Visual Art Archives | A Prairie Vernacular: Folk and Contemporary Art Narratives of Life on the Canadian Prairies

Heather Benning – Artist Interview

Transcript: Jennifer McRorie: Heather, could you talk a bit about what has inspired the work you make about this place, and I know we had an exhibit of […]

Jude Griebel – Artist Interview

Transcript: Joanne Marion: Jen asked you [Russell Yuristy] about playfulness and humour in your work, and what you’re talking about now with the structures for children and so […]

A Prairie Vernacular – Installation View

Installation view of the exhibition A Prairie Vernacular: Folk and Contemporary Art Narratives of Life on the Canadian Prairies – Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, 2019.

Irene McCaugherty – Chore Time and the Last Stook

Irene McCaugherty Chore Time and the Last Stook, 1989. watercolour, ink on paper 19.1 x 55.2 cm

Allen Sapp – Installation View

Allen Sapp (Sa-pu-num Kiskayetum) Sharpening Willow Pickets, 1983. acrylic on canvas 40.6 x 50.8 cm Allen Sapp (Sa-pu-num Kiskayetum) Paintings of Red Pheasant Reserve #2 – Collage, 1971. […]

Allen Sapp – Taking Wood to Town

Allen Sapp (Sa-pu-num Kiskayetum) Taking Wood to Town, n.d. acrylic on canvas 63.4 x 86.4 cm

Russell Yuristy – Sick/6

Russell Yuristy Sick/6, 1975. clay, glaze 51.0 x 39.0 x 22.0 cm

Jerry Kaiser – Tim’s Tulip

Jerry B. Kaiser Tim’s Tulip, 2011 acrylic on Gyproc 61.0 x 61.0 cm

Heather Benning – The Dollhouse

Heather Benning The Dollhouse, 2014. video, 7 minutes, 14 seconds written, directed, and produced by Heather Benning & Chad Galloway

William Kurelek – Faith of my Fathers

William Kurelek Faith of my Fathers, 1964. oil paint 63.5 x 53.3 cm

Dmytro Stryjek – Untitled (Pierre Trudeau)

Dmytro Stryjek Untitled (Pierre Trudeau), 1978. enamel, oil, makeup, ink, graphite on card 10.5 x 14.6 cm

Dmytro Stryjek – The Annals of Saint Anne de Beaupre

Dmytro Stryjek The Annals of Saint Anne de Beaupre, 1983. enamel, graphite on board 30.6 x 22.3 cm