 

Clem Roles 

Benefactor ($1,500–$4,999) 

Hamilton Photographics 

Houghton Boston Printers 

Sustainer ($750–$1,499) 

Blair Davidson 

Elwood & Joan Flynn 

Deirdrea Darke Hagen 

P. Raymond Martineau 

Terry Smith 

Ben Torchinsky 

Supporter ($300–$749) 

Warren Champ 

Howard Janzen 

Rita Lynne McLellan 

Contributor ($100–$299) 

Orme Asher 

Eva Mendel Miller 

Karen Sokoloski 

Friend ($1–$99) 

Nahid Ahmad Baltzan 

Chip Mitchell (centre) at A Celebration of Art and Business. Photo: Bill Hamilton. 


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Fundraising and Development 

Development Coordinator 

To become even more effective in responding to the 

increasing financial requirements necessary to support 

the Gallery’s ambitious programming levels, and in 

anticipation of future revenue requirements to program 

an expanded facility, the Mendel Art Gallery contracted 

Harriet Richards as Development Coordinator in 

October 2007. This marks the first time the Mendel has 

employed someone full-time to focus on development 

activities specifically to enhance exhibition and public 

and professional program sponsorships. In addition 

to these activities, Richards assisted with the planning 

and development of the Expanding The Vision capital 

campaign. Good progress was made in 2007 in laying 

the foundation for development activities in 2008. 

This six-month contract position was made possible 

with funds received from The Canada Council for the 

Arts’ Supplementary Operating Funds Initiative. We are 

hoping to make the Development Coordinator a longterm 

position at the Mendel following the conclusion 

of the Canada Council-funded project in the spring of 

2008. 

Capital Campaign 

Through the leadership of the Board of Trustees, 

the Mendel launched the first capital campaign in 

its 43-year history. To support this major initiative, 

Darryl Peck, CFRE was engaged in August 2007 as the 

fundraising consultant to manage the capital campaign. 

The goal of the capital campaign is to raise six to eight 

million dollars from the private sector. To date steady 

progress has been made, and it is gratifying to see that 

a number of individuals have already made significant 

donations and pledges. The Gallery’s board, campaign 

volunteers, members, and other supporters have laid 

a solid foundation of donations and pledges to the 

capital campaign, which will we will build on in 2008. 

In terms of government support towards the 

Expanding the Vision capital project, we were very 

pleased to receive approval for $4,092,877 from the 

Building Communities Program, Government of 

Saskatchewan in 2007. This added to the $4,625,000 

previously approved by the City of Saskatoon and 

the $438,513 already received from the Federal 

Government through the Cultural Spaces Program of 

Heritage Canada. The results of a grant application for 

$6.6 million submitted in 2007 to the Cultural Spaces 

Program should be announced by early summer of 

2008. 


2007 Annual Scroll 

The following pages of the Annual Report list the Mendel Art Gallery’s many contributors, including individuals, and 

businesses. We are truly indebted to these supporters. This listing includes contributions to the Mendel’s Capital 

Campaign. In the future, Capital Campaign donations will be listed separately. 

President’s Circle 

($5000+) 

Hans Dommasch 

John Hampton & 

Grace Frank 

Wade & Betty-Ann 

Heggie 

Charlotte McGill & Chris 

Huntington 

MGM Communications 


Camille Mitchell 

Chip Mitchell 

LuAn Mitchell-Halter 

Margareth & Leo Mol 

George Ann Murray 

Potash Corporation of 

Saskatchewan Inc. 

Calvin Redlick 

Clem & Joan Roles 

SaskTel 

Marie Spencer 

Jack & Sylvia Vicq 

Westjet 

Benefactors 

($1500-$4999) 


Bema Autosport BMW 

Norma Botterill 


Hamilton Photographics 

Houghton Boston 

Printers 

Johann & Elisabeth 

Kunkel 

Saskatoon Camera Club 

Robert & Lura Mae Sider 

Alex Sokalski 

The StarPhoenix 

Sustainers 

($750-$1499) 

CIBC Employee 

Ambassador Program 

Deirdrea Darke Hagen 

Blair Davidson 

Gus & Jean Jacek 

Dennis T. & Sharon 

Lanigan 

Raymond & Mary Lou 

Martineau 

Rita Lynne McLellan 

William & Dorothy 

Perehudoff 

Ann Seed 

Terry Smith 

M. Patricia Stavenjord 

Ben & Sarah Torchinsky 


Supporters 

($300-$749) 

AAA Party World 

Rentals Ltd. 

