S O U T H E R N A L B E R T A A R T G A L L E R Y

The SouThern AlberTA ArT GAllery foSTerS The

work of conTemporAry ArTiSTS who chAllenGe

boundArieS, encourAGeS broAd public enGAGemenT

And promoTeS AwAreneSS And explorATion of

ArTiSTic expreSSion. our work exTendS To locAl,

nATionAl And inTernATionAl communiTieS.

preSidenT’S reporT ...................... 2

execuTiVe direcTor’S reporT ...4

curATor’S reporT .........................8

exhibiTionS ....................................... 13

publicATionS ..................................26

deVelopmenT ................................ 28

liST of donorS ............................. 30

VolunTeerS .................................... 32

communiTy enGAGemenT ........34

TreASurer’S reporT ..................42

AudiTor’S reporT ........................43

finAnciAl STATemenTS .............44

Images: (cover & inside cover) Eleanor King, Stacks, 2012. Photos by David M.C. Miller and Petra Mala Miller.

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2012 was a year of celebration,

growth and development at the

Southern Alberta Art Gallery.

The year saw us mark the 35th

anniversary of Art’s Alive and Well in the Schools,

the 20th anniversary of the Art Auction and the

10th anniversary of House Tours & Tea. Attendance

at these events, as well as our exhibition openings

make it clear that SAAG is a central gathering space

for our local community. In 2012 our exhibition

openings attracted an average of 200 attendees,

our yearly visitors topped 20,000, and our core

fundraising events were sold out.

In 2012 the Board accepted the 2012 – 2014 Strategic

Plan as developed by SAAG management and staff.

We continue to focus on meeting the goals outlined

by our mandate, as demonstrated by the high

quality of our curated exhibitions, publications, and

programming, as well as the continued generosity

of our individual and corporate donors. SAAG staff

have expanded their roles with Christina Cuthbertson

taking on the position of Assistant Curator and

Danielle Tait becoming the Director of Development &

Communications. At the Board level a comprehensive

review of board governance was undertaken with the

assistance of Deloitte with a view to implementing

professional practices and procedures.

2013 will mark Executive Director Marilyn Smith’s

final year with the gallery. On behalf of the Board

of Directors I would like to thank Marilyn for her

commitment to SAAG and wish her all the best

in her retirement. Marilyn has played a pivotal

role in the growth and development of SAAG. Her

legacy is the gallery’s strong business foundation,

developed through initiatives which included the

gallery branding project, strategic planning, and

creation of the fund development position to name

a few. Under her guidance SAAG has expanded its

audience, sponsorships, and reputation. Marilyn has

been a tireless champion of the gallery, advocating

to ensure that SAAG receives the recognition and

resources it deserves. She has also been a mentor

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on behAlf of The boArd

of direcTorS i would like

To ThAnk mArilyn for her

commiTmenT To SAAG And

wiSh her All The beST in

her reTiremenT.

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to the gallery staff, helping them to develop their skills

and achieve their professional development goals. This

has allowed the Board to endorse a succession plan

which will see Ryan Doherty and Danielle Tait assume

the roles of Director/Curator and Associate Director

upon Marilyn’s retirement. Ryan’s curatorial skill, the

respect he has earned in the field of contemporary art,

and his demonstrated commitment to SAAG’s mandate

make him amply qualified to take on the position

of Director/Curator. As Director of Development &

Communications, Danielle has demonstrated her ability

to expand the gallery’s fundraising opportunities and to

secure generous new funding from both corporate and

individual donors. The Board of Directors is confident

that under their guidance the Southern Alberta Art

Gallery is well positioned to meet and exceed the goals

set out in the strategic plan.

It has been an honour for me to have been a member

of the Board of Directors of the Southern Alberta Art

Gallery for the past 6 years and serve as President of

the Board. I would like to thank Marilyn, the staff, and

my fellow board members for their commitment and

dedication to SAAG and I look forward to watching the

gallery grow and develop in the years to come.

Johnna Kubik

President

boArd of direcTorSPresident – Johnna KubikVice President – David Cocks Treasurer – Colin MillerAndrea AmelinckxCatharine BrooksCarla FerrariLeiflynn MundLyn PatersonRyan Stevenson

STAffExecutive Director – Marilyn Smith Curator – Ryan Doherty Assistant Curator – Christina CuthbertsonDirector of Development & Communications – Danielle TaitVisitor Services Manager – Naomi Sato Gallery Educator – Paige Rosner, Cristie Gray (term)Online Marketing Manager – Rod Leland (term)Weekend Attendant – Kasia Sosnowski Librarian – Elspeth NicklePart-time Support Staff – Mandy Espezel, Shannell Papp, David SmithSummer Support Staff – Katie Wallace & Myles Havinga Public Programming & Education Manager – Jennifer Prosser (to May 31)Exhibition & Event Manager – Tyler Stewart (to July 6)Curator Emerita – Joan Stebbins

Images: (left to right) An external shot of the Southern Alberta Art Gallery. Photo by Jaime Vedres Photography. | SAAG Staff: Top (L to R): Kasia Sosnowski, Marilyn Smith, Paige Rosner, Ryan Doherty, Christina Cuthbertson, Naomi Sato. Bottom (L to R): Jess Fehr, Danielle Tait. Photo by Rod Leland Photography.

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2 1 S O U T H E R N A L B E R T A A R T G A L L E R Y A N N U A L R E P O R T 2 0 1 2

In 2012 the Southern Alberta Art

Gallery continued to exhibit some of

the leading artists and work of our

time, artists who push boundaries

and push experience. Utilising a

range of media from video and installation to painting

and photography, artists explored themes as diverse

as family, fantasy, environment, history, politics

and more. At the Southern Alberta Art Gallery you’ll

discover that your interior landscape stretches as far

& wide as our Alberta skies.

In March Prefix Photo held the launch of their 24th

issue at SAAG. The issue, which highlighted current

photography practices on the prairies, featured the

work of Lethbridge artist Don Gill. In September,

Canadian Art magazine launched their Fall Issue

here as part of our Art Days celebrations. One of

the gallery’s goals is to foster a community of art

writers and to that end we invited Canadian Art

Editor Richard Rhodes to conduct our first Writer’s

Workshop. Eighteen participants spent the day with

Rhodes who discussed the elements of writing a

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review and the process to get your writing published.

This January we will announce the winner of the

SAAG’s first writing contest who will receive a week

in residency at The Banff Centre.

The Southern Alberta Art Gallery is a bridge between

artists and audiences, a container to access and

experience ideas. Education is key to building

this bridge and Articulations: Art Appreciation

Lecture Series is an important component of our

programming. This fall, art historian and University

of Lethbridge professor, Dr. Leslie Dawn led a rapt

audience through a 9-session series devoted to

presenting the principals and practices, as well as

the pleasures and problems of the visual arts from

1800 to 1970.

Images: (left to right) Executive Director Marilyn Smith addresses the crowd at the opening reception of Jon Sasaki’s Good Intentions and Dominique Rey’s Erlking. | Welcoming guests from Prefix Photo Magazine for the launch of their 24th issue. Photos by Rod Leland Photography.

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We provide experiences that enhance the quality

of lives. As a case in point, our Art & Culture Tours

offer first hand encounters with some of the western

world’s most iconic artworks. The site for our 3rd

Art & Culture Tour was Chicago where we spent a

week exploring the riches of art and architecture

the other Windy City has to offer. We look forward

to traveling to Venice in June to see the Venice

Biennale and Canada’s presenting artist, SAAG

Alumna Shary Boyle.

2012 was a year of anniversaries and milestones.

One of the highlights was the 35th anniversary of

Art’s Alive and Well in the Schools. The hundreds of

young artists present, together with their sisters and

brothers, parents, grandparents, aunts and uncles,

took part in some family art-making projects and had

their pictures taken in the Mother’s Day photo booth.

Our two major fundraising events, the House Tours

and Tea and the Art Auction both reached significant

milestones. The sold-out 10th annual House Tours

enjoyed one of southern Alberta’s spectacular sun-

filled summer days, without the other trademark of

this area – the wind! The Art Auction experienced

a capacity crowd and the art on the block reached

some of the highest prices we have seen to date.

Both events attracted record sponsorships and

attendance. For 20 years auctioneer Doug Levis of

Calgary’s Levis Fine Art Auctions has donated his

time and expertise to the gallery. We were pleased to

recognize his contribution at the event.

In anticipation of the Auction anniversary we

decided to explore the impact it has had in our

community and asked local collectors if we could

exhibit some of the work they had acquired over

the years in Another Look: Twenty Years of the Art

Auction. It was a humbling experience as we visited

homes and offices to select work for the show and

saw how profoundly the Auction affected people

in their everyday lives. Over its 20-year history

the Auction has influenced the experience and

awareness of contemporary art throughout our

community. We are grateful to the artists who have

been so generous in their support of this event.

The SAAG continues to seek ways to diversify our

revenue and broaden our audience. To that end we

introduced a new fundraiser this year. The Craft

Beer Festival was a resounding success, bringing

many new people to the gallery. Everyone left

looking forward to the next event in the coming fall.

We continue to diversify our revenues, in the past

fiscal year our earned revenue was in excess

of 40%, a percentage that would be the envy of

most galleries across the country. Funding from

public bodies remains strong and we were very

pleased to receive a more than 20% increase

from the Alberta Foundation for the Arts. This

is particularly rewarding as it reflects the hard

work of the SAAG staff and board in increasing

the gallery’s earned revenue and recognizes the

generosity of our community. That, together with

funding from the Canada Council for the Arts and

the City of Lethbridge, ensures that the gallery is

able to meet its mandate and obligations to our

audience at home. While our profile nationally and

internationally continues to grow, our attendance

exceeded 20,000 in 2012 and according to the

City of Lethbridge’s recent Recreation and Culture

Master Plan, SAAG is one of the most attended of

any of the City’s arts venues.

while our profile nATionAlly

And inTernATionAlly

conTinueS To Grow, our

ATTendAnce exceeded 20,000

in 2012 And AccordinG To The

ciTy of leThbridGe’S recenT

recreATion And culTure

mASTer plAn, SAAG iS one of

The moST ATTended of Any of

The ciTy’S ArTS VenueS.

