Walter C. Murray, first University President, dressed in a suit and tie, sitting on a bench with his head down reading and writing in a book at Murray Point at Emma Lake, Saskatchewan.

Roy Kiyooka of the Regina Campus lectures in the campus studio as students look on.

Bio/Historical Note: Roy Kenzie Kiyooka, CM (1926-1994) was a Canadian arts teacher, painter, poet, photographer, and multi-media artist of national and international acclaim.

Bio/Historical Note: Artist workshops have been held at Emma Lake, Saskatchewan, since 1935. Augustus F. (Gus) Kenderdine, an artist trained at the Academie Julian in Paris and an instructor in the fledgling Department of Art at the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon, established a summer art camp on an eleven-acre boreal forest peninsula on the shores of Emma Lake. He convinced Dr. Walter Murray, first president of the University of Saskatchewan, that the art camp could perform a vital role in the offerings of the department, and in 1936 the Murray Point Art School at Emma Lake was officially incorporated as a summer school program. Participants were teachers and artists who came from all over the province to learn how to teach art in Saskatchewan schools. After Kenderdine's death in 1947, a new generation of Saskatchewan artists came of age or moved into the province, including Kenneth Lochhead, Arthur McKay, Ronald Bloore, Ted Godwin, and Douglas Morton— popularly referred to as the Regina Five.

Ken Lochhead of the Regina Campus lectures art students in the interior of the campus studio.

Bio/Historical Note: Kenneth Campbell Lochhead was born in 1926 in Ottawa. He attended the Summer Art School at Queen's University in 1944 and from 1945-1948, he attended the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in Philadelphia. Lochhead studied at the Barnes Foundation near Philadelphia from 1946-1948. He was the director of the School of Art at the University of Saskatchewan Regina Campus from 1950-1964. Among his pupils there was Joan Rankin. In 1961 Lochhead exhibited his paintings as part of the Regina Five at the National Gallery of Canada with Art McKay, Ron Bloore, Ted Godwin, and Doug Morton. From 1964-1973 he was associate professor in the School of Fine Arts at the University of Manitoba. In 1970 Lochhead was made an Officer of the Order of Canada "for his contribution to the development of painting, especially in Western Canada, as an artist and teacher.” From 1973-1975, he was a professor in the Department of Visual Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts at York University. From 1975 to 1989 he was a professor in the Department of Visual Arts at the University of Ottawa. Lochhead was awarded the Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts in 2006. Lochhead died in Ottawa in 2006.

Image of Gus Kenderdine sitting at easel in studio.

Bio/Historical Note: Augustus (Gus) Frederick Lafosse Kenderdine was born 31 March 1870 in Chorlton-upon-Medlock, England. He studied art under his grandfather, Chevalier de la Fosse, at the Manchester School of Art, and was then apprenticed to several established artists in Blackpool. Kenderdine went on to study at the Academie Julien, in Paris, France, in 1891. Upon returning to England he opened Gus Kenderdine Photographer and Fine Art Dealer, but chose to emigrate to western Canada, inspired by the stories of the Barr Colonists and their utopian settlement of Brittania. The family homesteaded near Lashburn (1908-1920) and he fell in love with the beauty of northern Saskatchewan. Kenderdine did several portrait commissions and later exhibited his work across Canada, although he is best known in Saskatchewan. He did several landscape studies in charcoal in a style similar to Gainsborough. Kenderdine sweeping romantic depictions of the Saskatchewan landscape are marked by his training in England and France. His imagery recast Saskatchewan's topography in the comforting image of Europe. At the request of Walter C. Murray, University of Saskatchewan president, Kenderdine opened a studio in Saskatoon and began teaching art classes in 1920. In 1926 he was asked by President Murray to teach noncredit classes at the university. Kenderdine envisioned and brought about the Summer School of Art at Emma Lake, of which he was director from 1936-1947. Fondly remembered by his students, "Father" Kenderdine, as he was referred to in the yearbooks, made a significant contribution to the interest and appreciation of art in Saskatchewan. In 1936 he also became director of the School of Fine Arts at Regina College. Kenderdine died 3 August 1947 while teaching at Emma Lake, and is buried at Lashburn Cemetery. In 1991 the U of S named the Kenderdine Art Gallery in his honour, thanks to a bequest by his daughter, May Beamish. His works can be seen in the Glenbow Museum in Calgary, the MacKenzie Art Gallery in Regina, and the National Gallery of Canada in Ottawa. Kenderdine Road in Arbor Creek in Saskatoon honours him.

A crowd sits on benches and stands in a semi-circle moments after the unveiling of the memorial to Gus Kenderdine; a nameplate mounted on a boulder at left. Two images at slightly different angles.

A close-up of the memorial to Gus Kenderdine; a nameplate mounted on a boulder.

