Annual Report 2017

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The power of advocacy cannot be overstated. In 1958 a group of Burnaby residents gathered together to create the Burnaby Art Society. In 1967, the City of Burnaby, spurred on by volunteers, purchased the dilapidated Fairacres mansion. Members of the society rolled up their sleeves and provided the elbow grease necessary to turn the empty home into a bustling gallery. Over the years, the Burnaby Art Gallery has built a strong reputation as a leader in the development of exhibitions, programs and publications and the Permanent Art Collection has grown to well over 5,500 works. While the City of Burnaby Cultural Services Division staff now manages the gallery, along with a robust series of fine arts programs offered throughout the community, volunteers still play an important role in both an advisory capacity through the Burnaby Art Gallery Advisory Committee and in the day-to-day delivery of Fine Arts programs.

One of the major goals for 2017 was to ensure that the 50th Anniversary was more than a one-night celebration. Staff worked together to develop a communication strategy that would increase community awareness about the location and history of the gallery. The summer exhibition, The Ornament of a House: Fifty Years of Collecting featured fifty works from the Permanent Art Collection with short essays on each work written by friends of the gallery. The exhibition and book of the same name also detail the history of Ceperley house and the development of the Burnaby Art Gallery, serving as a lasting legacy. Community sponsorships and contributions enabled us to expand exhibitions throughout the anniversary year while special funds from Canada150/Burnaby 125 grants allowed us to feature live music at all of our opening receptions.

In January, Hank Bull: Connexion featured the engaging virtual archive collected by Vancouver artist and international collaborator, Hank Bull. In recognition of the anniversary year, local artists, including Bull, Les McKinnon and Sylvia Tait, were selected for exhibitions based upon their longstanding connections to the Burnaby Art Gallery. Their exhibitions were complemented by exhibitions featuring First Nations artist and curator Tania Willard, Tara Nicholson’s photographic documentation of scientists working in the Arctic, the Salish Weave Collection and the annual Arts Alive exhibition. In addition, there were thirteen offsite exhibitions in 2017.

Fine Arts Programs continued to provide arts education to participants of all ages with events

happening at the gallery, at public events throughout the city and in schools around the Lower Mainland. The Education Collection and the City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection both acquired numerous and notable artworks in 2017.

Public Art continues to absorb the attention of gallery staff, who serve as advisors to private developers along the Beresford Art Walk and in the rapidly growing Town Centers. The City of Burnaby Public Art Collection is also expanding with the integration of art features throughout Willingdon Linear Park and the ongoing inspections, maintenance and conservation of the existing collection occurring throughout the year.

I would like to thank the City of Burnaby, the Province of BC and the BC Arts Council for their continued financial support. I would also like to thank our many special sponsors and contributors to the 2017 exhibition schedule and the 50th Anniversary exhibition, reception and publication. The gallery is indebted to its many volunteers including the Burnaby Art Gallery Advisory Committee. I consider myself most fortunate to work at this longstanding institution with a hard-working team of arts professionals. Thanks to everyone mentioned above, arts advocacy continues to be a vital force in Burnaby.

Ellen van EijnsbergenDirector / Curator

DIRECTOR / CURATOR’S MESSAGE

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2017 was an exciting year for the Burnaby Art Gallery as it celebrated its 50th Anniversary. The Burnaby Art Gallery Advisory Committee (BAGAC) welcomed one new member with the return of several. The committee is comprised of members who represent a broad spectrum of experience and knowledge in the local arts, business and educational sectors. Our primary role is to assist in the acquisition of works for the City of Burnaby’s Permanent Art Collection and to support fundraising initiatives. To this end, members of BAGAC were especially involved this year in the preparations surrounding the 50th Anniversary reception.

The 50th Anniversary reception was held on the lawn and veranda of the Burnaby Art Gallery on the evening of July 13th, which also served as the opening for an exhibition, The Ornament of the House: Fifty Years of Collecting. This unique exhibition featured 50 works from the City of Burnaby’s Permanent Art Collection, with the individual texts contributed by friends of the gallery, along with former and current staff members. The 50th Anniversary reception was extremely well attended and included artists, local dignitaries and a good representation of people from around Burnaby. A beautiful commemorative publication, The Ornament of the House: Fifty Years of Collecting was also unveiled at this event.

Additionally, BAGAC was excited to assist with Public Art installations in the Burnaby Heights neighborhood on the Willingdon Linear Park and in the Beresford Corridor developments. The Burnaby Art Gallery showcased an impressive exhibition calendar of artists for 2017 including Hank Bull, Tara Nicholson, Les McKinnon, Tania Willard and Sylvia Tait, in addition to an excellent series of offsite exhibitions at the Bob Prittie and McGill Libraries. The Burnaby Art Gallery also continued to support and engage the local arts community through its annual Arts Alive exhibition in collaboration with SD41, school tours, summer camps, educational workshops and artist talks.

The BAGAC extends a warm thank you to the Director, Assistant Curator and staff at the Burnaby Art Gallery for all their efforts in making this celebratory year such a success!

Susan PaulChairBurnaby Art Gallery Advisory Committee

(front cover) Installation view of Hank Bull: Connexion (detail), Photo: Blaine Campbell

(left to right)Ellen van Eijnsbergen, BAG Director / Curator with Winifred Denny, former President of the Burnaby Art Society, Photo: Tiffany Cooper

Susan Paul, BAGAC Chair, Photo: Tiffany Cooper

CHAIRPERSON’S REMARKS

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MandateThe Burnaby Art Gallery operates as an art museum, gallery and community forum to explore and advance knowledge, appreciation and understanding of contemporary and historical visual art through exhibition, programming and collection services in traditional and non-traditional contexts and places in and outside the City of Burnaby.

Institutional Core Values • Art has the ability to make the abstract tangible.

• Ideas are the foundations for actions.

• Education creates knowledge.

