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. .

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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

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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

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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

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that," would put: mein.’ the

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