About Mackenzie Art Gallery

MacKenzie Art Gallery exhibits and activities, as stated in the strategic plan, offer a place for the whole community to interact with various cultural views and perspectives, including those of First Nations, Métis, and Inuit peoples, as well as immigrants to Canada. The MacKenzie Art Gallery is a vibrant, non-profit community resource with excellent exhibits and activities. The MacKenzie Art Gallery connects individuals via exceptional, transformational visual arts experiences. The Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery was created by the institution in 1953 to display pieces from the collection. The art museum became a separate entity from the university in 1990, and it relocated to the T. C. Douglas Building on the southwestern border of Wascana Centre. Saskatchewan, Canada’s art museum Regina, Saskatchewan, Canada’s MacKenzie Art Gallery (MAG; French:Musee d’art MacKenzie) is an art museum. The museum is housed in the T. C. Douglas Building, which is located on the outskirts of the Wascana Centre. The structure has eight galleries with a total display area of 2,200 square metres (24,000 square feet). Norman MacKenzie gave a private collection to Regina College (later the University of Regina), which became the museum.

MacKenzie Art Gallery

Exterior facade of the MacKenzie Art Gallery
Former name	Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery
Established	1953 ; 68 years ago ( 1953 )
Location	3475 Albert Street, Regina , Saskatchewan , Canada
Coordinates	50°25′30″N 104°37′0″W / 50.42500°N 104.61667°W / 50.42500; -104.61667 Coordinates :	50°25′30″N 104°37′0″W / 50.42500°N 104.61667°W / 50.42500; -104.61667
Type	Art museum
Executive director	John G. Hampton [1]
Curator	Timothy Long [1]
Website	mackenzie.art

History

The art museum was founded on Norman MacKenzie’s collections, which he donated to Regina College (later the University of Regina) in 1936. In 1953, the Norman MacKenzie Art Gallery was created at the college to house Mackenzie’s collection. The Mackenzie Art Gallery is the province of Saskatchewan’s oldest public art museum, having been founded that year. The museum was founded in 1990 as a separate entity from the University of Regina, but it continues to collaborate with the university. The museum relocated to its current location in the same year. The museum continues to serve as guardians for the Institution of Regina’s art collection, despite the fact that those works are held by the university and the museum has its own permanent collection, which is derived from the Norman MacKenzie collection. The MacKenzie Art Gallery became Canada’s first public art museum to hire an indigenous Canadian as its chief curator in 1998.

Architecture

The museum is located on the southwestern border of the Wascana Centre urban park, which is centred on a man-made lake and Wascana Creek. The museum’s structure is a multifunctional facility, with sections devoted to museum usage and others serving as office space for a number of provincial agencies and ministries. The museum occupies about 9,300 square metres (100,000 square feet), but certain areas are not utilised by the museum. The structure has eight galleries, totaling 2,200 square metres (24,000 square feet) of display space. The museum also has technical sections such as a conservation lab, workshop, preparation rooms, a 185-seat theatre, storage facilities, a gift shop, and meeting spaces in addition to its displays. The museum’s white Tyndall stone façade structure was built in 1978 as a government office building and is named for former Saskatchewan Premier Tommy Douglas. It wasn’t until 1990 that the museum moved inside the structure. The museum underwent a $8.3 million restoration in September 2002, which included the removal and reinstallation of the building’s Tyndall stone exterior to instal vapour barrier seals, as well as the replacement of all windows and the roof membrane. The structure was renovated to satisfy environmental sensitivity requirements for the display of selected artworks.

Permanent Collection

Auguste Rodin’s The Kiss (1900). The sculpture is part of the permanent collection of the museum. The permanent collection of the museum now contains approximately 5,000 pieces spanning 5,000 years. The mission of the museum is to provide the public with an encyclopaedic collection of various kinds of culture and visual arts. Its collection, however, retains a strong emphasis on Canadian art, especially indigenous Canadian artists, Saskatchewan artists, and artists from the rest of Western Canada. The permanent collection of the museum comes from Norman MacKenzie’s own collections, which he donated to the museum in 1936. The college established a museum to display the paintings in 1953. The museum’s collection grew throughout time, and in 1990, the museum and its collection were established as a separate entity from the university. Joe Fafard, a Saskatchewan-based artist, has works in the museum’s permanent collection. In addition to Canadian artists like David Thauberger, there are non-Canadian painters like Hans Hoffman. Pablo Picasso was a Spanish painter who lived from Rodin, Auguste Andy Warhol is a pop artist who is well known for The museum was one of the first in Canada to show works by indigenous Canadian artists as fine art, with the first item on display in 1975.

The 13TH Floor

The MacKenzie Art Gallery’s multi-faceted platform for production, distribution, and interpretation is located on the 13th Floor. The 13TH Floor is a meeting place, open forum, studio, magazine, resource, and exhibition space that exists halfway between real and virtual existence. The 13TH Floor, which is usually not allowed in contemporary architecture and is sometimes denoted by the gallery’s namesake “M,” is a realm of potential that spans time and space. It is a location that can be pinpointed, yet there is no in-between area in the cloud.

The MacKenzie Art Gallery Shop

The MacKenzie Art Gallery Shop in Regina provides a unique shopping experience. We offer one-of-a-kind products created by top Canadian designers and craftsmen. Every purchase made in the Gallery Shop directly supports the MacKenzie’s exhibits and activities, and visitors will find something unique for all tastes and budgets. Find all about unusual presents. Publications & Catalogues Exhibition catalogues, books, and other products may be found at the Gallery Shop. A range of exhibition catalogues and instructional materials are also published by the MacKenzie. Contact the Gallery Shop or call 306-584-4250 ext. 4270 to buy a MacKenzie magazine. Shipping is an option.

The Mackenzie Art Gallery: Back Through Our Doors

The hours of operation at the MacKenzie have changed. From Wednesday through Saturday, we are open from 10 a.m. to 5:30 p.m., and on Sundays, we are open from 12 p.m. to 5:30 p.m. NEW! For elderly and immune-compromised people (and their companions): The Gallery will be closed to the public on Wednesday mornings between 10 a.m. and 12 p.m. Until further notice, the Craft Services Café will be closed. Instead of bringing a paper ticket, visitors are urged to bring a digital copy of this ticket to the Gallery. Anyone visiting the Gallery who is able to wear a mask is expected to do so, and visitors are requested to keep a two-meter distance from personnel and other visitors. Our exhibition rooms on the second floor have been modified to guarantee that our exhibits adhere to these standards. There will be free masks and hand sanitizer available. In order to maintain our areas sanitary, further cleaning procedures have been introduced. As a consequence, a number of venues and activities are still unavailable to the general public. A variety of procedures will remain in place over the summer to ensure that our community remains safe. It is recommended that you purchase your tickets online. Tickets are available on a first-come, first-served basis online and in person, and include entry for both members and non-members. Adult admission is $10, while children under the age of 17 are free.

Direction and Accessibility

Visitor parking is free and indicated by visitor signs in the parking areas around the T.C. Douglas building.

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The Gallery is handicapped accessible, and there is parking outside the main door.