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The Mendel Art Gallery requires part-time Program Guides for work starting in fall ’10.

Program Guides facilitate educational programs for a diverse range of audiences—including school and other groups, casual gallery visitors, and event participants—at the Mendel Art Gallery and in the community.

Are you an outgoing and enthusiastic “people” person who loves art?
As a Mendel Program Guide you will give exhibition tours, and deliver family, outreach, and studio programs. You should be available Thursday afternoons for professional development and meet all of the following criteria:

Guided Program Responsibilities:
• able to plan and implement tours and workshops
• available for a regular schedule of up to three other half-days weekly (mostly daytime hours) in addition to Thursday afternoons (meetings)

Family, Outreach, and Studio Programs:
• able to conduct family and studio programs at the Mendel Art Gallery and related sites
• available for daytime, evening, and weekend hours

Qualifications: Applicants must have experience in artmaking, an understanding of historical and contemporary art practices, and a demonstrated ability to work with different age groups. Some post-secondary training in studio art, art history, or art education is required. Candidates must be organized, creative, enthusiastic, and able to work with a team.

APPLY NOW with a resume and cover letter.
Please outline your availability, program interests, and suitability.

Only applications with a cover letter will be accepted. Make a note if you can speak French.
Applications will be reviewed on August 31. Interviews will take place September 8 or 9, 2010.
Training begins September 28.

We would like to thank all applicants, but please note that only those persons selected for an interview will be contacted.

Call Laura Kinzel, Gallery Programmer, 975-8052, for more information.

In this episode, we sit down with Michael Hall and Pat Glascock, the curators of the exhibition Carvings and Commerce: The Model Totem Pole 1880-2010. We preview the exhibitions, Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway and 41° to 66°: Regional Responses to Sustainable Architecture in Canada. Andreas Buchwaldt shares his thoughts about his Artists by Artists project and we check in with members of the Mendel Youth Council. Music for this episode has been provided by Carbon Dating Service. Happy listening!

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credits (songs in order of appearance)
Mountain Crime – Carbon Dating Service (Reliquiae, 2009)
The Flood – Carbon Dating Service (Reliquiae, 2009)
Tunguska, 1908 – Carbon Dating Service (Reliquiae, 2009)
Time in Control – Carbon Dating Service (Reliquiae, 2009)

Links
Glenbow Museum
Cambridge Galleries
Royal Architectural Institute of Canada
Mendel Youth Council, Facebook Group

Curators Michael Hall and Pat Glascock offer insight into the exhibition, Carving and Commerce: Model Totem Poles 1880-2010. Drawn from public and private collections across the continent, this exhibition takes the first comprehensive look at the many forms of model totem poles produced between 1880 and 2010.

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Michael Hall completed his BA at the University of North Carolina and MFA in sculpture at the University of Washington. As a sculptor, Michael has exhibited widely in both the US and Canada. A highly sought after speaker, he has lectured at over one hundred cultural institutions and universities. He has also authored numerous museum catalogues and a collection of critical essays. In addition to directing the graduate sculpture program at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan, Michael has taught sculpture in several American universities. He collects folk art, and The Hall Collection of American Folk Art is on permanent display at the Milwaukee Art Museum. Today, Michael produces sculpture in his Michigan studio, and he is adjunct curator of American Folk Art at the Columbus Museum of Art in Ohio.

Pat Glascock received her undergraduate degree from Oregon State University with a major in Art and Education. She completed a Masters degree in painting at the Cranbrook Academy of Art in Michigan. Pat taught art in public school and then at Oberlin College and the College for Creative Studies where she worked for almost 20 years. Her paintings and mixed media collages have been presented regionally in group exhibitions and nationally in Indiana, New York, and Ohio. The collection of early 20th century paintings from the Great Lakes region that she assembled with her husband, Michael, was acquired by the Flint Institute of Arts in 2003. Today, Pat continues her artistic explorations in her Michigan studio.

Courtesy of Glenbow Museum

In twenty-four short installments, these dramatic historical re-enactments unravel the history of the Canadian Pacific Railway and the artists who travelled west, courtesy of William Cornelius Van Horne and the CPR. Combining his interest in art with his understanding of the importance of advertising, Van Horne encouraged several prominent artists and photographers to capture the beauty of the Canadian West. These audio files are in mp3 format and will open in your browser’s default media player.

Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway Part 1
Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway Part 2
Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway Part 3
Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway Part 4
Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway Part 5
Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway Part 6
Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway Part 7
Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway Part 8
Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway Part 9
Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway Part 10
Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway Part 11
Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway Part 12
Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway Part 13
Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway Part 14
Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway Part 15
Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway Part 16
Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway Part 17
Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway Part 18
Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway Part 19
Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway Part 20
Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway Part 21
Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway Part 22
Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway Part 23
Vistas: Artists on the Canadian Pacific Railway Part 24

Featuring the Voices of:  Michelle Armeneau, Paul Boucher, Phil Fulton, John Goldie, Maureen Jones, Graeme Judd, Jonathan Love, Henry Lytton-Cobbold, Dave Pettitt, Brad Steckel

Written, Directed & Produced by:
Jonathan Love
XOX Entertainment

Music composed, performed and recorded by:
Brad Steckel
Nevin Park Productions

Sound Design & Audio Post-Production
Brad Belcher & Graeme Judd
GGRP Alberta Inc.

Copyright Glenbow Museum 2009. 
http://www.glenbow.org

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