• Learning is a lifelong endeavour.

• Experiences shape our view of the world and how we interact with one another.

• Collections represent our heritage.

Role of the Institution• Provide experiences for art museum visitors

and program participants (public and school) that challenge their creativity, ideas, norms, values, identity, and beliefs in order to create greater understanding of the ideas behind contemporary and historical art, and the artists that create work so that greater visual arts literacy within the communities that the BAG serves is developed.

• Act as a leader in the collection, preservation and exhibition of those artists who choose to work on paper–the Burnaby Art Gallery is the only public art museum in Canada dedicated to works of art on paper. Through our collection and exhibition practices the BAG endeavours to represent the best and most promising Canadian artists.

• Act as a community forum and gathering place for the dissemination of ideas. This is accomplished through free public talks, symposia, and community outreach projects (libraries and non-traditional art museum spaces such as shopping malls, public squares, and community centres) related to exhibitions and public art events that occur within and outside of the art gallery.

MANDATE AND MISSION

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(left to right) Opening reception of Sylvia Tait: Journey, November 17, 2017-January 7, 2018

Exterior of Burnaby Art Gallery, Photo: Blaine Campbell

Attendance 2017Exhibitions (including travelling exhibitions) Offsite ExhibitionsPublic ProgramsSchool ProgramsVolunteer HoursFacebook LikesTwitter FollowersInstagram Followers

Grants / DonationsBC Arts Council

School District #41

In Memory of Jan Woodside

Sponsorships ABC Recycling

Tourism Burnaby

Ballard Fine Art

Bonny’s Taxi

Mail O’Matic

$16,000

$1,500

$1,000

$1,000

$750

$500

$500

$500

In-Kind ContributionsPACART

Steamworks Brewery

Burnaby Now

Hemlock Printers

Anderson Distillery

Bottle Jockey

15,087

290,9812,8546,2461,4131,1981,947

995

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Gallery exhibitions are the central focus of the Burnaby Art Gallery. Throughout the year, the Gallery provides visitors with challenging, thought-provoking, inspiring and diverse content representing local, regional, and national artistic talent. The artists presented at the Burnaby Art Gallery use a variety of media to contribute to conversations about culture, politics and lived experience.

The Gallery’s 50th Anniversary year began with Hank Bull: Connexion, a retrospective exhibition of the artworks and art collections of local artist and personality Hank Bull. Co-curated by Joni Low and Pan Wendt, this exhibition toured to 5 other venues across Canada and received wide acclaim.

Highlights of the year included the 35th

Anniversary of Arts Alive, the Gallery’s annual opportunity to feature some of Burnaby’s best local artwork, produced by School District #41 Elementary School students and selected by a jury of fine arts professionals. In conjunction with this exhibition, the Gallery had its incredible Salish Weave Collection: Works on Paper on display; contemporary prints by local Coast Salish artists from the City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection.

EXHIBITIONSThe grand exhibition showcase of the year was The Ornament of a House: Fifty Years of Collecting. Gallery staff asked fifty of their colleagues from the local arts community–artists, curators, critics and collectors, to choose a significant artwork from the City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection and write a short piece about why it was selected. The resulting exhibition and hardcover coffee table book is both a tribute to the volunteers that first formed the Burnaby Art Society, and to the 106-year-old building that houses the Burnaby Art Gallery–the Ceperley Mansion.

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Main GalleriesHank Bull: ConnexionJanuary 20-April 6, 2017

Arts AliveApril 13-May 21, 2017

The Salish Weave Collection: Works on PaperApril 13-May 31, 2017

Tara Nicholson: Arctic ClaimsJune 2-July 2, 2017

Les McKinnon: Reflecting on HeadlinesJune 9-July 2, 2017

The Ornament of a House: 50 Years of CollectingJuly 14-September 3, 2017

Tania Willard: dissimulation(with the New BC Indian Art and Welfare Society Collective)September 15-November 5, 2017

Sylvia Tait: JourneyNovember 17, 2017-January 7, 2018

(top left to right)Installation view of Tania Willard: dissimulation (with the New BC Indian Art and Welfare Society Collective), courtesy of the Kamloops Art Gallery, September 15-November 5, Photo: Blaine Campbell

Opening Reception, The Ornament of a House: Fifty Years of Collecting, July 14-September 3, Photo: Tiffany Cooper

(left) Installation view of The Salish Weave Collection: Works on Paper, April 13-May 31, Photo: Blaine Campbell

2017 Touring Exhibitions(From the City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection)

Jack Shadbolt: MomentumTouchstones Gallery of Art and History, Nelson BC

“Creative and heartfelt exhibit. Beautiful! – J & S Smalley on Arts Alive and The Salish Weave Collection: Works on Paper

“Love some of the bold choices and the inclusion!” – J Parnell on The Ornament of a House: Fifty Years of Collecting

“The art takes me to places I can’t reach on my own. Thank you.” – LMC on Tania Willard’s dissimulation

“Most inspirational show – sophisticated abstraction at its best. Thank you!” – Jane Appleby on Sylvia Tait’s Journey

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Offsite exhibitions are organized by the Gallery’s Preparator and Exhibition Coordinator and generally draw from works from the City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection. The Gallery also worked with community groups and organizations such as the Burnaby Association for Community Inclusion through their Artists Helping Artists Program, Burnaby Family Life, L’Arche Greater Vancouver, the Chinese Children’s Cartoon Competition, the Chinese Benevolent Association of Vancouver, the Burnaby Arts Council, Surrey Art Gallery, the Audain Art Museum, the Vancouver Art Book Fair and the University of the Fraser Valley Art Department.