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In the last few years SAAG has attracted

sponsorships from some of Canada’s national

corporations. TD Canada Trust, Sun Life Financial,

Pratt & Whitney Canada each generously support

our education programs. This fall the RBC

Foundation announced a major contribution toward

the production of a catalogue on the work of Jason

de Haan, a runner-up for the 2012 Sobey Art Award.

De Haan was nominated to represent the Prairies

and the North by SAAG Curator and Sobey jurist

Ryan Doherty. Doherty was invited to participate

in this role for the second time as part of the 10th

anniversary of Canada’s largest art award for artists

under 40. SAAG artist alumna Raphaëlle de Groot is

the 2012 winner; de Groot will return to SAAG in the

spring of 2014 with the continuously evolving project

that debuted here, The Burden of Objects.

2012 was packed with wonderful exhibitions, events

and programs and we look forward to more of the

same in the coming year. Thank you to the artists,

members, gallery goers, donors, and sponsors who

continue to show their love for SAAG.

I would like to take this opportunity to thank

the many people who have devoted their time

and expertise to make SAAG the outstanding

institution that it is. We owe a debt of gratitude

to the Board members who have offered their

guidance and commitment over the years. After

completing two full terms Board members Andrea

Amelinckx, Lyn Paterson, Treasurer Colin Miller

and President Johnna Kubik are stepping down.

Each has been devoted to furthering our interests

by their involvement on fundraising committees,

volunteering for events, offering professional

guidance and representing the gallery to the

community. I would particularly like to thank Johnna

Kubik for the tremendous support she has shown me

over the course of the past few years.

Each member of the SAAG staff contributes their

unique strengths and talents to the diverse array

of activities in which the gallery is engaged. From

exhibition and catalogue development, through

community relations, communications, fundraising,

education and more, the myriad of details requiring

the skills and commitment of this remarkable group

is evident. In renewing the gallery’s strategic plan

and measuring our many successes one can only

be amazed at the achievements of Team SAAG. The

Southern Alberta Art Gallery is a national model for

the excellent small gallery.

It is with a mixture of sadness and pride that I make

this submission, the last I contribute to an Annual

Report for the Southern Alberta Art Gallery, as I will

retire from my position in mid July. Building on the

vision of former Directors, Boards and staff, I am

proud to have contributed to the gallery’s legacy of

excellence in cultural programming, our devotion

to contemporary artists and their practice, and our

commitment to engaging the communities in which

we live and work. I have every faith that the SAAG

team lead by Ryan Doherty will take the gallery

forward with a continued dedication and enthusiasm

for realizing our mandate through creative and

innovative means that reflect the perspectives of the

world around us.

Marilyn Smith

Executive Director

i Am proud To hAVe

conTribuTed To The

GAllery’S leGAcy of

excellence in culTurAl

proGrAmminG, our deVoTion

To conTemporAry ArTiSTS

And Their prAcTice, And our

commiTmenT To enGAGinG

The communiTieS in which

we liVe And work.

2 0 1 2 A n n u A l r e p o r T 7

As the Southern Alberta Art

Gallery enters into its 37th year of

programming we take great pride

in the capacity of this organization

and its supporting communities to

continuously raise the bar. The diversity and rigor

of the exhibition programming is celebrated broadly

and is matched with educational initiatives and

community actions that extend our reach beyond

these walls – locally, nationally and internationally.

This could not have been accomplished without

the vision and foresight of this community and an

insistence upon developing and supporting a gallery

intended to foster the work of contemporary artists

who challenge boundaries, encourage broad public

engagement and promote awareness and exploration

of artistic expression.

The first exhibitions of 2012 – Dominique Rey’s

Erlking and Jon Sasaki’s Good Intentions – started

the year off with great acclaim. Rey is well known for

having been the Visual Arts Ambassador for Winnipeg

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as the 2010 Cultural Capital of Canada and for her

celebrated practice as an artist and performer (Rey is

a co-founder of the Abzurds performance collective).

Exhibiting the work produced during her Masters

degree in Berlin, Erlking is a collection of photographs

and a video featuring Rey taking on a host of

personas from a masked temptress drawing you in,

to a wild-eyed, bearded man seemingly stuck in an

eternal performance of pratfalls. Absurd, grotesque,

titillating and beguiling, Rey’s expressions of selfhood

offer a compelling strategy for celebrating alterity

and serve as a metaphor of the vast continuum of

potentialities contained within each of us. A major

catalogue produced in collaboration with Gallery 1C03

at the University of Winnipeg serves as an exceptional

document of the exhibition and features essays by

National Gallery of Canada Curator, Josée Drouin-

Brisebois and Leon Bernard Johnson.

Images: (left to right) Kristan Horton, Richard Rhodes, Ryan Doherty, and Marilyn Smith at the reception of Horton’s One For Yourself. | Introducing artists Kristan Horton and Jason de Haan during the opening reception of their exhibitions. Photos by Jaime Vedres Photography.

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Whereas Rey’s performed characters considered a

very personal and introspective investigation of the

self, Jon Sasaki’s exhibition Good Intentions looked

more to the shared experiences and understanding

of humanity from a more generic position. In a short-

sleeved white shirt and black pants, Sasaki performs

mundane and often redundant tasks in the role of

the ‘everyman’. Utilizing video, objects, performance

and installation, Jon Sasaki’s work takes cynicism,

futility and tragedy as starting points, countering

the thematic heaviness with dry, comic delivery.

He investigates an eternal optimism that, while

endearing and charming, is filled with the trappings

of failure. Good Intentions was part of a nationally

touring exhibition with an extraordinary seven

venues coast-to-coast and included an exhibition

catalogue co-produced by SAAG, that accompanied

the show.

The notion of the persona found in Rey and Sasaki’s

work was the beginning of a larger curatorial

research project considering artists that used

themselves in their work often as a representational,

fictionalized or abstracted version of themselves.

In June SAAG launched two exhibitions, Milutin

Gubash’s Remote Viewing: True Stories and Marcus

Coates’ Stories from the Lower World which along

with the September opening of Kristan Horton’s One

For Yourself all looked intensively at their individual

practices and the thematic of personas. Moreover,

these artists used themselves to consider the idea

of performing roles – the every man, the family

man, the fall guy, the marginalized self, the shaman

and others. Following this same line of inquiry,

future exhibitions will add new dimensions to this

discourse suggesting aspects related to masculine

conventions and pop culture protagonists.

Thematic arcs in SAAG’s programming are often

driven by the specificities of a place – be it a

building, a community, or a region, which is further

enriched through its history, its publics, its politics

and more. The site specificity of our galleries is

often a driving factor in our curatorial program and

with two distinct spaces the exhibitions must be

developed with sensitivity. The main floor gallery is

our largest space, and with high ceilings, polished

concrete floors and almost uninterrupted walls, it

functions effectively as a ‘white cube’ environment

championed during the height of Modernism.

Large scale wall works, installations and video

projections are well-suited to this space as recent

exhibitions such as Charles Stankievech’s Over the

Rainbow, Under the Radar (March 2012), can attest.

This exhibition brought together two of his most

ambitious projects to date – Ghost Rockets World

Tour and DEW Project – displaying wall-sized, high

definition videos and an enormous glowing geodesic

dome. Audio components were equally bombastic

including radio transmissions of water flowing

under the Klondike River and rock songs such as

Pink Floyd’s Dark Side of the Moon thundering

through Marshall amps. Collapsing Cold War politics,

architecture and aesthetics with societal imaginings

of the barren tundra of the high arctic, Stankievech

contextualizes his work in the supposed neutrality of

the white cube while making the unassuming viewer

complicit in its very real implications.

Similarly geared toward a dialogue with the

architectural context of the main gallery space,

Lyla Rye’s exhibition Cyclorama (December 2012)

contained a series of ‘pop-up’ tarpaulin rooms

that draw upon notions of spatial memory and

the transitory nature of stage sets. At certain

ThemATic ArcS in SAAG’S

proGrAmminG Are ofTen

driVen by The SpecificiTieS

of A plAce – be iT A buildinG,

A communiTy, or A reGion,

which iS furTher enriched

ThrouGh iTS hiSTory,

iTS publicS, iTS poliTicS

And more.

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points these rooms lead to video installations

deconstructing the cinematic space at play in

the films of Buster Keaton. In light of the current

re-emergence of 3D film and the integration

of video screens into architecture, Rye’s work

is a timely investigation, urging us to consider

our physical relationship to film and movement

through constructed space whether architectural

or imaginary. It should be noted that the tarpaulin

structures will call to mind the installation Swarm,

a recent architectural appendage to the gallery

created by Lancelot Coar last winter. Relationships

like this are frequently emphasized, encouraging our

visitors to consider an artist’s practice beyond just

a single work, juxtaposition or exhibition and make

connections to the other artworks and experiences.

