Embracing change This fall I celebrated my 12th year here at the University of Lethbridge. I racked my brain trying to pinpoint the most memorable moments from the last 12 years but quickly realized there are too many to mention. I’ve decided the most noteworthy aspect of my experience at the U of L is the constant change I have witnessed and had the privilege to be a part of.
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Wikipedia defines change as the “process of becoming different.” This issue of SAM touches on how U of L professor Judith Kulig is helping the Slave Lake region of northern Alberta rebuild in the aftermath of a devastating fire, an affirmation in resiliency; and provides a tribute to the strength of the community as witnessed by Allan Winarski (BSc ’86, BMgt ’90).
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Change also means the absence of monotony. Read about Christian Darbyshire (BMgt ’99) and his anything-but-monotonous career that earned him recognition as one of Canada’s Top 40 Under 40™ this year. Change is also a great way to describe our Spotlight on Research section that highlights the U of L’s imaging research programs and shows how technology is changing our “view” of the world around us. I hope you enjoy,
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KAZUO NAKAMURA, GREY DAY, 1954
From the University of Lethbridge Art Collection | purchased in 1988.
Kazuo Nakamura (1926 – 2002) was an acclaimed Japanese-Canadian painter and sculptor. He studied at Toronto’s Central Technical School and would eventually co-found the Toronto-based Painters Eleven group, a collective of abstract artists in Canada.
Although sharing in the other members’ use of painterly abstraction, Nakamura’s work was distinguished within the group by his use of simpler structures and monochromatic colours.
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Nakamura was concerned with science, time and space and his work often examined universal patterns in art and nature. To him, these laboriously inscribed works were a quest for some ultimate order to the apparent chaos of the universe.