Bob Prittie Library (Metrotown)

Remembering Ingeborg RaymerJanuary 30-March 19, 2017

Brian Grison: Adventures of a Drawing BoyMarch 20-May 14, 2017

Arnold Shives: PeopleMay 15-July 23, 2017

Hazel King: Reduction Linocuts from a Burnaby StudioJuly 24-September 17, 2017

Alicia Nauta: Two Nostalgias Facing Each Other Like MirrorsSeptember 18-November 26, 2017

Island Illustrators Society: Big Canadian StuffNovember 27, 2017-January 28, 2018

OFFSITE EXHIBITIONS

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McGill LibraryRobert R. Reid: Allied Arts AffirmativeJanuary 31-March 20, 2017

The Errand and the Epiphany: Photo-based collage work by Jesse McNeilMarch 21-May 15, 2017

Highlights from the 4th National Burnaby Print Show (1967): Invited ArtistsMay 16-July 24, 2017

Wayne Eastcott: From the collection and loansJuly 25-September 18, 2017

Hot Wheels: Depictions of Cars from the City of Burnaby Permanent Art CollectionSeptember 19-November 27, 2017

Surface Tension: Drawings by Gary SimNovember 28, 2017-January 29, 2018

(top left to right)Alicia Nauta, Desert of Colours (detail), 2017, screenprint on paper, 61.0 x 45.5 cm, image courtesy the artistAlicia Nauta, Beings are beings (detail), 2017, screenprint on paper, 61.0 x 45.5 cm, image courtesy the artist

(right) Jesse McNeil, Bus Stop (Tartu) II, 2016, mixed media collage on paper, 31.8 x 33.7 cm, image courtesy the artist

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Fabrication of public artwork began for the Willingdon Linear Park, a 1.7 kilometer park that will feature integrated public art, including gateways, beacons, fences and large stand-alone features in two pocket parks. Installation is set to begin in 2018.

Conservation and maintenance was completed on several public art pieces belonging to the City of Burnaby Public Art Collection: the “Playground of the Gods” on Burnaby Mountain, the Korean War Memorial in Central Park, and the Centennial Poles in Deer Lake Park.

The Director / Curator and Assistant Curator continued to provide assistance to City of Burnaby Planning staff in selection and coordination of public art elements for the Metrotown and Brentwood neighbourhoods, which have seen rapid expansion and development in recent years.

PUBLIC ART

Photos: Andrew Todd, public art conservation within the City of Burnaby

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The Gallery strives to produce high-quality, engaging and unique publications alongside most of its major exhibitions. Catalogues contribute to research, and allow the Gallery to engage in a broader Canadian Art dialogue in Canada. In 2017, the BAG produced or co-produced the following publications:

PUBLICATIONS

Hank Bull: Connexion with Confederation Centre Art Gallery(Authors: Serge Guilbault, Joni Low and Pan Wendt)

Tara Nicholson: Arctic Claims (Authors: David Sergeant, Jennifer Cane)

Tania Willard / New BC Indian Art and Welfare Society Collective: dissimulation (Authors: Tania Willard, Tarah Hogue andJennifer Cane)

Sylvia Tait: Journey (Authors: Ellen van Eijnsbergen, Robin Laurence)

(top) From left to right, BAG Director/Curator Ellen van Eijnsbergen; artist Sylvia Tait; co-curator Robin Laurence(right) Publication: The Ornament of a House: Fifty Years of Collecting

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Burnaby Art Gallery public programs are designed to encourage interaction with works in our exhibitions–both from the City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection and works on loan. Our aim is to reach a broad audience and address the interests of diverse segments of the Burnaby and Metro Vancouver population. It was an exciting year, with the Burnaby Art Gallery offering over 80 programs and drawing in over 2,800 people with public art programs and events. A wide variety of talks, tours, professional development workshops, art classes and events were offered.

In February, we presented Hank Bull’s Shadow Plays, an original shadow puppet performance to coincide with his exhibition Hank Bull: Connexion. The Gallery also took part in celebrating Culture Days with an Indigenous Plant Walk around Deer Lake and Sun Printing workshops inspired by the Tania Willard exhibit dissimulation; introduced animation workshops for children; and hosted numerous Seniors’ Tea and Tours with each new exhibit. The Gallery was actively involved in the City of Burnaby’s National Aboriginal Day, facilitating arts programming with students.

PUBLIC PROGRAMSHands-on programs for all ages continued to be a strong connection point for the community to engage with artworks and artists. Our “In the BAG” family program continued to be well attended among families; with some days being so busy it was hard to find a seat. Other interesting events included Canada Day at Swangard Stadium and Seasonal Celebrations at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts. For the first time this year, the Burnaby Art Gallery offered full day summer camps for kids, with great success as most classes rapidly met capacity.

Looking ahead to 2018, we are planning diverse programs that are directly connected to the Burnaby Art Gallery’s exhibits, collections and artists, while building our sense of community and encouraging new groups to explore fine arts.

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SCHOOL PROGRAMSOver 6,200 students across Metro Vancouver had opportunities to learn about and make art with the Burnaby Art Gallery this year. Students visited the Gallery to learn about exhibitions, contributed artwork to the annual Arts Alive exhibit, studied original artwork in their classrooms and gained work experience through valuable career programs. Teachers participated in a number of professional development workshops, with a primary focus on Indigenous Arts to reflect the new school curriculum, and the Gallery continued to work closely with Burnaby School District to offer subsidized programs to classes. Building on the past success of the Artist Apprenticeship Program, the Gallery updated this innovative career placement program, during which senior secondary students are mentored by the Gallery’s staff to develop and promote a curated exhibition of their own artwork outside of the Gallery. The popularity of this program continues to grow, with the Gallery receiving the largest amount of applications to date.

The Burnaby Art Gallery launched a new school outreach workshop in 2017: Collection Discovery, a program showcasing both the City of Burnaby’s Education Collection and the Permanent Collection, bringing original artworks and reproductions to students at Metro Vancouver schools. From feedback, we have learned that the Gallery’s outreach programs remain extremely popular because they allow students and teachers to explore the arts while making connections between different disciplines within their own classrooms.