The SAAG’s upper gallery demands a different

curatorial approach. The short walls, vaulted ceiling,

clerestory windows and warm wooden floors reveal

the gallery’s more historic character and provides a

layer of content that must be considered. Exhibitions

such as Chris Kline’s Bright Limits (March 2012)

or Jason de Haan’s Nowhere Bodily is Everywhere

Ghostly (Sept 2012) are distinctly suited to the

space. Kline’s quiet, subtle paintings often reveal the

stretcher upon which it was constructed appearing

through the translucent canvas like a shadow. The

paintings are immersed in the natural light of the

upper gallery, their tones discreetly shifting as the

day passes, while the stretcher bars are echoed in

the mullions of the windows. For Jason de Haan’s

exhibition, the sense of the past is palpable. His

work is one of mythologies, fantastic narratives and

faded memories and the history of the upper gallery

as a former library lends a haunting undertone to the

work. Moreover, de Haan’s interest in the collision

between natural and manmade systems is extended

by the view of the trees in Galt Gardens interrupted

by an actual Hawthorne tree de Haan installed

inside the space.

From the site specificity of our galleries, SAAG is

similarly invested in responding to and engaging with

the specificities of our local communities through

social, political, economic, or ecological lenses.

Opening in December, Eleanor King’s Stacks was

made on-site and in direct response to the aesthetic

and economic structures of agriculture in the region,

particularly the impact of irrigation and the complex

patterns apparent from an aerial perspective of

the cultivated land. King created an enormous

hand painted mural that spanned the walls of the

upper gallery featuring long rows of rectangles and

circles that shifted in size and orientation, flickering

through a paint palette that included Canadian Sky,

Fossil Grey and Fencepost. At the same time, King

referenced our province’s history with extraction and

our dependence on it to satisfy our consumer-driven

lifestyles with a sculpture comprised of speakers,

VCRs, amplifiers, record players and other electronic

detritus, now obsolete, amassed in the shape of 108

cubic foot ‘stack’ – the historic measurement for

units of coal.

SAAG is committed to working collaboratively with

other institutions and organizations. While easing

financial burdens by sharing expenses on exhibition

projects, these partnerships are yet another avenue

to share alternative perspectives, emerging talents

from other regions, and consider new models of

exhibition making. Instead of working to install

an exhibition originally devised in the context of

another institution, SAAG has recently explored

arrangements where each venue curates their own

version of the show, often drawing on different

works more suitable to that gallery. The resulting

projects are thus more architecturally and context

sensitive but also offer multiple perspectives

generating new responses and new conversations

around the work. Milutin Gubash’s exhibition Remote

Viewing: True Stories (June 2012) is an example of

this model with five separate venues considering the

last ten years of his work and each focusing on a

different aspect of his practice. For example, SAAG

examined his use of media and the sit-com format,

while Carleton University Art Gallery considered

his use of family members in his work. The list of

institutions we have worked with continues to grow

and recent partners include the Art Gallery of Nova

Scotia, the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, Rodman

Hall, Musée d’art de Joliette, Carleton University Art

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Gallery, Doris McCarthy Art Gallery, Kenderdine Art

Gallery, MacLaren Art Centre, Prairie Art Gallery,

Dunlap Art Gallery, Oakville Art Gallery, Gallery

1C03 (University of Winnipeg), Foreman Art Gallery

(Bishops University) and the Visual Art Centre of

Clarington among others. These relationships ensure

that SAAG is an integral player among Canada’s

leading art galleries.

One of the most important benefits of these multi-

institutional partnerships is the shared commitment

to producing publications – one of SAAG’s most

important avenues for providing exposure for

our exhibiting artists. Working with a host of

designers and in particular Dana Woodward, a local

professional who handles much of the gallery’s

design needs, SAAG consistently puts out artist

monographs, exhibition catalogues and artist

books of the highest caliber. Recently released

publications include Gareth Long’s Never Odd Or

Even, Dominique Rey’s Erlking/Pilgrims, and Kelly

Richardson’s The Last Frontier (the largest and

most ambitious book SAAG has done to date), an

innovative artist book by Charles Stankievech, and

comprehensive monograph on the work of Kristan

Horton. In addition we were very excited when

the RBC Foundation came forward to help SAAG

foster the work of Jason de Haan with a $20,000

contribution to the production of a monograph and

local awareness of his emerging practice.

The exhibitions on view at SAAG this last year

offered a wide range of experiences and were

intended to generate some new perspectives

through which to see the world and our place in it.

The research to develop these projects requires,

in part, opportunities to travel, network, conduct

studio visits, and visit galleries. In 2012, trips to

Toronto, New York, Halifax, Winnipeg, Calgary and

Edmonton were productive occasions to experience

in-person a broad spectrum of work being produced

regionally, nationally and internationally. One avenue

that proved to be an invaluable means for exposure

to art across the country was serving again as a

juror for the Sobey Art Award. With a long list of 25

artists who are to some extent the leading voices

of emerging contemporary art in Canada, I was

privileged to discuss their practices at length with

four distinguished curators: David Liss (Museum

of Contemporary Canadian Art), Bruce Grenville

(Vancouver Art Gallery), Louise Dery (University

of Quebec) and David Diviney (Art Gallery of Nova

Scotia). Happily, of the five shortlisted artists, four

are SAAG alums: Jason de Haan, Eleanor King,

Derek Sullivan, and the 2012 winner of the Sobey Art

Award, Raphaëlle de Groot.

It is an enormous pleasure to develop programming

for the SAAG and for those who support our

endeavor to foster a dynamic, refined and committed

relationship to contemporary art. 2012 was indeed

another banner year with engaging exhibitions

of artists that are truly pushing the boundaries

of their discourse. It must be said, however, that

2013 is looking to be an equally dynamic year with

diverse and challenging programming ranging

from locally invested projects dealing with urban

contexts and ecological realities to international

initiatives contemplating data, information and the

construction of meaning in the age of the digital.

Stay tuned.

Ryan Doherty

Curator

The exhibiTionS on View

AT SAAG ThiS lAST yeAr

offered A wide rAnGe of

experienceS And were

inTended To GenerATe Some

new perSpecTiVeS ThrouGh

which To See The world And

our plAce in iT.

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dominiQue rey ........................... 14

Jon SASAki .................................. 15

lAnceloT coAr ........................ 16

chriS kline ................................. 17

chArleS STAnkieVech .......... 18

AnoTher look .......................... 19

miluTin GubASh ......................20

mArcuS coATeS ....................... 21

kriSTAn horTon ......................22

JASon de hAAn ........................23

eleAnor kinG ...........................24

lylA rye ......................................25

Image: Jason de Haan, Nowhere Bodily Is Everywhere Ghostly. Photo by David M.C. Miller and Petra Mala Miller.

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Winnipeg artist, Dominique Rey,

brought together two bodies of

recent work in her exhibition at

SAAG. In her photographic series,

Erlking, Rey took on a host of

personas from the masked temptress drawing you in,

to the wild-eyed, bearded man seemingly stuck in an

eternal performance of pratfalls. Absurd, grotesque,

titillating and beguiling, Rey’s expressions

of selfhood offered a compelling strategy for

investigating and celebrating otherness. Similarly,

Rey’s Pilgrims, “explore notions of the ‘unbeautiful’

and how the unbeautiful becomes permissible, and

even desirable, under the guise of performance and

public display.” On one hand, there is liberation in

the act of masking and performance that can allow

for self-transformation; on the other hand, as one

might infer from Erlking, sometimes you need to

strip away the veils to let oneself be truly free.

A catalogue featuring these two bodies of work was

produced in collaboration with Gallery 1C03.

Erlking

January 14 to March 4, 2012

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Utilizing video, objects, performance

and installation, Jon Sasaki’s work

takes cynicism, futility and tragedy

as starting points, countering

the thematic heaviness with dry,

comic delivery. He investigates an eternal optimism

that, while endearing and charming, is filled with the

trappings of failure. Good Intentions was organized

by the Doris McCarthy Gallery in partnership with the

Southern Alberta Art Gallery, Kenderdine Art Gallery,

Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, MacLaren Art Centre,

Dunlop Art Gallery and Prairie Art Gallery.

A catalogue featuring much of Sasaki’s

practice was produced in collaboration with

the partnering institutions.

Good Intentions

January 14 to March 4, 2012

Images: (left to right) Gallery attendees check out Dominique Rey’s work at the opening reception of her exhibition, Erlking. Photo by Rod Leland Photography. | Jon Sasaki, Good Intentions, 2012. Photo by David M.C. Miller and Petra Mala Miller.

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Architect Frei Otto famously

proposed that all structures in

the natural world are formed by

“pressures” both physical and

cultural. In Swarm the creative

pressures that are contained in, and flow through,

the Southern Alberta Art Gallery were captured and

contained in a fabric and rope tensile

structure extending into the park on the north face

of the gallery. At night, coloured lights projected

from various points within the gallery walls,

created shifting shadows of gallery visitors to

the park beyond.

Swarm

January 14 to March 4, 2012

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The work of Montreal-based

artist Chris Kline reflects on the

history of painting—modernist

abstraction, in particular—while

offering a unique take on the

medium’s formal and material vocabulary. Whether

stretching chromatic variations of delicate fabric

over a wooden support or painting nominal bands

of nuanced colour on translucent poplin, Kline’s

works are consistently pared down to an economical

visual language, foregrounding the materiality and

underlying structure of each work. Bright Limit was

organized by Oakville Galleries with the Southern

Alberta Art Gallery.

Bright Limit

March 10 to April 29, 2012

Images: (left to right) Swarm, Lancelot Coar’s site-specific installation which extended into the park on the north face of the gallery. | Gallery attendees check out Chris Kline’s paintings during his exhibition Bright Limit. Photos by Rod Leland Photography.

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Charles Stankievech is an artist

who creates ‘fieldworks’: a

spatial practice that combines

researching, aesthetic

experiments, curating, pedagogy

and writing in which he reveals latent histories while

questioning conventional boundaries. Two of his

most significant new works, DEW Project and Ghost

Rockets World Tour, were brought together for this

exhibition employing videos, sculpture and artifacts

to comment on the intersection of military influence

and the history of communications.

