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Reference: Joseph Sanchez has a unique place in the Canadian First Nations art movement. Born and raised in Arizona, Joseph lived in Canada in the 1970’s and was a founding member of the Professional Native Indian Artists Association along-side Daphne Odjig, Alex Janvier, Norval Morrisseau and others. Known as both an artist and curator Joseph’s vast list of achievements include Director and Chief Curator of the Institute of American Indian Arts in Santa Fe, New Mexico.

'I call this work Grandmothers and Angels referring to the spirits that protect and guide us and to the elders who we must listen to in these times of great challenges.The power of the folding- twisting-moving lines is an illustration of dimensions that are a reality to indigenous man, recently being discovered by science. They speak of the shaman walking between the veils of reality and the spirit world. I dive uninhibited into the unknown forsaking the conscious for a glimpse of the energy and color that lies dormant in indigenous man.'

biography from Bearclaw Gallery, Edmonton

Reference: included on the Getty Union List of Artist Names Online, by the Getty Research Trust website; listed on www.artprice.com

Reference: see artist's website www.allensapp.com

see Cree Life - the Art of Allen Sapp, published by J. Warner, Douglas Ltd., 1977; Two Spirits Soar - The Art of Allen Sapp, The Inspiration of Allan Gonor, by W.P. Kinsella, published by Stoddart, 1990; Kiskayetum - Allen Sapp: - Retrospective, by Bob Boyer, published by MacKenzie Art Gallery, 1994; The Song Within My Heart, David Bouchard, published by Raincoast Books, 2002; Nokum is My Teacher, by David Bouchard, Red Deer Press, 2006; included in Time for Dialogue, by Joane Cardinal-Schubert, pg. 19, published by Calgary Aboriginal Awareness Society, 1992; biographies in Biographical Dictionary of Saskatchewan Artists - Men, by Marketa Newman, pg. 223, published by Fifth House, 1994; Westbridge, Vol. 4, pg. 4; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: included on the Katilvik website, disc number E9-876, community Port Harrison

Reference: included on the Katilvik website, disc number E3-539, community Rankin Inlet

Reference: see Songs of Spring - Noboru Sawai 1972-1984, by L.Dompierre, Agnes Etherington Art Centre, 1984; A Garden of Delights: 25 Years of Prints by Noboru Sawai, K.Ylitalo, Nickle Arts Museum, 1994; Printmaking in Alberta 1945-1985, by B.Cochran, pg.127; included in Printmaking in B.C. 1883-1983, by N.Tuele, A.G.G.V.; biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.7, Westbridge Pub., 2003; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

Reference: listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website

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Reference: included on the Katilvik website, disc number E2-225, community Baker Lake / Qamani'tuaq

Reference: Shadbolt was born in England and came to Victoria, British Columbia as a child with his family. His work is represented in all the major galleries across Canada as well as in corporate and private collections. Shadbolt's numerous awards include the Order of Canada in 1972 and an Honorary Degree from the University of British Columbia. In 1987 he and his wife, art historian and curator Doris Shadbolt, established VIVA, the Vancouver Institute for Visual Arts, which supports and recognizes the achievement of artists in British Columbia.

For further biograhical information and scholarly essays see the Morris and Helen Belkin Art Gallery website at shadbolt.belkin.ubc.ca and also artist listing at National Gallery of Canada; see In Search of Form, by J.Shadbolt, McClelland, 1968; Jack Shadbolt, by S.Watson, Douglas and McIntyre, 1990; Correspondences - Jack Shadbolt, by P.Ainslie, Glenbow Museum, 1991; Counterpoint: The Prints of Jack Shadbolt, by K.Henry, Burnaby Art Gallery, 1996; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.417 and N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg.279; biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.18, Westbridge Pub., 2003; exhibition lists in R.C.A.A., pg.371 and M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.348

Reference: see artist's website at www.ashives.com; see Arnold Shives: Prints, by G.Bellerby, A.G.G.V., 1983; biography and another example in Printmaking in British Columbia 1889-1983, by N.Tuele, A.G.G.V.; Carmanah - Artistic Visions of an Ancient Rainforest, ed. A.Hansen, pg.138, Western Canadian Wilderness Society, 1989; Vancouver: Art and Artists 1931-1983, V.A.G., 1983; biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.22, Westbridge Pub., 2003; represented by Paul Kuhn Fine Arts, Calgary and Atelier Gallery, Vancouver