In the galleries, students visited for part-day tours and studio programs. These on-site educational programs cultivated learning by engaging students in thoughtful observations and discussions about the featured exhibits, followed by hands-on creative activities in the Fireside Room.

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More than 200 works of art were donated to the City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection in 2017. With an appraised value of more than $100,000, these works significantly enhance the collection, which holds more than 5,500 artworks for the enjoyment of the citizens of Burnaby. Unique in its focus, the collection is specialized to works on paper, and is the only public art collection of its kind in Canada.

COLLECTIONS 2017

Gifts to the City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection

Anonymous GiftMichael Dumontier, Untitled (Chainlink Collage), n.d., collage and mixed media on paper, 38.5 x 29.5 cmGary Lee-Nova, Small Electrical Storm in Element County (Verso), (White), 1974, double-sided serigraph on paper, 65.5 x 50.5 cmGary Lee-Nova, Small Electrical Storm in Element County (Verso), (Black), 1974, double-sided serigraph on paper, 65.5 x 50.5 cm

Gift of Ilana AloniEnn Erisalu, Untitled (Foot Toes Hands Fingers), c. 1989, stencil on paper, 35.5 x 28.0 cmEnn Erisalu, Untitled (Blue + Black + Blood), c. 1989, stencil on paper, 28.0 x 35.0 cmEnn Erisalu, Untitled (Light and Dark), c. 1989, stencil on paper, 35.5 x 28.1 cmEnn Erisalu, Untitled (Cadmium Yellow), c. 1989, stencil on paper, 35.0 x 28.0 cmEnn Erisalu, Untitled (BBB), c. 1989, stencil on paper, 38.0 x 27.5 cm Enn Erisalu, Untitled (Six Element Painting), c. 1989, stencil on paper, 35.5 x 28.1 cmEnn Erisalu, Untitled (Green Thumbs Brown Eyes), c. 1989, stencil on paper, 35.5 x 28.1 cmEnn Erisalu, Untitled (Sky Sunset), 1988, stencil on paper, 35.5 x 28.1 cmEnn Erisalu, Untitled (Three Female Nudes), c. 1970, plexiglass monotype on paper, 28.0 x 19.7 cmEnn Erisalu, Untitled (One reclining nude with three standing nudes), c. 1970, watercolour on paper, 21.5 x 28.0 cm

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Enn Erisalu, Untitled (Sky Sunset), 1988, stencil on paper, 35.5 x 28.1 cmEnn Erisalu, Untitled (Three Female Nudes), c. 1970, plexiglass monotype on paper, 28.0 x 19.7 cmEnn Erisalu, Untitled (One reclining nude with three standing nudes), c. 1970, watercolour on paper, 21.5 x 28.0 cmEnn Erisalu, Untitled (Four nudes), c. 1970, oil on paper, 21.4 x 28.0 cmEnn Erisalu, Untitled (Two nudes), c. 1970, oil on paper, 21.4 x 28.0 cmEnn Erisalu, Untitled (Two heads), c. 1970, oil and pastel on paper, 21.4 x 28.0 cmEnn Erisalu, Untitled (Three reclining nudes and one standing nude), c. 1970, oil on paper, 21.4 x 28.0 cmEnn Erisalu, Untitled (One reclining nude and one seated nude), c. 1970, oil on paper, 21.4 x 28.0 cmEnn Erisalu, Untitled (Five groupings), c. 1970, watercolour and pastel on paper, 24.9 x 22.4 cmEnn Erisalu, Untitled (Two Female Nudes), c. 1970, plexiglass monotype on paper, 28.0 x 21.4 cmEnn Erisalu, Untitled (One reclining nude), c. 1970, oil on paper, 21.4 x 28.0 cmEnn Erisalu, Untitled (One reclining nude and one seated nude), c. 1970, oil on paper, 21.5 x 28.0 cmEnn Erisalu, Untitled (Multiple groupings of reclining nude and standing nudes), c. 1970, watercolour and pencil on paper, 21.5 x 28.0 cmEnn Erisalu, Untitled (One reclining nude and two standing nudes), c. 1970, oil on paper, 21.5 x 28.0 cmEnn Erisalu, Untitled (Did Do Done), c. 1989, stencil on paper, 56.3 x 74.2 cmEnn Erisalu, Untitled (Tralladiova), 1989, stencil on paper, 76.0 x 56.3 cmEnn Erisalu, Untitled (57 x 72.5cm.), c. 1989, stencil on paper, 57.0 x 72.5 cmEnn Erisalu, Untitled (Time and Place), c. 1989, stencil on paper, 56.2 x 76.3 cmEnn Erisalu, Untitled (Cadium Yellow), c. 1989, stencil on paper, 56.2 x 76.3 cmEnn Erisalu, Untitled (Eat Sleep Work), c. 1989, stencil on paper, 76.3 x 56.3 cmEnn Erisalu, Untitled (Seascape), n.d., watercolour on paper, 36.5 x 56.5 cmJason McLean, Untitled (Build me up, Buttercup), 2004, mixed media on photograph, 16.4 x 10.7 cmRobert Young, Untitled (Geometric Works), 1984, ink and watercolour on paper, 44.8 x 56.5 cmColin D. Graham, Little Tom, 1987, watercolour on paper, 35.3 x 53.2 cm

Gift of Jennifer CaneShinsuke Minegishi, Untitled (Christmas Card), 2016, wood engraving on paper, 16.0 x 10.3 cmLes McKinnon, Untitled (Christmas Card), 2016, water-based silkscreen ink and embossing on paper, 17.7 x 12.7 cm

