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    Western Canada Art Circuit collection

    • Title:Western Canada Art Circuit collection
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    • Author/Creator:Binkert, June, collector.
    • Other Contributors/Collections:Western Canada Art Circuit.
    • Published/Created:1950, 1957-1970
    • Holdings

      • Location:UNIVERSITY ARCHIVES ASRS storageWhere is this?
      • Call Number:No call number available 
      • Number of Items:5
      • Status:Available
      • Location Has:Box 1-5.

       
    • Library of Congress Subjects:Western Canada Art Circuit.
    • Description:62. 5 cm of textual records
    • Summary:The collection consists of miscellaneous records of the Western Canada Art Circuit generated between 1950 and 1970. It includes correspondence, reports, minutes of annual meetings, financial statements, and published materials (in particular exhibit catalogues).
    • Biography/history note:June Binkert joined the Registrar's staff at the University of British Columbia in 1952, and transferred to the School of Architecture in 1953. She was the first secretary of the Department of Fine Arts at its inception in 1955. From 1958 to 1968 she was the executive secretary of the Western Canada Art Circuit. The WCAC was established in 1946 when the art galleries in Victoria, Vancouver, Calgary, Edmonton, and Winnipeg organized to bring exhibitions from eastern Canada and the U.S., sharing the costs involved. Gradually, other exhibiting centres came into this co-operative organization, and the Circuit was re-organized in 1958. A Co-ordinating Committee was estabished, consisting of one representative from each of the four western provinces, and June Binkert was hired as the Executive Secretary to manage the day-to-day running of the WCAC. In 1969, in response to the growing need for art educational services rather than the co-ordination of exhibits, the WCAC was replaced by the Western Canada Art Association.
    • Indexes and finding aids:File list available.
    • Notes:Title based on the contents of the collection.
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