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Recent Exhibits and Online Resources

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"We Would Do So With Joy:" Gerhard Herzberg and the University of Saskatchewan. We were pleased to assist with a permanent exhibit in the Physics building, on the career of Nobel prize-winner, Gerhard Herzberg. See the cover story in On Campus News, 13 May 2011 about the exhibit opening: http://www.usask.ca/communications/ocn/11-may-13/index.php

"You Must Remember This..." Memorabilia from the University Archives, in honour of our alumni during Homecoming Week. Presented in the Main Library.

Image of people at the Donor Event at the U of S Murray Library, Link. 2011 Library Donor Event : The 2011 Donor Appreciation Event occurred 13 June and was the soft opening for the new exhibition area in The Link on the first floor of the Murray library, which will have a grand opening this fall showcasing the University Authors. More information on the transformation of the link that that time.

College Building Exhibits: The University Archives regularly contributes to the College Building Display cases. Over the past year, these have included:

"In the Greystone Tradition: 50th Anniversary of the Greystone Singers";

In 1959 Saskatchewan farmer Stephen Kolbinson sold a set of rare 17th century Amati instruments to the University of Saskatchewan, with the understanding that they would be used for the benefit of the people of the province. Since then, the instruments have been used by a variety of musicians, including two string quartets in residence. This exhibit explores the history of these unique instruments, both before and after they found a home at the University of Saskatchewan.

"Old Masterpieces at the University of Saskatchewan: Fifty Years of Music Making with the Amati Instruments";

 

"Lectures, Yells and Student Politics: The First Students Arrive, Fall 1909";

 

"Faster Higher, Stronger: The University of Saskatchewan at the Olympics";

In celebration of the 2010 Vancouver Olympics, we presented two exhibits in the College Building and contributed material for a Library exhibit, all highlighting University of Saskatchewan connections with the Olympic games. With the assistance of Huskie Athletics, former coaches and others, we compiled a comprehensive list of 78 individuals from the University of Saskatchewan community who have participated in the Olympic or Paralympic Games as athletes, team staff, and officials. The exhibit also featured diary entries and photographs from Joe Griffiths (the first U of S athletic director), an official at several Olympic Games including the 1932 Berlin Summer Games. The Griffiths diary was later featured in a Star-Phoenix article about sports memorabilia at the University Archives: http://www2.canada.com/saskatoonstarphoenix/news/sports/story.html?id=73f5ced5-097d-4a87-b76a-4034e8aaca21&p=1

Kenderdine Art Gallery Exhibits:

image: Peter Smith, Mountains and/or Other Gods, 2008. photo: Toni HafkenscheidPeter Smith "You May Find Yourself" 
Curated by Ann MacDonald.
Organized by the Doris McCarthy Gallery in partnership with the College Art Galleries and the Robert McLaughlin Gallery. 

 Peter Smith’s much-too-much is the every day. Our familiar consumer society; a deluge of images, sights, sounds, hustle-bustle and debris that make up the whole of our world, the one to which we are accustomed. His artworks, as a result, are densely concentrated and ambitious. In these works you can sense that overwhelming feeling of being in that crowded concert venue, with the noise impossible to block out. The work is inevitably tied to his struggle with Schizoaffective Disorder, which onset in his late twenties, yet his work was only completed when healthy. His desire to share his reactions to life and impressions of consumerism, industrialism and the rat race inform the built up, layered works. They are equal parts oil painting, sculpture and assemblage, each created layer upon layer, ultimately lending a physical and emotional depth to his metaphors. Created using anything from dollar store purchases to sculpted wood to found objects, the works share his reactions with candid honesty and immediacy.  
Image: Peter Smith, Mountains and/or Other Gods, 2008. Photo: Toni Hafkenscheid

image: Deanna Bowen, Stories to Pass On, Installation View. photo by Blair Barbeau.Deanna Bowen: Stories to Pass On... Apr 12 - Sep 24, 2011
Exhibition Dates: May 3 - September 23, 2011.

Curated by Carl Lavoy Deanna Bowen’s Stories to pass on… is an exhibition comprised of two installation works: Gospel(2008) and Shadow on the Prairie (2009). Both works stem from a road trip the artist took in 2006 where she located the Alabama plantation her family was enslaved on.

Image: Deanna Bowen, Stories to Pass On, Installation View. photo by Blair Barbeau

Image: Augustus Kenderdine, The Lagoon, Emma Lake, Saskatchewan, 1936, oil on wood. Collection of the University of Saskatchewan.Augustus Kenderdine: Field Day 

Apr 18 - Sep 9, 2011
Curated by Kent Archer
Organized by the Kenderdine Art Gallery

The paintings and drawings selected for Field Day are from the University of Saskatchewan Permanent Art Collection and illustrate dominant themes within Kenderdine’s practice. Many of the pieces selected demonstrate Kenderdine’s engagement with the Saskatchewan landscape, including northern, central and southern locales within the province. The Kenderdine Art Gallery is pleased to welcome many of these works back to Saskatoon after their extensive tour to over a dozen galleries and museums in the province.

Image: Augustus Kenderdine, The Lagoon, Emma Lake, Saskatchewan, 1936, oil on wood. Collection of the University of Saskatchewan.

Online

"At Work: Historical Images of Labour in Saskatchewan" We were fortunate to have some exceptional assistance both in creating and promoting this site. University of Saskatchewan alumnus Dr. W.J.C. Cherwinski (recently retired from MUN) created our educational resource; Neil Richards, a former assistant with Special Collections, did another wonderful job as writer and curator; and the Saskatchewan Federation of Labour and CUPE 1975 helped get the word out about the site to their members. The final product included materials from 32 different fonds or collections, representing the holdings of 8 archives in Saskatchewan. We’re pleased with the result, but don’t take our word for it: here’s a comment from a campus researcher “To my delight as I went to the U of S library (virtually), I was guided into this wonderful photo collection of SK's labour history. What a treasure trove this is! I loved the photos, messages, and the quotes at the bottom of the sections. Very apt! I am not a historian, let alone a labour historian. … This is a true gift. Thank-you for sharing it. I will continue to pour over the photos and consider the lives lived. It represents a tremendous collaboration and I'm sure it was a tremendous effort. It's really a wonderful account.” The Website can be found here.

"Wish You Were Here: Saskatchewan Postcard Collections" Students in Art History 420 (Professional Practices in Visual Culture) and English 803 (Cultural and Literary History) provided the curated essays on this site. They took as their primary source material the over 4,500 postcard images from 11 archives throughout Saskatchewan, available through the site database. Those searching the site may look both at the images found on postcards and – often as interesting – the messages, stamps, and postmarks found on the reverse. A promotional booklet with images and excerpts from the student essays proved so popular, a larger book is in production. The website can be found here.