Gift of Wayne EastcottWayne Eastcott, Diagram – Beta, 1976, serigraph on paper, 23/30, 55.0 x 76.0 cmWayne Eastcott, Diagram – Alpha, 1976, serigraph on paper, 24/30, 76.0 x 55.0 cmWayne Eastcott, Diagram – Delta II, 1977, serigraph on paper, 5/30, 76.0 x 55.0 cmWayne Eastcott, Diagram Delta, 1977, serigraph on paper, 2/30, 76.0 x 55.0 cmWayne Eastcott, Diagram Delta Plate, 1977, aluminum screen print plate, 84.0 x 58.0 cm

Gift of Ron AloniAl Neil, Untitled, 1991, collage and mixed media on handmade paper, 76.0 x 56.5 cmAl Neil, Untitled, 1989, collage and mixed media on handmade paper, 76.0 x 56.5 cmAl Neil, Untitled, 1989, collage and mixed media on handmade paper, 76.2 x 55.7 cmStephen Hutchings, Bush (4.25), n.d., etching on paper, 3/30, 15.0 x 15.0 cm Robert Young, Untitled (Geometric Work with Portraits), c. 1980, ink and watercolour on paper, 58.0 x 51.0 cmJohn Newman, Untitled (Ringing), 1989, linocut with graphite on paper, A/P for edition of 18, 30.7 x 25.8 cmJohn Newman, Ringing (Colour Trial Proof #2), 1987, linocut with graphite on paper, T/P Silver, 31.5 x 43.5 cmJohn Newman, Ringing (Colour Trial Proof #1), 1987, hand-coloured linocut on paper, T/P #1, 29.0 x 41.2 cmWilliam Wood, Untitled (Blue Shapes), 1996, oil on primed paper, 38.0 x 28.0 cmMichael Young, White Cross with Red Wedge, 1990, serigraph with relief on paper, 40/50, 98.0 x 128.3 cmTerry Winters, Untitled (Paris Review 35th Anniversary), 1988, lithograph on paper, 99.1 x 66.0 cmChristof Klute, Kirchenstrucke, St. Andreas, Koln, 1996, c-print photograph on paper, 1/3, 61.0 x 49.5 cm

(top left) Enn Erisalu, Untitled (Cadmium Yellow) (detail), c. 1989, serigraph on paper, 56.2 x 76.3 cm, City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection, Gift of Ilana Aloni, Photo: Blaine Campbell

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Gift of Robert HucalIllingworth Kerr, Untitled (Christmas Card), n.d., linocut on paper, 8.3 x 10.5 cmIllingworth Kerr, Untitled (Christmas Card), n.d., linocut on paper, 10.0 x 9.0 cmIllingworth Kerr, Untitled (Christmas Card), n.d., linocut and styrofoam print on paper, 13.3 x 18.9 cmDouglas Motter, Untitled (Christmas Card), n.d., risograph on construction paper, 15.2 x 10.8 cmDouglas Motter, Untitled (Christmas Card), n.d., risograph on paper, 10.5 x 13.5 cmDouglas Motter, Untitled (Christmas Card), n.d., linocut on paper, 14.5 x 9.0 cmJim Nicoll, Untitled (Christmas Card), n.d., linocut on paper, 11.5 x 7.5 cmDoris McCarthy, Untitled (Christmas Card), n.d., linocut on paper, 8.9 x 9.8 cmJohn Jones, Untitled (Christmas Card), c. 1940, etching on paper, 9.0 x 12.0 cmJohn Jones, Untitled, 1941, etching on paper, 7.7 x 11.4 cmJohn Jones, Untitled, 1933, etching on paper, 7.3 x 10.0 cmEdith Grace Coombs, Untitled (Christmas Card), 1927, woodcut with hand-colouring on paper, 9.6 x 12.2 cmC. W. Gray, Untitled, c. 1930, pen and watercolour on paper, 14.0 x 14.0 cmJohn (Jack) Martin, Untitled (Two Horses), c. 1939, drypoint on paper, 25.5 x 28.2 cmJohn (Jack) Martin, Untitled (Night View of Cottage), c. 1939, aquatint etching on paper, 26.6 x 29.1 cmJohn (Jack) Martin, Untitled (View of Farm), n.d., aquatint etching on paper, 20.0 x 33.0 cmJohn (Jack) Martin, Untitled (Seated Farmer in Barn at Night), c. 1939, aquatint etching on paper, 28.0 x 35.5 cmJohn (Jack) Martin, Claremont, n.d., etching on paper, 28.0 x 33.5 cmJohn (Jack) Martin, God’s Acre, 1940, etching on paper, 26.0 x 29.5 cmJohn (Jack) Martin, The Marshes, 1941, A.P., etching on paper, 22.0 x 28.75 cmJohn (Jack) Martin, Harvest, n.d., drypoint on paper, 22.5 x 29.0 cmJohn (Jack) Martin, Greedy, 1965, aquatint etching on paper, 22.0 x 25.5 cmJohn (Jack) Martin, The Westering Day, 1939, 1/20, etching on paper, 23.75 x 30.0 cmJohn (Jack) Martin, My Lane #7, etching on paper, 25.5 x 29.5 cmJohn (Jack) Martin, The Other Road, 1937, etching on paper, 25.0 x 30.5 cmAlfred William Davey, Untitled (Cart and Two Ox), c. 1930, linocut on paper, 14/100, 26.5 x 33.2 cmAlfred William Davey, Untitled (fence in snow), c. 1930, linocut on paper, 14/100, 32.0 x 27.8 cmAlfred William Davey, Untitled (man on cart with ox and woman hanging laundry in the background), c. 1930, linocut on paper, 14/100, 33.0 x 27.5 cm

Gift of Hazel KingHazel King, West Coast, n.d., reduction linocut on paper, 5/7, 56.8 x 43.0 cmHazel King, Journey of Renewal, n.d., reduction linocut on paper, A/P, 56.8 x 38.5 cm Hazel King, Chilco, n.d., reduction linocut on paper, 4/8, 38.0 x 56.7 cmHazel King, River Beauties, n.d., reduction linocut on paper, A/P, 56.4 x 38.3 cm

