'On Guard For Thee'
STM Gallery 1437 College Drive, Saskatoon, Saskatchewan S7N 0W6
Richard Johnson
Richard Johnson_Canadian Soldier Waiting to be Translated into Ukrainian, 2015, Limited edition print 1/12 , 16x21 inches.jpg
'On Guard for Thee', Canada’s Military Training Mission to Ukraine, 2015 and the Drawings of Canadian War Artist Richard Johnson.
November 1-December 16, 2022
Opening reception: Sunday, November 6th 2-4pm
An exhibit organized by the Prairie Centre for the Study of Ukrainian Heritage, with curation by Dr. Bohdan Kordan in association with St. Thomas More College Art Gallery. Proceeds from the limited series prints – numbered and signed by artist Richard Johnson – will be directed toward support of humanitarian relief efforts in Ukraine through the Canada-Ukraine Foundation. The sale ends with the conclusion of the exhibition on December 17, 2022.
OPERATION UNIFIER – CANADA’S MILITARY training mission to Ukraine – initially took place at the International Centre for Peacekeeping and Security, Yavoriv, 25 April 2015 – 13 February 2022. Canadian troops involved in the mission were drawn from the 1st Battalion of the Royal Canadian Regiment and later the 3ième Battalion, Royal 22e Régiment from Québec. Under their tutelage, a total of 33,346 Ukrainian soldiers were mentored.
In 2015, Richard Johnson, a field illustrator attached to Canada’s Armed Forces as part of the Canadian Forces Art Program, chronicled the life and routine of soldiering during the inaugural phase of Canada’s military mission to Ukraine.
Full details available here: https://stmcollege.ca/gallery/2022/09/on-guard-for-thee/