Jean E. Murray seated on a platform along with Herman H. Ferns, while [R. Patton] addresses participants of the unveiling of a memorial to Gus Kenderdine.

Exterior view of "The Bunk House," Gus Kenderdine's studio at Emma Lake.

Jack Shadbolt, first guest artist at the inaugural Emma Lake Artists' Workshop, stands alone in the studio.

Bio/Historical Note: Kenneth Lochhead and Arthur McKay, professors at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus (now called the University of Regina since 1974) initiated the Emma Lake Artists' Workshops in 1955.

Bio/Historical Note: Jack Leonard Shadbolt was born 4 February 1909 at Shoeburyness, England. In 1912 the family moved to British Columbia, eventually settling in Victoria. In the late 1920s, after studying at the Victoria College and Normal School, he met Emily Carr. "I was dumbstruck with admiration," Shadbolt later said. Carr's renderings of Northwest Coast Indian symbols eventually led to Shadbolt's own exploration of aboriginal images. But at this time, his paintings focused on what he called the "dark, satanic mills" of industrial landscape. Shadbolt studied at the Art Students' League in New York City (1948) and in London (1937) and Paris (1938). After teaching art to children in BC between 1929 and 1937, he joined the Vancouver School of Art. During 1944-1945 Shadbolt was assigned to the official Canadian Army war artists program in London. One of his jobs was sorting through army photographs of concentration camps. Looking at still lifes of emaciated bodies, then roaming around bombed-out London, had a profound psychological impact on the artist. After the war Shadbolt returned to the school, where he was head of painting and drawing until 1966. He was an influential teacher and adviser across Canada and the US, having conducted workshops (he was the first artist to do so at the Emma Lake Artists' Workshops in 1955) and juried exhibitions throughout North America. Some 70 solo exhibitions of Jack Shadbolt's work were mounted and his many major international exhibitions included the Venice Biennale XXVIII and 4 major retrospective exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery, the BC Museum of Anthropology, the National Gallery of Canada and the Glenbow Museum. An extraordinarily prolific artist, Shadbolt worked in large series (or suites) which derived from his personal experiences of nature and Native art in BC, his many travels in Europe and his recognition of calligraphy and op-art; in paint slashes and in incisive lines, in butterflies and totem poles, in insect life and ritual brides, in poetry and architecture. As well as painting many murals (Edmonton International Airport, the National Arts Centre and the former CBC building), he did stage, ballet and costume designs and theatre posters. Shadbolt authored In Search of Form (1968), Mind's I (1973) and Act of Art (1981). Until his death, he continued to have an enormous output, such as the 3-dimensional plywood relief created for the MacMillan Bloedel building in Vancouver (1987). In 1988 he and his wife, Doris (nee Meisel), started VIVA, the Vancouver Institute for Visual Arts, which offered monetary awards to local visual artists - two yearly $10,000 awards and one $50,000 every fifth year. He also supported Artists for Kids Trust, generating $500,000 to assist Vancouver-area students. Among many honours was the appointment as Officer of the Order of Canada in 1972. At the time of his death, Shadbolt was planning a new show for February 1998. Jack Shadbolt died 22 November 1998 in Burnaby, British Columbia, at age 89.

Jack Shadbolt, first guest artist at the inaugural Emma Lake Artists' Workshop, lectures as three students look on.

Bio/Historical Note: Kenneth Lochhead and Arthur McKay, professors at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus (now the University of Regina) initiated the Emma Lake Artists' Workshops in 1955.

Head and shoulders image of Jack Shadbolt, first guest artist at the inaugural Emma Lake Artists Workshop.

Bio/Historical Note: Kenneth Lochhead and Arthur McKay, professors at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus (now called the University of Regina since 1974) initiated the Emma Lake Artists' Workshops in 1955.