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Hazel King, Last Rays, n.d., reduction linocut on paper, 2/7, 41.6 x 49.5 cmHazel King, Within Green Mansions III, 1984, reduction linocut on paper, 4/15, 37.0 x 38.6 cmHazel King, Japonica, n.d., mezzotint on paper, 1/20, 37.8 x 33.0 cmHazel King, Monashee Pyramid, n.d., reduction linocut on paper, 7/7, 49.5 x 64.3 cm

Gift of Legacy Galleries, VictoriaMyfanwy Pavelic, Queen, 1983, serigraph on paper, 28/419, 57.5 x 46.2 cmMyfanwy Pavelic, Karl Spreitz, 1980, lithograph on paper, A/P, 50.4 x 70.2 cmMyfanwy Pavelic, Max’s Birthday (The Limners), 1970, serigraph on paper, 3/31, 44.5 x 61.0 cmMyfanwy Pavelic, Yellow Hat, 1984, serigraph on paper, P/P, 50.8 x 44.5 cmRichard Hunt, Three Faces of Vancouver Island, 2004, serigraph on paper, 112/200, 55.8 x 37.5 cmTim Paul, Cii-sta-in, 1991, serigraph on paper, 9/150, 46.0 x 38.2 cmGwen Curry, Hockey Net, 1988, lithograph on paper, 25/25, 50.2 x 65.3 cmGwen Curry, Boundaries, 1989, lithograph on paper, 12/25, 50.0 x 65.4 cmPat George, Untitled (Spawning Salmon), 1989, serigraph on paper, 12/25, 49.5 x 64.5 cmDouglas Morton, Phoenix, 1988, serigraph on paper, 5/25, 64.6 x 49.5 cmDouglas Morton, The Big Trees, 1989, serigraph on paper, 12/25, 49.5 x 64.8 cmPat Martin Bates, Fanfare-Tra La, 1989, etching on paper, 12/25, 66.0 x 59.8 cm

Gift of Yvonne LammerichFrederick Lammerich, Untitled, c. 2003-2006, acrylic on illustration board, 30.5 x 46 cm

Gift of Monty CooperNeil Farber, Untitled (Giraffes), 2000, pen and felt pen on paper, 35.0 x 42.5 cm

Gift of Gary SimGary Sim, Gallery in Summer, 2017, linocut on paper, Color Test 2, 10.6 x 15.2 cmGary Sim, Gallery in Summer, 2017, linocut on paper, 1/100, 11.0 x 15.4 cm

Gift of Hank BullHank Bull, Dhows at Anchor (Beypore, Kerala, India), 1981, digital print from black and white negative, 109 x 159 cm

(left to right)Neil Farber, Untitled (Giraffes) (detail), 2000, pen and felt pen on paper, 35.0 x 42.5 cm, City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection, Gift of Monty James Cooper, Photo: Blaine CampbellColin D. Graham, Little Tom (detail), 1987, watercolour on paper, 35.3 x 53.2 cm, City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection, Gift of Ilana Aloni, Photo: Blaine Campbell

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Gift of Janice Toulouse ShingwaakJanice Toulouse Shingwaak, Red, Not Forget, 1999, crayon, graphite rubbings on paper, 50.8 x 50.8 cm

Gift of Tania WillardTania Willard, Ghost Sickness (From the series Crazymaking), 2007, woodcut on paper, 35.5 x 41.0 cmTania Willard, Hiawatha Indian Insane Asylum (From the series Crazymaking), 2007, woodcut on paper, 36.0 x 56.0 cm

Gift of Gary Lee-NovaGary Lee-Nova, Detecting the Forgery, 1969, photolithograph on paper, A/P, 63.5 x 43.5 cmGary Lee-Nova, Nebulae as seen by Lord Rosse’s Telescope, 1969, photolithograph on paper, A/P, 63.5 x 43.5 cmGary Lee-Nova, Untitled (starmap), 1969, photolithograph on paper, 24/50, 45.4 x 63.5 cmGary Lee-Nova, Untitled (mollusc face), 1969, photolithograph on natural safety paper, A/P, 63.5 x 43.5 cmGary Lee-Nova, By the aid of the mirror she put on her head, 1969, photolithograph on natural safety paper, A/P, 63.5 x 43.5 cmGary Lee-Nova, Untitled (broken mechanism in space), c. 1969, photolithograph on paper, A/P, 63.5 x 45.8 cmGary Lee-Nova, Untitled (man’s head), c. 1969, photolithograph on paper, A/P, 61.0 x 71.0 cmGary Lee-Nova, Light Box, 2007, digital photo-collage on paper, A/P, 58.5 x 89.0 cmGary Lee-Nova, Travel Diary I, 2007, digital photo-collage on paper, A/P/ 1/2, 63.5 x 84.0 cmGary Lee-Nova, Uncanny Old Gags 1, 1999, screenprint on paper, 12/20, 58.0 x 77.0 cmGary Lee-Nova, Uncanny Old Gags 2, 2000, screenprint on paper, 12/16, 76.5 x 58.0 cmGary Lee-Nova, Uncanny Old Gags 3, 2000, screenprint on paper, 15/20, 62.0 x 76.5 cmGary Lee-Nova, Uncanny Nancy, 2002, screenprint on paper, 12/20, 98.0 x 102.0 cmGary Lee-Nova, Custom Wooden Ruler Frame (for Uncanny Old Gags Series), 2001, wooden frame, 58.0 x 77.0 cmGary Lee-Nova, Custom Wooden Ruler Frame (for Uncanny Old Gags Series), 2001, wooden frame, 58.0 x 77.0 cmGary Lee-Nova, Custom Wooden Ruler Frame (for Uncanny Old Gags Series), 2001, wooden frame, 58.0 x 77.0 cmRandy Gledhill, Untitled, 1971, collage with pencil crayon on paper, 31.5 x 47.0 cmRandy Gledhill, Untitled, 1971, collage with pencil crayon on paper, 31.5 x 47.0 cmRandy Gledhill, Untitled, 1971, collage with pencil crayon on paper, 31.5 x 47.0 cmRandy Gledhill, Untitled, 1971, collage with pencil crayon on paper, 31.5 x 47.0 cm

