(1948-2004) Red Scarves, Street People and Polluted Rain (1988) located in CB 201.9, next to stairs (College Avenue 2nd Floor) It’s always about the rain (n.d.) located in CB 201.6, elevator lobby (College Avenue 2nd Floor) Red Scarves, Street People and Polluted Rain, 1988Oil over acrylic on linen canvas72″ x 84″University of Regina President’s Art Collection; pc.2017.43 It’s always…
The University of Regina is located on Treaty 4 lands, with a presence in Treaty 6. These are the territories of the nêhiyawak (Cree), Anihšināpēk (Saulteaux), Dakota, Lakota, and Nakoda, and the homeland of the Métis/Michif Nation. Within the President’s Art Collection’s holdings are a significant collection of Indigenous artworks from across Turtle Island/ Canada, including work by Anihšināpēk,…
Saskatchewan has a rich history of artistic practice which is represented in the President’s Art Collection. Our holdings include the modernist abstractions of the Regina Five, Indigenous sculpture, textiles and painting, and ceramics in the Regina Clay tradition. Jack Sures (1934-2018), was a longtime professor at the University of Regina, founded the University’s ceramics program in 1965. Examples of his…
Currently not on display Tapestry (Tah-hah-sheena), c. 1970Wool, linen144” x 72”University of Regina President’s Art Collection; pc.1971.3 The Sioux Handcraft Co-operative was an arts and crafts organization established on the Standing Buffalo First Nation in the Fort Qu’Appelle area in the late 1960s. The idea for the co-operative was suggested by a local settler woman who observed that the…
(1896-?) Located in LY 107 (above Help Desk, Dr. Archer Library 1st floor) Tapestry (Tah-hah-sheena), c. 1970Wool144″ x 60″ University of Regina President’s Art Collection; pc.1971.4 A member of the short-lived but successful Sioux Handcraft Co-operative, Martha Tawiyaka was one of the oldest women on the Standing Buffalo reserve (near Fort Qu’Appelle) at the time this work was made….
Located in LY 107 (above water fountain, Dr. Archer Library 1st floor) Tapestry (Tah-hah-sheena), c. 1971Wool and linen168” x 96”University of Regina President’s Art Collection; pc.1971.2 The Sioux Handcraft Co-operative was a short-lived arts and crafts organization established on the Standing Buffalo First Nation in the Fort Qu’Appelle area in the late 1960s. The founding of the co-operative…
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