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McGeorge highlights First Faculty exhibition

trevor.kenney — Mon, 30 Mar 2009 15:41:13 +0000

Pauline McGeorge was born on January 18, 1930, and grew up at her father's lumber mill near Placerville in Northern California. Her parents, Bart and Elsie, instilled a respect for and love of nature in her that remained a prominent theme throughout her life and artistic practice.

McGeorge completed her education at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of California at Santa Barbara (receiving a Master of Fine Arts) and in 1966, she responded to a posting for a full-time art instructor made by the Lethbridge Junior College.

McGeorge moved to Lethbridge with her four children where she became the founding faculty member of what would become the Art Department at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge. At that early stage the facilities were primitive, with no visual aids, art books or rooms designed for the needs of art instruction.

Over her 20-year career at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ, McGeorge was extremely influential in the growth of the department and the founding of the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Art Gallery. She was beloved by her students and other faculty members, many of who kept in contact with her through the years.

Upon her retirement in 1986, McGeorge moved to her property on Kootenay Lake where she developed extensive flower and vegetable gardens. She continued her art, drawing

Pauline McGeorge, Untitled, 1977. From the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Art Collection; Gift of Dr. Ches Skinner, 2003.

inspiration from the simple beauty of nature. Pauline McGeorge died on July 2, 2008, at her home in the presence of her family.

Select pieces of Pauline McGeorge's work, held by the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Art Collection, will be on display in the Helen Christou Gallery as part of the exhibition First Faculty: Works by Early Members of the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Art Department, running from Mar. 20 to May 29, 2009.

Canadian artists have a history of drawing inspiration from the land. This has been true of Pauline, but unlike many others, she has not felt the need to seek out the exotic site. She has found the extraordinary in her own backyard, more specifically in her large vegetable and flower garden and the surrounding trees. Pauline's watercolours and pastels recall the rhythm of the university condensed into the wind-swept branch of a pine tree or a single head of cabbage.

Professor Emeritus Charlie Crane
��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Art Department

Lasting Images - Pauline McGeorge (1930-2008)

trevor.kenney — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:14:52 +0000

McGeorge completed her education at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of California at Santa Barbara (receiving a Master of Fine Arts) and in 1966, she responded to a posting for a full-time art instructor made by the Lethbridge Junior College.

McGeorge moved to Lethbridge with her four children where she became the founding faculty member of what would become the Art Department at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge. At that early stage the facilities were primitive, with no visual aids, art books or rooms designed for the needs of art instruction.

Over her 20-year career at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ, McGeorge was extremely influential in the growth of the department and the founding of the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Art Gallery. She was beloved by her students and other faculty members, many of who kept in contact with her through the years.

Upon her retirement in 1986, McGeorge moved to her property on Kootenay Lake where she developed extensive flower and vegetable gardens. She continued her art, drawing inspiration from the simple beauty of nature. Pauline McGeorge died on July 2, 2008, at her home in the presence of her family.

Select pieces of Pauline McGeorge's work, held by the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Art Collection, will be on display in the Helen Christou Gallery as part of the exhibition First Faculty: Works by Early Members of the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Art Department, running from Mar. 20 to May 29, 2009.

Canadian artists have a history of drawing inspiration from the land. This has been true of Pauline, but unlike many others, she has not felt the need to seek out the exotic site. She has found the extraordinary in her own backyard, more specifically in her large vegetable and flower garden and the surrounding trees. Pauline's watercolours and pastels recall the rhythm of the university condensed into the wind-swept branch of a pine tree or a single head of cabbage.

Professor Emeritus Charlie Crane
��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Art Department

Gallery News

trevor.kenney — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 18:12:52 +0000

Annual Juried Student Exhibition

Each year a prominent Canadian arts professional is invited to jury an exhibition of undergraduate student work. This year it will take juror Jen Budney a long week of studio visits and talks with students to select the work that will fill the U of L Main Gallery from Mar. 13 – Apr. 9. The exhibition opens on Mar. 13 at 8 p.m. with a reception and the presentation of the Visual Arts Awards presentation.

"This is a great opportunity for students to gain the professional experience of having their work judged by someone new to their work and having it presented in an exhibition," says Josephine Mills, director/curator.

This year's juror is Jen Budney, the associate curator at the Mendel Art Gallery in Saskatoon, Sask. She has held previous positions as curator at the Kamloops Art Gallery, program officer in the Visual Arts at the Canada Council, artistic director of Gallery 101 (Ottawa), and news editor of Flash Art magazine. Budney has a BFA from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design and an MA in Anthropology from Carleton ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ, where her thesis focused on racial attitudes and access/participation in Brazilian contemporary art.

Serendipity

Serendipity is the theme of the annual exhibition of work by the U of L Dept. of Art faculty and staff and the U of L Art Gallery staff. The exhibition is in the Trianon Gallery from Mar. 7 – Apr. 18 and the gallery is open weekdays from 9 a.m. to 5 p.m. The exhibition provides the opportunity to show the range of work produced by the artists who work and teach at the
U of L.

