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Vivian Maier: In Her Own Hands

Vivian Maier: In Her Own Hands February 8 - May 24, 2020

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To continue with our beer-themed week, we are shar To continue with our beer-themed week, we are sharing this artwork titled Miners in Beer Parlour, Canmore by Kathleen Daly Pepper. Kathleen Daly Pepper was a member of the Canadian Group of Painters along with her husband George Pepper. Her work illustrates the rhythmic influence of the Group of Seven on her work. Both Daly Pepper and her husband shared studio space with A.Y. Jackson in Toronto. On one of her many trips throughout Canada the people of Canmore's mining community caught her attention. There, early settlement was divided between the north and south sides of the Bow River, a division that resulted from the railway line. The miners lived on the south side known as Mineside. The town had its own shops and services. This image depicts the more casual side of miners' lives. Probably based at the Canmore Hotel Bar, Friday nights were popular for drinking beer, especially after payday🍻 Credit: Kathleen Daly Pepper, Miners at Beer Parlour, Canmore, 1944, Collection of Glenbow
Coming up this Friday is International Beer Day, s Coming up this Friday is International Beer Day, so it felt only right to dedicate this week to all things BEER 🍺 Did you know that barley is Canada’s third largest crop and Alberta produces the most barley of all the provinces and territories in Canada? Knowing that, it follows that there is a deep history of beer in Alberta. We will be exploring some of that history and also be looking at some of the art work in our collection where beer makes a conspicuous, and sometimes less so, appearance. Coming up on Friday for #GlenbowFromHome will be a virtual behind-the-scenes tour of some of the items in our collection related to beer and will include these three bottles, among many other things. Tune in, Aug 7, 10am L-R: “Pilsener” bottle, Calgary Brewing and Malting Co., from the Estate of James Kerr, Collection of Glenbow “Calgary Ale” bottle, ca. 1959-1964, Calgary Brewing and Malting Co., Collection of Glenbow “Calgary Stampede Brand” bottle, Carling O’Keefe Breweries Canada, From the Estate of James Kerr, Collection of Glenbow
If you stuck around Calgary this long weekend, we If you stuck around Calgary this long weekend, we have great news for you! Today is our first day back open for public since March! AND our space is air conditioned...just sayin’ 🤓 We have some timed ticket slots available for the heat of the afternoon today. Check the link in bio to get yours. Pictured: A Glenbow visitor in the Maxwell Bates exhibition (📷 by @elysebouvier)
WE’RE BACK! 💥 Today is Glenbow’s first da WE’RE BACK! 💥 Today is Glenbow’s first day open since March! We can’t wait to have you back in the museum. Members only on Sat & Sun, open for ALL on Monday, August 3. Remember to mask up and pick up your timed ticket before your visit. Link in bio for tickets and info on all the changes we have made to ensure your visit is safe.
What better way to end our food-themed week than w What better way to end our food-themed week than with a special edition of #GlenbowFromHome with CBC Calgary’s Food Guide, Julie Van Rosendaal. We asked Julie to come into the museum to have a look at our collection of over 500 cookbooks which includes everything from a myriad of local and regional cookbooks put together by various groups to publications like Mrs. Beeton’s Guide to Household Management (1907) and a selection of White House Cookbooks.  The earliest cookbooks date from the 1800's; the most recent from the 1990’s. For today’s #GlenbowFromHome, Julie is going to make a Spudnut recipe that she found in a cookbook put out by The American Women’s Club.  The club was formed in 1912 and continued to exist until 2007.  The recipe was submitted by Mrs. R.H. Beavers.  The goal of the club was to enable the wives of American businessmen, often temporarily in Calgary, to meet.  They also cooperated with other organizations in philanthropic and civic improvement activities.  Members raised money to support local charities and cultural groups through the sale of cook books, dances and other events. During the First World War, members formed a Red Cross department to aid local war work.  Now, the question is, have you ever eaten a spudnut? 🥔🍩 Watch Julie make the recipe at the #linkinbio or on IGTV. Favourite Recipes (Blue Bird Cookbook), American Women's Club of Calgary, 191-?, Collection of Glenbow
Today’s post for our food-themed week is this pa Today’s post for our food-themed week is this painting by Maxwell Bates. Maxwell Bates created a series of ‘social paintings’ in the twilight of his career. Many of these works, like this one, depict our favourite food-focused places, restaurants. Bates felt that his social paintings that he made during this period were some of his best work as they captured the subtle and complex qualities of human relationships and interactions so well. “Good painting must offer something meaningful to the spectator, but it may be enigmatic. Painter and spectator collaborate unconsciously”- Maxwell Bates This painting, along with many of Bates’ other social paintings are currently on display at Glenbow and you will be able to see them in person again starting this weekend! We are reopening this weekend (Sat, Aug 1 & Sun, Aug 2) for Glenbow Members and starting Monday, August 3 for ALL. Check out a virtual tour of Maxwell Bates: The In Crowd to learn more about this iconic Western Canadian artist at the #linkinbio Credit: Maxwell Bates, Restaurant, 1969, Oil on Canvas, Collection of Christopher Wall and Susan Crang, photo courtesy of Heffel
Today’s youth #GlenbowFromHome for our food-them Today’s youth #GlenbowFromHome for our food-themed week will take you behind-the-scenes in the Indigenous Studies collection area to look at some objects that were used for or showcase food. In many Indigenous cultures, animals, plants, birds, fish and other things in the environment were considered to have souls, life energy or spirits. They had to be respected and honoured at all times, and given thanks and appreciation if one had to be taken for food. Does seeing these objects make you think differently about the food you eat and what foods have special meaning for you and your family? #foodatglenbow You can watch today's #GlenbowFromHome at the link in bio or on IGTV Credits: Floyd Tyee Joseph, Frog Bowl, ca. 2003, Collection of Glenbow NIVIAQSI, The Archer, 1960, Collection of Glenbow "Nuu-chah-nulth woman digging roots, British Columbia", 1915​, [NA-1700-80], by Edward Curtis, Collection of Glenbow
This week’s theme is all things food 🍏 🍐 🍅 🍊 🥕 🌽 As one of our most basic needs, food has an incredibly powerful influence on the human condition. This week we are looking deep into the Glenbow collection to find food-related items that have inspired art or storytelling. And coming up this Friday, CBC Calgary’s Food Guide Julie Van Rosendaal is helping us rediscover some historical recipes that might be ready to make a serious comeback (teaser: 🥔 🍩) Join us as we whet the appetite, stimulate the senses, and sustain the body. #FoodAtGlenbow These fruit crates from the Glenbow collection range in dates between 1930-1960 and have us simultaneously reminiscing and craving some fresh fruit 🙋‍♀️ Crate, Tomatoes, Blue Bird Canadian Products, Dolph Brown Ltd, Vernon B.C., Collection of Glenbow Crate, Orchard Brand Canadian Apples, The Vernon Fruit Union, Collection of Glenbow Crate, B.C. Pears, B.C. Tree Fruits Limited, Collection of Glenbow Crate, Bird Rocks Brand Valencia’s, ca. 1940s, Collection of Glenbow
Glenbow is Re-opening! 💥 After a long 141 day Glenbow is Re-opening! 💥 After a long 141 days, we are thrilled to announce that we are re-opening. We will now be open on weekends, starting THIS WEEKEND! Saturday, August 1 & Sunday, August 2 are for Glenbow Members. We will be open on Heritage Day (Monday, August 3rd) for EVERYONE. Museum hours will be 12-5pm on weekends throughout August. Timed tickets are required. Get yours at the link in bio! 📸 by Elyse Bouvier

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