Beyond the Horizon will showcase selected landscapes from the Richmond Art Gallery’s Permanent Collection.
Date/Time: Aug 23 2017, 10:00 am to 5:00 pm
Richmond, Richmond Art Gallery | Event calendarCost: Free
Many of the exhibited works celebrate the natural beauty of Canada and illustrate the changing ways that artists have captured the country’s mountains, forests and skies.
Works by Irene Hoffar Reid, William P. Weston, Toni Onley and Alan Wood show the progression of how these artists forged their own paths in capturing the Canadian terrain. The dates of the works range from 1932 up to 1994, depicting how landscape painting in Canada has changed over the course of the 60 years represented. The majority of the artworks in the exhibition were acquired through generous donations from artists and collectors.
Hanging among the works from the collection will be works by local youths, who will have participated in an 8-month long mentorship program, which will incorporate sessions with established practicing artists. The culmination of this program will be a final landscape work along with an extended label written by the student, with assistance from the exhibition curator, about their work. In addition to demonstrating how past artists have pictured Canada’s landscape, the inclusion of works by local youth of similar landscape features, will not only expand the horizons of those viewing the exhibition, but also those of the participating youth.
Curator: Dr. Hilary Letwin, Curatorial Assistant
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