Gallery Archive | A Prairie Vernacular: Folk and Contemporary Art Narratives of Life on the Canadian Prairies https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/contemporary-prairie-art_contemporain-des-prairies/gallery/ A Prairie Vernacular traces shared motivations and approaches of folk and contemporary artists demonstrating that Prairie experience, culture, environment, and sensibilities are compelling subject matter worthy of artistic inquiry and expression. Mon, 03 Mar 2025 15:46:13 +0000 en-US hourly 1 A Prairie Vernacular – Installation View https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/contemporary-prairie-art_contemporain-des-prairies/gallery/a-prairie-vernacular-installation-view/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=a-prairie-vernacular-installation-view Mon, 09 Dec 2024 19:27:01 +0000 https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/contemporary-prairie-art_contemporain-des-prairies/?post_type=gallery&p=326 Installation view of the exhibition A Prairie Vernacular: Folk and Contemporary Art Narratives of Life on the Canadian Prairies – Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, 2019.

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Installation view of the exhibition A Prairie Vernacular: Folk and Contemporary Art Narratives of Life on the Canadian Prairies – Moose Jaw Museum & Art Gallery, 2019.

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Irene McCaugherty – Chore Time and the Last Stook https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/contemporary-prairie-art_contemporain-des-prairies/gallery/irene-mccaugherty-chore-time-and-the-last-stook/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=irene-mccaugherty-chore-time-and-the-last-stook Wed, 06 Nov 2024 23:46:31 +0000 https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/contemporary-prairie-art_contemporain-des-prairies/?post_type=gallery&p=322 Irene McCaugherty Chore Time and the Last Stook, 1989. watercolour, ink on paper 19.1 x 55.2 cm

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Irene McCaugherty
Chore Time and the Last Stook, 1989.
watercolour, ink on paper
19.1 x 55.2 cm

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Joe Fafard – Harvey McInnes https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/contemporary-prairie-art_contemporain-des-prairies/gallery/joe-fafard-harvey-mcinnes/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=joe-fafard-harvey-mcinnes Mon, 25 Oct 2021 19:59:13 +0000 https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/contemporary-prairie-art_contemporain-des-prairies/?post_type=gallery&p=139 Joe Fafard Harvey McInnes, 1977. kiln-fired ceramic, acrylic 51.8 x 18.8 x 40.4 cm

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Joe Fafard
Harvey McInnes, 1977.
kiln-fired ceramic, acrylic
51.8 x 18.8 x 40.4 cm

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Percy (Two Gun) Plain Woman – Last Buffalo Hunt https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/contemporary-prairie-art_contemporain-des-prairies/gallery/percy-two-gun-plain-woman-last-buffalo-hunt/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=percy-two-gun-plain-woman-last-buffalo-hunt Tue, 14 Sep 2021 20:09:00 +0000 https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/contemporary-prairie-art_contemporain-des-prairies/?post_type=gallery&p=68 Percy (Two Gun) Plain Woman Last Buffalo Hunt, 1958. oil, board, wood 159.0 x 216.0 x 14.0 cm

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Percy (Two Gun) Plain Woman
Last Buffalo Hunt, 1958.
oil, board, wood
159.0 x 216.0 x 14.0 cm

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Henry Beaudry – Treaty No. 6, Battleford Area https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/contemporary-prairie-art_contemporain-des-prairies/gallery/henry-beaudry-treaty-no-6-battleford-area/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=henry-beaudry-treaty-no-6-battleford-area Wed, 08 Sep 2021 21:17:04 +0000 https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/contemporary-prairie-art_contemporain-des-prairies/?post_type=gallery&p=67 Henry Beaudry Treaty No. 6, Battleford Area, n.d. acrylic, felt pen on canvas 61.0 x 76.4 cm

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Henry Beaudry
Treaty No. 6, Battleford Area, n.d.
acrylic, felt pen on canvas
61.0 x 76.4 cm

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Bette Spence – Yukon River https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/contemporary-prairie-art_contemporain-des-prairies/gallery/bette-spence-yukon-river/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=bette-spence-yukon-river Mon, 27 Sep 2021 21:22:41 +0000 https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/contemporary-prairie-art_contemporain-des-prairies/?post_type=gallery&p=88 Bette Spence Yukon River, 1978. oil on canvas 63.5 x 76.3 cm

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Bette Spence
Yukon River, 1978.
oil on canvas
63.5 x 76.3 cm

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Sherry Farrell Racette – Riel’s Vision of Death; 1885 https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/contemporary-prairie-art_contemporain-des-prairies/gallery/sherry-farrell-racette-riels-vision-of-death-1885-triptych-right/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=sherry-farrell-racette-riels-vision-of-death-1885-triptych-right Fri, 05 Aug 2022 22:44:17 +0000 https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/contemporary-prairie-art_contemporain-des-prairies/?post_type=gallery&p=193 Sherry Farrell Racette Riel’s Vision of Death; 1885, 1992. gouache, watercolour, ink, acrylic, coloured pencil, graphite on paper triptych (framed) 70.2 x 193.0 cm

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Sherry Farrell Racette
Riel’s Vision of Death; 1885, 1992.
gouache, watercolour, ink, acrylic, coloured pencil, graphite on paper
triptych (framed) 70.2 x 193.0 cm

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Ruth Cuthand – January Thaw, Edge of Town https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/contemporary-prairie-art_contemporain-des-prairies/gallery/ruth-cuthand-january-thaw-edge-of-town/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=ruth-cuthand-january-thaw-edge-of-town Fri, 05 Aug 2022 22:17:04 +0000 https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/contemporary-prairie-art_contemporain-des-prairies/?post_type=gallery&p=187 S. Ruth Cuthand January Thaw, Edge of Town, 1990. graphite on paper 116.5 x 86.0 cm

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S. Ruth Cuthand
January Thaw, Edge of Town, 1990.
graphite on paper
116.5 x 86.0 cm

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Allen Benjiman Clarke – Mother Soup-erior https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/contemporary-prairie-art_contemporain-des-prairies/gallery/allen-benjiman-clarke-mother-soup-erior/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=allen-benjiman-clarke-mother-soup-erior Tue, 14 Sep 2021 20:48:13 +0000 https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/contemporary-prairie-art_contemporain-des-prairies/?post_type=gallery&p=71 Allen Benjiman Clarke Mother Soup-erior, 1994. acrylic on canvas 44.0 x 43.5 cm

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Allen Benjiman Clarke
Mother Soup-erior, 1994.
acrylic on canvas
44.0 x 43.5 cm

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Molly Lenhardt – Canadian Ukrainian Girl https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/contemporary-prairie-art_contemporain-des-prairies/gallery/molly-lenhardt-canadian-ukrainian-girl/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=molly-lenhardt-canadian-ukrainian-girl Mon, 25 Oct 2021 21:13:36 +0000 https://www.communitystories.ca/v2/contemporary-prairie-art_contemporain-des-prairies/?post_type=gallery&p=146 Molly Lenhardt Canadian Ukrainian Girl, n.d. oil on canvas board 93.5 x 62.5 cm

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Molly Lenhardt
Canadian Ukrainian Girl, n.d.
oil on canvas board
93.5 x 62.5 cm

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