Art at Muttart

Biota

Glass artwork by Keith Walker

My intent with this installation is to instill a feeling of fantasy and wonder from the viewer's perspective. Bold use of colours and the whimsical nature of the forms could suggest something of this world on a microscopic level or simply something out of this world which could only be realized in one’s dreams.

- Keith Walker

Circle of Life

Mural by Alex Janvier

Winding around all 4 walls of the Muttart Conservatory’s main centre court area, is a mural by Cold Lake First Nations artist, the late Alex Janvier, The Circle of Life. The art represents the cycle of life, from the energy of the sun, to the growth of plant, animal, and human from generation to birth, maturity. There is struggle, challenge to tradition, finding one’s role in society, which turns to settling down, wisdom, spirituality. The cycle ends with death, which returns its energy to the Sun — the beginning.

The piece is a 60-foot long acrylic painting on white latex. Like his other works, Janvier draws from various aboriginal cultures, but interprets the imagery in a completely contemporary manner. Janvier is regarded as one of Canada’s most significant abstract painters, having been awarded the 2008 Governor General’s Awards for Visual and Media Arts.

We are Here

Sculpture by Mia Weinberg

During facility renovations in 2008/2009, the front entry of Muttart Conservatory was updated and modified. Mia Weinberg was commissioned to create a black granite pyramid to mark the occasion. This piece can be found just outside the main gates to the Conservatory and continues to draw guests to the beauty inside the glass pyramids.