National Gallery of Canada - Musée des beaux-arts du Canada
Symposium
Saturday 18 November from 9:30 am to 4 pm
In conjunction with the exhibitions Clarence Gagnon and Edwin Holgate, 1881–1942: Dreaming the Landscape, lectures on Clarence Gagnon and Edwin Holgate by distinguished curators, critics, and writers locate the artists in a broader context.

Gagnon and Holgate and the International Print Revival by Rosemarie Tovell, former curator of prints and drawings, National Gallery of Canada

“Definite Impressions of Our Picturesque Northwest Coast”: Marius Barbeau, Edwin Holgate, and the Promotion of “Native” Canadian Culture by Sandra Dyck, curator, Carleton University Art Gallery

L’immense blague de l’art moderniste au Pen and Pencil Club, le 28 avril 1939 by François-Marc Gagnon, director and chair, Gail and Stephen A. Jarislowsky, Institute for Studies in Canadian art

Edwin Holgate: A Vital Presence in the Montreal Art Community by Rosalind Pepall, co-curator of the exhibition Edwin Holgate and chief curator of decorative arts, Montreal Museum of Fine Arts

Inhabiting Landscapes: Rural Settings for the Human Figure by Brian Foss, co-curator of the exhibition Edwin Holgate and professor of art history, Concordia University

L’architecture ancienne du Québec et le renouvellement au XXe siècle by Luc Noppen, chairholder, Canada research chair on urban heritage, Université du Québec à Montréal

In English or in French with simultaneous interpretation. In the Auditorium. Admission: $29.70 (Friends $24.75); full-time students free (ticket required). Doors open at 9:30 am. Registration required: 613-998-8888.