A catalogue examining these works is in production

with the Foreman Art Gallery, Bishop’s University.

Over the Rainbow, Under the Radar

March 10 to April 29, 2012

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Another Look was an occasion to reflect on 20 years

of contemporary art collecting in southern Alberta.

Through SAAG’s annual Art Auction, our community

has had the opportunity to acquire contemporary

artworks not otherwise available in our small

prairie city. Some of our long-term supporters have

amassed impressive collections almost entirely

through this event. It was our intention to celebrate

the artists and collectors who have contributed to

the success of the Art Auction and who have helped

us engage our community in contemporary art of the

highest caliber.

Another Look:

May 6 to June 10, 2012

Images: (left to right) Charles Stankievech’s work during the opening reception of his exhibition Over the Rainbow, Under the Radar. Photo by Rod Leland Photography. | Another Look: 20 Years of the Art Auction, 2012. Photo by Christina Cuthbertson.

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This exhibition was part of a

collective effort with four other

arts organizations to examine

the last ten years of Gubash’s

practice. Each curator worked with

a particular focus, be it Gubash’s sustained use of

family and friends, or in SAAG’s case, his adoption

and adaptation of the sitcom and other media

formats. Remote Viewing: True Stories was part of

a ten-year survey exhibition presented by Rodman

Hall Art Centre (St. Catharine’s ON), Carleton

University Art Gallery (Ottawa ON), Kitchener-

Waterloo Art Gallery (Kitchener ON), Southern

Alberta Art Gallery (Lethbridge AB), and the Musée

d’art de Joliette (Joliette QC).

A catalogue surveying Gubash’s practice is currently in

production, co-produced by the partnering institutions.

Remote Viewing: True Stories

June 22 to September 9, 2012

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Stories from the Lower World

featured three of Coates’ most

significant works to date: Journey

to the Lower World, The Plover’s

Wing and Kamikuchi. Each

film featured the artist as shaman, who with an

earnestness to lend a hand, addresses problems

that move from eviction and illegal bicycle parking

to the politics of the Israeli/Palestinian crisis. His

work is revealed as a serious endeavour reflecting

on humanity and our ontological conventions as

they surface through our connection with others

(animals).

Coates was a participant in SAAG’s Intersection

International Residency program at the Gushul

Studio in Blairmore, where he produced a new

work, Turtle Mountain.

Stories from the Lower World

June 22 to September 9, 2012

Images: (left to right) Milutin Gubash, Remote Viewing: True Stories, 2012. Photo by David M.C. Miller and Petra Mala Miller. | Marcus Coates, Journey to the Lower World (Preparation), 2004. Photo by Nick David, courtesy of the Artist and Kate MacGarry, London and Workplace Gallery, UK.

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One For Yourself brought together

for the first time Horton’s newest

body of work, a selection from his

informally dubbed ‘Sligo Heads’

– portraits eponymously named

after the city in Ireland where they were conceived.

In them, he approaches the photographic portrait

as it collides with digital manipulation and painterly

process. Features are blurred, streaked, disfigured

and exaggerated as though the subject is no longer

fixed within the singular photographic moment

but rather surfaces continually over time. At once

disturbing and graphic, Horton’s images remain

irresistibly beautiful recalling precedents from

Bacon to Duchamp-Villon.

This exhibition was a complement to the survey

exhibition of Horton’s work produced by the MacLaren

Art Centre with whom SAAG will co-produce the most

significant monograph to date of the artist’s work.

One For Yourself

September 29 to November 25, 2012

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The work of Jason de Haan exists

at the collision of precarity and

unpredictability, approached with a

sense of time wrapped in memory,

mythology, fantasy and romance.

His works seem as though they

were rediscovered in some dusty attic or arcane

museum collection - quiet gestures forgotten long

ago – yet from a past that dreamed of a distant future

still unrealized. For his exhibition at SAAG, de Haan

brought together over 10 years of his artistic output.

With support from The RBC Foundation, a catalogue

surveying de Haan’s practice is currently in

production in collaboration with the Art Gallery of

Nova Scotia and the Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery.

Nowhere Bodily Is Everywhere Ghostly

September 29 to November 25, 2012

Images: (left to right) The ‘Sligo Heads’ from Kristan Horton’s, One For Yourself, 2012. Photo by David M.C. Miller and Petra Mala Miller. | Jason de Haan, Pie Powder, 2008–2010. Photo by Jaime Vedres Photography.

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For Stacks, King took inspiration

from the space of the gallery

itself and the surrounding area of

Lethbridge. Working in situ, her

exhibition drew from the history

of the place, be it the lingering ghosts of the former

library, the coal mining industry or the impact of

irrigation. The history of extraction looms large in

the region, the impact felt far beyond the rise and

fall of economies to include the very shape of the

land itself, and King addressed the unsustainability

intrinsic to extracting coal, water, oil and other

resources. Pointing to the convolutions at play, an

enormous mural spanned the walls of the upper

gallery evoking the aerial perspective of the region’s

agricultural mosaic.

Stacks

December 7, 2012 to January 27, 2013

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In Cyclorama, Lyla Rye offered

a series of still images, single

channel videos, and mixed

media installations that look

to the theatrical curtain as a

device to conflate illusion and

reality, dreaming and wakefulness, audience and

participant. Between the “cyclorama”, typically a

concave curtain at the rear and the front curtains

framing the scene, the stage becomes a liminal

zone between everyday life and the imaginary world

of the play.

Cyclorama

December 7, 2012 to January 27, 2013

Images: (left to right) Eleanor King, Stacks, 2012. Photo by David M.C. Miller and Petra Mala Miller. | Attendees young and old enjoy wandering through Lyla Rye’s exhibition Cyclorama. Photo by Rod Leland Photography.

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As an institution geographically isolated from the

larger arena of contemporary art, publications are

an opportunity to connect our artists and exhibitions

with important writers, theorists, critics and curators

from Canada and abroad. For a recent publication on

Winnipeg artist Dominique Rey, we were delighted to

include an essay by Josée Drouin-Brisebois, Curator

of Contemporary Art at the National Gallery of

Canada. In 2012 we initiated a partnership with the

RBC Foundation to support the artistic development

and production of a major publication on Calgary

artist Jason de Haan. As one of the shortlisted

artists for the 2012 Sobey Art Award, we’re excited

to work with partnering institutions, Kitchener-

Waterloo Art Gallery and Art Gallery of Nova Scotia,

to highlight the work of this rising talent. Scheduled

for completion in 2013, this publication will include

essays by Canadian Art Editor, Richard Rhodes

among others.

With over 150 publications under our belt,

SAAG’s publishing program is vital in fostering the

work of contemporary artists. ABC Artbooks

Canada continues to distribute SAAG publications at

www.abcartbooks.ca. Publications are also available

for purchase in The Shop at SAAG. Our 2012

catalogues include:

Marie-Josée Laframboise: Network Installations

Contributors: Eve-Lyne Beaudry, Andrea Fatona,

Joan Stebbins & Marie-Josée Laframboise

Artist Marie-Josée Laframboise departs from

traditional notions of cartography by constructing

original environments out of preexisting spaces.

These mixed-media sculptures draw attention to

the elasticity of seemingly rigid architectural and

geographical boundaries. Merging her interests in

mathematics, architecture and drawing, she subverts

our preconceived notions of space (and place) and

the ways in which the collective movement of our

eArly in our hiSTory, SAAG

beGAn An inTenSe publiShinG

proGrAm, which conTinueS To

ThriVe To ThiS dAy. AnnuAlly

SAAG publiSheS up To Six

monoGrAphS, SeVerAl of

which hAVe won nATionAl And

inTernATionAl deSiGn AwArdS.

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bodies negotiate territory. Collaboratively produced

by three institutions, this first monograph on the work

of the artist contains two essays and an interview.

Marie-Josée Laframboise has exhibited nationally

and internationally most recently at The Musée d’art

moderne et d’art contemporain de Nice. In English

and French.

Gareth Long: Never Odd Or Even

Contributors: Frances Loeffler, Kevin Killian,

Maria Fusco, Erika Balsom, Simon Critchley

and Gareth Long

Design: We Have Photoshop

Never Odd Or Even documents two bodies of work,

Untitled (Stories) and Bouvard and Pécuchet’s

Invented Desk for Copying, by New York-based artist

Gareth Long. At the heart of both lies a fascination

with books as uniquely flexible vehicles of meaning,

as complex compendia to be read, re-read and

mis-read. The authors: Simon Critchley is chair of

philosophy at New York’s New School for Social

Research. Maria Fusco is Director of Art Writing at

Goldsmiths, University of London. Kevin Killian is

a poet and playwright. Erika Balsom is professor of

film studies at Carleton University. Frances Loeffler

is an independent curator and Projects Curator for

the Liverpool Biennial.

Dominique Rey: Erlking/Pilgrims

Essays: Josée Drouin-Brisebois and

Leon Bernard Johnson

Design: Dana Woodward, Three Legged Dog Design

Dominique Rey is a photographer, painter, and

performance artist whose work is marked by a

fascination with the marginal figure. This publication

documents two series, Erlking and Pilgrims, which

were highlighted in an exhibition at SAAG from

January 14 to March 4, 2012. This striking hardcover

book includes essays by Leon Bernard Johnson and

Josée Drouin-Brisebois, Curator of Contemporary Art

at the National Gallery of Canada and is co-produced

with Gallery 1C03 at the University of Winnipeg.

Forthcoming publications on artists Jason de Haan,

Kristan Horton, Kelly Richardson, and Charles

Stankievech, as well as exhibition catalogues on

Common Ground and On Your Marks will be

released in 2013.

