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MSA120Years 1902 - 2022 present day
The Manitoba Society of Artists was established in 1902 to recognize the merits of Manitoba’s outstanding artists, to promote and encourage visual artists in Manitoba. Through out its history the Society…Throughout its history the Society has depended largely upon the volunteer efforts of its membership. Its membership was originally comprised of “painters, sculptors, architects, artistic engravers, draughtsmen and designers”, residing in Manitoba or temporarily residing elsewhere, and membership was determined by a selection committee which judged submitted work of prospective members.
Although the specifics of membership have changed over the years, members have always been chosen by a jury and needed to be practising Manitoban artists. Some notable past members of the Society have included L.L. Fitzgerald, Eric Bergman, Leo Mol, Alex J. Musgrove, Clarence Tellenius, Walter J. Phillips, Lynn Sissons, Kelly Clark, Caroline Dukes, Tony Tascona and Robert Bruce. Barbara Cook-Endres, who joined the club in 1948, was its longtime secretary until her retirement in 2008.
Today, the purpose of the Society is to promote and encourage Manitoba’s emerging and professional visual artists. Members of the Society exhibit together, enjoy social events and participate in educational ventures, such as lectures, conferences, art talks and workshops. However, the important event of each MSA year is the Provincial Annual Open Juried Competition and Exhibition, which allows both emerging and professional Manitoba artists an equal opportunity to participate in a major exhibition.
Currently MSA retains an active membership of 100 artists from diverse backgrounds and training. New art forms consistently present themselves to the pool of artistic discussion.
The art world has greatly evolved during the past century, and MSA has had to reinvent itself several times. Since the 1950’s there are enduring challenges of competition for both monetary support and exhibition space with other arts groups. The evolution of media such as photography and digital art have contributed to the discourse of membership in the society.
The development of northern/prairie art and artists, the fostering of an artistic milieu, the promotion of the value of art to the community, all these are vital concerns that help MSA to cultivate an atmosphere in which art continues to be created and shared. In this manner we hope to perpetuate a visual voice that reaches long into the future.
The Early Years
After going through several periods of organisational change a new Manitoba Society of Artists emerged in 1925 with an executive consisting of Alex J. Musgrove as secretary and Walter J. Phillips as president. In 1926 the first annual exhibition was held in the Richardson Brothers Gallery on Main Street in Winnipeg. Since then, except for a few years, the society has sponsored an annual open juried exhibition in various locations including at the Eaton’s and Hudson’s Bay Company stores, the Pool of the Black Star Gallery at the Manitoba Legislative Building, the Mennonite Heritage Centre Gallery, Warehouse Artworks Gallery, the Winnipeg Civic Auditorium, and the Winnipeg Art Gallery. Other programs have included annual juried exhibitions, lectures, art history conferences and other member events.
60 Years 1992
In 1992 the Manitoba Society of Artists hosted their 60th Anniversary Juried exhibition. This celebration was held at the Winnipeg Art Gallery. In 2002 the MSA celebrated its 100th anniversary with an exhibition of work by current members, a commemorative banquet and an art history conference with a focus on Manitoba art. Also, in conjunction, the Winnipeg Art Gallery hosted an exhibition of historical work by MSA members, acknowledging the major contribution of the MSA in the arts community and in the formation of the WAG.
110 Years 2012
2012 was the year of MSA’s 110th anniversary and the Centenary of the WAG. In recognition of its intertwined roots and history with the WAG, MSA’s 80th open juried exhibit was hosted at the WAG in April of that year. MSA’ s anniversary celebrations continued with this MSA110 members show in July that is was panorama of the works of 50 member artists. MSA110 Years fittingly highlighted a retrospect as well as a futuristic approach to our art.
The MSA 110th anniversary celebrations concluded with a public Art History Conference at the WAG. The theme, “minds Eye: making art work” explored the illusions spanning cultures and time that lead to artistic truth”.
