Lasting Images - Gathie Falk

trevor.kenney — Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:31:13 +0000

Gathie Falk was born in Alexander, Man. in 1928. Raised Mennonite, Falk spent her childhood drawing, and attended Saturday morning art classes at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.

Falk trained to become an elementary teacher, and it was in the Faculty of Education at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of British Columbia that she began to
seriously pursue painting and ceramics.

In 1965, Falk started working as a full-time artist, and quickly received critical acclaim for her charming approach to conceptual art. Her ceramic sculptures often depict carefully rendered commonplace items, including clothes, food and plants, arranged in groups of multiples or presented in humorous compositions.
In the late 1960s, Falk began experimenting with performance art. Like her paintings and sculptures, many of these performances centred around repetition and the mundane, exploring the boundary between fine art and everyday life.
Falk continues to produce art and is represented in many private and public Canadian art collections. She was awarded the Order of Canada in 1997 and the Governor General's Award in Visual Arts in 2003.

Gathie Falk, Rearranged Durer Rabbits in Bookcase. From the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Art Collection; Acquired in 1979.

For a look at the February issue of the Legend in a flipbook format, follow this link.

��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ community loses alumnus (Robson) Heidinger

trevor.kenney — Mon, 31 Aug 2009 23:40:36 +0000

The ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge community suffered a very difficult loss over the weekend as alumnus and Pronghorns women's basketball assistant coach Krista (Robson) Heidinger (BA/BEd '01) passed away suddenly.

The 34-year old Heidinger is survived by her husband, Jared (BSc/BEd '00), newborn daughter Sophie, and children Jaxson (age 6) and Grace (age 4).

Originally from Calgary, Heidinger played four seasons for the Pronghorns women's basketball program (1994-95 through 1997-98) after transferring from Mount Royal College. She played a total of 68 games as a Pronghorn before graduating and establishing a career as an elementary teacher. For the last two seasons, in addition to teaching at Mike Mountain Horse Elementary School, Robson served as an assistant coach for Donna Branch with the Pronghorns program.

Family and friends are invited to pay their respects to the family on Thursday, Sept. 3, from 7 to 9 p.m. at Martin Bros. Riverview Chapel, 610 4th St. S.

A funeral service will take place Friday, Sept. 4 at 3 p.m. at the Evangelical Free Church, 4717 24th Avenue S.

As well, a trust fund has been established in the name of Jared Heidinger for donations to the family. The fund is being administered at TD Bank, 2033 Mayor Magrath Drive South, Lethbridge. Donations may also be made at the U of L Athletics Department.

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Lasting Images - Gathie Falk

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