Images: (left to right) A gallery attendee peruses one of SAAG’s many publications. Photo by Rod Leland Photography. | Marie-Josée Laframboise, Points d’inflexion et de rebroussement 2, 2008. Photo by David M.C. Miller and Petra Mala Miller. | Gareth Long, Never Odd Or Even, 2011. Photo by David M.C. Miller and Petra Mala Miller. | Dominique Rey, Erlking, 2012. Photo by David M.C. Miller and Petra Mala Miller.

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2012 was an exciting year for the

Southern Alberta Art Gallery, and

marked numerous milestones for

the development program. We

saw remarkable support from

individuals, the corporate community, and local,

provincial, and national funding bodies.

Individuals are an important component in our

development initiatives, as they support the gallery

through membership, donations, and volunteering.

Following major growth over the past couple of

years, we’ve been able to maintain our membership

levels, and finished out the year with 710 members

– a 130% increase since 2009. It is now easier than

ever to donate to the gallery, and we were excited to

launch an online giving program in early 2012.

Initiatives such as Facility Rentals and Art &

Culture Tours continue to be a great way to foster

relationships with people in our community and

diversify our revenue sources. Community groups

are eager to book meetings and host receptions in

our beautiful spaces, and we are fortunate to have

long-standing rental agreements with groups such

as Lethbridge Fashion Week and New West Theatre.

For our third annual Art & Culture Tour in May, SAAG

led 16 people on a tour of Chicago, where we spent a

week exploring the riches of art and architecture the

other Windy City has to offer.

Our two major fundraising events, House Tours

& Tea and Art Auction, both reached significant

milestones in 2012. The 10th annual House Tours &

Tea enjoyed one of southern Alberta’s spectacular

sun-filled summer days. The 20th annual Art

Auction experienced a capacity crowd and the art

on the block reached some of the highest prices

we have seen to date. Both events attracted record

sponsorships and attendance. 2012 also saw the

introduction of a new fundraiser, the Craft Beer

Festival, a sold out event in October that brought

many new people to the gallery. We’re looking

forward to our second annual event in 2013!

Support from the corporate sector has always been

important to the gallery, and 2012 was a record

year, bringing in over $180,000 of financial and

in-kind support from local and national partners.

We maintain multi-year partnerships with national

organizations, including TD Canada Trust and

Sun Life Financial. In 2012 the RBC Foundation

contributed $20,000 toward the production of a

monograph on the work of artist Jason de Haan

– the most significant donation the gallery has

received to date in support of this aspect of our

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work. More than 100 organizations support a

variety of initiatives including public programs,

special events and fundraisers, and exhibition

opening receptions.

The Southern Alberta Art Gallery saw numerous

successes when it came to funding applications

and received support from a wide variety of

organizations and initiatives.

At the 2011 Western Sponsorship Congress SAAG

was awarded 10 hours of consulting services from

Brent Barootes, President of The Partnership

Group – Sponsorship Specialists, one of Canada’s

leading sponsorship property service companies.

In the summer of 2012 Executive Director Marilyn

Smith and I spent two days with Brent, who offered

valuable insights into options for growing SAAG

sponsorship initiatives. At the 2012 Congress, I was

invited to participate in an interactive panel session

– The Five Minute Pitch. As one of five sellers, I

had five minutes to pitch partnership programs to

five different buyers, who each had a mock budget

of $100,000. It was a valuable opportunity to talk

about SAAG programs with representatives from

companies such as Best Buy, Mr. Lube, IBM, and

RBC, and make connections with other conference

attendees, and I look forward to fostering these

relationships in the coming months.

After an exciting year we look forward to the plans

that are in place for 2013 and the continuous growth

and expansion of the development program.

We would like to thank all of the individuals,

organizations, and public funding bodies who

supported the gallery in the past year.

A complete list of SAAG supporters can be

found on the following two pages.

Danielle Tait

Director of Development & Communications

SupporT from The corporATe

SecTor hAS AlwAyS been

imporTAnT To The GAllery,

And 2012 wAS A record yeAr,

brinGinG in oVer $180,000

of finAnciAl And in-kind

SupporT from locAl And

nATionAl pArTnerS.

Images: (left to right) Our 3rd annual Art & Culture Tour took 16 travelers to the other Windy City – Chicago. The group is seen here enjoying the view from the Signature Room at the 95th in the John Hancock Center. Photo by Danielle Tait. | Our first annual Craft Beer Festival was a smashing success. Photo by Rod Leland Photography.

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indiViduAlSFriends Circle $46 – 249Lise & Palmer AchesonTrevor AlexanderAndrea Amelinckx & Rene IvesErik AmelinckxRegis AmelinckxJoseph AndersonShirley AndersonCourtney AtkinsonRay BainboroughDonna BarrettDorothy BeckelBlair BrennanCatharine BrooksPenny CochlanPat ConwayBarbara DaviesBerend DavisBetty DeCeccoJulie Ann DererJackie & Ryan DohertyKelsey DrozdowskiAnne DubordDr. Harold ElkeDonna FarkasJarret FowlerBarb & Greg GoodmanLesley HathornMyles HavingaTracy HembroffRalph HimslLorita & Akira IchikawaHester JiskootJaime JohnstonTerrah JongIvka KadezabekLisa & Larry KonopskiJean KubikCheryl LeSergentBarb LockhartGareth LongKimberly MairKevin McBeathCecile McClearyTracy McNabJackie McNamara

Laura & Colin MillerPaddi MillsPeter MuellerStuart MuellerTroy NickleDoreen OakesShannon PreusArianna RichardsonScott RogersNaomi Sato & David FarstadJean SheppardElizabeth SongerKasia SosnowskiMichael StinglLea & Mark SwitzerCarole & George VirtueKatherine WasiakJoanne & Greg WeadickKathryn & Ron Yoshida

Curator’s Circle $250 – 499Karen & Troy BasarabMarion & Barrie BroughtonJennifer DavisDr. Leslie DawnMarianne GerlingerTanya GillMarilyn & Vaughan HembroffDawn LeiteKyla MallettAnnie MartinMagdelena & Dario MilojevicJonathon ParkHenriette PlasJanice RahnDominique ReyRob SakamotoJeffrey SpaldingTyler StewartDonna & Bruce TaitKaren & Dan WestwoodJohn WillMary Shannon WillCarol Williams

Director’s Circle $500 – 999Carol & Jeffrey AndersonSimon AtkinsonSigga Bjorg SigurdardottirMichael CampbellJeffrey Coffman & Sylvia OishiChristina Cuthbertson & Dana WoodwardDagmar DahleBreanne DayAmy DodicMandy EspezelCarla FerrariDenton FredricksonDon GillKaren & Rob GunnOlive GreenPeter GreenNicole HembroffBev & Al HosackM.N. HutchinsonCecily KenwoodDale KetchesonChris KlineDr. Gary KrivyJohnna Kubik & Doug McCallumDiana & Ike LanierKathy & Ken LewisHeather Macdonald- SorochanJennifer MacLachlanPetra Mala MillerDavid Cocks & Karla Mather-CocksAlexander McKayEric MetcalfeDavid MillerCatherine RossChes SkinnerJennifer & Dean SpriddleCharles StankievechGord TaitJody Tait

Cory ThibertCara VarzariBekk Wells

President’s Circle $1000 – 2499Chris CranJane CraneBarb & Jim CunninghamCheryl DickLeanne Elias & Glen MacKinnonTrudy & Brad HembroffGordon & Elizabeth Jong Mary KavanaghMuriel Mellow & Tad MitsuiDoug MyhreBetty NickleLyal SakamotoJon SasakiRae-Ann & Ralph Thrall IIIWendy & Bruce ThurstonJanice VarzariNicholas WadeSharon Webb

Patron’s Circle $2500 – 4999Jennifer & Christopher BabitsVictoria BasterSonja BattyLevi Cox & Ryan JussAllan Harding MacKayGordon KeithAntje LeeJune & Peter LenzJenny McIlroyElspeth Nickle & Ron TeatherMarilyn Smith & Darrell AlexanderMyra SorochanKaren Thomas

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corporATeFriends Circle $46 – 24949th Parallel GroupAFIC CanadaArt Gallery of AlbertaArt Gallery of CalgaryAlley Kat BrewingBad Apple Salon & SpaBig Rock BreweryBoston PizzaCanadian Art MagazineCastle MountainClassique DancewearCraft Beer ImportersCrazy CakesCrowsnest Pass Golf & Country ClubDelancey DirectEdible ArrangementsEsplanade Arts & Heritage CentreEvergreen Golf CentreFort Whoop-Up Interpretive CentreGalt Museum & ArchivesJane Senda – Teagarden SatchelsLa Di Da Lane Photography Lethbridge Jazz SocietyLong & McQuadeMendel Art GalleryMocha CabanaMystique Home DécorNicholai Home FashionNickle Arts MuseumNikka Yuko Japanese GardenNutter’s Bulk & Natural FoodsP & H Milling GroupPita PitPrairie West BandRound Street CaféSteam WhistleStreatside Eatery

Tompkins JewellersUniversity of Lethbridge Faculty of Fine ArtsYoga Rituals

Curator’s Circle $250 – 499Ad-Caddy Inc.Cloverdale PaintFairfield AppliancesFrontier IrrigationHironaka Employee Benefits Inc.Horizon BeersImage CabinetryIntegrity DentalKubik & CompanyLethbridge Country Club Lethbridge Symphony OrchestraMacLachlan McNab HembroffManatoulin Transport Inc. McKillop Insurance & Registry ServicesMike’s PlumbingMilne Pritchard Law OfficeMoxie’s Grill & BarNew West TheatreNyhoff ConstructionPrecon ManufacturingSleeman/UnibroueSouthern Alberta Rock Gardens & LandscapingTamura ElectricThe Kitchen CentreThe Penny Coffee HouseThe Sous ChefThe Sutton Place Hotel Edmonton Director’s Circle $500 – 999Advance Glass & AluminumAll Weather Windows & Lealta Building SuppliesBakers Appliances

