Kinetic sculpture by Katie Ohe, at KOAC
Kinetic sculptures by Katie Ohe, KOAC
At the Saskatoon Farm
Alpaca at the Christmas Market
Goat at the Petting Zoo
Pioneer Acres branding iron
Model Mamod Steam Tractor, Pioneer Acres
House Sparrow at the Saskatoon Farm
Blacksmith at work, Cochrane Ecological Institute
"Just" a little House Sparrow
Moth, Asa Wright, Trinidad
Meerkat from the archives
Great Orange Tip / Hebomoia glaucippe
Colobus monkey - such a poser
Always a treat to see
Hibiscus beauty
Calgary's special guests
Water Lily
Resting on a window
Chameleon
Cracker sp.
Many-plume moth / Alucita sp.
On the Beam
Two-month-old American Kestrel
Powderpuff flower
Day of Interment
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Happy Christmas Day!
Helmeted Guineafowl
Farmyard friends
A face only a mother could love
Room With A View
Splash of colour
Naturalist, Gus Yaki, with Harry Kiyooka, artist
Swainson's Hawk
Het Ladenblokje van de Musicus
Het Ladenblokje van de Bankier
Het Ladenblokje van de Wiskundeleraar
Het Ladenblokje van de Romanschrijver
Het Ladenblokje van de Programmeur
Het Ladenblokje van de Wetenschapsfilosoof
Het Ladenblokje van de Psycholoog
Het Ladenblokje van de Econoom
Het Ladenblokje van de Wielrenner
Old dolls, Pioneer Acres Museum, Alberta
I'm here, fill it up - Happy Caturday
I'm here, open that door - Happy Caturday
Bastian and the twins
Happy Thanksgiving!
Very best friends (2006) - Happy Caturday
Case steam tractor, Pioneer Acres
The new cat tree
Colourful Caithlin - Happy Caturday
Being beautiful is hard work
Photosession with friends
Playful Bastian for Happy Caturday
Rooster, Saskatoon Farm
Sillier and sillier
Silly boy...
An old Ford, plus tractors, Pioneer Acres
Helmeted Guineafowl
Bastian asleep - Happy caturday
Caithlin asleep - Happy caturday
Into the light
Tongue tip
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Katie Ohe, sculptor
All three photos posted this morning were taken yesterday, 27 October 2017. It was a day filled with interest and enjoyment, and the morning was so different from the afternoon. It felt a day well spent. Normally, I never post - or even take! - photos of people, but this time was different. In the afternoon, by the way, I drove east of the city to see and photograph an old barn that I had wanted to see for a number of years. A friend posted a photo of it the other day and it turned out to be the very barn that I hadn't yet found. Without being asked, he told me exactly where it was. I had been looking for it just a few days before and must have missed it by just one road.
Early morning, I set out to drive west of the city, to meet a small group of friends at a very special place. It was just starting to get light when I left home and the pink sunrise colours over the distant peaks was beautiful. Unfortunately, I couldn't stop anywhere to take a photo, until I actually arrived. At least this photo gives an idea of the setting for the place we were visiting.
We had been invited to visit and do a preliminary bio-blitz at an art centre in Springbank, belonging to two amazing, vibrant, creative people who were a joy to meet. There are so many things I could write, but will instead take the words from various articles about this lively, hardworking couple.
A friend who usually comes out with us on our May Species Counts knows Katie and Harry and had told our main Naturalist, Gus Yaki, that they were interested in learning more about what plant species were growing on their 20 acres of land. I feel very fortunate to have been invited. Of course, it was not the best time of year to do this, though our Naturalist (unlike me) knows all the plants and trees without their flowers.
I will gradually add some information about this generous pair, as I find again the various websites that I was looking at late last night. I say "generous" because Katie and Harry have donated their home, Gallery, collections, and land, while continuing to live there at present. A tremendous gift!
"Harry Kiyooka and Katie Ohe have dedicated their lives to art. Their work has helped shape the local, national and international art scenes. And now they are taking the step of not just being figurative institutions on the scene, but turning their home into a literal institution for art creation.