Gordon Ames 

Bentham Artworks Inc. 

Gordon & Betty Bray 

Robert & Helen Card 

Warren Champ 

Margaret Dutli 

Len & Isobel Findlay 

David & Mary Hastings 

Howard Janzen 

C.A. Kent & Mary Marino 

Art & Ineke Knight 

L.E. Suchan 

Consulting Ltd. 


Effie MacLean 

Hazel Macza 

Maple Leaf Foods 

Jocelyne Martel & 

Warren Holmes 

J.J. McCartan 

Walter & Margaret 

McNabb 

Dean McNeill 

Robin’s Donuts 

– Idylwyld Drive 

Daniel Shapiro & 

Marie Lannoo 

Jacqui Shumiatcher 

Stantec Architecture Ltd. 

Jim & Jenny Underhill 

Cliff & Betty Wright 

Contributors 

($100-$299) 

Orme & Shirley Asher 

Herta Barron 

Geraldine Black 

Eli & Christina Bornstein 

Don & Eleanor Breher 

Margaret Brennan 

Burnett’s Key Shop Ltd. 

L.R. Chasmar 

Carol Cisecki 

John & Helen Courtney 

Danrich Environmental 

Controls Systems Ltd. 

Carl & Susan D’Arcy 

William & Inger 

DeCoursey 

Keith & Dorothy Dryden 

Don & Dolores Ebert 

Wayne & Sigrid Eyre 

Family Pizza 

Gay Forster 

Basil Forsyth 

Margaret Fredeen 

Morna & Jim Greuel 

Edna K. Gross 

Edna Guenter 

Tom Haas & Vanina 

Dal Bello-Haas 

Dave & Isabelle 

Haberman 

Harden & Huyse 

Chocolates 

David & Elaine 

Hnatyshyn 

Erwin & Ingrid Hoehn 

Diane Holroyd 

Faye Keevil 

Doug & Irene Knott 

Jacelyn Kolman 

Don Kunaman 

Emmy Kupsch 

Alison Lawlor 

Mary Matwyuk 

Tom & Diane 

McClocklin Sr. 

Mary McPhail 

George McVittie 

Anne Moran 

Sarah Morgan 

Gladys Murphy 

Tracy Petryk 

Margaret Pinder 

Arthur & Janet Postle 

Burna Purkin & Emanuel 

Sonnenschein 

Frank Quennell & 

Cheryl Hand 

Quick Delivery Service 

Dan & Nicolle Rawlyk 

Mary-Helen Richards 

Alan & Edda Ryan 


Ralph & Marg Schneider 

John & Nancy Senior 

Shoppers Drug Mart 

–Broadway & Taylor 

–Centre at Circle 

and 8th 

Garry & Janice Shoquist 

Sobey’s West (A Division 

of Sobeys Capital Inc.) 

Karen Sokoloski 

Micheal & Mary Sproule 

Kent Sutherland 

Tillie Taylor 

John & Patricia 

Thompson 

Robert & Judith Tokaryk 

Glenn & Nayda Veeman 

Jim & Marilyn Veikle 

Jim & Lee Wood 

Friends 

($1-$99) 

James & Annie 

Armstrong 

Doreen Ashwin 

Gwen Barker 

Nahid Baltzan Ahmad 

Laura Beard 

Caryl Bell 

Peter & Elva Bennett 

Geoff & Judith Benson 

Terry Billings 

Eveline Boudreau 

Gordon & Pat Bowman 

Bulk Cheese Warehouse 

Royal & Linda Burke 

John & Betsy Bury 

Jan Buttinger 

Canada Safeway Ltd. 