Business Development Bank of CanadaCanadian Tire NorthCatwalk Salon & SpaDevan Dubnyk & Milestone MazdaDimnik & Co.Edible EleganceHosack Denture ClinicHytech ProductionKPMGLethbridge Periodontal Associates – Dr. Troy BasarabNorth & Company LLPPeter Mielzynski AgenciesSubaru of LethbridgeSubwayTwo Guys & A Pizza PlaceUltraviolet EyewearWall Décor & MoreYoung Parkyn McNab

President’s Circle $1000 – 249994.1 CJOC Adora KitchensAllied Arts Council of LethbridgeBMO Bank of Montreal – West Lethbridge BranchCado DevelopmentsCentury 21 Foothills Ltd.Express Coffee & TeaFlowers on 9thGalko HomesLethbridge VolkswagenManagement Resource ServicesNancy Saake FramingPurolator FreightRock 106Signature HomesWesbridge Construction

Patron’s Circle $2500 – 4999Andrew Hilton Wine & SpiritsFerrari Westwood Babits ArchitectsLethbridge Lodge Hotel & Conference CentreMilestone MazdaPratt & Whitney Canada PlumRod Leland PhotoThree Legged Dog – Graphic Design

Benefactor’s Circle $5000+Christie DigitalDeloitteHaskayne School of BusinessLA ChefsMNP LLPPattison OutdoorRBC FoundationRozsa FoundationSun Life Financial Service CenterTD Canada TrustVolution Tax LLP

public funderSAlberta Foundation for the ArtsAlberta Lottery FundCanada Council for the ArtsCity of LethbridgeGovernment of AlbertaIndustry Canada – CAPYIService CanadaYoung Canada Works

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Volunteerism accounts for a

significant portion of SAAG’s

human resources and lends vital

support to many areas of operation

at the Southern Alberta Art Gallery.

We are fortunate to rely on a highly skilled and

dedicated volunteer force that contributes nearly

3000 hours to exhibitions, events, programs and

core business processes on an annual basis.

SAAG is delighted to offer a wide variety of

volunteer opportunities and strives to engage a

broad demographic through this program. In 2012

we offered three internship positions through the

University of Lethbridge. In the spring New Media

student He Li completed a 300-hour internship,

which saw her contribute graphic design and

marketing materials to various projects at SAAG. In

the fall we welcomed Art students Myles Havinga

and Andrea Kremenik to the Curatorial Team for

semester-long internships dealing with exhibitions

and artist submissions. Through SAAG’s internship

program, students are provided valuable learning

and practical experiences within their field of study,

while filling a strong need within the gallery.

Our involvement with the youth service organization,

Katimavik was another success of our 2012

volunteer program. Through Katimavik, youth aged

17 to 21 traveled from all over Canada to be placed in

our community for three-month postings. During this

time participants volunteered full-time at community

organizations fulfilling a variety of roles, and at

SAAG we were delighted to host Kyan Caldwell

(British Columbia) and Rae Shirton (Ontario) who

worked closely with our Gallery Educators delivering

art classes and tours for children.

We are grateful for the support we receive through

volunteerism and would like to highlight the

contributions of three individuals: Elspeth Nickle

who contributed over 300 hours to improving and

streamlining SAAG’s information management

systems, Ian Thompson who gave more than 200

hours to construction projects and exhibition

installations, and Jennifer MacLachlan who donated

more than 100 hours to curatorial processes and

exhibition installations. In addition to these three

volunteers, we’d like to recognize everyone who

generously gave their time to the gallery in 2012.

Christina Cuthbertson

Assistant Curator

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Darrell AlexanderWhitney Alvarez Andrea Amelinckx Nancy AndersonWilliam AustinCatharine BrooksKyan CaldwellDavid CocksTeena CormackRich CuthbertsonBerend DavisJasper DavisJennifer DavisShannon DerryAli DuffCarla FerrariKeith GardnerBrian GallantDonna GallantVenita Gaynor

Marie GomezMyles HavingaBrailey HirscheJared HirscheKris HodgsonAndrea HoganTravis HosackCarissa JohnsonAndrea KremenikJohnna KubikNicole LalondeSpencer LawreySu Hun LeeKaitlyn LefaivreMallory LeggeBrenna LowrieHe LiSheila MacKenzieJennifer MacLachlanNicole Meech

Jeff MerrittFaith MetzgerShelley MetzgerLiam MonaghanEmil MoniasColin MillerLeiflynn MundPatti NorthShannon OlsonTina OlsonAlyssa PavanJillian PalmerLyn PatersonBeth ReidPaige RosnerRae ShirtonDavid SmithAllison SpencerDevon SpriddleOlivia Steckly

Ryan StevensonCathryn StoryKendra Sutter Dylan TaitRon TeatherEmily TimmonsNatalie TimmonsIan ThompsonBrynne ThurstonCaitlyn TraceyKatie WallaceAlex WardAmber WattKim WhiteDana WoodwardJeanne XieTheresa YauckDarryl Zoerb

ThAnk you To eVeryone who GenerouSly GAVe Their

Time To The GAllery in 2012

Images: (left to right) Longtime volunteer Elspeth Nickle excitedly chats about an artwork with another gallery-goer. Photo by Rod Leland Photography. | Dedicated installation volunteers Ian Thompson and Jennifer MacLachlan are a great team. Photo by Danielle Tait. | Volunteers Katie Wallace and Andrea Hogan welcome guests during our 10th annual House Tours & Tea. Photo by Christina Cuthbertson. | Painting the walls in preparation for the next exhibition. Photo by Rod Leland Photography.

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The Southern Alberta Art Gallery is a gathering

space – a site to access and experience new ideas.

We are committed to the learning and growth of our

visitors and community and take great pride in the

breadth and quality of programs we offer. Events,

workshops, community collaborations, tours, and

educational programs expand upon and complement

our regular schedule of exhibitions, encouraging a

variety of responses and thoughtful engagement

with contemporary art. Following SAAG’s expansion

in 2010 we’ve continually grown and enhanced our

institutional engagement strategies. From increasing

enrolment in our well-established educational

programs to expanding our notions of communication,

participation and delivery models, SAAG continues to

offer vital, engaging and diverse experiences to our

varied audiences.

Central to SAAG’s institutional engagement strategy

is a commitment to fostering community. Whether

online, in a contemporary arts sphere, or within

our hometown, SAAG nurtures community through

collaboration, participation and dialogue. We regularly

collaborate with a wide range of organizations both

locally and nationally – art galleries, nonprofits,

individuals, schools, media outlets, businesses and

corporations all join the roster of those with whom

we share fruitful partnerships. Notably, in 2010

SAAG announced a five-year agreement with TD

Canada Trust in support of the TD Creativity Centre

to the tune of $50,000. As one of the major new

features of our building, the TD Creativity Centre

serves as a classroom, lecture hall, performance site,

community meeting space and more. The introduction

of this space has had both tangible and intangible

benefits to the gallery, and has shaped the direction

of our engagement strategies in profound ways. It

has become a hub for new experiences, thoughtful

exploration and meaningful engagement. Similarly, our

renovation introduced a gathering space, which invites

a friendly and social atmosphere; an improved library

open to SAAG members, University of Lethbridge (U of

L) students and Lethbridge Public Library cardholders;

and a multipurpose space that marries the endeavors

of our exhibitions and educational programs.

Beyond the physical boundaries of our institution,

SAAG has an increasing desire to extend notions of

community and citizenship through virtual channels.

In spring 2012, we were fortunate to receive a

Community Access Program Youth Initiative grant

to develop a robust online engagement strategy.

With staggering numbers of users engaging in

online communities, we wanted to consider the

far-reaching implications of social media, both

practically and theoretically. We currently maintain

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a Facebook page, Twitter feed and YouTube channel

that aim to connect people with our purpose. While

these channels are highly relevant to the marketing

and financial objectives of the gallery (ie attracting

visitors, members and donors), we continually

explore ways to make our online interactions

meaningful, provocative and relevant.

Active citizenship has always been an important

part of SAAG’s institutional engagement strategy

and following our renovation in 2010 we’ve greatly

increased our capacity to participate in diverse

initiatives, and to respond to the needs of our

community. In 2012 we were delighted to work with

Mountain Standard Time Performative Art Festival

(M:ST), showcasing a diverse range of performative

art both local and international. SAAG also worked

with the U of L Departments of Art and Aboriginal

Studies to present Contemporary Indigenous

Performance Art – Where its Been and Where its

Going. This event brought respected Canadian artists

Rebecca Belmore, Adrian Stimson and Terrance

Houle together for a panel discussion moderated by

David Garneau. The afternoon culminated in several

performances by budding aboriginal artists as well

as a new performance by Adrian Stimson. Another

highlight was Ecotone, a symposium on the meeting

of communities. This event brought artists, scientists

and ranchers together for a two-day event with

special lectures, a tour of one of Canada’s oldest

research sub-stations and a 100-mile meal prepared

by southern Alberta ranchers.

One of our more established programs, Coulees and

Culture Connection, brings SAAG, the Galt Museum

& Archives, Helen Schuler Nature Centre, New

West Theatre Company and the Lethbridge Public

Library together to present week-long camps for

kids, exposing them to the wealth of recreational and

cultural experiences available in Lethbridge. Yearly

participation in Arts Days and the Mayor’s Luncheon

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Images: (left to right) The opening exhibition of Art’s Alive and Well in the Schools always draws a large crowd. Photo by Rod Leland Photography. | Artists, scientists, and ranchers explore the Stavely Research Substation during the Ecotone Symposium. Photo by Dana Woodward.