120 Years 2022
During the recent 2 years of pandemic, MSA has pivoted to online events, both for art talks, meetings, competitions and exhibits. The 88th in 2020 and 89th in 2021 Juried Shows were exclusively digital, including its traditional Juror Lecture Evening and Award Recognition Presentations.
Returning now to a physical show format, MSA presents Chrysalis:MSA120, comprised of 16 MSA members showing at Gallery in the Park at Altona during September 2021.
PAST MEMEBRS | ||
Dates of their affiliation with the MSA | ||
Ablett, John 1961
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Guest, Marie 1929 | Partridge, Susan 1964 |
Adamson, Arthur H. 1963 | Halls, Charlotte B. 1979 | Paterson, George 1939 |
Adamson Hart, Joyce 1959 | Hamil, Doris Vivian 1951 | Pederson, Paul 1954 |
Alderson, James 1995 | Hamilton, Susan Unknown | Pelletier, Helene 1982 |
Alexander, Louise 1927 | Hand, Vera Unkonwn | Penner, Patricia 2011 |
Allward, John Raphael 1902 Founding Member | Hansen, Kirsten Unknown | Percy, Ethel 1981 |
Armington, Frank M. Unknown | Harland, Joan 1946 | Phillips, W. J. See Phillips, Walter J. 1926 |
Ashmore, Cyril 1927 | Harris, Julie 2002 | Phillips, Walter J. |
Asper, Titania 1980 | Harvich, Leona. See Harvich, Leona Pearl 1981 | Piniuta, Marion 1981 |
Atkins, Caven 1934 | Harvich, Leona Pearl 1981 | Plaskett, Joe. See Plaskett, Joseph 1948 |
Barker, Ed 1964 | Hastie, Kathleen Unknown | Plaskett, Joseph |
Barnard, Julia 1945 | Hatcher, John J. 1954 | Pollock, Bob. See Pollock, Robert G. 1982 |
Barnes, Muriel 1941 | Haugh, Valerie 1966 | Pollock, Robert G. |
Bateman, Dorcas 1983 | Hayes, Glenn. See Hayes, Glenn Currie 1999 | Popeski, Jessie-Liss 1953 |
Baumbick, Allan C. 1982 | Hayes, Glenn Currie 1999 | Pura, Bill. See Pura, William P. 1970 |
Beech, Arthur 1925 | Henderson, James 1929 | Pura, William P. |
Bennett, M. F. 1950 | Heath, Pamela Unknown | Purdy, Lorena 1958 |
Berger, Cynthia Unknown | Higbee, Gertrude 1969 | Purdy, Pat Unknown |
Berger, ElfriedeUnknown | Hildebrandt, Richard H. Unknown | Pyevich, Caroline. See Pyevich, Caroline Marie 2002 |
Berger, Rita Unknown | Holmes, Betty 1960 | Pyevich, Caroline Marie |
Bergman, H. Eric 1949 | Hoogstraten, Neil 1959 | Quilliams, David 1975 |
Bergman, Margaret 1966 | Hoogstraten-Campbell, Janis 1963 | Ransom, E. Unknown |
Berrisford, Muriel. See Barnes, Muriel | Hooker, Inez Unknown | Raybould, Eileen 1975 |
Berry, Alice 1990 | Hooker, Marion. See Hooker, Marion Nelson Unknown | Reichert, Don. See Reichert, Donald 1958 |
Bjelajac, Nikola 1960 | Hooker, Marion Nelson | Reichert, Donald |
Blanchard, Margaret 1958 | Horsfall, Arthur 1973 | Repa, Steve 1960 |