–Confederation 

–The Centre at Circle 

and 8th 

–Cumberland Square 

–Lawson Heights Mall 

–Market Mall 

Canadian Linen & 

Uniform Services 

Donna Carlson-O’Keefe 

Penny Stalker & 

Ken Coutu 

Days Inn Saskatoon 

Robert & Paula Drury 

Dutch Growers 

Garden Centre 

Eroca Ellingham 

Ethel Forsyth 

Foster’s Wine Estates 

Joseph & Cathy Fry 

Marilyn & Kenneth 

Fulcher 

Giant Tiger 

Maura Gillis-Cipywnyk 

Susan Gingell 

George Gingras 

Diane Glemser 

Globe Printers Ltd. 

Kathryn Green 

Inger Grieve 

Deanna Gruending 

E. Kathleen Guenther 

Shelley Hamilton 

Kaija Harris 

T.Y. & Judith Henderson 

James Hodges 

Ivan Jen & Suzanne Yip 

Yvonne Johnson 

Norma F. Jordan 

David Kaplan 

Don & Gwyn Kelly 

Lorraine Khachatourians 

Barbara Kirkpatrick 

Illa & Gordon Knudsen 

Doris Koyl 


Franz-Viktor & 

Salma Kuhlmann 

Sharon Labatt 

Bonnie Lawrence 

Anna Leighton 

London Drugs 

Lucky Dollar Store 

Philip & Shirley Marsh 

Serge & Raymonde 

Martel 

Mary Martens 

Lee Martin 

Grace Milashenko 

David Milstead 

Nigel Molaro 

H. Frances Morrison 

Alice Nicholaichuk 

L. Nadia Ochitwa 

Cam Patterson 

John Patterson & 

Valerie Martz 

Darryl Peck & 

Marilou McPhedran 

Picknic’s Restaurant & 

Fine Pastries Ltd. 

Primrose Husky 

Food Store 


Peter Purdue 

Gordon & Donna 

Rawlake 

Paul & Dorothy Riemer 

Eleanor Ritchie 

Roy & Eleanore 

Romanow 

Saskatoon Cooperative 

Association 

Robert Schuenemann 

Ritamae Schwieder 

Glen Scrimshaw 

Sherwood & 

Elaine Sharfe 

Mo & Donna Shokeir 

Shoppers Drug Mart 

– 7th Ave N 

Nancy Sollosy 

Jean Spurgeon 

St. Martin’s 

United Church 

Jennifer Still 

Irene Stroshein 

Jean Tackaberry 

Barbara Thain 

Ken & Cathy Turner 

Wal-Mart – 

Confederation 

Katie Weder 

John Weil & 

Jean Williamson 

Margaret Woloshyn 

Wanda Young 

Norman Zepp 

Members 

A-1 Power Door Ltd. 

Garth & Suzanne Abrams 

Agrium Vanscoy - Potash 

Operations 

Glen Aikenhead 

Muveddet Al-Katib 

Alliance Energy Ltd. 

Nathanael Altrogge 

Agnes Amundrud 

Al & Joan Anderson 

Anderson Rental & 

Paving Ltd 

Darlene Andrews 

Renate Ankenbrand 

Aon Reed Stenhouse Inc. 

Elma Archer 

Richard Armstrong 

Arscott and Associates 

Will & Buffy Ann Arscott 

Bev Ashwin 

Doreen Ashwin 

Claudine Audette-Rozon 

Axon Development 

Corporation 

Donna Bailey 


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Members (continued) 