Gift of Donald LuxtonGary Lee Nova, Out to Metric, 1969-70, photograph on paper, 20.4 x 25.6 cmGary Lee Nova, Out to Metric, 1969-70, photograph on paper, 50.6 x 40.5 cmGary Lee Nova, Out to Metric, 1969-70, digital print on paper, 28.0 x 43.0 cmLionel Thomas, The Constellation Ara – Aztec Pyramid + “The Trinity”, c. 1978, gouache on paper, 66.7 x 50.6 cm

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Lionel Thomas, Kilauea+Fornax, 1978, gouache on paper, 63.5 x 38.4 cmLionel Thomas, Homage to…, 1978, gouache on paper, 67.0 x 50.5 cmLionel Thomas, Untitled, c. 1945, gouache on paper, 44.0 x 60.5 cmLionel Thomas, Untitled, c. 1945, ink on paper, 35.5 x 28.0 cmLionel Thomas, Untitled, c. 1945, ink on paper, 54.0 x 42.0 cm

Gift of Terry MunroBrad McMurray, Burnaby, BC, October 2015, 2015, archival c-print on paper, 61.0 x 91.4 cmBrad McMurray, Merritt, BC, 2012, 2012, archival c-print on paper, 61.0 x 91.4 cmBrad McMurray, Vancouver, BC, 2015, 2015, archival c-print on paper, 61.0 x 91.4 cmBrad McMurray, Las Vegas, Nevada, 2013 III, 2013, archival c-print on paper, 61.0 x 91.4 cm

Gift of Les and Sandy McKinnonBruno Bobak, Untitled (Christmas Card), n.d., lithograph on paper, 38/150, 43.0 x 56.0 cmAlistair McKinnon, Untitled (Christmas Card), 2005, lithograph on paper, 13.3 x 9.5 cm, 17.4 x 12.8 cmLes McKinnon, (44 works), Untitled (Christmas Card), 1975-2015, water-based silkscreen ink and embossing on paper, various dimensionsAlistair Bell, (15 works), Untitled (Christmas Card), c.1973-1989, wood engraving on paper, various dimensionsJohn Snow, Untitled (Christmas Card), n.d., serigraph on paper, 14.0 x 10.8 cmBruno Bobak, Untitled (Christmas Card), 1980, lithograph on paper, 12/164, 43.4 x 56.0 cmLesley Bohm, Iris, n.d., watercolour on paper, 36.2 x 27.0 cmMolly Lamb Bobak, Untitled (Daffodils), n.d., lithograph on paper, 40/250, 71.0 x 53.3 cmHarvey Cowan, Architecture is Frozen Music (from the Artists’ Jazz Band Portfolio), 1974, lithograph on paper, 7/100, 60.9 x 60.9 cmGerald McAdam, Untitled (from the Artists’ Jazz Band Portfolio), 1974, lithograph on paper, 8/100, 60.9 x 60.9 cmBruno Bobak, Driftwood, 1974, lithograph on paper, 16/30, 15.0 x 22.4 cmN. E. Thing Company, A Portfolio of Piles, 1968, lithograph on paper, 16/30, 17.0 x 14.3 cm Various hardcover fine art books (71 books)

(left to right)Brad McMurray, Burnaby BC, October 2015 (detail), 2015, archival C-Print on paper, 61.0 x 91.4 cm, City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection, Gift of Terry Munro, courtesy of the artistAl Neil, Untitled (detail), 1989, mixed media on handmade paper, 76.0 x 56.5 cm, City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection, Gift of Ron Aloni, Photo: Blaine Campbell

2017 Purchases for the City of Burnaby Permanent Art CollectionJohnniebo Ashevak, Untitled – Sedna and Animals, c. 1962, etching on paper, 17/50, 24.8 x 29.8 cmThomasee Echaluk, Fighting for a Fish, 1972, silkscreen on paper, 6/42, 31.8 x 29.2 cmHelen Kalvak and Mona Ohoveluk, Witch Craft, 1977, stonecut on paper, 16/50, 32.4 x 43.2 cmAnnie Kilabuk and Josea Maniapik, Bird Walking, 1999, colour stencil on paper, 33/50, 12.7 x 48.3 cmAlex Morrison, Brand New Era Social Club, pigment print on Hahnemuhle Bamboo paper, 2/40, 30.5 x 24.75 cmTania Willard, Be a Good Girl (From the series Crazymaking), 2007, woodcut on gold paper, 1/1, 66.0 x 80.0 cmTania Willard, Transformers (From the series Crazymaking), 2007, woodcut on paper, 1/9, 36.0 x 36.0 cmTania Willard, Free Your Mind (From the series Crazymaking), 2007, woodcut on paper, 2/3, 66.0 x 80.0 cmTania Willard, Making Us Crazy (From the series Crazymaking), woodcut and watercolour on paper, 30.0 x 36.0 cm

2017 Gifts to the City of Burnaby Art Education CollectionHazel King, Within Green Mansions II, n.d., reduction linocut on paper, 5/15, 38.4 x 37.0 cmHazel King, Hove To, n.d., reduction linocut on paper, A/P, 47.0 x 38.1 cm,Hazel King, Rocky Temple, n.d., reduction linocut on paper, 5/6, 42.4 x 50.4 cm Hazel King, Summer Adventure, n.d., reduction linocut on paper, 2/6, 45.0 x 52.0 cm