Bole, Janet 1963 | Howorth, Edward T. 1929 | Replanski, Alberto 1992 |
Bone, Jerrold R. Unknown | Huebert, V. 1936 | Richards, Cecil Unknown |
Boning, Jan 1969 | Hunt, J. Doris. See Hunt, Jessie Doris 1951 | Richardson, Herbert 1936 |
Booth, Dolores 1964 | Hunt, Jessie Doris | Riller, Audrey Ann 1963 |
Borgford Russell, V. Lara 1939 | Hunter, Albert P. 1929 | Ristau, Eugene 1967 |
Botterill, Edith Evelyn Benson 1967 | Hutchison, Gertrude 1938 | Rogge Rehders, Helma |
Bouchard Langlois, Adrienne 2000 | Hyslop, Brian 1996 | RogueRaiders, H. See Rogge Rehders, Helma 1994 |
Boulton, Dacre 1939 | Irvine, Margarete. See Lochner, Margarete | Roper, Maurice 1946 |
Boutal, Pauline 1936 | Jelly, Fay L. 1988 | Rosebourne, Edith 1965 |
Brancewicz, Jan Josef 1970 | Johnson, Karen L. 1991 | Ross, Arnold Unknown |
Brandtner, Friedrich 1932 | Johnson, Maureen 1998 | Rothwell, Bette Unknown |
Braun, Pauline A. 1988 | Johnston, Mr. 1942 | Russell, John 1944 |
Bready, (Mrs.) 1928 | Jones, F. Lloyd Unknown | Rutledge, Phyllis D. 1980 |
Brett, Newton Unknown | Kempffer, Anna 1981 | Saether, Bjorn Unknown |
Brigden, Frederick H. 1937 | Kendrine, ? 1928 | Saults, Hazel 1955 |
Brolund, Douglas 1982 | Kirkland, Donald 1945 | Schaeflin, J. E. Unkown |
Brown, Charolette Ann 1981 | Klassen, Jacob F. 1947 | Schmid, Deb 2000 |
Brown, Leona F. 1989 | Klemrning, Maj-Lis 1954 | Schumacher, Henry 1985 |
Bruce, Robert 1943 | Koensgen, Joseph Unknown | Sehn, Claudette 1989 |
Bull, Ann 2002 | Kohuska, Helen, See Gomez-Perales, Helen | Settee, Nora 1984 |
Burke, Ronald 1963 | Kowal, Roman Unknown | Shaw, Richard Thurston 1959 |
Bums, Jo Anne 1960 | Kowalchuk, Anne. See Johnson, Anne | Shoup, William 2016 |
Burrows, A. Unknown | Kreyes, Marie Louise 1961 | Shier, Richard 2000 |
Burrows, Teresa 2000 | Kiutish, Charlene. See Vanderhorst, Charlene | Silverman, Manny. See Silverman, Manuel J. 1994 |
Burt, Lynda Lorraine Unknown | Kuluk, Claudette. See Sehn, Claudette | Silverman, Manuel J. |
Buytendorp, George A. 1972 | Kwiatkowski, Marion Unknown | Simoens, Leo Unknown |
Calleja, Gina 1961 | Lam, Samuel. See Lam, Samuel Kwok-Yuen 2001 | Sissons, Lynn 1929 |
Calleja, Joseph 1960 | Lam, Samuel Kwok-Yuen | Skafel, Ena 1965 |
Campbell, Marlene 1990 | Lampe, Walter J. 1969 | Smith, Donald A. 1937 |
Cameron, Claire 2014 | Lang, Bylee Fay. See Lang de Marin, Bylee Fay 1939 | Smith, Gordon A. 1940 |
Canelle, Barbara 1966 | Lang de Marin, Bylee Fay | Smith, Tom Unknown |
Carleton, Edith 1950 | Larsen, Chris 2002 | Smith, Thomas Sutton 1999 |
Carter, Edith 1942 | Lawler, Elizabeth 1994 | Smolleck, Kristine. See Smolleck, Kristine Fredrikson 1936 |
Chaicken, William 1946 | Leathers, Audr·ey. See Riller, Audrey Ann | Smolleck, Kristine Fredrikson |
