Above: Auction table
“Pavilion is a great way to celebrate that culture
of Stampede, which is our anchor, but also reflects
where we are today, as an organization and as a
city.”
At time of writing, CSF had partnered with
Newzones, Skew Gallery, Paul Kuhn Gallery,
Masters Gallery Ltd., and TrepanierBaer
Contemporary Art to showcase 18 works of art on
Thursday, November 5, 2009.
Stampede. Pavilion was the brainchild of interior The event attracts mostly local art lovers, but has
designer Jane Snyder, chair of Pavilion, who already captured the interest of out-of-towners from
leveraged her relationships with local galleries to high profile centres. During last year’s event, an
draw that new crowd into those horse stalls. absentee bidder from New York successfully bid on
“We looked at what we can do with our a piece.
fundraising and saw this as a means to bring the “The hope and vision is that this becomes a
fine arts community into the Stampede family,” says western Canada event, where people will come
Glenn. “The artist receives their full commission, from out of town to attend the auction,” says
which is often not the case with some fundraisers. Tomney. “It is a unique event, not only for the format
We don’t believe in promoting the arts at the and venue, but also for the galleries themselves,
expense of the artist.”
Sue Tomney, executive director of CSF, notes
““Pavilion is a great way to celebrate that
that ensuring the artists are properly
culture of Stampede, which is our anchor,
compensated is just one crucial element
but also reflects where we are today, as an
to building this annual event. Another
organization and as a city.”
aspect is one that Calgary as a city, not
just the Stampede, has been wrestling who don’t usually have an opportunity to work
with as we’ve grown into the über-modern together in this capacity.”
city we are today. They also don’t usually have the opportunity to dig
“We have a long-standing tradition of out the cowboy boots from the back of the closet
western values and culture, yet at the on a cold November evening, to straddle the world
same time we are committed to being between western values and contemporary art.
relevant. We don’t want to lose sight of our The surprise may not be so much in the seeming
western roots, but we also want to remain juxtaposition of the two, but in how much fun one can
fresh and viable,” Tomney says. have while riding the link between them.
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