32 - North Shore News ~— Sunday, October 29, 2000

North Shore

Ton! Dabbs

Contributing Writer
WITH! Christmas just
around the corner, I
wanted a getaway to a
destination where I
could combine the
serious side of the sea-
son with a holiday
shopping spree.
Edmonton filled the
bill.

What made Edmonton
especially attractive this year
was Anno Domini: Jesus
Through the Centuries, an
exhibition that premiered at
the . Provincial Museum of
Alberta on Oct. 7, 2000, and
continues through Jan. 7,

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2001. I had the good fortune
to be guided through the
exhibition by curator David
J. Goa, who designed it as a
thought-provoking —explo-
ration of the impact of Jesus
on people, ideas, history and
culture.

Goa spent the last three
years assembling artworks
and artifacts from 45 institu-
tions world-wide. He chose
cach item for the way it por-
trays the influence of Jesus on
people in a particular time
and place. The curator
emphasizes that the exhibi-
tion is about cultural percep-
tions of Jesus rather than
about Christianity.

“The tradition is here that
People from every religious
community should be ae to
find something that touches
their heart,” he says.

Pieces that are his person-
al favourites demonstrate the
variety of materials, periods
and styles represented: a 15th
century Italian tempera and
gold leaf triptych by Fra
Angelico; a 16th century
alabaster sculpture of Mary

Magdalene from Frence; .a

richly enamelled 19th centr
ry oges reliquary casket;
and a 20th century cross and
candelabra ‘altar set by
Scottish artist Phocbe Anna
Traquair. .

ot all elements of ‘the
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though. An_ introductory
video relates events taken
from television newscasts to
the themes of the Beatitudes
from Jesus’ Sermon on the
Mount. Music, ranging from
Gregorian chant to gospel,
drifts through the gallery.
And listening posts present
appropriate recorded words
of poets, politicians and play-
wrights.

Goa believes; “Demands
on the mind and heart are
such that visitors will be dis-
appointed if they don’t allow

emselves at least two hours

to go through the exhibi-

tion.”

Not everyone can have the
curator as a guide, so for
those who want some inter-

- pretation of the exhibition,

Cameron Malcolm of Out an’
About Tours offers The Anno

Domini Tour. He accompa- .

nies guests through the exhi-
bition and also takes them on
a cultural end heritage tour of
the city that includes visits to
several historic churches. .

I took another tour that.

he offers on a similar theme;
The
Tour. We_ travelled to. the
Ukrainian ‘Cultural Heritage

Village, 56 kilometres cast of. »
Edmonton, to examine the:
- craftsmanship’ and . architec- -
_ tural ‘details: of its three’.

churches: St. Nicholas Russo-

~ Greek Orthodox, | built :in

‘Calgary ‘and
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1908; St. Nicholas Ukrainian.
Greek Catholic, 1912; and -
St. Vladimir’s Ukrainian
Greek Orthodox, 1934.
These buildings, two with
beautifully painted interiors, .
remain intact because they
originally stood in rural

Ukrainian communities that.”

were somewhat isolated and-
were practically suspended in
time.

Malcolm has over 17 years
of experience as a historical’
incerpeeter in Alberta, includ- :
ing seven years as a guide at --
Ukrainian Village. He also

worked for more than three

years as a restoration carpen-

ter at the village, so he literal--

ly ‘knows his subject inside:..
and out... -
Both the ‘Provincial -
Museum. of Alberca. and the
Ukrainian Cultural Heritage
Village have good gift shops,
but I wanted to purchase.a-
lot of. presents, so T:asked :.
some Edmonton residents to

. recommend. a shopping: area

that," would put: mein.’ the

Christmas spirit.:: .
Several * suggested::; Old

Strathcona, : |: near-:*:. the

district ‘has | tree-lined : brick

sidewalks ‘and heritage-store:

fronts that give it the charac-

ter.of an early 1900s villa

which i in fact it was.
Strathcona :'sproute:

the south ‘side-of the North

than. spend: the. -Mmoney «to
build = ~ bridg, r

: Edmonton. In 1912: th ough
“the two cities amalgamates

The locals didn’t |

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complete. without:‘a: stop/at
West : Edmonton ‘ Mall

the: biggest indoor: shopping
and- entertainment