Chiarella, Anthony 1997 | Leathers, Winston 1959 | Sokolski, Ron 1986 |
Chivers, Denise 1952 | Lee, Kam-Wing 1996 | Stauvers, Olga 1986 |
Chivers, Ernest 1952 | LeGris, Ruth 1966 | Stead, Hay Stafford 1902 |
Chody, Bill Unknown | LeMay, Helene Unknown | Stech, Stan 1969 |
Chodyniecki, Bill. See Chody, Bill Unknown | LeMay, Marcien 1966 | Stefanzio, Don Unknown |
Clark, Eleanore 1975 | Lewkowich, George 1979 | Steinhauer, Albert 1987 |
Clark, Kelly 1958 | Lindsay, Ronald W. 1993 | Stewart, Gimith 1957 |
Clement, Gerry Unknown | Lochner, Margarete 1983 | Stewart, J. H. Unknown |
Clendening, Cordelia Ann Marion 1951 | Logan, ? Unknown | Stone, Bryan 2011 |
Chodkiewicz, Ruth Unknown | Long, Kathy Unknown | Stoughton, Arthur A. Unknown |
Corrin, Joseph 1952 | Lourenzo, Rodger 1998 | Strange, Donald Unknown |
Coy, Helen 1964 | Lowe, Annette Unkown | Stubbs, Eva Unknown |
Crawford, Mrs. A. 1929 | Maartense, Gertrude J. 1964 | Sullivan, ? 1962 |
Crawley, Louise See Wilmont, Louise | MacGregor, James G. 1947 | Suprovich, Alex 1998 |
Cringan, Ellen Barbara 1975 | MacVicar, ElizabethM. Unknown | Sures, Jack Unknown |
Cunningham, ? Unknown | Madill, Robert 1980 | Sutherland, Alexander S. Unknown |
Dalby, Robert Unknown | Maltrnan, William Unknown | Swiderek, Roman 1982 |
de Grandmaison, Nicholas. See Grandmaison, Nicholas de | Marchant, Harold 1942 | Swinton, George Unknwon |
Derkson, Darlene 2006 | Marcheschi, H. 1941 | Switala, Margaret 1996 |
DeWilden, Stuart 1956 | Markell, Jack 1944 | Sylvester, Gaetanne Simonne 1986 |
Dewson, Joan 1980 | Martin, Kenneth F. 1950 | Szakacs, Karen. See Szakacs, Karen Patricia 2000 |
Diamond, Samuel 1945 | Martin, William Unknown | Szakacs, Karen Patricia |
Dimock, Betty. See Dimock, Elizabeth 1965 | Mascewski, Lorna Unknown | Tarsia, Ewa Unknown |
Dimock, Elizabeth 1965 | Mascewski, Mrs. D. See Mascewski, Lorna | Tascona, Tony 1962 |
Domey, Marjorie 1966 | Mathers, Jane Unknown | Taylor, AngeIe. See Taylor, Angele Marguerite 1981 |
Donnelly, Kathleen. See Donnelly, K. Coburn 1966 | Mathews, Jean Unknown | Taylor, Angele Marguerite |
Donnely, K. Coburn 1966 | McCloy, William A. Unknown | Taylor, Glady M. Unknown |
Dorey, Joyce 1963 | McIntosh, Harold 1938 | Taylor, Marguerite Unknown |
Dowler, Richard L. 1957 | McLean, Tom W. 1925 | Taylor, Mrs. Hilliard. See Taylor, Marguerite |
DuBois, Ronald 1956 | McPherson, H. 1956 | Tesloveanu, John 1986 |
Dukes, Caroline Unknown | Melnicer, Sharon Unknown | Tettero, Margaret 1967 |
Dutcheson, A. S. 1961 | Melnyk, Evelyn. See Melnyk, Evelyn Mudry Unknown | Tillenius, Clarence 1943 |
Dzwonyk, Lillian 2000 | Melnyk, Evelyn Mudry | Timmers, Freida 1962 |
