Coming Full Circle:
A Retrospective Exhibition of Alice Hanlin’s Art
work.
Article by Trea Jensen and Alice
Hanlin
The month of March The Artisans Guild
of Eastend and Surrounding areas freatures the artwork of Alice Hanlin. The exhibition will feature work which she
has created since 1946 to present day.
Alice’s work will show the journey
she has been on since she was a child, the wonder and the observation of her
environment, putting it down on paper and canvas, using different media to
communicate what she sees and feels.
This exhibition contains examples of art
work from different stages, depicting her life long passion for art.
Returning home to her roots, in the
SW Corner of Saskatchewan, there has been an emotional realization in
recognizing the things Alice has experienced before. Many of these returning circles are depicted
in her artwork that will be on display at the A.G.E.S Gallery located in the
Eastend Library, Eastend SK.
The Show will run from February 28 –
March 29 2014. Please join Alice to hear
of her journey as an artist at the Artist Reception February 28 at 7pm at the
Eastend Library. Refreshments will be
served!
The following is narrated by Alice
Hanlin
Ten years ago in 2004 in an art
workshop in San Miguel de Allende Mexico, I became aware of the presence of
circles. A circle is a symbol of so many
things: changing seasons, day and night,
cycles that repeat. Circles are
everywhere.
Later that same year,( not an Eastend resident yet) I was given
the opportunity to spend 3 weeks in the Stegner House in Eastend. Determined to become immersed in community
culture and activities, my husband John and I went to the Cowboy Poetry
Festival in Maple Creek. I felt like a
foreigner.……….until I looked at a Maple Creek History book on a display table
and saw a photograph of myself as a baby in my father’s arms. This poem reflects a circle that I
recognized then.
‘Roots’
Returning to roots…
Another circle…one a bit unfamiliar.
I have almost forgotten
My early years
In Cowboy Country…..
Merry Flat
Battle Creek
Fort Walsh
The Coalmine…
Seeing my baby picture
In the Maple Creek History book
Has made me realize the truth
That this is a place of my roots.
by Alice Hanlin Sept 18 2004
