Art Appreciation Luncheon Presentation SPeech
...aching its 50th year. I tell you this because, houses and institutions such as this one, do not have insurance in this province. Because insurance matters are so complex in regard to the relationship with the province, should any of you agree to have your art on display here, you would best be advised to enter into discussion with the Private Secretary with regard to arrangements you prefer for your works while they are on the premises. The Bill Reid over the mantle by the way is on loan from the owners, the daughters of the late Mr. & Ms. Anne Stevenson of Williams Lake and is in the inventory of the Bill Reid Foundation. The recently acquired Judith Currelly that I am sure you admired over the front hall mantelpiece is what I call “Atlin Bear contemplating human kind” which has been facilitated through the philanthropy of Milton Wong and associates. You can see Takeo Tanabe’s wonderful north-coast land and seascape setting off my official portrait, with another one that glimpses Haida Gwaii across Hecate Strait in the upstairs hall. We are delighted to have Coast Salish Artist Susan Point’s Glass Eagle here in the dining room on loan from the University of Victoria collection and perhaps you have noticed that my official uniform is decorated in Roy Henry Vickers designs. In the Drawing room there are to be found, Myfanwy Spencer Pavelic and Emily Carr. I am proud to have been given some of the work of Charles Elliot that is in my office and he with Richard Hunt created the magnificent Silver Commonwealth Games baton. There is also sculptor Maarten Schaddelee’s ‘Children of the Sun’ is in the front hall and Robin Hopper’s finely crafted, exquisitely delicate aqua bowl to be seen just below Carol Sabiston’s beautiful fabric piece in the drawing room. There are many individuals wh...