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.

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Current Members

Jean Richards

Birth Place
Edmonton, Alberta

Residence
Edmonton, Alberta

Education
University of Alberta Courses with H.G. Glyde, Jack Taylor, Harry Savage, H. Wolfarth, Jacques de Tonnancour, Jack Shadbolt, Wang Zhiho, O. Suzuki
Lorne Greene Radio & TV Academy
Llanarthney School for Girls
Banff School of Fine Arts, Banff, Alberta

Selected Awards

  • Purchase Award Gulf Oil Resources
  • Prize Certificate of Excellence - Tokyo Times Calligraphy Show Tokyo, Japan
  • Alberta Achievement Award for Calligraphy Painting

Public Collections

  • The Alberta Foundation for the Arts
  • Gulf Oil Resources
  • Canadian Utilities
  • City Hall, Cardiff, Wales
  • Mayor's Office, Hull, Quebec

Bibliography

  • Alberta Society of Artists, The First Seventy Years by Kathy E. Zimon University of Calgary Press, 2000

Solo Exhibitions

  • Artlenders Galleries, Montreal, Quebec
  • Canadian Gallery, Calgary, Alberta
  • Jacox Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  • 7711 Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  • Downstairs Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  • Lefebvre Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  • Canadiana Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta

Group Exhibitions

  • International Festival Exhibition
    Meguro, Japan
  • Calligraphy in Paris
    Paris, France
  • Calligraphy Show
    Metropolitan Museum, Japan
  • Vanderleelie Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  • MC Duthie Gallery, Vancouver, British Columbia
  • ASA Universiade Exhibition
    Vancouver, British Columbia
  • Lemarchand Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  • Opera Guild Exhibit
    Lemarchand Gallery, Edmonton, Alberta
  • Gulf Canada, Calgary, Alberta

Traveling Exhibitions

  • ASA Japanese Exhibition
    Tokyo, Japan & Seoul, Korea
  • Works in Special Group Organized by the Alberta Government
    Hong Kong & London, England
  • Views from Alberta
    Alberta