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Lakehead Visual Arts 50th Anniversary, 1953 - 2003
Booklet created to celebrate 50 years of providing opportunity for residents and tourists alike to experience talent of many of our local artists, while also providing an excellent vehicle for artists to showcase their art. Includes history, C.P.R.…
Memories from the early years, 2003
A spiral-bound booklet contains 50 years of art history in Thunder Bay. It includes the origins of the first clubs in Port Arthur and Fort William, the formation of the Society of Fine Arts, and the newer name Lakehead Visual Arts Club in the late…
LVA Mile of painting begun
Illustrated newspaper article showing Mayor Saul (Van Gough) Laskin puts the finishing touches on his self portrait to officially open the LVA's mile of paintings. Artwork was created by Mrs. Genieve Johns.
LVA Wall paintings
Colour photographs of Indigenous murals erected by members of the Lakehead Society of Fine Arts initiative. The Society is painting on four-by-eight boards to construct a Mile of Pictures at Centennial Park in Port Arthur. 1867-1967 is written on…
LVA's artists, Quetico 1960
Colour photograph of a group of LVA members at a winter workshop in Quetico. L to R Helen Knights, Mary Brown, Dorothy Cork, Mary Riches, Sue Ross, Kay McCullough
Leo Wong's exhibition
Poster and 1969 newspaper article on Chinese artist, Leo Wong, a former engineering student at Lakehead University. Leo's Art Display will be on display in the concourse of the Shuniah Building at Confederation College, 1976
LVA artist Ruth Tye McKenzie
Profile and illustrated article from Thunder Bay Magazine on Artists North Thunder Bay's Professionals. Ruth has been working and exhibiting for over thirty years. Acrylic paint, large canvases, combining nude forms and landscape forms. Ruth is a…
LVA artist Kaija Maki
Coloured photograph and profile of Kaija Maki. Nature inspires her work, especially the beautiful birch trees, common to Thunder Bay and her native Finland. Art is also incorporated into her crafts and she works on untraditional canvases.
Art by LVA artist Margaret Sklazeski
Colour photographs of watercolour and oil paintings. Margaret was an artist and a member of the Lakehead Visual Arts Club. She taught various art classes over the years. Her work extended into gardening, poetry, music, opera and reading.
LVA artist Gladys Lynch
Coloured photographs of acrylic, oil watercolours and profile. Gladys' favourite paintings are local scenes and rock paintings for craft shops