Fred & Anne Ballantyne 

Marie Balthazar 

Tony & Mary Banks 

Gwen Barker 

Jim Barnsley 

Leonard Barrett 

Herta Barron 

Peta Bates & Family 

Nahid Baltzan Ahmad 

Robert Batty 

Jonathon Johnson & 

Kristi Baxter 

Bruce & Beryl Bays 

Della Beal 

Virginia Beaubier 


Barrie Beavis 

Freda Beberfall 

George Becker 

Caryl Bell 

Martin Bennett 

Peter & Elva Bennett 

Geoff & Judith Benson 

Doug & Bonnie Bentham 

Peter & Doris Bietenholz 

Terry Billings 

Geraldine Black 

Denise Blakley 

Pat Blakley 

Pat Bliss 

BMO Nesbitt Burns 

Laurel Boerma 

June Bold 

Eli & Christina Bornstein 

Valerie Borycki 

Eveline Boudreau 

Gordon & Pat Bowman 

Grace Boyle 

Mona Boyle 

Randy & Lisa Bracewell 

Lee Brady & 

Muriel Dickson 

Braid Flooring 

Margarete Brandt 

Diana Braun 

Gordon & Betty Bray 

Eleanor Breher 

Margaret Brennan 

Tracey Brennan-Bailey 

Michael Brokop 

Megan Broner 

Brendan Brown 

Selina Brown 

Alma Bryski 

Annemarie 

Buchmann-Gerber 

Isabel Buhr 

Wyndham Thiessen & 

Amy Bunce 

Cecil Burima 

Royal & Linda Burke 

Burnett’s Key Shop Ltd 

John & Betsy Bury 

Jan Buttinger 

T.D.R. & Beverly Caldwell 

Charles & Patricia 

Caldwell 

Ruth Calloway 

Beth Campbell 

Terry Campbell 

Henry & Miriam Caplan 

Robert & Helen Card 

Art & Hermie Carino 

Donna Carlson-O’Keefe 

Mauricio Carmona 

Janet Carr 

Dick Carson 

Liz Carswell 

Michelle Cates 

Barry & Joan Chapman 

Nicole Charlebois 

Linda Charlton & Family 

L.R. Chasmar 

Gordon & Kathleen 

Chipperfield 

Bill Christensen & Family 

Lou Chrones 

Carol Cisecki 

Lee Anne Clarke 

Patricia Clarke 

Clear Tech Industries Inc. 

Les & Bubs Coleman 

Devon Coles 

Community Arts Program 

USCAD/AYAP 

Concentra Financial 

Paul Constable 

Mary Conway 

Suzanne Cooke 

Paula Cooley 

Ryan Corbett 

Janet & Michael 

Corcoran 

Gustavo Antonio Corelli 

Cecilia Cote 

Penny Stalker & 

Ken Coutu 

Cass Cozens 

Karen Cranston 

Donna Crawford 

Peter & Marigold Cribb 

Susan Cross 

Thomas Wishart & 

Margaret Crossley 

Jo Custead 

Danrich Environmental 

Controls Systems Ltd. 

Carl & Susan D’Arcy 

David Brown 

Photography 

Diana Davidson Dick 

Mary Davidson 

Days Inn Saskatoon 

Marcel & Alison 

de la Gorgendiere 

Bert Dean 

Jessica DeBack 

William & Inger 

DeCoursey 

Paul Denham & 

Gail Osachoff 

Alan Deschner & 

Susan Whiting 

Designer Discount 

Christine Devrome 

Patricia Dewar 

Shona Dietz 

Digital Sign Age Inc. 

