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. Summer art classes were originally taught by Augustus Kenderdine at Murray Point on Emma Lake in 1936. Kenneth Lochhead and Arthur McKay, professors at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus (now called the

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since 1974) initiated the more famous Emma Lake Artists' Workshops in 1955.

Workshop leaders by date

*1955

Jack Shadbolt Jack Leonard Shadbolt, (February 4, 1909 November 22, 1998) was a Canadian painter. Early life Born in Shoeburyness, England, Shadbolt came to Canada with his parents in April 1911. He was raised in Victoria, British Columbia. He studied at ...

(workshop leader) *1956 Joseph Plaskett (workshop leader) *1957

Will Barnet Will Barnet (May 25, 1911November 13, 2012) was an American artist known for his paintings, watercolors, drawings, and prints depicting the human figure and animals, both in casual scenes of daily life and in transcendent dreamlike worlds. Biogr ...

(workshop leader) *1958 No workshop *1959

Barnett Newman Barnett Newman (January 29, 1905 – July 4, 1970) was an American artist. He has been critically regarded as one of the major figures of abstract expressionism, and one of the foremost color field painters. His paintings explore the sense of ...

(workshop leader) *1960

John Ferren John Millard Ferren (October 17, 1905 – July 1, 1970) was an American artist and educator. He was active from 1920 until 1970 in San Francisco, Paris and New York City. Early life John Ferren was born in Pendleton, Oregon on October 17, ...

(workshop leader) *1961

Herman Cherry Herman may refer to: People * Herman (name), list of people with this name * Saint Herman (disambiguation) * Peter Noone (born 1947), known by the mononym Herman Places in the United States * Herman, Arkansas * Herman, Michigan * Herman, Minn ...

(workshop leader) *1962

Clement Greenberg Clement Greenberg () (January 16, 1909 – May 7, 1994), occasionally writing under the pseudonym K. Hardesh, was an American essayist known mainly as an art critic closely associated with American modern art of the mid-20th century and a formali ...

(workshop leader) *1963

Kenneth Noland Kenneth Noland (April 10, 1924 – January 5, 2010) was an American painter. He was one of the best-known American color field painters, although in the 1950s he was thought of as an abstract expressionist and in the early 1960s he was though ...

(workshop leader) *1964

Jules Olitski Jevel Demikovski (March 27, 1922 – February 4, 2007), known professionally as Jules Olitski, was an American painter, printmaker, and sculptor. Early life Olitski was born Jevel Demikovsky in Snovsk, in Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic ( ...

and Stephan Wolpe (workshop leaders) *1965

Lawrence Alloway Lawrence Reginald Alloway (17 September 1926 – 2 January 1990) was an English art critic and curator who worked in the United States from 1961. In the 1950s, he was a leading member of the Independent Group in the UK and in the 1960s was an in ...

and John Cage (workshop leaders) *1966 Harold Cohen (workshop leader) *1967

Frank Stella Frank Philip Stella (born May 12, 1936) is an American painter, sculptor and printmaker, noted for his work in the areas of minimalism and post-painterly abstraction. Stella lives and works in New York City. Biography Frank Stella was born in ...

(workshop leader) *1968

Donald Judd Donald Clarence Judd (June 3, 1928February 12, 1994) was an American artist associated with minimalism (a term he nonetheless stridently disavowed).Tate Modern websit"Tate Modern Past Exhibitions Donald Judd" Retrieved on February 19, 2009. In ...

(workshop leader) (The workshop was not held at Emma Lake, but at Rapid River Lodge, Lac La Ronge) *1969 Michael Steiner (workshop leader) *1970 Ronald B. Kitaj (workshop leader) *1971 no workshop *1972

Roy Kiyooka Roy Kenzie Kiyooka (January 18, 1926January 8, 1994) was a Canadian painter, poet, photographer, arts teacher, and multi-media artist. Biography A Nisei, or a second generation Japanese Canadian, Roy Kenzie Kiyooka was born in Moose Jaw, Saskat ...

(workshop leader) *1973 William Wiley (workshop leader) *1974 no workshop *1975 no workshop *1976 Toni Onley,

Douglas Haynes Douglas Hector Haynes (January 1, 1936 – February 10, 2016) was a Canadian abstract artist and teacher. Early life Haynes was born and raised in Regina, Saskatchewan."Groundbreaking artist Douglas Haynes left enormous mark in Edmonton," Ed ...

