Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery
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The MacKenzie Art Gallery is located in Regina, Saskatchewan
, Canada
. The MacKenzie Art Gallery has over 100000 square feet (9,290.3 m²) of space, with eight galleries totaling 24000 square feet (2,229.7 m²). It has modern technical areas including conservation lab, workshop, preparation rooms and vault, a 185-seat theatre, public resource centre, gift shop and conference rooms. The Gallery is visited by about 160,000 visitors a year. During the summer the gallery is the site for Bazart, an artistic trade show. The MacKenzie Art Gallery classifies works first according to cultural and geographic provenance, then by medium, and finally by date of execution and artist's name, letting visitors observe the evolution of art.
(1869 – 1936), a prominent Regina lawyer and a pioneer and patron of the arts. From 1911 to 1936 he assembled the first art collection of note in Saskatchewan
. On his death in 1936 he bequeathed his collection with an endowment to the University of Saskatchewan
. The art gallery opened in 1953 located at the Regina Campus of the University of Saskatchewan (later known as the University of Regina
).
In May 1990, the gallery separated from the University and was incorporated as the community-based MacKenzie Art Gallery, moving to its current location in the T.C. Douglas
Building at 3475 Albert Street.
The gallery has been a leader in presenting Aboriginal
art and artists. In 1975, the MacKenzie was the first public art gallery in Canada to present traditional First Nations
objects as fine art in the exhibition 100 Years of Saskatchewan Indian Art 1830–1930. In 1982, the MacKenzie presented the first major exhibition of contemporary First Nations art in Canada, New Work by a New Generation.
, Robert Boyer
, Ivan Eyre
, Augustus Kenderdine
, Bill Vazan
and Roger Ing
.
A sample of recent exhibitions:
Regina, Saskatchewan
Regina is the capital city of the Canadian province of Saskatchewan. The city is the second-largest in the province and a cultural and commercial centre for southern Saskatchewan. It is governed by Regina City Council. Regina is the cathedral city of the Roman Catholic and Romanian Orthodox...
, Canada
Canada
Canada is a North American country consisting of ten provinces and three territories. Located in the northern part of the continent, it extends from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west, and northward into the Arctic Ocean...
. The MacKenzie Art Gallery has over 100000 square feet (9,290.3 m²) of space, with eight galleries totaling 24000 square feet (2,229.7 m²). It has modern technical areas including conservation lab, workshop, preparation rooms and vault, a 185-seat theatre, public resource centre, gift shop and conference rooms. The Gallery is visited by about 160,000 visitors a year. During the summer the gallery is the site for Bazart, an artistic trade show. The MacKenzie Art Gallery classifies works first according to cultural and geographic provenance, then by medium, and finally by date of execution and artist's name, letting visitors observe the evolution of art.
History
The Art Gallery is the legacy of Norman MacKenzie, K.C.Queen's Counsel
Queen's Counsel , known as King's Counsel during the reign of a male sovereign, are lawyers appointed by letters patent to be one of Her [or His] Majesty's Counsel learned in the law...
(1869 – 1936), a prominent Regina lawyer and a pioneer and patron of the arts. From 1911 to 1936 he assembled the first art collection of note in Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan
Saskatchewan is a prairie province in Canada, which has an area of . Saskatchewan is bordered on the west by Alberta, on the north by the Northwest Territories, on the east by Manitoba, and on the south by the U.S. states of Montana and North Dakota....
. On his death in 1936 he bequeathed his collection with an endowment to the University of Saskatchewan
University of Saskatchewan
The University of Saskatchewan is a Canadian public research university, founded in 1907, and located on the east side of the South Saskatchewan River in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan, Canada. An "Act to establish and incorporate a University for the Province of Saskatchewan" was passed by the...
. The art gallery opened in 1953 located at the Regina Campus of the University of Saskatchewan (later known as the University of Regina
University of Regina
The University of Regina is a public research university located in Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada. Founded in 1911 as a private denominational high school of the Methodist Church of Canada, it began an association with the University of Saskatchewan as a junior college in 1925, and was disaffiliated...
).
In May 1990, the gallery separated from the University and was incorporated as the community-based MacKenzie Art Gallery, moving to its current location in the T.C. Douglas
Tommy Douglas
Thomas Clement "Tommy" Douglas, was a Scottish-born Baptist minister who became a prominent Canadian social democratic politician...
Building at 3475 Albert Street.
The gallery has been a leader in presenting Aboriginal
Aboriginal peoples in Canada
Aboriginal peoples in Canada comprise the First Nations, Inuit and Métis. The descriptors "Indian" and "Eskimo" have fallen into disuse in Canada and are commonly considered pejorative....
art and artists. In 1975, the MacKenzie was the first public art gallery in Canada to present traditional First Nations
First Nations
First Nations is a term that collectively refers to various Aboriginal peoples in Canada who are neither Inuit nor Métis. There are currently over 630 recognised First Nations governments or bands spread across Canada, roughly half of which are in the provinces of Ontario and British Columbia. The...
objects as fine art in the exhibition 100 Years of Saskatchewan Indian Art 1830–1930. In 1982, the MacKenzie presented the first major exhibition of contemporary First Nations art in Canada, New Work by a New Generation.
Collection and exhibitions
The collection numbers more than 3,800 artworks including Canadian historical and contemporary works with a special interest in Western Canadian art. Some prominent artists who are represented in the collection or have exhibited at the Art Gallery are Patrick HaymanPatrick Hayman
Patrick Hayman was an English artist who worked in a variety of media including painting, drawing and three-dimensional constructions. Although he only lived in Cornwall, for a few years, he was closely associated with the St Ives School of painters and sculptors.Hayman acknowledged he was...
, Robert Boyer
Robert Boyer (artist)
Robert "Bob" Boyer was a Canadian visual artist and university professor of aboriginal heritage. He was a Métis Cree artist known for his politically charged abstract paintings.-Life and work:...
, Ivan Eyre
Ivan Eyre
Ivan Kenneth Eyre, OM is a Canadian painter.- Life :Eyre attended the University of Manitoba School of Art and the University of North Dakota, Grand Forks. He studied under artists Eli Bornstein, Wynona Mulcaster, Ernest Lindner, and George Swinton...
, Augustus Kenderdine
Augustus Kenderdine
Augustus Frederick Lafosse Kenderdine was a landscape and portrait artist of Lancashire and Saskatchewan, a farmer of Saskatchewan, and academic at the University of Saskatchewan.-England:...
, Bill Vazan
Bill Vazan
Bill Vazan is a Canadian artist, born in Toronto, Ontario in 1933. He studied Fine Arts at the Ontario College of Art in Toronto, and at the École des beaux-arts in Paris. In 1970 he graduated with a B.A. from Sir George Williams University, now Concordia University, in Montreal, Quebec. He...
and Roger Ing
Roger Ing
Roger Ing was a Chinese Canadian artist.Born in Canton, China, he emigrated to Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada in 1950 at the age of 18....
.
A sample of recent exhibitions:
- The Ordinary Amazing: The Cultural Value of Modernist Architecture
- Douglas Morton - Re: Surfacing You Are What You Eat
- Lee Henderson - Babylon + on + on
- Bob Boyer: His Life's Work
- Double Space, featuring recent work by Romeo Gongora, Bettina Hoffmann and Rachelle Viader Knowles
- Douglas Gordon - Play Dead: Real Time
- Laura Hargrave - Feeling into Memory