2017 Purchases for the City of Burnaby Art Education CollectionPurchased with Funds Given Anonymously in Memory of Jan WoodsideJohn Graham, Two Parallel Clowns, etching on paper, 2012, 6/60, 28.04 x 25.5 cm Luke Marston, Communicator to the Spirit World, 2008, serigraph on paper, 67/70, 55.8 x 76.2 cmAnn McCall, Forest & Fauna #1, n.d., serigraph on paper, 5/10, 18.0 x 18.0 cmRobert Prince, Vitality III, 2007, relief print on paper, 5/20, 37.8 x 28.7 cmSuzie Smith, Flowers, 2012, serigraph on paper, 6/8, 45.6 x 43.0 cm

Loans to Other InstitutionsArt Gallery at the Evergreen Cultural CentreAudain Art GalleryWest Vancouver Museum

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Robert Young, Untitled (Geometric Works) (detail), 1984, ink and watercolour on paper, 44.8 x 56.5 cm, City of Burnaby Permanent Art Collection, Gift of Ilana Aloni, Photo: Blaine Campbell

VOLUNTEERINGOur outstanding team of Burnaby Art Gallery volunteers shared their talents and enthusiasm in a wide range of areas and activities in 2017, contributing a total of 1413 hours to support the Gallery.

Volunteers were engaged in a wide array of opportunities, ranging from art assistants with our popular school tour programs, greeting and serving visitors at our opening receptions, and supporting Burnaby Art Gallery art activities as special event volunteers at local special events and festivals including Rhodofest, National Aboriginal Day, Canada Day, the Burnaby Blues+Roots Festival and Culture Days. The Gallery also welcomed an amazing group of young people as camp leaders into our spring break and summer camps in 2017.

Additionally, our talented volunteers continue to support our ongoing “In the BAG” Family Sundays program at the Gallery, welcoming members of the community to explore free and inclusive family-friendly art activities.

The Burnaby Art Gallery also supported Burnaby youth with an interest in a career in the arts through our Artist Apprenticeship program. This program provides teens with a hands-on opportunity to be mentored by a local artist

as they create art and develop an exhibition as a team. In 2017, the Burnaby Art Gallery welcomed 17 teens into this program, earning them a total of 508 work experience hours.

Also in 2017, the Burnaby Art Gallery celebrated the 35th year of Arts Alive, by presenting works by elementary school students from across the Burnaby School District in the Gallery. Teen volunteers from local high schools assisted with this exhibition in roles which included Jurying and Photo Documentation and Virtual Exhibit Creation positions. In 2017, 7 volunteers were engaged in Arts Alive, contributing 172 total hours.

We also recognize the incredible efforts of our dedicated BAGAC volunteers, who work tirelessly to support the vision and mandate of the Burnaby Art Gallery.

The Burnaby Art Gallery staff team sincerely appreciates and thanks all of these hard-working and enthusiastic volunteers!

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BAG volunteers at opening reception of Sylvia Tait: Journey, Photo: courtesy of the Burnaby Art Gallery

ADVISORY COMMITTEE MEMBERSThe Burnaby Art Gallery Advisory Committee (BAGAC) continues to be an important component of the gallery’s ongoing commitment to community engagement. Under the leadership of BAGAC, the gallery continues to build our reputation within the community through challenging and engaging exhibitions, thoughtful acquisitions of historical and contemporary works of art on paper and an increased presence within the community through alternative exhibition sites. Diversifying the gallery’s revenue streams continues to be an important factor in relation to expanding the Gallery’s reach to diverse and expanding communities.

BAG Advisory Committee Members

Lisa ChowFounder, Abstract Creative DesignG&F Financial Group

Guyle Clark, JD, BACommissioner, Parks, Recreation and Culture Commission, City of Burnaby

Danica Denommé, SS Dpl Coordinator of Diversity Education Abbotsford Community Services

Judi MarshallBAG Volunteer (13 years)Former VAAC member

Susan Paul (Chairperson)Printing & PublicationSpecialist (Retired), Hemlock Printers

Eleonora Sermoneta, MA, BAArts Professional

Joseph Therrien, B Ed., Fine Art MajorSecondary Art Teacher (SD 42) (Retired)Art Collector

Barbara Zeigler, MFA, BFAUBC Visual Art Professor (special emphasis on print media)

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BAGAC member Joseph Therrien with wife at the opening reception of Inner Realms: Dutch Portraits, image courtesy Burnaby Art Gallery

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Burnaby Art Gallery

6344 Deer Lake Avenue

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Phone: 604-297-4422

Website: burnabyartgallery.ca

The Burnaby Art Gallery acknowledges the generous support provided by the City of Burnaby, the British Columbia Arts Council, the Province of British Columbia, its patrons and visitors.

BAG Staff

Ellen van Eijnsbergen, Director/CuratorJennifer Cane, Assistant CuratorBob MacIntyre, Exhibition Coordinator, PreparatorAlicia Ellis, Gallery SecretaryParm Johal, Marketing and Sponsorship CoordinatorChristina Froschauer, Fine Arts Programmer (on leave)Brittney Ouston, Fine Arts Programmer (interim)Sara Graham, Fine Arts LeaderPat Beaton, Fine Arts LeaderHilary Letwin, Collections AssistantCaragh Robinsmith, Coordinator, Volunteer ServicesAndra Jurzyniec, Instructor, Gallery AttendantKatharine Dickinson, InstructorSerene Porter, InstructorEmily Walquist, InstructorJamane Wong, Gallery AttendantGeorge Diaconu, Gallery AttendantCharlotte Chang, Gallery AttendantShelley Tucker, Gallery Attendant

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(top)Burnaby Art Gallery staff, Photo: Tiffany Cooper

(back cover)Sylvia Tait, Dialogue II (Blocks and Breakups), 2017, acrylic on paper, 101.6 x 66.4 cm, collection of the artist, Photo: Blaine Campbell