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Sidney Tillim Sidney Tillim (June 16, 1925 – August 16, 2001) was an American artist and art critic, known for his maverick painting and independent point of view on modern art in post-war America. Best remembered for his revival of history painting in the ...

Harold Feist Harold may refer to: People * Harold (given name), including a list of persons and fictional characters with the name * Harold (surname), surname in the English language * András Arató, known in meme culture as "Hide the Pain Harold" Arts ...

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, Dan Solomon, Andre Fauteux,

Otto Rogers Otto Donald Rogers (19 November 1935 – 28 April 2019) was a Canadian painter and sculptor from rural Saskatchewan whose abstract works reflects his belief as a member of the Baháʼí Faith in unity in diversity. His work has been widely ex ...

, Bruce O'Neil, Joseph Reeder, and Alan Gliko (workshop guest leaders) *1977

Wynona Mulcaster Wynona Croft Mulcaster (April 10, 1915 – August 25, 2016) was a Canadian painter and teacher from Saskatchewan, best known for her prairie landscapes. She also played an important role in developing horse show, competitive riding in Saskatoon ...

, Richard Mock, Warren Rohrer, Ken Carpenter, Edna Andrade, Mina Forsyth, Rick Chenier, Carol Sutton,

Anthony Caro Sir Anthony Alfred Caro (8 March 192423 October 2013) was an English abstract art, abstract sculptor whose work is characterised by assemblages of metal using 'Found object, found' industrial objects. His style was of the modernist school, hav ...

, Terry Fenton, Douglas Bentham, and

(workshop guest leaders) *1978 no workshop *1979

Friedel Dzubas Friedel Dzubas (April 20, 1915 in Berlin, Germany – December 10, 1994 in Auburndale, Massachusetts) was a German-born American abstract painter. Life and work Friedel Dzubas studied art in his native land before fleeing Nazi Germany ...

and

John Elderfield John Elderfield (born 25 April 1943) was Chief Curator of Painting and Sculpture at the Museum of Modern Art, New York, from 2003 to 2008.''Who’s Who 2011'', A&C Black, 2011 He served as the Allen R. Adler, Class of 1967, Distinguished Curator a ...

(workshop leaders) *1980 Kenworth Moffett and Darryl Hughto (workshop leaders) *1981

Walter Darby Bannard Walter Darby Bannard (September 23, 1934 – October 2, 2016) was an American abstract painter and professor of art and art history at the University of Miami Early life and education Bannard was born in New Haven, Connecticut and attended Phi ...

and

John McLean John McLean (March 11, 1785 – April 4, 1861) was an American jurist and politician who served in the United States Congress, as U.S. Postmaster General, and as a justice of the Ohio and U.S. Supreme Courts. He was often discussed for ...

(workshop leaders) *1982 Stanley Boxer and

James Wolfe James Wolfe (2 January 1727 – 13 September 1759) was a British Army officer known for his training reforms and, as a major general, remembered chiefly for his victory in 1759 over the French at the Battle of the Plains of Abraham in Quebec. ...

(workshop leaders) *1983

Charles Millard Charles Hibbert (Charlie) Millard (August 25, 1896 – November 24, 1978) was a Canadian trade union activist and politician. Early life He was born in St. Thomas, Ontario, the son of a railroad repairman, and first trained as a carpenter. M ...

and

Larry Zox Larry is a masculine given name in English, derived from Lawrence or Laurence. It can be a shortened form of those names. Larry may refer to the following: People Arts and entertainment *Larry D. Alexander, American artist/writer *Larry Boone, ...

(workshop leaders) *1984

Tim Scott Timothy Eugene Scott (born September 19, 1965) is an American businessman and politician serving as the junior United States senator from South Carolina since 2013. A member of the Republican Party, Scott was appointed to the U.S. Senate by Go ...

and Valentin Tatransky (workshop leaders) *1985 Maryann Harmon and Karen Wilkin (workshop leaders) *1986 Peter Bradley and John Link (workshop leaders) *1987 Tim Hilton and

Terry Atkinson Terry Atkinson (born 1939) is an English artist. Atkinson was born in Thurnscoe, near Barnsley, Yorkshire. He lives in Leamington Spa, England with his wife, artist Sue Atkinson, with whom he has frequently collaborated. In 1967, he began to ...

(workshop leaders) *1988 Joseph Drapell,

, and

(workshop leaders) *1989

Paterson Ewen Paterson Ewen D.Litt LL. D. (April 7, 1925 – February 17, 2002) was a Canadian painter. Ewen was a founding member of the Non-figurative artist's association of Montréal, along with Claude Tousignant, Jean-Paul Mousseau, Guido Molinari, and M ...