Peter Dillman 

Jo-Anne Dillon & Family 

Mark Ditlove 

Lyn & Rick Dobson 

Lynn Doll 

Graham Dove & 

Kathleen Slavin 

Patrick Dowie 

Paula & Robert Drury 

Keith & Dorothy Dryden 

Jean Dudley 

Lois Dumbovic 

Gene Duncan 

Margaret Dutli 

Andrew & Adeline 

Dziadyk 

Don & Dolores Ebert 

Amy Jo Ehman 

Brian & Lina Eidem 

Eroca Ellingham 

Jean Emigh 

Joan Emigh 

Maureen Emigh 

Mary Ens 

Beate Epp 

Alexander Ervin 

John Estey 

Dorothy Evancio 

Evident : Corporate 

Investigations 

Wayne & Sigrid Eyre 

Sergey & Elaine Fedoroff 

Sarah Feltis 

Terry Fenton 

Len & Isobel Findlay 

Abe & Viviane Fior 

Darcey Fischer 

Bernard Flaman 

George Fleming 

Aline Florizone 

Barry Flynn & Family 


Jeff Flynn & Debbie 

Chamberlain 

Chris & Laura Foley 

Anna Fornal 

Gay Forster 

Basil Forsyth 

Ethel Forsyth 

Terry Foulds 

Margaret Fredeen 

Ronald E. & Linda Fritz 

Joseph & Cathy Fry 

Marilyn & Kenneth 

Fulcher 

Yen Fung 

Veronica Gamracy 

Jennifer Ganshorn 

Julie Garman 

Shauna George 

Meg Gerwing 

Ghost Transportation 

Services 

Vera Giesbrecht 

Dianne Gilbert 

Maura Gillis-Cipywnyk 

Susan Gingell 

George Gingras 

Margaret Girvan 

Mary Glauser 

Carol Glazer 

Diane Glemser 

Jo-Ann Godenir 

Grace Goluboff 

Henrietta Goplen 

Monte Gorchinski 

Delores Gradish & 

Michael Hayden 

Terry Graff 

Lynne Graham 

Gerald W. & 

Betina B. Grandey 

Kathryn Green 

Tony & Lorraine 

Greenwood 

Don & Della Greer 

Morna & Jim Greuel 

Inger Grieve 

Edna K. Gross 

Deanna Gruending 

Mark & Mona Gryba 

June Lim & Jee-Ju Guack 

Edna Guenter 

E. Kathleen Guenther 

Guided Discoveries 

Learning Group Inc. 

Marianne Gulka 

Trudi Gunia 

David Gurash 

Barbara Gush 

Julie Gutek 

Tom Haas & Vanina 

Dal Bello-Haas 

Dave & Isabelle 

Haberman 

Linda Hagan 

George & Eileen 

Hagblom 

Catherine Hagey 

Hairstyle Inn Salons 

Shelley Hamilton 

Patricia Hamon 

John Hampton & 

Grace Frank 

Cheryl Hand 

John & Alice Hanlin 

Gary Hanson 

Jean Hanson 

Bud Hardy 

Jane Harington 

Kaija Harris 

Bryan & Eileen Harvey 

Irene Harvey 

James Harvey 

David & Mary Hastings 

Sheila Haubrich 

Zach & Iris Hauser 

Calliope Havele 

Leith Hazen 

Heagy Bailey Altrogge 

Matchett LLP 

Donald Hefner 

Wade & Betty-Ann 

Heggie 

Karen Heinrichs & Family 

M.J. Hendel & Family 

T.Y. & Judith Henderson 

Phyllis Henschel 

Al & Joan Hiebert 

Jack Hillson 

Murray Hinds 

James Hodges 

Erwin & Ingrid Hoehn 

Karen Hoiness 

Diane Holroyd 

Louis & Ruth Horlick 

Moreah Horn 

Shelley Hosaluk 

Chris Houghton-Larsen 

Sandra Howell & Family 

Marcia Clark & 

Kenneth Howland 

Jeff & Karri Howlett 

Jim & Greta Howlett 

Clint Hunker 

Gertrude Hunker 

Dennis Hunt 

Bart Hunter 

Norma Hymers 

ICR Brokerage Inc. 

Impact Marketing 

Services 

International Road 

Dynamics Inc. (IRD) 

Jean Jacek 

Gary Jackson 

Lori Jackson 

Kathleen James-Cavan & 

Stephen Cavan 

Carl Jansen 

Howard Janzen 

Todd & Wendy Jarotski 

Edna Jennings 

JNE Welding 

Isabel Johnson 

Sheryn Johnson 

Yvonne Johnson 

Terry & Deb Johnstone 

Flora Jones 

Miranda Jones 

Camille Jordan 

Norma F. Jordan 

Cecelia Jurgens 

Olive Kalapaca 

Willard Kallio 

David Kaplan & Family 

Olga Kardash 

Shelley Kaszefski 

Don Kelly 

Robert Kelly 

Brenda Kennedy 

Martin Just & 

Kim Kennett 

C.A. Kent 

Jack & Faye Kernan 

Don & Mildred Kerr 

Honor Kever 

Lorraine Khachatourians 

Myrna King 

Bev Kinshella 

Barbara Kirkpatrick 

Shirley Kissel 

Klassen Jewellers Ltd. 

