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ANGLISS, Katherine Margaret (Kay)

Born
Port Coquitlam, B.C., 1923
Died
?, 2004
Biography synopsis
Kay Angliss began her art education at the Vancouver School of Art, graduating in 1946. She continued her studies at Emma Lake Art School in Saskatchewan as well the University of Calgary (printmaking) and the Alberta College of Art where she attended workshops with recognized American printmakers. She is best known for her work in printing, particularly serigraphy and relief printing but she also worked in watercolour and fibre art. During the 1950s, she used scavenged materials including house paints and off cuts from printing houses because of financial constraints. She taught at the Alberta College of Art from 1965-1980 and also instructed children at the Allied Arts Centre in Calgary from 1960-74. Angliss was a Life Member of the Alberta Society of Artists, beginning in 1976. She was also the recipient of the Royal Canadian Academy's Trust Fund in 1994. Her work has been exhibited and collected widely throughout Canada. Angliss and her husband, also an artist, returned to British Columbia in 1989 where they continued their practice.
Media used
Printmaking
Textiles
Watercolour
Education
Vancouver School of Art, 1942 - 1946 (under Fred Amess)
Emma Lake - University of Saskatchewan Art School
University of Calgary (under Shane Weare (1968); Andre Stasik (1969))
Alberta College of Art (under Deli Sacilotto (1960s))
Memberships
Alberta Society of Artists, 1976
File & Archive locations
Canadian Women Artists History Initiative Documentation Centre, QC
National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
Alberta Culture and Community Spirit - Arts Branch
Edmonton Art Gallery, AB - Library
Vancouver Art Gallery, BC - Library
Winnipeg Art Gallery, MA - Clara Lander Library
Toronto Reference Library, ON
Glenbow Archives, AB - Photographs Catalogue
Calgary Public Library, AB - Arts Department
BIBLIOGRAPHY

Writings about
Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon: Die bildenden Künstler aller Zeiten und Völker. Leipzig: G. K. Saur, 1992
"Art Works Ideal Gifts for Christmas Giving." Red Deer Advocate 15 Nov.1974
Baker, Suzanne Devonshire. Artists of Alberta. Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1980
Cochran, Bente Roed. Printmaking in Alberta 1945-1985 Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1989
Gina Angliss. "George Angliss: Sharp Clay Bluff and Sagebrush and Mullens." Arts Letter 17.6 (Nov./Dec. 1997)
Glenbow Alberta Institute. Alberta Society of Artists, A Juried Exhibition. Calgary: 1977
MacDonald, Colin S. The Dictionary of Canadian Artists. (Volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker) Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2009.
Pierce, Gretchen. "Discards Make Intriguing Art Exhibition." Halifax Mail Star 10 Jun. 1970
Shell Canada Ltd. Shell Canada Collection: A Selection of Canadian Art Assembled by the Employees of Shell Canada Ltd. Calgary: Shell Canada Ltd, 1977
Townshend, Nancy. A History of Art in Alberta, 1905-1970 Calgary, Alberta: Bayeux, 2005
Tuele, Nicholas, and Christina Johnson-Dean. British Columbia Women Artists, 1885-1985 Victoria: Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, 1985
Zimon, Kathy E. Alberta Society of Artists: The First Seventy Years Calgary: University of Calgary Press, 2000

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