Presentations

  1. Calgary's Civic Art Collection: The First Hundred Years in Presentation Hall, at the Calgary Public Library during 2025 Historic Calgary Week, July 27, 2025, 2 - 4 pm.
  2. Marion Nicoll's Chinook IV, 1963 for Masters Gallery, May 30 - June 14, 2020 (also archived) under its Art Stories, main website, mastersgalleryltd.com
  3. "Maxwell Bates: His Art, Life and Legacy", Glenbow Museum, Theatre, in conjunction with its Maxwell Bates: The In Crowd exhibition curated by Sarah Todd and Travis Lutley, March 7, 2020, 1 - 3 pm.
  4. "Maxwell Bates: His Art, Life and Legacy", CALL, the Calgary Association of Lifelong Learners, C Space, Rm. 310, 1721 29 Ave. S.W., Calgary, April 9, 2020, 1 - 3 pm.
    All speakers series may be cancelled due to Coronavirus 17: please consult CALL website.
  5. Tour of Revolutionaries and Ghosts: Memory, Witness and Justice in a Global Canadian Context, Nickle Galleries, University of Calgary for Registrants at the Alberta CFUW Council Meeting, April 27, 2019, 2:30 pm.
  6. "Art Inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains and Selkirk Mountains 1809 - 2012" Central Alberta Historical Society, Red Deer Museum, April 17, 2019, 7:30 pm.
  7. "Art Inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains and Selkirk Mountains 1809 – 2012 + seven years," Canmore Public Library, January 14, 2019, 7 pm
  8. "Cliff Robinson and other Calgary Modernists; A. C. Leighton, Henry Glyde and Walter Phillips", Illingworth Kerr Gallery, Alberta College of Art and Design, Calgary, November 8, 2018, 1 – 2 pm
  9. "Craftsman Bob Oldrich and Calgary's Public Art: A Conversation with Philippe Delesalle, architect, and Nancy Townshend", John Dutton Theatre, Calgary Public Library, July 31st, 2 – 3:30 pm
  10. "Art Inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains and Selkirk Mountains 1809 - 2012," CALL Cafe, the Calgary Association of Lifelong Learners Cafe, Nov. 13, 2017, 1:30 - 2:30 pm
  11. "Opening Remarks: Bates, Stevenson and the Calgary Allied Arts Foundation", Gallery 505, 505 8 Avenue S.W., Calgary, September 29, 2017 as part of the 2017 Alberta Culture Days.
  12. "A.C. Leighton and the Alberta Society of Artists," Leighton Art Centre, October 2, 2016 as part of the 2016 Alberta Culture Days.
  13. "Art Inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains and Selkirk Mountains 1809 - 2012," Le Relais, Lake O'Hara as part of the Lake O'Hara 2015 Speaker Series, Sunday, July 19, 2015.
  14. "Art Inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains and Selkirk Mountains 1809 - 2012,"
    Art Now, University of Lethbridge, Nov. 12, 2014, 12 - 1 pm.
  15. Tour, "Vanishing Ice: Alpine and Polar Landscapes in Art, 1775 - 2012," Glenbow Museum for CALL, Calgary Association of Lifelong Learners, Thurs. Oct. 30, 2014, 1:30 - 2:30 pm.
  16. Tour, "Maxwell Bates: A Calgarian" exhibition and sale, Masters Gallery Ltd., Calgary, Sat. Dec. 14th, 2013, (Maxwell Bates's 107th birthday), 1:30 - 2:30 pm.
  17. Tour, "Maxwell Bates: A Calgarian" exhibition and sale, Masters Gallery Ltd., Calgary, for CALL, Calgary Association of Lifelong Learners, Wed. Dec. 11th, 2013, 2 - 3 pm.
  18. Tour "Made in Calgary: the 1980s", Glenbow Museum for CALL Calgary Association of Lifelong Learners,
    October 24, 2013.
  19. Tour "Made in Calgary: the 1970s", Glenbow Museum for CALL Calgary Association of Lifelong Learners, July 18, 2013.
  20. Tour "Made in Calgary: the 1960s", Glenbow Museum for CALL Calgary Association of Lifelong Learners, April 17, 2013.
  21. Art Inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains and Selkirk Mountains 1809 – 2012 (Calgary: Bayeux Arts, 2012), Friends of the Canmore Public Library Speaker Series, Feb. 11 at 7:30 pm, 2013.
