The Alberta Society of Artists

The ASA is a registered society under the regulations of the Province of Alberta. Its members include professional artists in all media as well as visual arts supporters.

Current Members

Donna MacLean

Birth Place
Toronto, Ontario
1914

Residence
Medicine Hat, Alberta

Education
University of Alberta, Edmonton, Alberta
Series, Red Deer, Alberta
Ontario College of Art, Ontario
Banff School of Fine Arts, Banff, Alberta

Selected Awards

  • Jurors' Choice Award A.C.A.C.A., Brooks, Alberta, 1995
  • 125th Governor General's Award Government of Canada, 1993
  • Best of Show Winnipeg Art Club, Winnipeg, Manitoba, 1979
  • Labatt Purchase Award Labatt, 1968
  • Carling Brewers Conservation Series Award Carling Brewers, 1949

Public Commissions

  • Cypress Gas Co., Calgary, Alberta
    1998

Public Collections

  • Royal Commonwealth Society, London, England
  • City of Hokkaido, Japan
  • S.C.P.W.C.
  • A.C.A.C.A.
  • Alberta Foundation for the Arts, Edmonton, Alberta
  • Banff School of Fine Arts, Banff, Alberta
  • Medicine Hat Museum & Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
  • Medicine Hat College, Medicine Hat, Alberta
  • City Hall, City of Medicine Hat, Alberta
  • Medicine Hat Hospital, Medicine Hat, Alberta
  • Medicine Hat News, Medicine Hat, Alberta

Represented by

  • Medicine Hat Museum & Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
  • Fairmont Goldsmiths, Fairmont Hot Springs Resort, Fairmont

Bibliography

  • Alberta Society of Artists, The First Seventy Years by Kathy E. Zimon University of Calgary Press, 2000
  • Oasis of the Prairies - Eighteen Month Calendar Communities in Bloom, 1998

Solo Exhibitions

  • This Living World
    Bowman Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
    1999
  • Badlands
    Medicine Hat Dental Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
    1998
  • Where The Heart Is
    Medicine Hat Museum & Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
    1995
  • Our Lands
    Yates Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
    1991
  • Badlands
    Medicine Hat Dental Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
    1991
  • Voices Of The Land
    Medicine Hat Museum & Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
    1989
  • About Things Seen
    Medicine Hat College Cultural Centre, Medicine Hat, Alberta
    1988
  • My World, Your World
    Medicine Hat Museum & Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
    1985
  • Trees and Flowers
    Lethbridge Public Library Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
    1982

Group Exhibitions

  • Portrait & Life
    Medicine Hat Museum & Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
    1999
  • East of 9 - South of 23
    Medicine Hat College, Medicine Hat, Alberta
    1999
  • Land Marks
    Brook Campus - Medicine Hat College, Alberta
    1999
  • Group Show
    Maple Creek, Saskatchewan
    1998
  • Small Stuff
    Dynes Gallery & Framing, Medicine Hat, Alberta
    1998
  • Canada Senior Games
    Medicine Hat, Alberta
    1998
  • Miniatures
    Bowman Art Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
    1998
  • Another Blooming Art Show
    Medicine Hat Museum & Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
    1998
  • Christmas Magic
    Medicine Hat Museum & Art Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
    1998
  • Land Marks
    Brooks Campus, Medicine Hat College, Alberta
    1997
  • A.C.A.C.A. Group Show
    Red Deer, Alberta
    1997
  • Trees & Flowers
    Bowman Art Centre, Lethbridge, Alberta
    1997
  • Group of Nine
    Medicine Hat Cultural Centre, Medicine Hat, Alberta
    1996
  • A.C.A.C.A. Group Show
    Nanton, Alberta
    1995
  • A.C.A.C.A. Group Show
    Red Deer, Alberta
    1995
  • Art in the Park - Focus on Women Artists
    Lethbridge, Alberta
    1991
  • Winnipeg Sketch Club
    Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, Manitoba
    1955/1958
  • West Vancouver Art Club
    Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
    1950/1954

Traveling Exhibitions

  • Miniatures, S.C.P.W.C.
    Ontario
    1998
  • Where The Heart Is
    Alberta, Saskatchewan and Yukon
    1989/1990
  • Women Artists of Early Alberta
    Alberta
    1986
  • Southern Exposure, Alberta's 75th Anniversary
    Alberta
    1980