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Library Seasonal Contests

"Still Life" Contest (March 18 - April 6, 2025)

Still Life paintings tell a visual story through the arrangement
of everyday objects on a table. 

Enter to WIN!
(Open to all University of Regina registered students; you may submit different entries, but can only win one prize!)

What would be your favorite object to put on a Still Life table?

Visit the Archer Library Entrance Display and scan the QR code. 

No Time to Visit the Archer Library? access the online "Archer Library Still Life Studio", place objects on the table and upload your own "Still Life"!

Random Draw Prizes:

  • one of three signed copies by David Garneau "Dark Chapters: Reading the Still Lives of David Garneau" donated by the University of Regina Press.
  • one of ten library goodie bags.
     

Book Cover - Dark Chapters

       

Please note that the contents of the goodie bag may vary from what is shown in above image.

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"Still Life" Contest Rules

Contest Rules:

  1. Participants must be currently registered students at the University of Regina or federated colleges
  2. Entries must be submitted by the deadline
  3. Participants may submit multiple entries, but can only win one prize
  4. Dr. John Archer Library & Archives will notify the winners via email on Monday, April 7, 2025 by 1:30 p.m. We will contact the winners using the information provided by an eligible participant on the entry form.  If a winner does not reply to the email by Wednesday, April 9, 2025 at 5:00 p.m., the Dr. John Archer Library shall have the right, but not the obligation, to select an alternative winner.
  5. By submitting you give permission to the Dr. John Archer Library & Archives to reproduce and use your submission (using your name and department/faculty), either wholly or in part, in any medium (including but not limited to publications and on the internet) for promotional purposes.

Online Resources about/by David Garneau

Transformer - Exhibition

Essay: Contemporary Native art: plugged in, turned on by David Garneau.

Arts of Engagement - Book

Chapter 1:  Imaginary spaces of conciliation and reconciliation: art, curation, and healing by David Garneau