  22. Edmonton Book Launch of Art Inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains and Selkirk Mountains 1809 – 2012 (Calgary: Bayeux Arts, 2012) at the Thinking Mountains 2012 Interdisciplinary Mountain Studies Conference, University of Alberta, December 11 – 14, 2012.
  23. "Art Inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains and Selkirk Mountains 1809 – 2012," Masters Gallery Ltd., Calgary, December 1, afternoon, 2012.
  24. "Art Inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains and Selkirk Mountains 1809 – 2012," Chinook Country Historical Society, Fort Calgary, Burnswest Theatre, November 27, 7:30 pm, 2012.
  25. "Art Inspired by the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains and Selkirk Mountains 1809 – 2012," Whyte Museum of the Canadian Rockies, Banff, November 8, 7:00 pm, 2012.
  26. "In The Lougheed Neighbourhood: Calgary's Great Modern Artist Maxwell Bates," Historic Calgary Week 2012, Lougheed House, Calgary, July 30, 7:30 pm, 2012.
  27. "Colonel Macleod's Five Homes: Isle of Skye to Calgary," Historic Calgary Week 2012, Southern Alberta Pioneers Memorial Building, July 27, 11 am, 2012.
  28. "Artistic Responses to the Canadian Rockies, Purcell Mountains and Selkirk Mountains 1809 – 2012," Directions West Conference, University of Calgary, June 21, 3 – 4:30 pm, 2012.
  29. "Artistic Responses to the Canadian Rockies Over The Past 200 Years," Alberta Society of Artists, Lougheed House, June 22, 7: 30 p.m., 2011.
  30. "Artistic Responses to the Canadian Rockies Over The Past 200 Years," Emeritus Association of University of Calgary, October 13, 2010.
  31. "125 Years of Art In and Just Outside of Banff National Park," Alberta Arts Weekend, Harkin Hall, Administrative Building, Banff National Park, September 17, 2010.
  32. "125 Years of Art In and Just Outside of Banff National Park," Banff Culture Walk 2010 during Banff National Park's 125 Anniversary, August 7, 2010, 7 - 8 p.m., Banff Park Museum, 91 Banff Avenue, Banff.
  33. "A History of Art in Alberta in the 20th Century," Alberta Heritage Day and Historic Calgary Week, August 2, 2010, 2- 3 p.m., Fort Calgary.
  34. "125 Years of Art In and Just Outside of Banff National Park," artsPeak, June 18, 2010, 7:30 - 8:30 pm, Town of Canmore's Council Chambers.
  35. "Congratulations to the Alberta Society of Artists," Grand Opening Gala, Alberta Society of Artists Gallery, the Lougheed House, Calgary, January 31, 2010.
  36. "Maxwell Bates, William Leroy Stevenson and John Snow," The New Gallery (in the Kay and John Snow House), September 27, 2009, 2:30 - 4:30 pm.  Meet at Mona Lisa Artists' Materials for walking tour to Snow House.
  37. "Colonel Macleod's Homes: Earthly Paradise With A Scottish Flair" at the Alberta's Cultural Communities: A Diverse History conference, Carriage House Inn, Calgary, Sunday, May 31, 2009, Session IV from 8:45 am - 10:15 a.m.
  38. "A. C. Leighton and the Canadian Painting Landscape Tradition" at the Leighton Centre, February 27, 2009, 7:30 - 9:30 p.m.
  39. Canadian Parks for Tomorrow conference at University of Calgary, May 8 – 12, 2008 on “Canadian Parks and Protected Areas Through Artists’ Eyes: Transforming The Western Canadian Rockies.” Paper accepted for The University of Calgary IR or DSpace.
  40. “Maxwell Bates, Marion Nicoll and Bob Oldrich: Calgary’s Founding But Forgotten Artists” at the Glenbow Museum during Calgary Historic Week, July 2008.
  41. Public tours of the major exhibition Maxwell Bates: At The Crossroads of Expressionism (2004 – 2006) in Edmonton, Calgary, Saskatoon and Victoria.
  42. XXXIst Congress of the Comite international d’histoire de l’art in Montreal on the Virtual Museum of Canada site on Maxwell Bates: Artist, Architect, Writer, August 2004.