Английская Википедия:Federation of Canadian Artists
Шаблон:Infobox organization The Federation of Canadian Artists (FCA) is an association of artists in Canada founded in Toronto in 1941. The FCA soon had chapters across the country, and was one of the main forces behind formation of the Canada Council in 1957. After this, the national organization withered, and only the British Columbia chapter remained active. A drive for expansion began in 1977, causing a renewal of activity that started in western Canada and then spread. Expansion stalled out in the late 1990s when funding cuts hit the Federation as hard as it hit other arts organization. Renewed vigor by volunteers and staff in recent years has brought new life to the Federation and expansion is again underway. The organization has about 2,700 paying members and 5,000 artist contacts throughout Canada as of the end of 2017, a permanent gallery in Vancouver, and organizes approximately 44 exhibitions every year.
Foundation
André Charles Biéler organized the first conference of Canadian artists in 1941.Шаблон:Sfn This conference, held in Kingston, Ontario, led to the foundation of the Federation of Canadian Artists.Шаблон:Sfn At his opening address at the Kingston conference Bieler insisted that "we should not try to unify ourselves or to attempt to make a school that would cover the whole country. On the contrary, I believe we must keep that regional aspect."Шаблон:Sfn The Federation of Canadian Artists was founded in Toronto by a group of Canadian artists. Biéler was the first president.Шаблон:Sfn
The Federation was divided into regions, each with a regional organizer. Lawren Harris of the Group of Seven was head of the West Coast region. The other organizers were Gordon Sinclair (Western region), Ernest Lindner (Saskatchewan), Byllee Lang (Manitoba), A. Y. Jackson (Ontario) and Walter Abell (Maritimes).Шаблон:Sfn
Goals
Writing in Maritime Art (February–March 1943) Arthur Lismer proposed that the goals of the Federation were to improve understanding of the role of artists in society, to encourage youth while supporting established artists and to bring art to the community.Шаблон:Sfn The FCA became a powerful national lobby for public patronage of the arts, recognized as the legitimate representative of Canadian artists.Шаблон:Sfn J. Delisle Parker wrote in February 1945, "This is not just another art society, nor is it intended to replace any existing art society. It is an organization formed to unite all the artists in Canada, whether member of existing societies or not, in a federation which it is hoped will become a power in the country. The Federation hopes to bridge the isolation of artists in different parts of the country, discover talent and organize regional as well as country-wide activities and to publish an art magazine to serve the interests of art and artists in the country as a whole..."Шаблон:Sfn
History
Walter Abell's journal Maritime Art became Canadian Art in 1943 when Abell moved to Ottawa to join the staff of the Art Centre of the National Gallery of Canada.Шаблон:Sfn The Federation sponsored Canadian Art, which was the only national art magazine in the 1940s.Шаблон:Sfn Canadian Art became an important vehicle for communication between artists, curators and collectors.Шаблон:Sfn In June 1944 the Federation and other national art organizations prepared a brief on cultural aspects of Canadian post-war reconstruction. This led to the formation of the Canadian Arts Council.Шаблон:Sfn The FCA was a key member of the Canadian Arts Council after it was founded in 1944.Шаблон:Sfn At first the FCA sponsored lectures and plays in addition to exhibitions and workshops. After about 1949 it began to focus on the visual arts.Шаблон:Sfn
The FCA made a major presentation to the Royal Commission on National Development in the Arts, Letters and Sciences, the Massey Commission, in Vancouver in 1949. The presentation was instrumental in forming the Canada Council, which came into being in 1957. The FCA began to phase itself out as a national organization after this as communication across Canada became easier.Шаблон:Sfn By the 1960s there was little activity at the national level, although the regional branches persisted. In British Columbia there were 600 members.Шаблон:Sfn
In 1977 Allan Edwards of the Vancouver branch, by now almost all that was left of the FCA, became president and began a drive for expansion.Шаблон:Sfn The FCA organized travelling exhibitions in British Columbia and Alberta, with some going to the east of Canada or the USA. In the 1980s the FCA began to organize annual painting seminars on Saltspring Island, which drew students from across western Canada and the USA.Шаблон:Sfn
in 2013, due to chronic underfunding from any level of government, the FCA went through another revitalization under Executive Director Patrick E. Meyer. Services were expanded as was the Federation's geographical reach. Membership numbers doubled and the organization became financially self-sufficient for the first time in its history.
Noted members
- Sid Barron (1917–2006)
- Robert Bateman (born 1930)
- André Charles Biéler (1896–1989)
- Miller Brittain (1912–1968)
- Janina Buzūnaitė-Žukaitienė (born 1955)
- Emily Carr (1871-1945)
- Charles Comfort (1900–1994)
- Albert Edward Cloutier (1902–1965)
- Rody Kenny Courtice (1891–1973)
- Graham Forsythe (1952-2012)
- A. Y. Jackson (1882-1974)
- Robert Genn (1936–2014)
- Lawren Harris (1885–1970)
- Harry Heine (1928–2004)
- Alma Duncan (1917-2004)
- A. Y. Jackson (1882–1974)
- Arthur Lismer (1885–1969)
- Frances Loring (1887–1968)
- Neil Patterson (born 1947)
- Dorothy Stevens (1888–1966)
- Roy Henry Vickers (born 1946)
References
Sources
- Шаблон:Cite web
- Шаблон:Cite book
- Шаблон:Cite book
- Шаблон:Cite web
- Шаблон:Cite book
- Шаблон:Cite journal
- Шаблон:Cite web
- Шаблон:Cite book
External links
Federation of Canadian Artists fonds at the National Gallery of Canada, Ottawa, Ontario.Шаблон:Canadian art
