Emma Lake Artist's Workshops


The Emma Lake Artists' Workshops are affiliated with the University of Saskatchewan in Saskatoon. Summer art classes were originally taught by Augustus Kenderdine at Murray Point on Emma Lake in 1936. Kenneth Lochhead and Arthur McKay, professors at the University of Saskatchewan, Regina Campus initiated the more famous Emma Lake Artists' Workshops in 1955.

Workshop Leaders by Date:O'Brian, John (curator/editor). (1989). The Flat Side of the Landscape : The Emma Lake Artists' Workshops Essays, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan:Mendel Art Gallery .King, John. (1972). The Emma Lake Workshops 1955-1970: A Documented Study of the Artists’ Workshop at Emma Lake, Saskatchewan, of the School of Art, University of Saskatchewan, Regina, 1955-1970. Manitoba: Brandon University.