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for Businesses in the Art are just two more examples

of SAAG’s civic engagement. Additional collaborative

highlights in 2012 included Diversity Café, an

evening to celebrate the changing ethnic make-up

of Lethbridge; Pink Ribbons Inc film screening,

presented in partnership with Lethbridge Public

Interest Research Group and Dayna Daniels, U of

L Department of Women & Gender Studies; the

Schizophrenia Society Art Show, which showcased

a range of artistic output by individuals with

schizophrenia; and a special lecture with LGBT

Advocate, Nate Phelps, for International Day Against

Homophobia and Transphobia. These and other

similar events demonstrate SAAG’s commitment to

playing an active and vital role in our community

by providing a forum for dialogue around many

important social issues.

One of SAAG’s most successful and longest

running community collaborations has been a

35-year partnership with Lethbridge schools. Art’s

Alive and Well in the Schools is an exhibition that

annually showcases the work of 400+ children from

kindergarten to grade 12, and has cumulatively shown

the artwork of more than 14,000 local school children.

Visitors and members frequently tell us that their first

introduction to SAAG was through this exhibition, and

in many cases, stands out as their first encounter

with contemporary art. During the run of Art’s Alive,

more than 3000 people visit the gallery, many of

whom participate in Gallery School, a program that

provides guided tours and art activities that relate to

our exhibitions while incorporating themes from the

Alberta curriculum.

Originally intended as a compliment to Art’s Alive,

(May – June) Gallery School (formerly Safari to the

Gallery) has grown into a year-round program that

provides a unique opportunity for school groups

to engage with contemporary art. Our Educational

Advisory Committee, made up of teachers from

southern Alberta, works closely with our Gallery

Educators in the development of Gallery School.

This collaboration ensures strong delivery of the

program, deeper engagement with our exhibitions,

and meaningful significance to teachers’ wider

objectives for learning outcomes in their classrooms.

Furthermore, in 2010 we announced a three-year

commitment from Sun Life Financial Service Center

for the development of the Sun Life Financial Service

Center Art Bus. The Art Bus eliminates the major

barrier teachers face in accessing Gallery School

by underwriting the cost of transportation to and

from schools. Since the introduction of the Art Bus

in 2010, Gallery School has seen a 300% increase

in participation, and we look forward to continued

growth in coming years.

Creating an environment for enriched learning

experiences is a pursuit we extend beyond grade

school to our interactions with post-secondary

institutions and lifelong learners. Our city is home to

Lethbridge College and the University of Lethbridge

and SAAG is fortunate to have strong ties to both

institutions. A long-standing partnership with the

U of L’s Art Now Visitors in the Arts Lecture Series has

enabled our exhibiting artists and guest curators to

reach a wide audience with lectures on their work and

research. Faculty, staff and students make up a large

portion of our visitors, membership and volunteer

base, and professors in the U of L Art Department

have contributed greatly to SAAG’s exhibition and

educational programs. More recently we’ve introduced

internships for university and college students

including positions in marketing and communications,

design, and curatorial, in which students gain valuable

real-world experience while receiving course credit

toward their degree or diploma.

Lifelong learners represent an important segment

of SAAG’s audience – they are people who value

meaningful experiences, who want to engage rather

than consume and who enjoy exploring new ideas.

Recently SAAG conducted a writing workshop with

Canadian Art Editor, Richard Rhodes that highlighted

the importance of writing to the advancement

of contemporary art. Through this workshop we

introduced our audience to a highly relevant pursuit

in an artistic arena, and have aimed to foster a

new generation of art writers in southern Alberta.

Following this workshop one of our participants

wrote a review that was published by Canadian Art

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online. In January 2013 SAAG is partnering with The

Banff Centre to present a writing competition for

Alberta residents, the winner of which will receive

a week-long all-expenses-paid residency at The

Banff Center. This writing workshop and competition

are just two examples of SAAG’s commitment to

offering unique and specialized instruction to those

wishing to expand their art education. Our popular

Articulations: Art Appreciation Lecture Series,

introduced in 2009, is offered annually as an eight to

twelve-week series and has addressed such themes

as Women in Art, Aboriginal Art, Canada on the World

Stage, Lethbridge Architecture, Performance Art,

the History of Modernism and more. Through this

program our audience has had the rare opportunity

to hear from experts from across Canada including

Cheryl Meszaros, John O’Brian, Leslie Dawn, Trevor

Boddy, David Garneau, Marc Mayer, Barbara Fischer,

Jonathan Shaughnessy and many others.

In addition to engaging with an informed audience,

SAAG is equally committed to presenting a range

of experiences to the new or uninitiated audience.

We know that contemporary art is challenging and

for some, can seem elitist or intimidating. We also

know that when we’re able to break down these

barriers to encourage participation and nurture

understanding, we provide experiences that enrich

lives. By reaching out to diverse populations, SAAG

is able to form positive first encounters with the

gallery and contemporary art. In April and May 2012

we were delighted to participate in the first annual

Treaty Seven Art Fair. SAAG played an advisory role

in this inaugural event, which saw students from all

over southern Alberta come together in celebration of

traditional and contemporary aboriginal art. We look

forward to our ongoing role in this initiative.

New Canadians are an important part of our social

fabric, and in the last few years Lethbridge has

seen a major increase in immigrant populations.

SAAG is proud to be the designated pick-up

location in Lethbridge for the nation-wide Cultural

Access Pass program developed by the Institute for

Canadian Citizenship. Through this program we offer

complimentary yearlong memberships to Canadians

in their first year of citizenship. We’re also working

with Lethbridge Immigrant Services and the City of

Lethbridge in the development of a similar program

that would extend free citywide cultural access to

new residents and those with refugee status.

One of the simplest ways to encourage participation is

by removing financial barriers. In 2011 SAAG introduced

the Encouraging Creative Minds Bursary Program,

which subsidizes the cost of registration in SAAG’s

various educational programs. We also offer free

admission to the gallery every Sunday and have seen

that 15% of our visitors take advantage of this offering.

We’re currently investigating corporate sponsorship of

Free Sundays at SAAG where we would conduct free

family oriented activities in our TD Creativity Centre in

addition to free admission into our exhibitions.

Providing a friendly, social environment is yet another

way SAAG encourages participation. Events such as

our well-attended exhibition openings, bi-monthly

Happy Hour events, annual special events such

as House Tours & Tea and Art Auction all offer

unintimidating encounters with SAAG. Similarly, in

2010 we took a group of 27 to New York City for our

first Art & Culture Tour. We have since led groups to

Paris, Chicago and in 2013 will head to Venice. These

tours have generated funds for the gallery but have

also allowed us to offer unique learning opportunities

for our audience, and in the process develop deeper

relationships with several of our members.

In addition to the programs and initiatives highlighted

here SAAG carries out numerous educational

programs for all ages, two film programs, regular

artist talks and curatorial tours that expand upon

and complement our regular schedule of exhibitions,

encouraging a variety of responses and thoughtful

engagement with contemporary art.

For a complete list of our 2012 public programming

activities, and how they engage our community

audience, see the chart on the following four pages.

Christina Cuthbertson

Assistant Curator

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Annual General meeting March 28

Architecture & design now Lancelot Coar – January 9

Art & culture Tour to chicago May 25 to June 1

Art clubJanuary 6 to March 30April 6 to June 22September 7 to December 14

Articulations: Art Appreciation lecture Series October 2 to November 27

Art in mediaJanuary 12 to March 29April 5 to May 31

Art in motionJuly 16 to 20

Artist Talk & Sneak peek of exhibitions Jon Sasaki, Dominique Rey & Lancelot Coar with KPMG – January 12Jason de Haan & Kristan Horton with RBC – September 25Jason de Haan with RBC – November 2Lyla Rye & Eleanor King with North & Company – December 6

Artist workshops Dominique Rey – January 14

Art now: Visitors in the Arts lecture SeriesDominique Rey – January 11Jon Sasaki – January 13Charles Stankievech – March 7Jason de Haan – September 24Kristan Horton – September 28 Eleanor King – December 3Lyla Rye – December 5

General Community

SAAG Members

Students & Teachers

Children & Families

Artists

Sponsors & Donors

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Art’s Alive & well in the SchoolsMay 6 to June 10

Arts days – September 28 to 30• Pancake Breakfast

• Family Activities

• How to Write a Review Workshop

community events• Real Beef: Short Films Premiere – March 30

• Lecture: Art, Security and The Arctic: New Understandings – April 11

• Treaty 7 Art Fair – April 27

• Brightening Boardrooms with Art – May 1, 2012 to May 1, 2013

• Schizophrenia Society Art Show – May 2

• Performance & Panel Discussion: Contemporary Indigenous

Performance Art – Where it’s Been and Where it’s Going – May 9

• Lecture: International Day Against Homophobia and Transphobia – May 17

• Lethbridge Jazz Festival Big Band Performance – June 14

• Canada Day Family Activities – July 1

• Films4Peace – September 28 to November 25

• Artist Talk: Dick Averns – October 21

• Performance Cabaret: Mountain Standard Time

Performative Art Festival – October 21

• Bright Lights Festival – November 23

coulees & culture connection April 2 to 5April 10 to 13July 23 to 27August 13 to 17

General Community

SAAG Members

Students & Teachers

Children & Families

Artists

Sponsors & Donors

Images: (left to right) All eyes are on Gallery Educator Cristie Gray during a Gallery School visit. | Jon Sasaki talks about his exhibition Good Intentions. Photo by Rod Leland Photography. | A young artist checks out the work in Art’s Alive and Well in the Schools. Photo by Rod Leland Photography. | Thank you to our friends from BMO Bank of Montreal – West Lethbridge Branch, who sponsored our annual Arts Days Pancake Breakfast. Pancakes and coffee were served to nearly 200 Art Walk participants. Photo by Danielle Tait.

