BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS  

Eleanor Conkey

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Vancouver School of Decorative and Applied Arts (Diploma 1935)


Eleanor Conkey was a student at the Vancouver School of Art from 1932 to 1935, graduating in 1935, and attended the school's summer camp on Savary Island.


GROUP EXHIBITIONS
DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK
1937 Nov. 2 - 14 VAG   VSAGA Group Exhibition (lamp)

References

VANCOUVER SCHOOL OF ART - LIST OF GRADUATES & STUDENTS (refer to VSA)

Attendee at the 1935 Vancouver School of Art Summer Camp
  (refer to SUMMER SKETCHING CAMP - SAVARY ISLAND)

THE SAVARY PUDDING folio by Frederick A. Amess, private collection.
   Original drawings, paintings and text by Amess, C.H. Scott, Grace Melvin,
       H. Mortimer Lamb, Plato von Ustinov, and other students and visitors.
   June 1935 (various dates), June 1939 (various dates)
   52 loose 12"x18" sheets of brown sketch paper

Clippings

"Other students who enjoyed the outing at the Royal Savory (sic) Hotel were ... Miss Eleanor Conkey ... "
      From "Art Students Hold Display of Summer Work"
      Vancouver Province, July 4 1933

" ... Eleanor Conbay (sic) (with a lamp) ... have attractive offerings."
      From "ART GRADUATES HAVE EXCELLENT EXHIBITION"
      News Herald, November 3 1937

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