Howard & Elizabeth Klein 

Renate Klenz 

Art & Ineke Knight 

Linda Knight 

Doug & Irene Knott 

Katherine Knox 

Illa & Gordon Knudsen 

Alphonsine Koehler 

Jacelyn Kolman 

George Konok 

Gregory Kost 

Judy Koutecky 

Robin Koutecky 

Rachel Kowaluk 

Doris Koyl 


Mary Kruger 

Franz-Viktor & 

Salma Kuhlmann 

Brenda Kumitch 

Don Kunaman 

Emmy Kupsch 

Borisine Kusey 

L & L Gravel & Ranching 

L.E. Suchan 

Consulting Ltd. 

Sharon Labatt 

Jan Lafournaise 


Dennis T. & Sharon 

Lanigan 

Doris Larson 



Members (continued) 

Lorraine Larson- 

Beardsworth 

Alison Lawlor 

Bonnie Lawrence 

O.E. Laxdal & Family 

James Leach 

Stephen Helliar & 

Elaine Lee 

Jyhling Lee 

Eric & Laurette Lefol 

Anna Leighton 

Ron LePage 

Robert Leslie & Family 

Nick Leung 

Lindal Cedar Homes 

Kathleen Lindgren 

Doug Lingelbach 

James Lokken & 

JoAnn Nilson 

Meave Longpre 

Daphne Lowden 

Elaine Lozinski 

Jeannette Lussier 

Joanne Lyons 

Myles MacDonald & 

Meg Shantilla 

Eileen Mackenzie 

T.B. MacLachlan 

Hazel Macza 

Anne Maduke 

Karen Maguire 

Sharon Maher 

Joanna Majewska 

Melvyn & Elaine Malkin 

David Mansell 

Laureen Marchand 

Jeanne Marcotte 

James Markham 

Philip & Shirley Marsh 

Edie Marshall 

Jocelyne Martel & 

Warren Holmes 

Serge & Raymonde 

Martel 

Mary Martens 

Luanne Martineau 

Raymond & Mary Lou 

Martineau 

Suzanne Martineau & 

David Kolata 

Mary Matwyuk 

Carilyn McArthur 

J.J. McCartan 

Tom & Diane 

McClocklin Sr. 

Doreen McConnell 

Susan McCrae 

Scott & Grit McCreath 

Robert & Nancy 

McCreath 

Anne McElroy 

James McKay 

Lynn McKenzie-Barteski 

Robert & Peggy 

McKercher 

Randall McKnight 

F.M. McLean 

Hugh & Linda McLean 

Rita Lynne & 

Tom McLellan 

Mary McPhail 

George McVittie 


Sally Merchant 

Grace Milashenko 

Ronald Miller 

David Milstead & Family 

Glen Miskolczi 

Betty Mitchell 

Mitchell’s Gourmet 

Foods Inc. 

Modular Storage Systems 

Ellen Moffat 

Margaret Monks 

Janet Montgomery 

Jeff & Judy Montgomery 

John Montgomery 

Moore Financial Services 

– Clarica 

Urbain & Jessica Morelli 

Sarah Morgan 

James & Barbara 

Morrison 

H. Frances Morrison 

Cheryl Mortson 

Alex Mullie 

Valerie Munch 

Gladys Murphy 

George Ann Murray 

Karon Murray 

Elaine Muth 

Travis Myrol 

Victoria Neufeldt 

Lynda Newson 

Verna Ng 

Alice Nicholaichuk 

Odette Nicholson 

Darrell Nordstrum 

North Saskatoon 

Business Association 

Nouveau Gallery 

Tim Nowlin & Kate West 

Nutana Machine Ltd. 

L. Nadia Ochitwa 

Sheila Osborn 

Jon Page & Goya Ngan 

Martha Pankratz 

Theresa Papp 

Gwen Paquin 

David Parkinson & 

April Sora 

Alison Paton 

Cam Patterson 

John Patterson & 

Valerie Martz 

Joylene Paul 

Lili Paul 

Peace Hills Trust 

Darryl Peck & 

Marilou McPhedran 

Ethel Penner 

Gerald Penry 

Helen Penry 

William & Dorothy 

Perehudoff 

Melrose Petty 

Marian Phaneuf 

Phenomenome 

Discoveries Inc. 