Ohe, still a part-time instructor at ACAD (Alberta College of Art + Design), has been teaching art since 1959 and has been with ACAD since 1970. As a teacher, she has promoted the creativity of a diverse range of students. While teaching at the Calgary Allied Arts Centre, she also worked and lived out of the Hart family’s carriage house — that’s the Hart family of wrestling fame. Ohe taught art to the “Hitman” himself, Bret Hart, the eighth child of wrestling patriarch Stu Hart.
Harry didn’t seek the limelight,” says Deborah Herringer Kiss, director of the Herringer Kiss Gallery of Contemporary Art, who has known the couple for more than 15 years. “He didn’t care about having big shows or trying to get into museums. He didn’t care about any of that. He made it work by quietly, constantly creating art.”
A couple years shy of 90, Kiyooka is still a prolific painter. Inside his and Ohe’s home, his paintings hang alongside the “greats.” Other paintings line the walls of his studio, and he still works on several huge canvases. More paintings are stored behind couches and under beds, and there’s a dedicated storage room packed with filing cabinets, filled with his paintings." From an article in AvenueCalgary, from February 17, 2016 (see link below).
www.avenuecalgary.com/City-Life/Calgary-Contemporary-Art-...
www.koartscentre.org/
www.calgaryherald.com/entertainment/work+progress/8484134...
One of Katie's kinetic sculptures (Chrome Plated Steel) in motion:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp05CHJGV6I
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-art-centre-springb...
Early morning, I set out to drive west of the city, to meet a small group of friends at a very special place. It was just starting to get light when I left home and the pink sunrise colours over the distant peaks was beautiful. Unfortunately, I couldn't stop anywhere to take a photo, until I actually arrived. At least this photo gives an idea of the setting for the place we were visiting.
We had been invited to visit and do a preliminary bio-blitz at an art centre in Springbank, belonging to two amazing, vibrant, creative people who were a joy to meet. There are so many things I could write, but will instead take the words from various articles about this lively, hardworking couple.
A friend who usually comes out with us on our May Species Counts knows Katie and Harry and had told our main Naturalist, Gus Yaki, that they were interested in learning more about what plant species were growing on their 20 acres of land. I feel very fortunate to have been invited. Of course, it was not the best time of year to do this, though our Naturalist (unlike me) knows all the plants and trees without their flowers.
I will gradually add some information about this generous pair, as I find again the various websites that I was looking at late last night. I say "generous" because Katie and Harry have donated their home, Gallery, collections, and land, while continuing to live there at present. A tremendous gift!
"Harry Kiyooka and Katie Ohe have dedicated their lives to art. Their work has helped shape the local, national and international art scenes. And now they are taking the step of not just being figurative institutions on the scene, but turning their home into a literal institution for art creation.
Ohe, still a part-time instructor at ACAD (Alberta College of Art + Design), has been teaching art since 1959 and has been with ACAD since 1970. As a teacher, she has promoted the creativity of a diverse range of students. While teaching at the Calgary Allied Arts Centre, she also worked and lived out of the Hart family’s carriage house — that’s the Hart family of wrestling fame. Ohe taught art to the “Hitman” himself, Bret Hart, the eighth child of wrestling patriarch Stu Hart.
Harry didn’t seek the limelight,” says Deborah Herringer Kiss, director of the Herringer Kiss Gallery of Contemporary Art, who has known the couple for more than 15 years. “He didn’t care about having big shows or trying to get into museums. He didn’t care about any of that. He made it work by quietly, constantly creating art.”
A couple years shy of 90, Kiyooka is still a prolific painter. Inside his and Ohe’s home, his paintings hang alongside the “greats.” Other paintings line the walls of his studio, and he still works on several huge canvases. More paintings are stored behind couches and under beds, and there’s a dedicated storage room packed with filing cabinets, filled with his paintings." From an article in AvenueCalgary, from February 17, 2016 (see link below).
www.avenuecalgary.com/City-Life/Calgary-Contemporary-Art-...
www.koartscentre.org/
www.calgaryherald.com/entertainment/work+progress/8484134...
One of Katie's kinetic sculptures (Chrome Plated Steel) in motion:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Bp05CHJGV6I
www.cbc.ca/news/canada/calgary/calgary-art-centre-springb...
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