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foreign

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or the art gallery of Alberta is in a

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very unique position as being the

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premier art gallery in in this province

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it has a lot of opportunities to show

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who we are as Alberta artists and it

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also has

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um

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opportunities to show Arts from other

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places to enrich our minds

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secondly I think the hea can be a great

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community community Builder

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bringing artists writers curators and

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patrons together

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this is to Foster collaboration and

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create new ideas and I think that’s a

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wonderful thing

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and finally I think the AGA has an

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important role in educating the general

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public they are young people and future

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Generations uh the importance of Art and

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art appreciation

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and I feel that this is one of the most

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important roles of the Aga

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yes I will answer the question first in

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the more General uh way and then

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relating to myself specifically

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um I feel that artists are like

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Alchemists that transform ideas into

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some sort of magic that inspires awe and

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curiosity in the viewer

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um as to my own art

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my background is in science and medicine

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and this reflects my my myself and this

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also reflects my art

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some 20 years ago I had a show at the

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hea titled life forms this was a show of

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large photographic Works printed on

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fluorescent paper

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and the idea was that

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um

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uh this would be a a new discovery of

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strange life in some sort of alien

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landscape I wanted the the viewer to be

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engaged to be interested in science and

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interested in nature

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and I would like them to ask questions

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like what kind of Life Is this where is

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this place and how are the photographs

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made

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so more recently had a show titled

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metamorphosis

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uh this is essentially a drawing show

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with a public participation component

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uh I feel that drawing is is is

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an essential

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Act of what we do as humans

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it’s important because it gives

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us insight as to who we are

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and I wanted to to do this for the

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public now the visitor partition

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participation part of the show was a

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wall of butterflies where visitors draw

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a butterfly they cut it out and we

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install it on the wall so the end result

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was two walls of butterflies

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that are each unique in its execution

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unique in this color unique in its uh

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touch yet the whole work resets one work

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of art and I think it was a very

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successful work

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yes I think there are wonderful artists

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in Alberta that the AGA can showcase

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their works

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I particularly enjoy social functions

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that brought artists together

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and perhaps that can include writers

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curators patrons and other organizations

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thinking of other organizations I’ve

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always thought it would be interesting

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to look at the storage rooms at the

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Alberta museum

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of

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Alberta museum right the Royal Alberta

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museum excuse me

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and um

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and then use some of these backroom

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artifacts to present a show that is not

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a museum exhibit but an artist’s first

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artist’s Vision I would say of

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um a museum display

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I think I will address this questions

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from arts for Arts organizations

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specifically I think at a very basic

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level Art Is What Makes Us human

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uh it is important throughout history

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and it reflects

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us as who we are and the times we live

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in

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and for those reasons I think Arts

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should be generously supported by all

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levels of government

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corporations and individuals

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now as to non-profit organizations

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these organizations work be on behalf of

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the people

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and

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it is it is important and it is

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beneficial

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for people in the community to

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participate because they’re working

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towards a worthwhile cause that they

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believe in

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um and it also brings in

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feelings of a community camaraderie

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and Goodwill

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I think you know as a retired physician

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these are all positive emotions uh at an

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individual and a societal level

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and of course you know the number one is

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that this should be generously supported

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by governments and corporations

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um if I can I’ll name three one is is

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very difficult

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um so I have many uh good memories but I

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will um

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name three that are over the years so

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the first uh uh memorable show I saw

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that I can think of was Janet cardiff’s

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uh four Department motet

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and this was a sound exhibition

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and uh I found it memorable because

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it was a different way of producing art

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that I had not considered

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now the next one was some years later

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and it was called River City

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and it was a very big show and it

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brought many artists who worked in

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different ways

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and different approaches to this subject

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together

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and I remember the opening where there

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were lots of people and that was an

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enjoyable show

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now the third one is a more recent

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um uh

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art exhibition and it was a film by

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International artist named John acumfer

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and it was called vertical C

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and it was um

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it was a film that I felt was a visual

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poetry and at the same time it touched

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me emotionally and expressed a lot of

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contemporary issues I’ll end there

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