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curatorial Tours February 8March 19October 16October 17

exhibition discovery room Charles Stankievech & Chris Kline – March 10 to April 29

exhibition opening reception & Artist Talks Jon Sasaki, Dominique Rey & Lancelot Coar – January 14Charles Stankievech & Chris Kline – March 10Milutin Gubash & Marcus Coates – June 22Kristan Horton & Jason de Haan – September 29Lyla Rye & Eleanor King – December 7

fundraising events

• House Tours & Tea – July 28

• Art Auction – September 15

• Craft Beer Festival – October 20

Gallery School January 16 to April 29May 6 to June 10October 1 to December 14

Gushul Studio Tours Marcus Coates – June 24

happy hour February 10April 13May 11July 13September 7November 30

intersection residencyMarcus Coates – June 1 to July 3

General Community

SAAG Members

Students & Teachers

Children & Families

Artists

Sponsors & Donors

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magazine launches Prefix Photo Magazine – January 14Canadian Art Magazine – September 29

public Art Summer camp August 7 to 10

SAAG cinemaJanuary 25February 29March 28April 25

Sponsorship Appreciation event January 19

Tender fingers January 14 to March 31April 7 to May 26July 2 to 6July 9 to 13July 23 to 27July 30 to August 3August 13 to 17August 20 to 24September 12 to December 12

Tuesdays at noon February 7 to May 22May 29 to June 26September 11 to November 27December 4 to December 18

writing competition: The contemporary Art review September 30, 2012 to January 31, 2013

General Community

SAAG Members

Students & Teachers

Children & Families

Artists

Sponsors & Donors

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Images: (left to right) Smiles all around at our 20th annual Art Auction. Photo by Rod Leland Photography. | Art Auction attendees check out the items up for bid in the silent auction and purchase roses for our “Destination Anywhere” raffle. Photo by Rod Leland Photography. | Attendees at House Tours & Tea are seen here enjoying fresh brewed tea from Express Coffee & Tea. Photo by Christina Cuthbertson. | Canadian Art Editor Richard Rhodes sparks discussion during the writing workshop How to Write a Review. Photo by Ryan Doherty.

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The Southern Alberta Art Gallery Association

generated solid financial results in 2012 that

assisted the Association in delivering its programs

and meeting its mandate.

The Association’s 2012 revenue sources

were as follows:

The Association met with much success in the

pursuit of grants during the year. In 2012, the total

grants obtained were $569,044. This was a slight

increase from the total grants received in 2011.

Referring to Notes 7 and 8 of the 2012 Financial

Statements, additional financial highlights from 2012

fundraising activities include:

• A Casino was held in 2011 which resulted in

total revenue of $31,538. In 2012, $17,017 was

brought into revenue. The Association anticipates

participating in another Casino in 2013.

• The Art Auction was another successful event

with a net surplus of $30,288 (2011 - $30,627).

(excluding sponsorships and donations)

• The Shop at SAAG had a strong year and

continues to meet the needs of its patrons. It had

a net surplus of $16,268 (2011 – $14,668).

• The Association participates in other fundraising

activities which resulted in a net surplus of

$94,056 (2011 - $74,269).

The 2012 fiscal year was an exciting year for the

Association and its financial results continue to

lay a solid foundation for the future operations of

the Gallery.

Colin Miller CA

Treasurer

Canada Council for the Arts and Alberta Foundation for the Arts – 35%

Fundraising and Other Income – 28.5%

Donations, Sponsorships and Memberships – 18.5%

City of Lethbridge – 16%

Employment and Other Grants – 2%

SAAGA 2012 GroSS reVenueS

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To the Members and Board of Directors of Southern

Alberta Art Gallery Association:

The accompanying summary financial statements,

which comprise the summary statement of financial

position as at December 31, 2012, and the summary

statements of operations and changes in net assets

are derived from the audited financial statements

of the Southern Alberta Art Gallery Association for

the year ended December 31, 2012. We expressed a

qualified audit opinion on those financial statements

in our report dated March 4, 2013 (see below). The

summary financial statements do not contain all the

disclosures required by Canadian generally accepted

accounting principles. Reading the summary

financial statements, therefore, is not a substitute

for reading the audited financial statements of the

Southern Alberta Art Gallery Association.

Management’s Responsibility for the

Financial Statements

Management is responsible for the preparation of

a summary of the audited statements in

accordance with Canadian generally accepted

accounting principles.

Auditors’ Responsibility

Our responsibility is to express an opinion on

the summary financial statements based on our

procedures, which were conducted in accordance

with Canadian Auditing Standard (CAS) 810,

“Engagements to Report on Summary

Financial Statements.

Opinion

In our opinion, the summary financial statements

derived from the audited financial statement of

the Southern Alberta Art Gallery Association as

at December 31, 2012 are a fair summary of those

financial statements, in accordance with Canadian

generally accepted accounting principles. However,

the summary financial statements are misstated

to the equivalent extent as the audited financial

statements of the Southern Alberta Art Gallery

Association for the year ended December 31, 2012.

The misstatement of the audited financial

statements is described in our qualified audit

opinion in our report dated March 4, 2013. Our

qualified audit opinion is based on the fact that

in common with many charitable organizations,

the Organization derives revenue from donations,

the completeness of which is not susceptible of

satisfactory audit verification. Accordingly, our

verification of these revenues was limited to the

amounts recorded in the records of the organization

and we were not able to determine whether any

adjustments might be necessary to contributions,

excess of revenues over expenditures, current

assets and net assets.

Lethbridge, Alberta

March 4, 2013

Chartered Accountants

Independent Auditors’ Report on the Summary Financial Statements

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SouThern AlberTA ArT GAllery ASSociATionStatement of financial position

As at December 31, 2012 General Education Capital Permanent OtherWorks Endowment Dec.31 Dec. 31 Jan. 1 Fund Fund Assets ofArt Fund 2012 2011 2011AssetsCurrent Cash 473,486 23,748 - - - - 497,234 324,328 297,441 Term deposits - - - - - - - 77,022 Accounts receivable 33,686 - - - - - 33,686 58,891 60,295 Inventory 16,336 - - - - - 16,336 15,364 18,290 Prepaid expenses and deposits 25,531 - - - - - 25,531 53,568 43,658

549,039 23,748 - - - - 572,787 529,173 419,684

Capitalassets(Note 3) - - 133,100 - - - 133,100 134,085 136,839

Endowmentinvestments(Note 4) - - - - - 165,169 165,169 153,817 155,959

Collections(Note 5) - - - 99,590 13,543 - 113,133 113,133 113,133

549,039 23,748 133,100 99,590 13,543 165,169 984,189 930,208 825,615

LiabilitiesCurrent Accounts payable and accruals 171,269 - - - - - 171,269 144,500 111,380 Deferred revenue (Note 6) 60,684 - - - - - 60,684 96,501 64,344

231,953 - - - - - 231,953 241,001 175,724

NetAssets 317,086 23,748 133,100 99,590 13,543 165,169 752,236 689,207 649,891 549,039 23,748 133,100 99,590 13,543 165,169 984,189 930,208 825,615

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Director Director

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SouThern AlberTA ArT GAllery ASSociATionStatement of operations

As at December 31, 2012 General Education Capital Permanent OtherWorks Endowment Dec.31 Dec. 31 Fund Fund Assets ofArt Fund 2012 2011

RevenueGrant revenue Alberta Foundation for the Arts 225,615 - - - - - 225,615 189,767 City of Lethbridge 167,433 - - - - - 167,433 202,900 Canada Council 153,750 - - - - - 153,750 150,000 Employment grants 13,853 - - - - - 13,853 17,056 Other grants 8,393 - - - - - 8,393 7,560Fundraising and other (Note 7) 305,319 - - - - - 305,319 313,965Donations and sponsorship 198,284 - - - - - 198,284 111,065Imputed rent 146,076 - - - - - 146,076 146,076Endowment fund gain - - - - - 12,788 12,788

1,218,723 - - - - 12,788 1,231,511 1,138,389

ExpensesSalaries and related expenses 395,574 - - - - - 395,574 381,123Exhibition and public programming 204,300 - - - - - 204,300 180,381Facility 165,095 - - - - - 165,095 166,214Administration 148,322 - - - - 1,436 149,758 111,074Fundraising and related expenses (Note 7) 147,715 - - - - - 147,715 194,401Marketing and communications 86,792 - - - - - 86,792 47,634Amortization - - 19,248 - - - 19,248 18,247

1,147,798 - 19,248 - - 1,436 1,168,482 1,099,074

Excess(deficiency)ofrevenueoverexpenses 70,925 - (19,248) - - 11,352 63,029 39,315

SouThern AlberTA ArT GAllery ASSociATionStatement of changes in net Assets

As at December 31, 2012 General Education Capital Permanent OtherWorks Endowment Dec.31 Dec. 31 Fund Fund Assets ofArt Fund 2012 2011

Netassetsbeginningofyear 264,424 23,748 134,085 99,590 13,543 153,817 689,207 649,892

Excess(deficiency)ofrevenueoverexpenses 70,925 - (19,248) - - 11,352 63,029 39,315

Purchaseofcapitalassets (18,263) - 18,263 - - - - -

Netassets,endofyear 317,086 23,748 133,100 99,590 13,543 165,169 752,236 689,207

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