Edgar, Percy J. 1929 | Mercer, James 1934 | Tottle, Doug 1969 |
Elias, Anna 2001 | Mikuska, Frank 1960 | Tough, Lawrence B. 1938 |
Eliasson, Gissur 1958 | Mills, John 2015 | Towers, Matthew C. 1928 |
Endres, Barbara Cook, 1948 | Miller, Jordan 2014 | Tucker, H. M. Unknown |
Entz, Annemarie 1980 | Miller, Shelagh | Underhill, Ernest H. 1954 |
Epp, Frieda, 2007 | Milne, Marlene | van Lilian, Walleghem 1995 |
Esler, John K. 1962 | Mol, Leo 1949 | van Slyck, Winnifred 1953 |
Evans, Howard J. 1929 | Molodoshanin, Leonid. See Mol, Leo | van Slyck, Wyn. See van Slyck, Winnifred |
Eyden, Jean 1943 | Morley, E. 1962 | Vanderhorst, Charlene 1989 |
Fanshaw, Hubert Valentine Unknown | Morris, William 1942 | Verill, ? 1928 |
Fijal, Roy Unknown | Morrison, Mary 1963 | Vlahos, Peggy Unknown |
Fischer, George 1956 | Morton, Douglas 1951 | Walters, Emile 1928 |
Fisher, Linda | Mott, Edna. See Mott, Laura Edna 1929 | Watson, Vernon L. 1982 |
FitzGerald, L. L.. See FitzGerald, Lionel Lemoine 1920 | Mott, Laura Edna | Waugh, Mrs. C. Unknown |
FitzGerald, Lionel Lemoine 1920 | Munroe, Wallace 1945 | Wengel, Peter 1965 |
Florentino, Ralph 1948 | Musgrove, Alex J. 1926 | Wheeler, Pat 1982 |
Folkerts, Gerald 1988 | Nelson, Barrie T. Unknown | White, Betty 1958 |
Friesen, Victor 1936 | Nemetchek, Becky 1998 | Wilcox, Georgie 1943 |
Fritsch, Eva 1994 | Nesbitt, Peggy 1979 | Willer, James 1954 |
Gaudes, John 1979 | Neuendorff, Willielm 1957 | Wilmot, Louise 1979 |
Gebhardt, C. Keith 1928 | Neuendorff, Willy. See Neuendorff, Willielm | Wilson, Ernest George 1964 |
Gebhardt, Keith. See Gebhardt, C. Keith 1928 | Neufeld, Elma 1989 | Winter, William A. 1931 |
Geller, Manly 1958 | Newton, Alison 1929 | Wolinsky, Eva 1957 |
George, Nellie H. 1946 | Nikkel, Pearl 1957 | Wonosowich, Lorna. See Mascewski, Lorna |
Gerrick, Julia L. 1052 | Osborne, Milton S. 1931 | Yalowski, Ray Unknown |
Giffin, Andrew 1989 | Oscar, Art 1975 | Yeomans, Mabel A. 1933 |
Golfman, Eleanore R. 1964 | Osted, Hans 1969 | Yerex, Elton 1962 |
Gordon, Kenneth 1970 | Ostwald, Cora 1963 | Young, Norman Unknown |
Gordon, Ruth 1965 | Ostwald, Corry. See Ostwald, Cora | Zebiere, Lori 2013 |
Gorny, Pauline Unknown | Overton, George 1931 | Zender, Vernon Unknown |
Gosselin, Marcel 1982 | Packer, Cliff. See Packer, W. Cliff 1989 | |
Gowan, Elsie 1974 | Packer, W. Cliff | |
Grandmaison, Nicholas de 1928 | Palanuk, Garth 2007 | |
Gray, Claude W. Unknown |
Parfitt, Gilbert 1960
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Grealish, Linda 1989
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Parker, Betty 1949 | |
Greene, Ryland 1963 | Parker, Jessie C. 1958 | |
Grymonpre, Jean 1936 | Partridge, Fran 2000 |