Quilt of Belonging, displayed at Canadian Museum of Civilization, April 2005. Photo taken by Nick Wolochatiuk.

June 30, 2007 to September 30, 2007

The Quilt of Belonging
Celebrate Canada's diversity and multiculturalism. At 120 feet in length The Quilt of Belonging features 263 blocks each representing every immigrant culture and First Nations group in Canada. Planned as a community art project by visual artist Esther Bryan, the quilt creates a nationally collaborative work of art highlighting Canada's diverse multicultural heritage and identity.

Celebrating Prairie Cultures
Glenbow's own exhibit, Celebrating Prairie Cultures, shares the stories of First Nations and the world cultures that have made their home on the Canadian Prairies.

A Joyful Harvest
Developed by the Jewish Historical Society of Southern Alberta, A Joyful Harvest, shares the varied stories of southern Alberta's Jewish community and celebrates over 100 years of the Jewish experience in this region.

AMANTEA: Personal and Public Lives
In AMANTEA: Personal and Public Lives, two art installations by Gisele Amantea examine the lives of Italian communities in Western Canada. One is a visual narrative of the real-life story of Filumena "Florence" Lassandro and Emilio Picariello, Italian immigrants who were hanged in 1923 for the murder of an Alberta Provincial Police officer, The King v. Picariello and Lassandro; and the other is a personal look at Amantea's own family history, and sorrow come near us no more.

Emily Carr, Big Raven, 1931, oil on canvas, Collection of the Vancouver Art Gallery, Emily Carr Trust, Photo: Trevor Mills, Vancouver Art Gallery

October 25, 2007 to January 26, 2008

One of Canada's most recognized artists, Emily Carr is best known for her paintings of First Nations' villages and landscapes of the northwest Pacific coast. Featuring 150 works of art, New Perspectives will examine this influential Canadian artist's work by recreating Emily Carr exhibitions from the early 20th century. This national touring exhibition of Carr's work will also be the first time such a comprehensive exhibition on Emily Carr will be showcased in Calgary. Organized in three main sections, the exhibition will highlight Emily Carr's diverse work and demonstrate how she pushed artistic and cultural boundaries carving her own niche into Canadian history.

The exhibition includes a partial reconstruction of the National Gallery's 1927 landmark show entitled Exhibition of Canadian West Coast Art Native and Modern, which featured 31 of her paintings, as well as her pottery and hooked rugs, and introduced her to the work of the Group of Seven and the wider art world. Alongside Carr's paintings will be a selection of works by artists such as Anne Savage, Paul Kane and Group of Seven members Edwin Holgate and A.Y. Jackson. The exhibition also examines Carr as a Modernist artist, whose adept use of intense colours and expressive sweeps of paint resulted in dynamic, unconventional works. Rather than continuing her efforts on “correctly” documenting First Nations material culture, Carr as a Modernist sought to evoke their essence. Some of her finest works dating from 1910 to 1942 will be featured, covering the breadth of her career.

This exhibition is organized by the National Gallery of Canada and the
Vancouver Art Gallery.

To learn more visit the exhibition website at www.national.gallery.ca/emily/