Red Deer Museum Blog - 2012
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The Other Side of Gold Mountain exhibit Opens
On May 1st over 80 guests attended The Other Side of Gold Mountain exhibit opening.
Dr. Brian Evans, Curator and Author of the catalogue, Linda Quirk from the Bruce Peel Special Collections Lirbary, Councillor Frank Wong, Lawrence Lee, President of the Red Deer & District Chinese Community Society and Lorna Johnson, E.D. of the MAG all gave opening remarks and thanks. We would like to thank the Club Cafe for providing appetizers for the event which featured traditional homestyle foods.
This exhibition is on loan from the Bruce Peel Special Collections Library, University of Alberta. The materials on which this exhibition is anchored are from the Wallace B. Chung and Madeline H. Chung Collection at the Peel Library in Edmonton and selected photographs from the Chung Collection, the Rare Books and Special Collections Library at the University of British Columbia.
The exhibition was a labour of love for all involved, but especially for Dr. Brian L. Evans, curator and author of the catalogue.The Immigration story of Frank Wong's family, which spans over a century, complements this exhibit with personal family photos and belongings, to tell one of many Chinese immigration stories to the local area.
Check out some video clips of the opening remarks here
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We're a Voting Place
The Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery will be a Voting Place in the 2012 Alberta Provincial Election. Voting will take place in the Stewart Discovery Studio from 9am to 8pm on Monday April 23rd. Main entrance is on the West side of the building. We are located between the Golden Circle and the Recreation Centre.
While you are here, we encourage you to check out Food For Health and The Other Side Of Gold Mountain exhibitions. For more information on these exhibits, click on the What's On section of the MAG website. Admission for April 23rd is FREE to everyone, so stop in!
Don't know your Voting Poll? Want more information? Check your Voting Card, or visit www.elections.ab.ca for more information.
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Concept Design for Permanent History Exhibition to be Presented
The 2013 Permanent History Exhibition project is on schedule.
The firm of Reich & Petch, the awarding-winning design firm from Toronto contracted to create the exhibition, will present the concept design at an Open House at the Museum on Wednesday, February 29th, starting at 7:00pm.
“We are very enthusiastic to share this phase of the project with our members and stakeholders,” states Jean Graham, President of the Museum Society. “We are extending an invitation to the general community to come out to see first hand what our excitement is all about.”
The footprint planned for the permanent history exhibition is 4200 square feet, approximately one-half of the existing gallery space. The remaining 3300 square feet of gallery space will support the changing exhibit program.
The Red Deer Museum + Art Gallery and the Red Deer & District Archives have extensive collections that will be the core anchor the exhibition. Themes in the exhibition will highlight the stories of leadership, ingenuity and community spirit, and tell stories of the lives of ordinary people, stories of success and sacrifice over 100 years.
Lorna Johnson, Executive Director and Project Manager, admits, “Our community has asked for a permanent display of Red Deer's history. The designer has worked closely with the team to create an experience that establishes this sense of place; one that "connects the dots" and identifies where we came from and how we got to this point in time.”
Doors will open at 6:30 pm on February 29th. Light refreshments will be served. For more information, please contact Lorna Johnson, 403-309-8439, or Karin Richardson-MacKenzie, 403-309-8446.
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MAG hosts Inuit Artist in Residence, Tim Pitsiulak
The MAG is currently showing Uuturautiit: Cape Dorset Celebrates 50 Years of Printmaking, organized by the National Gallery of Canada in collaboration with Dorset Fine Arts, and the only venue in Alberta to host this significant exhibition.
Uuturautiit (oo-to-raw-tee) features 80 of the most recent and innovative works with the complete inaugural 1959 collection. Extremely rare, the latter has been re-assembled for the first time in five decades.
Tim Pitsiulak, whose work is featured in the exhibition, will be spending two weeks as artist-in-residence at the MAG. Pitsiulak will be set up in the Discovery Studio, demonstrating his techniques, and speaking with visitors between February 20 and March 4. A portion of his time will be spent visiting Red Deer College and other local schools, taking time to speak with students in various visual art programs.The land and landscape is predominant in Pitsiulak’s early works, and represent life in his community and Canada’s North. In recent years his large, pencil crayon and ink drawings and colourful lithographs chronicle modern realities in Cape Dorset.
Lorna Johnson, Executive Director at the MAG states, “We are so fortunate to have an artist of Tim’s calibre come to Red Deer. This is a rare opportunity to learn about the art form and meet one of the up-and-coming artists from the Cape Dorset community.”
For additional information, please contact Rod Trentham, Education and Programs Coordinator. Phone 403-309-8445, or email at rod.trentham@reddeer.ca.
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Family Day @ the MAG
Today more than 500 visitors passed through our doors to take in activities, games, Inuit throat singing and storytelling, live fiddlers and they helped us to eat over 1000 pieces of freshly made Bannock.
We had a lot of fun and look forward to sharing family day with everyone in 2013!
Check out the photos and videos at the below links.
http://www.flickr.com/photos/76720983@N02/sets/72157629361239849/
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