Regina Art & Artists | Sources & Resources

Regina’s dynamic art scene is anchored by major institutions, artist-run centres, and commercial galleries that champion Saskatchewan artists. The MacKenzie Art Gallery and Dunlop Art Gallery present local and national exhibitions, while spaces like Neutral Ground and Sâkêwêwak First Nations Artists’ Collective foster experimentation and community connection. Commercial galleries such as Slate Fine Art, Assiniboia Gallery, and Nouveau Gallery highlight contemporary Prairie artists. From the legacy of the Regina Five to a flourishing community of Indigenous creators, the city continues to attract curators, scholars, and artists—establishing Regina as a vital site for cultural production, critical dialogue, and artistic innovation.

Facade of Neutral Ground Artist-Run Centre featuring *Thin Places / in turns* by Marie Lannoo and Suzie Smith, Regina, 2018, photographer unknown.

David Garneau, *Superstructure*, 2020, acrylic on panel, 92.8 x 79.9 cm, SK Arts Permanent Collection, Regina.

Articles

Bloore, Ronald L. “Folk Painters of the Canadian West: Jan G. Wyers.” Canadian Art 17, no. 68 (March 1960): 60–65.

Brennan, J. William. “Visions of ‘A City Beautiful’: The Origin and Impact of the Mawson Plans for Regina.” Saskatchewan History 46, no. 2 (Fall 1994): 19–33.

Enright, Robert. “Iconographer of the Local: A Conversation with David Thauberger.” Border Crossings 33, no. 3 (September 2014): 96–104.

Goodspeed, Rhona. “Saskatchewan Legislative Building and Grounds.” Journal of the Society for the Study of Architecture in Canada 32, no. 1 (2007): 61–88.

Greenberg, Clement. “Clement Greenberg’s View of Art on the Prairies: Painting and Sculpture in Prairie Canada Today.” Canadian Art 20, no. 2 (March–April 1963): 90–107.

McCoy, Ron. “Sitting Bull: A Hunkpapa Lakota Warrior Chronicles His Life of Dauntless Courage.” American Indian Magazine 40, no. 1 (Winter 2014): 34–45, 86.

McMaster, Gerald. “Tenuous Lines of Descent: Indian Arts and Crafts of the Reservation Period.” Canadian Journal of Native Studies 10, no. 2 (1989): 205–36.

Silversides, Brock. “Edgar Rossie: Dean of Saskatchewan Photographers.” Saskatchewan History 42, no. 1 (Winter 1989): 11–27.

Tousley, Nancy. “Edward Poitras: The Trickster.” Canadian Art 12, no. 2 (Summer 1995): 37–45.

Books

Alexander, Mary G. Sybil Jacobson: Painting in the West. Toronto: HMS Press, 1985.

Barnhart, Gordon L. Building for the Future: A Photo Journal of Saskatchewan’s Legislative Building. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina, 2002.

Barnhart, Gordon L. “Peace, Progress and Prosperity”: A Biography of Saskatchewan’s First Premier, T. Walter Scott. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina, 2000.

Beug, Lorne, Anne Campbell, and Jeannie Mah, eds. Regina’s Secret Spaces: Love and Lore of Local Geography. Regina: University of Regina Press, 2006.

Birley, Susan, Anne Campbell, and Jeannie Mah, eds. Biblio Files: A History of the Regina Public Library. Regina: University of Regina Press, 2017.

Cicansky, Victor. Up from Garlic Flats: My Life and Making of an Artist. Regina: Radiant Press, 2019.

Francis, R. Douglas. Images of the West: Changing Perceptions of the Prairies, 1690–1960. Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books, 1989.

Cover of *Victor Cicansky: The Gardener’s Universe*, edited by Timothy Long and Julia Krueger (Regina: MacKenzie Art Gallery, 2019), designed by Rio Saxon Design, Regina.

Cover of *The Vaults: Art from the MacKenzie Art Gallery and the University of Regina Collections*, edited by Timothy Long and Stephen King (Regina: University of Regina Press, 2013).

Long, Timothy, and Julia Krueger, eds. Victor Cicansky: The Gardener’s Universe. Regina: MacKenzie Art Gallery, 2019.

Long, Timothy, and Stephen King, eds. The Vaults: Art from the MacKenzie Art Gallery and the University of Regina Collections. Regina: University of Regina Press, 2013.

Margoshes, David, ed. Wilf Perreault: In the Alley / Dans la Ruelle. Regina: Coteau Books, 2014.

Pitsula, James M. An Act of Faith: The Early Years of Regina College. Regina: Canadian Plains Research Center, University of Regina, 1988.

Rees, Ronald. Land of Earth and Sky: Landscape Painting of Western Canada. Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books, 1984.

Rees, Ronald. New and Naked Land: Making the Prairies Home. Saskatoon: Western Producer Prairie Books, 1988.

Riddell, W.A. Cornerstone for Culture: A History of the Saskatchewan Arts Board. Regina: Saskatchewan Arts Board, 1978.

Riddell, W.A. The MacKenzie Art Gallery: Norman MacKenzie’s Legacy. Regina: MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1990.

Salloum, Sheryl. The Life and Art of Mildred Valley Thornton. Salt Spring Island, BC: Mother Tongue Publishing Limited, 2011.

