Symposium Schedule

Friday May 25, 2007

Lecture
11:00 a.m., RPL Film Theatre
Dr. Serena Keshavjee (Professor of Art History, University of Winnipeg) will give a talk titled Pompidou on the Red: The University of Winnipeg's Centennial Hall.

Tour of R.C.M.P Heritage Centre
2:00 p.m.Exhibition Tour

Opening Reception
7:00 p.m. MacKenzie Art Gallery Tour of 41º to 66º: Regional Responses to Sustainable Architecture in Canada led by Marco Polo (Assistant Professor, Department of Architectural Science, Ryerson University and co-curator of 41º to 66º).

8:00 p.m., MacKenzie Art Gallery
Reception for the exhibition TELLING DETAILS: The Architecture of Clifford Wiens, featuring a performance by Robin Poitras, Artictic Director of New Dance Horizons and daughter of Clifford Wiens. Members of the Canada Council for the Arts will also be on hand to bring greetings as we dedicate this reception to celebrating the CCA's 50th anniversary.

Saturday, May 26, 2007

Panel Discussion
Re-Use: A Second Life for Modernist Buildings
9:00 a.m. to 11 a.m., MacKenzie Art Gallery

Panelists include:

• Jeannie Mah (Artist and Friends of the Dunlop Art Gallery Liasion, Regina)
• James J. Youck (Architect, P3 Architecture, Regina)
• Bob Ellard (Architect, Stantec Architecture and Interior Design, Regina)
• David W. Edwards (Architect, de Lint + Edwards Architects, Regina)
• Cheryl Cooper (Founding Director + Chair, Arthur Erickson Conservancy, Vancouver)

Moderated by Marco Polo (Assistant Professor, Department of Architectural Science, Ryerson University)

Keynote Address
11:15 a.m. to 12:15 p.m., MacKenzie Art Gallery
Patricia Patkau (Partner in Patkau Achitects, Vancouver, and professor in the School of Architecture, University of British Columbia)

Lunch
12:45 p.m. to 1:45 p.m., Regina Public Library Boardroom

Panel Discussion
(Un) Common Spaces: The Cultural Value of Modernist Public Architecture
2:00 p.m. to 3:30 p.m., RPL Film Theatre

Panelists include:

• Bernard Flaman (SAA, MRAIC, Heritage Architect, Culture, Youth and Recreation, Province of Saskatchewan)
• Lisa Rochon (Architecture critic, The Globe and Mail, Toronto)
• Steven Mannell (NSAA, MRAIC, Professor, School of Architecture & Planning, Dalhousie University, Nova Scotia)
• Trevor Boddy (Vancouver-based Art/Architecture critic and historian, exhibition curator of TELLING DETAILS: The Architecture of Clifford Weins)

Moderated by Elizabeth Matheson (Independent Curator, Regina/Saskatoon)

Walking Tour
3:30 p.m. to 4:00 p.m.
Walking tour of modernist and heritage architecture in the Victoria Park Conservation District led by Bernard Flaman.

Keynote Address
7:30 p.m., MacKenzie Art Gallery
Clifford Wiens (Architect, Vancouver)

Sunday, May 27, 2007

Pre-Bus Tour Coffee
9:30 a.m., CBC Regina

Bus Tour
10:30 a.m., Leaving from CBC Regina
Two buses will depart from the CBC Building - one led by Clifford Wiens and one by Trevor Boddy. Both buses will visit a number of Wiens buildings, including the John Nugent Studio (Lumsden), Silton Chapel (Silton) and the University of Regina Heating and Cooling Plant (Regina).