The mission of the Women’s Art Museum of Canada / Musée d’art de la femme du Canada is to collect, preserve and present Canadian women’s visual heritage.
Edmonton, Alberta, Canada
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Helen Kalvak
(1901-1984)
Helen Kalvak, born in 1901, was a prominent Inuinnait graphic artist.
Kalvak’s art career began in her 60s. She produced thousands of drawings, of which over 150 were turned into prints between the years of 1965 and 1985. She was a founding member of the Ulukhaktok Arts Center, which formed in 1961. In 1968 her first print retrospective was held at La Guilde in Montreal. In 1975 she was elected as a Member of the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts and received the Order of Canada in 1978.
For the majority of her life, Kalvak lived in Kitlineq, Inuvialuit Settlement Region, NT, before being relocated to Ulukhaqtuuq, Inuvialuit Settlement Region, NT, in 1960.
Her art chronicles oral histories, highlighting Inuit legends, stories and traditions. Slide 1 depicts Song of Power (1985).
Chevalier, Gabriel. “Helen Kalvak.” Inuit Art Quarterly. Last modified 2017. inuitartfoundation.org/profi…
👻Our Artist Trading Card workshop is happening today!👻
🕟Join us anytime between 4:30 pm and 6 pm to create your very own trading card.
This is a free workshop suitable for all ages. We will be providing all of the necessary materials, but you are welcome to bring your own supplies as well.
We hope to see you there for an afternoon of creativity and exchange!
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Artist Trading Card Workshop- If you are in the Edmonton area we are hosting a free artist trading card workshop on October 22! Everyone is welcome.
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While listening to council meetings in Montreal, local mayor Sue Montgomery decided to knit in red when men spoke and in green when women spoke, when similar numbers of both attended.
Day 1 results.... #WomensArt
👨🎨Our Artist Trading Card workshop is happening today!👨🎨
Join us from 4:30 pm to 6 pm for this free and fun workshop.
The museum provides all of the necessary materials to create your very own miniature piece of art.
#ATCard
🌼The WAM will be hosting two events for our 20th anniversary🌼
𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦
4 𝘱𝘮 𝘵𝘰 7 𝘱𝘮
-Founding members talk
-Launch of 1st WAM Award
-Curated tour of the museum
-Gourmet cake and refreshments
-Give away prizes!
𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐂𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐚
2:30 𝘱𝘮 𝘵𝘰 6 𝘱𝘮
-Doors open at 2:30 pm
-Welcome committee & refreshments
-Animated short 𝘊𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘚𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨
-Feature film 𝘔𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦 starts at 3:15 pm
-Followed by cake & gift giveaways at 5:30 pm.
𝐀𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭 𝐓𝐫𝐚𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐂𝐚𝐫𝐝 𝐖𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐩
𝘛𝘩𝘶𝘳𝘴𝘥𝘢𝘺, 𝘚𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘦𝘳 24𝘵𝘩
Come and participate in this free and fun workshop! The museum provides all of the necessary materials to create your very own miniature piece of art!
𝐀𝐭𝐞𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐫 𝐝𝐞 𝐜𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐞𝐬 𝐝'𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐬𝐭𝐞𝐬 à é𝐜𝐡𝐚𝐧𝐠𝐞𝐫
𝘭𝘦 𝘫𝘦𝘶𝘥𝘪 24 𝘴𝘦𝘱𝘵𝘦𝘮𝘣𝘳𝘦
Participez à cet atelier gratuit et convivial ! Le musée met à votre disposition tout le matériel nécessaire pour créer votre propre œuvre miniature.
#artㅤㅤㅤㅤ
🌼The WAM will be hosting two events for our 20th anniversary🌼
𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟐𝐧𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐮𝐦
4 𝘱𝘮 𝘵𝘰 7 𝘱𝘮
-Founding members talk
-Launch of 1st WAM Award
-Curated tour of the museum
-Gourmet cake and refreshments
-Give away prizes!
𝐎𝐜𝐭𝐨𝐛𝐞𝐫 𝟑𝐫𝐝 𝐚𝐭 𝐌𝐞𝐭𝐫𝐨 𝐂𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐦𝐚
2:30 𝘱𝘮 𝘵𝘰 6 𝘱𝘮
-Doors open at 2:30 pm
-Welcome committee & refreshments
-Animated short 𝘊𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘶𝘴 𝘚𝘸𝘪𝘯𝘨
-Feature film 𝘔𝘢𝘶𝘥𝘪𝘦 starts at 3:15 pm
-Followed by cake & gift giveaways at 5:30 pm.
instagram.com/p/DdKOGbsGneK/… – at Edmonton, Alberta
⛵WAM is turning 20!⛵
Join us at Metro Cinema for a screening of the 2016 film Maudie (starring Ethan Hawke and Sally Hawkins) and the 1996 short Cactus Swing
🎬In partnership with @themetrocinema
Doors open at 2:30 pm on Saturday October 3rd at Metro Cinema.
🎫Get your tickets now: metrocinema.org/event/maudie…
instagram.com/p/DdHX1EhGo0h/… – at Edmonton, Alberta
🎉WAM is turning 20!🎉
October 2nd will mark our 20th anniversary of preserving and celebrating Canadian Women's visual heritage.
Come celebrate with us!✨
instagram.com/p/DdFHPmnkicm/…
Check out Women's Art Museum of Canada's video! #TikTok vt.tiktok.com/ZSq8thE7C/
Can't believe it's September already, and we are a month to the day of our 20th anniversary celebrations. wamsoc.ca/20th/ Stay tuned as we celebrate our supporters and volunteers who made all this happen. #womenartists #volunteer #yeg
Head of nails by Jennifer Peters has an impressive 2500 nails shaping her head. A must see at the museum. #yeg #womenartists #nailart
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Edna Taçon originally trained as a violinist, turning to abstract art on the encouragement of her husband. She would ultimately become a prominent figure in the non-objective art movement during the first half of the twentieth century.
Happy birthday Edna Taçon.
ALT Edna Taçon, “Self-portrait,” 1944-1949, collection of Paul and Susan Taçon. © Estate of Edna Taçon. Photo: AGO.
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Toronto-born modernist Canadian painter Yvonne McKague Housser’s “Pink Cottage” evocatively captures a humble dwelling in Bermuda surrounded by trees whose branches reach in all directions, animated by a fierce wind off the North Atlantic.
Housser was born on this day in 1898.
ALT Yvonne McKague Housser, “Pink Cottage,” 1937, Masterworks Museum of Bermuda Art, Hamilton.