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

Joan Van Belkum

Birth Place
London, England

Residence
Medicine Hat, Alberta

Education
1947, Graduate in Medicine, University of London, England

Selected Awards

  • Best Oil Award Stockmans Foundation Art Show, 1983
  • Purchase Award Manisphere Group Artists, 1974

Public Collections

  • Alberta Art Foundation
  • Alberta Treasury Bank
  • Alzheimer Foundation
  • Canadian Fertilizers
  • Canadian Pacific Air
  • Cross Cancer Clinic, Edmonton, Alberta
  • City of Medicine Hat, Alberta
  • Dofasco Steel, Hamilton, Ontario
  • Dominion Glass
  • Esso Resources
  • Governor of Montana
  • Governor of Hakkaido, Japan
  • Government of Alberta Advanced Education
  • Governor General Madame Sauve
  • Gulf Oil
  • Medicine Hat & Lethbridge Hospitals, Alberta
  • Manisphere Group of Artists
  • Medical Arts Centre, Medicine Hat, Alberta
  • Medicine Hat College, Alberta
  • Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery, Alberta
  • Monarch Broadcasting
  • River Centre Dental Clinic
  • Southam Press
  • Western Co-operative Fertilizers
  • Winnipeg Gas Company

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

  • 65th Anniversary - ASA Show
    Alberta
    1996-97
  • River Valleys of the Prairie
    Bowman Art Centre, Lethbridge & Medicine Hat Public Library, Medicine Hat, AB
    1987
  • Sharing Visions
    Japan & Korea
    1984
  • Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery, Alberta
    1982
  • Medicine Hat Public Library, Alberta
    1981
  • Lethbridge Public Library, Alberta
    1981
  • Medicine Hat College, Alberta
    1976
  • Medicine Hat Public Library, Alberta
    1964

Group Exhibitions

  • Selected Works by Members of The Alberta Society of Artists
    Misericordia Hospital, Edmonton, Alberta
    1999
  • The Works Figure Drawing Show
    Edmonton, Alberta
    1997
  • Golden Palette 50th Anniversary of Hat Art Club Show
    Medicine Hat Art Gallery, Albert
    1996
  • Campus Art
    Medicine Hat College, Alberta
    1996
  • Oldman Outdoor Painting Society Show
    Medicine Hat College Cultural Centre, Alberta
    1995
  • Alberta Society of Artists Spring Show
    Museum of the Regiments, Calgary, Alberta
    1995
  • Nursery Tales & Fairy Rhymes
    Medicine Hat Art Gallery, Alberta
    1994-95
  • Medicine Hat College Show
    Cultural Centre, Medicine Hat, Alberta
    1994
  • March Art
    Hat Art Club, Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery, Alberta
    1994
  • Sight & Sound ASA Show
    International Organ Festival, Calgary, Alberta
    1994
  • Oop's, Oldman Outdoor Painters Exhibition
    Medicine Hat Art Gallery, Alberta
    1993
  • Hat Art Club Show
    Cultural Centre Gallery, Medicine Hat, Alberta
    1993
  • Evergreen
    Museum of Nature, Ottawa, Ontario
    1992
  • A Winter's Endeavor
    Medicine Hat Museum and Art Gallery, Alberta
    1992
  • Evergreen
    World Exchange Plaza, Ottawa, Ontario
    1991
  • Hat Art Club - 45th Anniversary Show
    Library Medicine Hat, Alberta
    1991
  • Japanese Gardens
    Devonian Gardens, Edmonton, Alberta
    1989
  • Not Just Another Horseshow
    Medicine Hat Gallery, Alberta
    1989
  • Inspirations 88 Hat Art Show
    Medicine Hat Gallery, Alberta
    1988
  • Chinese Paintings
    Three Generations, Medicine Hat Gallery, Alberta
    1988
  • Celebrations of Women in the Arts
    The Works, Edmonton, Alberta
    1987
  • Print Show
    Medicine Hat Cultural Centre & Edmonton, Alberta
    1987
  • Alberta Society of Artists
    Gulf Canada, Calgary, Alberta
    1986
  • Two Person's Show
    Cultural Centre, Medicine Hat, Alberta
    1986
  • Art About Lethbridge
    Bowman Gallery, Lethbridge, Alberta
    1985
  • Impressions of Japan
    Gulf Canada, Calgary, Alberta
    1985

Traveling Exhibitions

  • Alberta Visions
    Japan & Korea
    1991
  • Figure Drawing Show
    Medicine Hat and Lethbridge, Alberta
    1990
  • State of the Art, ASA Show
    Edmonton & Calgary,Alberta
    1989
  • 10th Anniversary Show
    Alberta
    1988

Public Exhibition

  • Allied Art Centre, Calgary, Alberta
    1964