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Staples featured in Music at Noon

trevor.kenney — Mon, 21 Oct 2013 20:20:25 +0000

The weekly ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Music at Noon series features a performance by Dr. Thomas Staples, Tuesday, Oct. 22 at 12:15 p.m. in the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ Recital Hall.

Staples is a professor of music and the Director of Bands at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge. In addition to his regular performance as a horn soloist at the U of L, he has been soloist with several bands and orchestras in Western Canada, most recently as horn soloist with the Lethbridge Symphony Orchestra, and at The Call of the Wild Horn Festival.

A keen advocate of music for brass ensembles, Staples has a lengthy background with brass groups such as The U of L Faculty Brass, The Commonwealth Brass, The New West Brass, The Southern Alberta Brass and The Bridge Brass. He has been principal horn with the Lethbridge Symphony for over two decades.

Now in his 24th year at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge, Staples is in his 13th year as Director of Bands, conducting the Wind Orchestra, the Chamber Band and Brass and Woodwind Choirs. Groups under his baton have received high praise for expressive and stimulating performances. The Wind Orchestra and Chamber Band have travelled throughout Manitoba, Saskatchewan, Alberta, B.C and Washington State in recent years. Staples is in regular demand as an adjudicator and clinician throughout the area, and holds degrees from the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Saskatchewan, James Madison ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ and the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Iowa.

Lasting Images - Roloff Beny

trevor.kenney — Tue, 17 May 2011 21:42:42 +0000

Through the museum studies internship program, I am both entrusted with the responsibility and granted the opportunity to co-curate an exhibition for the Helen Christou Gallery.

During the research and planning phase for the 1950s exhibition, I came across Arctic Vertical by Roloff Beny, and was disappointed that I couldn't include this drawing because it was produced in the 1960s. What I love about this piece is that it reminds me of works both by Vincent Van Gogh, in its parallel echoing strokes, but also of Piet Mondrian's works, which are stripped down to simplified geometric forms.

Roloff Beny, Arctic Vertical, 1964 From the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Art Collection; Bequest of the artist, 1989.

Discovering works like this one is one of my favourite aspects of participating in the Museum Studies Internship program. I am continually amazed at the beautiful works that find their home in the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Art Collection.

Roloff Beny was born in Medicine Hat in 1924 and then spent a large portion of his life living abroad working as a photographer. His formal training took place at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Toronto, the Banff Centre for the Arts and the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Iowa. Beny is best known for his photographic work later in his career, but earlier he explored a wide range of media. The ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge acquired many of Beny's prints, drawings and paintings, as well as works by other significant artists from his personal collection, when Beny bequeathed his entire art collection to the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ upon his death in 1984.

David Smith, Museum Studies Intern

Lasting Images - Mary Shannon Will

trevor.kenney — Tue, 23 Nov 2010 21:38:15 +0000

Mary Shannon Will was born in Ithaca, New York, and studied at the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of New Mexico in Albuquerque and the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Iowa. Upon moving to Canada, Will taught at the Emily Carr College of Art & Design in Vancouver.

Will is known for her diverse artistic practice, working in a variety of media including printmaking, painting and ceramics. Today, the artist divides her life and work between Calgary and New Mexico.

Mary Shannon Will, Untitled, 1971. From the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Art Collection; Gift of the artist, 1999.

In 1999, Will donated 45 artworks to the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Art Collection, spanning the breadth of her career from 1968 through 1993. This gift included ceramic pieces, paintings, drawings and archival materials associated with her practice.

These works demonstrate Will's vibrant use of colour based in Pop Art sensibilities, her sense of play within the funk ceramics movement on the Canadian prairies during the 1970s, her extension from traditional woman's forms such as jars and utilitarian objects and her complex grasp of the interests in form and composition developed within abstract artistic movements.

Mary Shannon Will, Unfinished Sculpture, 1980. From the ��Ѹ��Դ��߿�Ƭ of Lethbridge Art Collection; Gift of the artist, 1999.

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