Tanyss Phillips 

Stefania Piecowye 

Margaret Pinder 

David & Linda Popkin 

Arthur & Janet Postle 

Leslie Potter & 

Alicia Popoff 

Shirley Pridmore 

Irene Prisciak 


David Prytula 

Peter Purdue 

Ruth Radostits 

Susan Rauch 

Donna & Gordon 

Rawlake 

Ray Rawlinson & 

Margaret Smith 

Dan & Nicolle Rawlyk 

Barbara Reimer 

Norma Rempel 

Marjaleena Repo 

Betty Reynolds 

Mary-Helen Richards 

Amber Richardson 

June Ricklefs 

Paul & Dorothy Riemer 

Glenda Risling 

Eleanor Ritchie 

Philip & Marlys Rivard 

Bob Paul Roberts 

D.F. Robertson & Family 

Frances Robson 

Clem & Joan Roles 

Herman & Myrna Rolfes 

Roy & Eleanore 

Romanow 

Rosanna Parry 

Alan Rosenberg & 

Lesley-Ann Crone 

Betsy Rosenwald 

Laurel Rossnagel 

Lynn Rowland 

J. Frank Roy 

Mary Anne Rubin 

Jamie Russell 

Carol Ruys 

Alan & Edda Ryan 

Anne Ryan 

Evelyn Safronetz 


Sage Technologies 

Corporation 

Renee Sakon 

Paul Salisbury 

Phyllis Salisbury 

Arline Sanderson & 

Family 

Drummond Sands & 

Colleen Wiegers 

Saskatoon Camera Club 

Saskatoon Hyundai 

Saskatoon Processing Co. 

SaskTel 

Hugh Savage & 

Ethel Quiring 

Sawyer’s Trees & 

Landscapes 

Joan Scaglione 

Dale Schneider 

Ralph & Marg Schneider 

June Schnell 

Robert Schuenemann 

Connie Schuler 

Marie Schwandt 

Norma Scott 

Glen Scrimshaw & Family 

Ed & Edna Sebestyen 

Betty Secord 

Larry & Irene Seiferling 

Annette Semko 

Peter & Sherrill Semko 

John & Nancy Senior 

Jeralyn Seniuk 

Les & Winona Senner 

Seventy-Seven Signs 

Susan Shantz 

Daniel Shapiro & 

Marie Lannoo 

Sherwood & 

Elaine Sharfe 

Sharp’s Audio Visual Ltd. 