Silversides, Brock. Looking West: Photographing the Canadian Prairies, 1858–1957. Calgary: Fifth House Ltd., 1999.

Teillet, Jean. The North-West Is Our Mother: The Story of Louis Riel’s People, the Métis Nation. Toronto: HarperCollins Publishers, 2019.

Exhibition Catalogues

Ainslie, Patricia. Inglis Sheldon-Williams. Calgary: Glenbow Museum, 1982.

Davis, Ann, Patricia Ainslie, and Ted Godwin. Ted Godwin: The Regina Five Years: 1957–1967. Calgary: The Nickle Arts Museum, 2008.

Donegan, Rosemary. Work, Weather and the Grid: Agriculture in Saskatchewan. Regina: Dunlop Art Gallery, 1991.

Eichhorn, Virginia, and Timothy Long, eds. Tactile Desires: The Work of Jack Sures. Regina: MacKenzie Art Gallery, 2011.

Fraser, Sandra, and Timothy Long, eds. David Thauberger: Road Trips & Other Diversions. Saskatoon: Mendel Art Gallery, 2014.

Fraser, Ted. Kenneth Lochhead: Garden of Light. Regina: MacKenzie Art Gallery, 2005.

Gibson, Jennifer. Creation & Continuity: Inuit Art from the Shumiatcher Collection. Regina: MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1998.

Godwin, Ted, and Andrew Oko, eds. Ted Godwin: The Tartan Years, 1967–1976. Calgary: The Nickle Arts Museum, 1999.

Heath, Terrence. Joe Fafard. Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2007.

Heath, Terrence. Ronald L. Bloore: Not Without Design. Regina: MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1993.

Houle, Robert, and Carol A. Phillips, eds. New Work by a New Generation. Regina: Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1982.

Howard, David, Alex Kelly, and Timothy Long. Arthur F. McKay: A Critical Retrospective. Regina: MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1997.

Long, Timothy. Regina Clay: Worlds in the Making. Regina: MacKenzie Art Gallery, 2006.

Martin, Lee-Ann. Bob Boyer: His Life’s Work. Regina: MacKenzie Art Gallery, 2008.

McMaster, Gerald. Edward Poitras: Canada XLVI Biennale di Venezia. Hull, QC: Canadian Museum of Civilization, 1995.

Cover of *A Prairie Vernacular: Folk and Contemporary Art Narratives of Life on the Canadian Prairie*, by Jennifer McRorie and Joanne Marion (Moose Jaw: Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, 2019).

Cover of *The Flat Side of the Landscape: The Emma Lake Artists’ Workshops*, by John O’Brian (Saskatoon: Mendel Art Gallery, 1989).

McRorie, Jennifer, and Joanne Marion. Prairie Vernacular: Folk and Contemporary Art Narratives of Life on the Canadian Prairie. Moose Jaw, SK: Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, 2019.

O’Brian, John. The Flat Side of the Landscape: The Emma Lake Artists’ Workshops. Saskatoon: Mendel Art Gallery, 1989.

Oko, Andrew, and Ronald L. Bloore. Jan Gerrit Wyers 1988–1973. Regina: Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1989.

Pincus-Witten, Robert, and Maija Bismanis. John Nugent: Modernism in Isolation. Regina: Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1983.

Probe, Suzanne. Season by Season: The Work of Ruth Pawson. Regina: Dunlop Art Gallery, 1992.

Rimmer, Cate, Nancy Shaw, Roy Miki, et al. Roy Kiyooka. Vancouver: Artspeak Gallery, 1991.

Ring, Dan. James Henderson: Wicite Owapi Wicasa. Saskatoon: Mendel Art Gallery, 2010.

Spain, Maeve. Augustus Kenderdine. Calgary: Glenbow Museum, 1986.

Swinton, Nelda. The Jacqui and Morris Shumiatcher Collection of Inuit Art. Regina: Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1981.

Teitelbaum, Mashel, and Peter White. Joe Fafard: Cows and Other Luminaries 1977–1987. Saskatoon: Mendel Art Gallery, 1987.

Theses

Britski, April Danielle. “The Edge of Painting: The Emma Lake Artists’ Workshops and the Politics of Location.” Master’s thesis, Carleton University, Ottawa, 2005.

Gallagher, Dawna Doris. “Bringing Art to the People: A Biography of Nora McCullough.” Master’s thesis, Carleton University, Ottawa, 1997.

Gaudet, Manon. “(Un)settling Mary Weekes: Collection Indigenous Beadwork and Confronting Settler Identity in Twentieth-Century Saskatchewan.” Master’s thesis, Carlton University, Ottawa, 2016.

Krueger, Julia. “Prairie Pots and Beyond: An Examination of Saskatchewan Ceramics from the 1960s to Present.” Master’s thesis, Carleton University, Ottawa, 2006.

Meszaros, Cheryl. “Visibility and Representation: Saskatchewan Art Organizations Prior to 1945.” Master’s thesis, Queen’s University, Kingston, 1990.

Surette, Susan. “Canadian Ceramic Relief Murals: Studio Craft and Architecture – A Case Study of the Sturdy-Stone Centre Murals, 1975–1983.” Doctoral thesis, Concordia University, Montreal, 2014.