, Sandra Paikowsky, and Joseph Masheck (workshop leaders) *1990

Mali Morris Mali Morris (born 5 February 1945) is a British artist. She was born in north Wales, and studied at Newcastle University and the University of Reading.Royal Academy of ArtsMali Morris RA , Artist , Royal Academy of Arts accessdate: 29/08/2014 ...

, Robert Kudielka,

Dorothy Knowles Dorothy Elsie Knowles, (born April 6, 1927) is a Canadian artist, most notable for her landscape paintings. She is the widow of William Perehudoff, a fellow artist who is closely associated with the Color Field movement. Career Knowles studie ...

, and

Willard Boepple Willard may refer to: People * Willard (name) Geography Places in the United States * Willard, Colorado * Willard, Georgia * Willard, Kansas *Willard, Kentucky * Willard, Michigan, a small unincorporated community in Beaver Township, Bay Cou ...

(workshop leaders) *1991

John Gibbons John Michael Gibbons (born June 8, 1962) is an American former professional baseball player and former manager of the Toronto Blue Jays of Major League Baseball (MLB). Gibbons briefly played in the Major Leagues as a catcher with the New Y ...

, Terry Fenton and

Nancy Tousley Nancy Tousley (born 1943) is a senior art critic, journalist, art writer and independent curator whose practice has included writing for a major daily newspaper, art magazines, and exhibition catalogues. Early life and education Born in Louisiana, ...

(workshop leaders) *1992 *1993 Medrie McFwee, Lee Tribe, and Lynn Donahue (workshop leaders) *1994

Janet Fish Janet Fish (born May 18, 1938) is a contemporary American realist artist. Through oil painting, lithography, and screenprinting, she explores the interaction of light with everyday objects in the still life genre. Many of her paintings include ...

and Victor Cicansky (workshop leaders) *1995 Judith Swartz and

Landon Mackenzie Landon Mackenzie (born November 29, 1954) is a Canadian artist based in Vancouver, British Columbia. She is nationally known for her large-format paintings and her contribution as a professor at the Emily Carr University of Art and Design (she i ...

(workshop leaders) *2001

Chris Cran Chris Cran (born 1949 in Ocean Falls, British Columbia) is a Canadian visual artist, based in Calgary, Alberta. Cran's work "investigates perception and illusion, and the viewer’s role in how images are formed...Widely exhibited across Can ...

(workshop leader) *2002 *2003 Karen Wilkin and Clay Ellis (workshop leaders) *2004 *2005 Robert Christie and Ron Shuebrook(co-workshop leaders) *2007

Monica Tap Monica Tap (born 1962) is a Canadian painter, artist and educator. She lives in Toronto, Ontario, and teaches at the University of Guelph. She is known for engaging and challenging conventions concerning landscape and still-life painting.Tousl ...

(workshop leader) *2009 Kim Dorland (workshop leader) *2010 *2011 David Alexander (workshop leader) *2012 Elizabeth McIntosh (workshop leader)King, John. (1972). The Emma Lake Workshops 1955-1970: A Documented Study of the Artists’ Workshop at Emma Lake, Saskatchewan, of the School of Art, University of Saskatchewan, Regina, 1955-1970. Manitoba: Brandon University.

Publications

*''The Flat Side of the Landscape: the Emma Lake Artists' Workshops'' / curator/editor: John O'Brian ; essays, John O'Brian ...

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Saskatoon : Mendel Art Gallery, c1989 (Published for the exhibition, The flat side of the landscape : the Emma Lake Artists' Workshops held from October 5, 1989 to April 21, 1991) *''Abstraction West : Emma Lake and after = Abstraction dans l'Ouest : le lac Emma et après'' / by Terry Fenton. Ottawa : National Gallery of Canada for the Corporation of the National Museums of Canada, 1976 *''Emma Lake Workshops, 1955-1973.'' atalogue of an exhibition held fromSeptember 21 to October 21, 1973. Regina : Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery, 1973

References

External links

''Influences of Emma Lake Art School'', Art Gallery of Prince Albert, Prince Albert, Saskatchewan.''Making Friends: The Role of Friends, Mentors and Patrons in the Development of Saskatchewan Art.'' Exhibition May 28, 2005 to October 23, 2005. Organized by the MacKenzie Art Gallery, Curated by Timothy Long, Head Curator.

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