Notice Board

Nancy Townshend will present the highlights of her book, Art Inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains and Selkirk Mountains 1809 - 2012 (Calgary:  Bayeux Arts, Nov. 2012).

Townshend’s practice is rooted in bringing to the world's attention the significant accomplishments of Canada’s visual artists that have been previously overlooked and undervalued. Whether a book, major art exhibition or website, Townshend tries to bring national and international recognition to this deserving art.

MA (TO) ’73 in the History of Art;  Alberta Centennial Medalist (2005) nominated by the Alberta Foundation for the Arts;  author of three books, Art Inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains and Selkirk Mountains 1809-2012 (Calgary:  Bayeux Arts, 2012), A History of Art in Alberta  1905 - 1970 (Calgary:  Bayeux Arts, 2005) and Maxwell Bates:  Canada's Premier Expressionist of the 20th Century (Calgary: Snyder Hedlin Fine Arts, 2005);  co-curator of the major art exhibition, Maxwell Bates:  At The Crossroads of Expressionism for the Art Gallery of Alberta/Edmonton Art Gallery with $134,000 Museums Assistance Program grant;  featured book launch at the Thinking Mountains conference at University of Alberta, December 2012;  presenter at Directions West conference at the University of Calgary, July 2012 and for Parks Canada in Banff, 2010, and Canadian Parks for Tomorrow conference at University of Calgary, May 2008 on “Canadian Parks and Protected Areas Through Artists’ Eyes,” and presenter on the Bates Virtual Museum of Canada website at the XXXIst Congress of the Comité international d’histoire de l’art, Montréal 2004;  content specialist for a Virtual Museum of Canada website on Maxwell Bates <www.maxwellbates.net> for the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria and a website on Donald W. Buchanan www.donaldwbuchanan.ca for Lethbridge College;  art collections researcher and writer including CD-ROM for the AFA;  six years public art gallery Curator/Gallery Administrator/Education and Extension Officer;  college instructor in art history 1990 – 1998 for credit and guest lecturer and speaker;  Cultural Consultant II for the Visual Arts Branch, Alberta Culture 1982 – 1990 Red Deer and south;  juror;  Commonwealth Scholar to India 1975 - 1977;  past Board member of the Gandhi Society of Calgary, the Calgary Allied Arts Foundation, and the Alberta Visual Arts Board.