Bio/Historical Note: Jack Leonard Shadbolt was born 4 February 1909 at Shoeburyness, England. In 1912 the family moved to British Columbia, eventually settling in Victoria. In the late 1920s, after studying at the Victoria College and Normal School, he met Emily Carr. "I was dumbstruck with admiration," Shadbolt later said. Carr's renderings of Northwest Coast Indian symbols eventually led to Shadbolt's own exploration of aboriginal images. But at this time, his paintings focused on what he called the "dark, satanic mills" of industrial landscape. Shadbolt studied at the Art Students' League in New York City (1948) and in London (1937) and Paris (1938). After teaching art to children in BC between 1929 and 1937, he joined the Vancouver School of Art. During 1944-1945 Shadbolt was assigned to the official Canadian Army war artists program in London. One of his jobs was sorting through army photographs of concentration camps. Looking at still lifes of emaciated bodies, then roaming around bombed-out London, had a profound psychological impact on the artist. After the war Shadbolt returned to the school, where he was head of painting and drawing until 1966. He was an influential teacher and adviser across Canada and the US, having conducted workshops (he was the first artist to do so at the Emma Lake Artists' Workshops in 1955) and juried exhibitions throughout North America. Some 70 solo exhibitions of Jack Shadbolt's work were mounted and his many major international exhibitions included the Venice Biennale XXVIII and 4 major retrospective exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery, the BC Museum of Anthropology, the National Gallery of Canada and the Glenbow Museum. An extraordinarily prolific artist, Shadbolt worked in large series (or suites) which derived from his personal experiences of nature and Native art in BC, his many travels in Europe and his recognition of calligraphy and op-art; in paint slashes and in incisive lines, in butterflies and totem poles, in insect life and ritual brides, in poetry and architecture. As well as painting many murals (Edmonton International Airport, the National Arts Centre and the former CBC building), he did stage, ballet and costume designs and theatre posters. Shadbolt authored In Search of Form (1968), Mind's I (1973) and Act of Art (1981). Until his death, he continued to have an enormous output, such as the 3-dimensional plywood relief created for the MacMillan Bloedel building in Vancouver (1987). In 1988 he and his wife, Doris (nee Meisel), started VIVA, the Vancouver Institute for Visual Arts, which offered monetary awards to local visual artists - two yearly $10,000 awards and one $50,000 every fifth year. He also supported Artists for Kids Trust, generating $500,000 to assist Vancouver-area students. Among many honours was the appointment as Officer of the Order of Canada in 1972. At the time of his death, Shadbolt was planning a new show for February 1998. Jack Shadbolt died 22 November 1998 in Burnaby, British Columbia, at age 89.

Jack Shadbolt, first guest artist at the inaugural Emma Lake Artists' Workshop, stands alone in the studio.

Bio/Historical Note: Kenneth Lochhead and Arthur McKay, professors at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus (now called the University of Regina since 1974) initiated the Emma Lake Artists' Workshops in 1955.

Bio/Historical Note: Jack Leonard Shadbolt was born 4 February 1909 at Shoeburyness, England. In 1912 the family moved to British Columbia, eventually settling in Victoria. In the late 1920s, after studying at the Victoria College and Normal School, he met Emily Carr. "I was dumbstruck with admiration," Shadbolt later said. Carr's renderings of Northwest Coast Indian symbols eventually led to Shadbolt's own exploration of aboriginal images. But at this time, his paintings focused on what he called the "dark, satanic mills" of industrial landscape. Shadbolt studied at the Art Students' League in New York City (1948) and in London (1937) and Paris (1938). After teaching art to children in BC between 1929 and 1937, he joined the Vancouver School of Art. During 1944-1945 Shadbolt was assigned to the official Canadian Army war artists program in London. One of his jobs was sorting through army photographs of concentration camps. Looking at still lifes of emaciated bodies, then roaming around bombed-out London, had a profound psychological impact on the artist. After the war Shadbolt returned to the school, where he was head of painting and drawing until 1966. He was an influential teacher and adviser across Canada and the US, having conducted workshops (he was the first artist to do so at the Emma Lake Artists' Workshops in 1955) and juried exhibitions throughout North America. Some 70 solo exhibitions of Jack Shadbolt's work were mounted and his many major international exhibitions included the Venice Biennale XXVIII and 4 major retrospective exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery, the BC Museum of Anthropology, the National Gallery of Canada and the Glenbow Museum. An extraordinarily prolific artist, Shadbolt worked in large series (or suites) which derived from his personal experiences of nature and Native art in BC, his many travels in Europe and his recognition of calligraphy and op-art; in paint slashes and in incisive lines, in butterflies and totem poles, in insect life and ritual brides, in poetry and architecture. As well as painting many murals (Edmonton International Airport, the National Arts Centre and the former CBC building), he did stage, ballet and costume designs and theatre posters. Shadbolt authored In Search of Form (1968), Mind's I (1973) and Act of Art (1981). Until his death, he continued to have an enormous output, such as the 3-dimensional plywood relief created for the MacMillan Bloedel building in Vancouver (1987). In 1988 he and his wife, Doris (nee Meisel), started VIVA, the Vancouver Institute for Visual Arts, which offered monetary awards to local visual artists - two yearly $10,000 awards and one $50,000 every fifth year. He also supported Artists for Kids Trust, generating $500,000 to assist Vancouver-area students. Among many honours was the appointment as Officer of the Order of Canada in 1972. At the time of his death, Shadbolt was planning a new show for February 1998. Jack Shadbolt died 22 November 1998 in Burnaby, British Columbia, at age 89.

Walter C. Murray, University President, looks at art works hanging on the wall, other works are on easels in the room. An unidentified lady and two dogs appear to be accompanying him.

View of the studio.