Reference: see artist's website www.petershostak.com

see When Nights Were Long, by P.Shostak, Yalenka Books, 1982; Saturday Came but Once a Week, by P.Shostak, Yalenka Books, 1984; For Our Children, by P.Shostak, Yalenka Books, 1991; biography in Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg. 23, Westbridge Pub., 2003; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website; large exhibition opening Oct. 16, 2014 at West End Gallery, Edmonton

Reference: listed on www.katilvik.com

Reference: see Herbert Siebner: A Monograph, by R.Skelton, Maltwood Art Museum, 1979; One Hundred Years of B.C. Art 1858-1958, by V.A.G, 1958; Art in Victoria 1960/1986, by N.Tuele, A.G.G.V.; Four Decades, by P.Duval, pg.159, Clarke Irwin, 1972; The Society of Canadian Painter-Etchers and Engravers in Retrospect, by A.Oko, Art Gallery of Hamilton, 1981; exhibition list in Nova Scotia Society of Arts 1922-1972 , by M.O'Neil, pg.64, Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 1997

Reference: included on the Katilvik website, disc number W1-209, community Pelly Bay / Arviliqjuaq

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Reference: included on the Katilvik website, disc number E9-1326, community Povungnituk / Puvirnituq

Reference: see Gordon Smith Don't Look Back, by I.Thom, Black Dog Pub., 2014; Black and White, by Patrik Andersson, pub. Equinox Gallery, 2011; Gordon Smith by D. Coupland, pub. Equinox Gallery, 2003; Gordon Smith: The Act of Painting, by I. M. Thom and A. Hunter, Douglas & McIntyre, 1997; Gordon Smith Recent Work by K.Wallace, V.A.G., 1988; A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.423 as well as N.G.C. Vol.III, by R.Hubbard, pg. 283 for biography and other examples; 1975-76 The Canadian Canvas, by Time Canada Ltd., 1975; included in 7 West Coast Painters, by I.McNairn, Fine Arts Gallery, U.B.C., 1959; see also Westbridge, Vol.4, pg. 30; listed on Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, Canadian Heritage Information Network [CHIN] website; brother of Donald Appelbe Smith; co-founder of Artists for Kids Trust in 1989, with Jack Shadbolt and Bill Reid; see website at www.smithfoundation.ca for ongoing charitable arts-related work of Gordon and his wife, Marion

Reference: Snow was born in Vancouver in 1911, lived in England during WW1 and with the family returned to Olds, Alberta in 1919. He had successful career for over 43 years with the Royal Bank of Canada and served with the Royal Canadian Air Force in WWII. After the war he and Maxwell Bates began a fruitful friendship that invigorated the art scene in Calgary and supported the modernist period of art in Alberta. As self-taught printers they began making lithographs with two old machine presses they rescued from an alleyway and this medium came to define Snow's work, though he also worked in watercolour, oil, mixed media, concrete sculpture, textiles, and intaglio relief. In addition to his talent in the visual arts, Snow was an accomplished musician who helped create the New Works Calgary Society and he also organized the Calgary Film Society in the late 1940s. He was inducted as a member of the Alberta Order of Excellence in 1996. His residence and studio is now registered on the Canadian Register of Historic Places; see John Snow House

For more detailed biographical information see Government of Alberta and Feckless Collection; see a comprehensive 2002 article written in Galleries West; see also John Snow: Four Decades, by M.Joslin, E.A.G., 1990; Founders of the A.C.A., by V.Greenfield, pg.101 and pg.65; Printmaking in Alberta 1945-1985, by B.Cochran, pg.137 and A.G.O., by the A.G.O., pg.425; included in Jubilee Exhibition of Alberta Paintings, by J.Nicoll, pg.28, Calgary Allied Art Centre, 1955; included in Alberta Society of Artists, the First Seventy-Five Years, by K.Zimon, pg.42, pl.45a, UofC Press; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg.35, Westbridge Pub., 2003 for biography; exhibition lists in R.C.A.A., pg.383 and M.M.F.A., by E.McMann, pg.360

Reference: see Artists in Canada, a Union List of Artists' Files, by National Gallery of Canada Library et al, 1999, pg. 652, [CHIN]

Reference: included on the Getty Union List of Artist Names Online, by the Getty Research Trust website

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Reference: see W.L.Stevenson, 1926-1966: Painter of Light/Painter of Darkness, by M.Joslin, E.A.G., 1995; Founders of the A.C.A., by V.Greenfield, pg.103; included in Jubilee Exhibition of Alberta Paintings, by J.Nicoll, pg.29, Calgary Allied Art Centre, 1955; Collector's Dictionary of Canadian Artists at Auction, by A.Westbridge, Vol.4, pg. 45, Westbridge Pub., 2003