The evening also marked the opening of an exhibition in
The Great Hall of the Arts and Letters Club organized by Club Members (and
Alcuin members) Stan Bevington, Don McLeod and Chester Gryski entitled Winning
Book Design: The Elements Combined. The Exhibition in two parts displayed
original drawings by Carl Dair for Cartier and the development of work from
preliminary drawings to final product with work by Tim Inkster for Out of
the Wood, Wallace Edwards for
Uncle Wally’s Old Brown Shoe (Alcuin award winners this year) and
from George Walker for The Mysterious Death of Tom Thomson (Alcuin Award
winner last year) and Tom McNeely. This Exhibition will remain on view at the
Club until the end of October. Unfortunately, there is no public viewing of this
exhibit planned. Those who know a club member can visit the Club with that
person to view the exhibit.
Will Rueter attended the evening and we were able to
honour him as the latest recipient of the Robert R. Reid Award and medal.
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| Brian Maloney and Will Reuter at the Alcuin Awards. Credit: Don McLeod |
The speaker for the evening was Rod McDonald who spoke
about the development of Cartier. Rod has researched this topic in the Carl
Dair fonds held at Massey College in Toronto. He shared with his audience some
of the facts about Carl Dair and Cartier that he has gleaned from this research
and the insights that he has gained.
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| Rod McDonald in front of a sample display of Cartier Book. Credit: Don McLeod |
In all, a well received and very successful evening.
Chester Gryski
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