{"id":451,"date":"2018-01-30T14:36:18","date_gmt":"2018-01-30T19:36:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/?page_id=451"},"modified":"2021-01-15T16:10:03","modified_gmt":"2021-01-15T21:10:03","slug":"jack-sures","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/classroom\/jack-sures\/","title":{"rendered":"Jack Sures"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><strong>(1934-2018)<\/strong><\/h2>\n<h3><strong>Located in CL 401.2, in display cabinet adjacent to CL 420 (Classroom Building 4th floor)<\/strong><\/h3>\n<div id=\"attachment_452\" style=\"width: 610px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-452\" class=\"size-full wp-image-452\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/URP2030-new.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"600\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/URP2030-new.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/01\/URP2030-new-200x300.jpg 200w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-452\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">\u00a9 Jack Sures. Reproduced with the permission of Jack Sures. Photograph by the University of Regina.<\/p><\/div>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><strong><em>Slab<\/em>, c. 1965<\/strong><strong><br \/>Stoneware with fibreglass<br \/>24&#8243; x 15 1\/2&#8243; x 3&#8243;<br \/>University of Regina President\u2019s Art Collection, Shumiatcher Donation. Gift of Dr. Morris C. Shumiatcher, O.C., S.O.M., Q.C. and Dr. Jacqui Clay Shumiatcher, S.O.M., C.M., 2016; sc.2016.115<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>This work was donated by Drs. Morris and Jacqui Shumiatcher, prominent philanthropists who maintained a close personal relationship with the artists whose work they collected. Jack Sures, a longtime professor at the University of Regina, has been no exception. The Shumiatchers first purchased one of Sures&#8217; pieces in 1967, and in 1968, Morris was involved in the bris for Sures&#8217; son, Ben.<\/p>\n<p>Over the years, Morris and Jacqui acquired many of Sures&#8217; works. They purchased <em>Slab<\/em> (c. 1965) in part because of how its overall &#8220;slab-like&#8221; shape belies its intricate design, and in part because it is such a departure from the pots and vases that comprise a large part of Sures&#8217; body of work.<\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n<h4>Other works by this artist:<\/h4>\n<p><strong>CL 101, Classroom Building 1st floor hallway, outside CL 111: <\/strong><em>Lidded Pot<\/em> (c. 1967-70); <em>Goblet and pedestal bowl<\/em> (c. 1967); <em>Pot<\/em> (c. 1967)<\/p>\n<p><strong>Classroom Building 2nd floor staircase: <\/strong><em>Untitled<\/em> (1972), ceramic mural<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www2.uregina.ca\/president\/art\/in-the-vault\/jack-sures\/\"><strong>Vault<\/strong>: <em>Small-Necked Pot<\/em> (1981);<em> Untitled (Bowl)<\/em> (c. 1967); <em>Untitled (Lidded Box)<\/em>\u00a0(c. 1967)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-buttons is-layout-flex wp-block-buttons-is-layout-flex\">\n<div class=\"wp-block-button\"><a class=\"wp-block-button__link has-background\" style=\"background-color:#1b265c\">Classroom Building<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>(1934-2018) Located in CL 401.2, in display cabinet adjacent to CL 420 (Classroom Building 4th floor) \u00a0 Slab, c. 1965Stoneware with fibreglass24&#8243; x 15 1\/2&#8243; x 3&#8243;University of Regina President\u2019s Art Collection, Shumiatcher Donation. Gift of Dr. Morris C. Shumiatcher, O.C., S.O.M., Q.C. and Dr. Jacqui Clay Shumiatcher, S.O.M., C.M., 2016; sc.2016.115 This work was donated by Drs. Morris and Jacqui Shumiatcher, prominent philanthropists who maintained a close personal relationship with the artists whose work they collected. Jack Sures, a longtime professor at the University of Regina, has been no exception. 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