Week of Events
A World Tour of Impressionist Collections
A World Tour of Impressionist Collections
Instructor: Kathleen Silverman (in-person course)Fee: Members $64 (including light breakfast) | Non-Members $84 In the 19th century, the Impressionists broke the rules of academic painting with their ‘new’ small, fleeting brushstrokes and desire to capture scenes from ordinary life. Their work was far from ordinary, and the Impressionists had influence worldwide. Critics panned their work ...
Persuading the Undergraduates that Pride & Prejudice—and sometimes Emma—Were Not Just Dumb Girlie Books
Persuading the Undergraduates that Pride & Prejudice—and sometimes Emma—Were Not Just Dumb Girlie Books
Instructor: Eileen Conway (in-person course) Fee: Members $75 | Non-Members $95 Eileen Conway, a retired Anglican clergywoman, taught English at the University of Alberta for almost twenty years, chiefly to freshmen. This task happily often involved “Persuading the Undergraduates that Pride & Prejudice—and sometimes Emma—Were Not Just Dumb Girlie Books.” Quite often, happily, she succeeded. ...
Arts in Edmonton Through my Experiences
Arts in Edmonton Through my Experiences
On Tuesdays 1p.m. – 3p.m. December 3 & 10, 2024 Fee: $36 Join Randall Fraser’s presentation of the retrospective of his work across all the different styles of artwork he has pursued over the years along with a description of how they are all connected and interrelated to make up a whole almost 50-year career. ...