First Faculty Work Featured

First Faculty is the next exhibition in the Helen Christou Gallery, Mar. 20 – May 29. Curated by Jane Edmundson, First Faculty presents the contribution to the development of Lethbridge's art community made by the founding and early faculty in the Art Department.

Events Calendar - March

trevor.kenney — Wed, 11 Mar 2009 17:30:36 +0000

Lectures

Mar. 11 | Art Now: Lani Maestro
12 p.m., ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Recital Hall, W570

Mar. 12 | Women Scholars Speaker Series
Dr. Robin Gibb, assistant professor of neuroscience at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge, presents Early Experience and the Developing Brain.
12 p.m., Students' Union Building, Ballroom A

Mar. 12 | Department of Physics and Astronomy
Dr. James Taylor presents What is Dark Matter, and Why Should We Care? 1:40 p.m., C640

Mar. 13 | Art Now: Curator Jen Budney
12 p.m., ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Recital Hall, W570

Mar. 16 | Architecture & Design Now: American architect Bryan Bell
6 p.m., C610

Mar. 18 | Art Now: Montreal photographer Adad Hannah
12 p.m., ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Recital Hall, W570

Mar. 20 | Art Now: Painter Laurel Smith
12 p.m., ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Recital Hall, W570

Mar. 20 | Women Scholars Speaker Series
Dr. Nicole Rosen, assistant professor in the Department of Modern Languages at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge, presents Reviving a 19th Century Language in the 21st Century: Michif Language Revitalization.
3 p.m., Students' Union Building, Ballroom A

Mar. 23 | Architecture & Design Now: Jason MacIsaac, owner of Ministry of the Interior
6 p.m., C610

Mar. 25 | Art Now: Installation artist Robert Wise
12 p.m., ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Recital Hall, W570

Mar. 30 | Art Now: Rod Sayer
12 p.m., ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Recital Hall, W570

Mar. 31 | Colloquium Speaker Series
Dr. Julita Vassileva presents Girls and Science: in the World and on the Prairies.
12:20 p.m., TH201

Apr. 1 | Women Scholars Speaker Series
Dr. Adele Reinhartz, professor in the Department of Classics and Religious Studies at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Ottawa, presents Mary Magdalene Goes to Hollywood. 12 p.m., AH100

Apr. 3 | Art Now: Montreal artist Mirko Sabatini
12 p.m., ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Recital Hall, W570

Performances

Mar. 17 | Music at Noon
John Wooton (percussion), Southern ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Mississippi
12:15 p.m., ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Recital Hall, W570

Mar. 20
It Takes Two: Collaborative Piano/Guitar
7 pm, Gem of the West Museum, Coaldale
Tickets at the door.

Mar. 21 | Day of Percussion
Clinics, workshops and concerts with leading percussionists and U of L Global Drums.

Mar. 23 | Stars to Love
Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra, with guest artists Vox Musica, performs overtures, choruses and arias.
8 p.m., Southminster United Church

Mar. 24 | Music at Noon
Peter Visentin (violin) and Deanna Oye (piano) 12:15 p.m., ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Recital Hall, W570

Mar. 28 | U of L Singers Spring Concert
8 p.m., Southminster United Church

Mar. 31 | Music at Noon
Cheryl Pauls (piano), Canadian Mennonite ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ
12:15 p.m., ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Recital Hall, W570

Mar. 31 to Apr. 4 | Arcadia
This Tom Stoppard offering is part detective story, love story and farcical comedy.
Nightly, 8 p.m. in the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Theatre

Apr. 3 | U of L Wind Orchestra Concert
8 p.m., Southminster United Church

Apr. 4 | Homage to Stravinsky
A Stravinsky extravaganza featuring an array of his masterpieces.
8 p.m., ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Recital Hall, W570

Apr. 7 | Music at Noon
George Amorim (double bass), ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Texas – Pan American, and Stacy Kwak (piano) 12:15 p.m., ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Recital Hall, W570

Apr. 8 | U of L Jazz Ensemble Concert
8 p.m., ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Theatre

Miscellaneous

Mar. 7 to Apr. 18 | Serendipity
See the range of work produced by Art Department faculty and staff, as well as U of L Art Gallery staff.
Daily, Trianon Gallery (2nd floor, 104 5th St. S)

Mar. 13
U of L Plays and Prose Competition Winners
Public reading
7 p.m., David Spinks Theatre

Mar. 13 to Apr. 9
Annual Juried Student Exhibition
Prominent Canadian art professional Jen Budney juries an exhibition of undergraduate student work. U of L Main Art Gallery

Mar. 20
Health and Wellness Career Trade Fair
Networking opportunity and information from organizations and recruiters in the health and wellness industry.
Foyer of the 1st Choice Savings Centre

Mar. 20 to May 29 | First Faculty
Contributions to the development of Lethbridge's art community by the founding and early faculty in the Art Department.
Helen Christou Gallery

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