Arnie & Linda Shaw 

Susan Shaw 

Peter Kingsmill 

Patricia Shiplett 

Mo & Donna Shokeir 

Garry & Janice Shoquist 

Susan Shore 

Jacqui Shumiatcher 

Lura Mae Sider 

Joann Simon 

Paul Sisetski 

James Skidmore 

Benjamin Slocombe 

Dorothy Smith 

Jean Smith 

Shirley Smith 

Eileen Soffer 

Alex Sokalski 

Nancy Sollosy 

Beverley Somerville 

Burna Purkin & Emanuel 

Sonnenschein 

Chris Soteros 

Cara & Omega Spence 

Raycine & Chris Spence 

Marie Spencer 

Barbara Sprigings 

Bonnie Sproat 

Jean Spurgeon 

Marie Elyse St. George 

Brenda McNabb 

Leslie Stadnichuk 

Stantec Architecture Ltd 

Diana Steel 

Elizabeth Stefanyshyn- 

Alonso & Jean Alonso 

Martin & Mary Steiger 

Ric Stephens 

Jennifer Still & Family 

Karen Stobbe 

Michael & Olwen 

Stoneham 

Michael Stonhouse 

Samantha Stott 

Irene Stroshein 

Edith Sumner 

Superior Cabinets 

Supreme Basics 

Sutherland Automotive 

Jack Sutherland 

K.M. Sutherland 

Kent Sutherland 

Jean Tackaberry 

Targeted Strategies 

Limited 

Lia ter Heide 

Barbara Thain 

Walter Thiessen 

Dianna Thompson 

Greg & Lorna Thompson 

Lois Thompson 

Noella Thompson 

John & Patricia 

Thompson 

Sylvia Thompson 

Dorothy Thomson 

Tanya Thornhill 

Jeremy Thurgood 

Freda Toffolo 

Judith Tokaryk 

Toronto Public Library 

Paul Trottier 

Monique Truscott 

Ken & Cathy Turner 

Jim & Jenny Underhill 

Brian Unverricht 

Van Houtte Coffee 

Services 

Bernice Vandeven 

Deb Vanston 

Lisa Vargo 

Glenn & Nayda Veeman 

Jim Veikle 

John & Lori Verrall 

Lenneke Verweij 

Toni Villiers 

Daymond Volk 

Stuart Von Wolff 

Bruce Waddell 

Sandra Walker & Family 

Dian Walsh 


Lorri Walters 

Melinda Waltz 

Wolfgang Walz & 

Diana Kichuk 

Amira Wasfy 

Roy Watson 

Mona Webber 

Katie Weder 

John Weil & 

Jean Williamson 

Marilyn Weiss 

Leanne Wells & Family 

James Weseen & Family 

Marlessa Wesolowski 

George West 

Westwind Group 

of Companies 

Leslie Wetter 

Ron & Cathy Wheeler 

Doris White 

Cheryl Whitlock 

Haden & Ruth Wilks 

Red Williams 

Loreen Wilsdon 

G.A. John Wilson 

Sam McRorie & Jay Wilson 

Diane Winter 

Margaret Woloshyn 

James K. & Judith Wood 

Jim & Lee Wood 

Henry Woolf 

Karen Wright 

Carol Wylie 

Pam Leyland & Tom Yanko 

Linda Young 

Madeline Young 

Wanda Young 

Clarence & Alice Youngs 

Audrey Zbitnew 

Donna Zelmer-Gammel 

Zeman’s Painting & 

Decorating 

Norman Zepp 

Pat Zip 

Marline Zora 

Franziska Zwirnert 


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2007 Quick Facts 

Attendance* 

In-House (exhibitions/tours/lectures) 154,011 

Extension Services (touring exhibitions) 27,575 

Exhibition Openings 4,590 

Fundraising Events-Gallery Group (5) 15,431 

Membership Events (2) 12,197 

*Tabulated by automatic door counters adjusted for non-visitor traffic. 

Exhibitions 

Total Exhibitions Presented 21 

In-house 

Organized by the Mendel-solo 3 

Organized by the Mendel-group 11 

(includes artistbyartist presentations) 

Organized by others 5 

Co-produced with others 1 

Extension 

In-house exhibitions-Provincial Tour 5 

In-house exhibitions-National Tour 2 

Exhibitions of Saskatchewan Artists 

Saskatchewan exhibitions-solo 3 

Saskatchewan exhibitions-group (2 or 3 artists) 7 

Saskatchewan exhibitions-group (more than 3) 4 

Saskatchewan artists represented 40 

Artists represented in group exhibitions 

(2 or 3 artists) 10 

Artists represented in group exhibitions 

(more than 3) 28 

Permanent Collection 

Number 

Value 

5,576 total works in the collection over $13.5 million 

5 works purchased in 2007 $41,341 

318 donated works in 2007 $160,775 

Public and Professional 

Programs 

Program number Participants 

Art studios 14 126 

Guided tours 315 9,055 

SaskTel Mendel Art Caravan 124 5,419 

SomethingonSundays 52 19,217 

Lectures 6 435 

Exhibition talks 7 485 

FirstSask Credit 

Union ARTforLIFE 3 schools 850 

Living Artfully 1 2,700 

the space between 1 * 

artistsbyartists 4 * 

*The audience for the space between and artistbyartists is the same as general 

admissions. 

Human Resources 

Permanent full-time staff 19 

Permanent part-time staff 4 

Temporary part-time staff 19 

Contract staff 4 

Volunteers 105 

Volunteer hours 

3,000 (estimate) 

Board of Trustees 14 

Publications 

Catalogues published 1 

Catalogues co-published 2 

Newsletters (Folio) 3 

Mendel Guide 2 

Annual Report 1 

Members 

Artist 26 

Corporate 53 

Family 128 

Individual 245 

Lifetime 4 

Non-profit 3 

Senior 148 

Student 9 

Total 716 


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