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Portrait of Don Walsh by Gerald Squires
No full textPortrait of Don Walsh by Gerald Squires. Gerry Squires, Gail Squires, Sheila Lynch and myself did a trip to France, Belgium, Holland, England and Ireland in 1986. During that trip we visited Jean Claude Roy for a few days. Jean Claude was teaching a class with Gerry as his guest and I was choosen to be the model :-) This is the result
8.03.004: Gerald Squires, "The Newfoundland Landscape 1988-1993:" Letter and program, 1993
No full textPage 4 shows "The House Where Nobody Lives." Gerry and I had joked that this painting should be called "Sheep shit and loneliness" and that nearly became the title and cover painting for "Battery Included."Exhibition/Education Curator; Caroline Stone. Includes essay: Michael Cook, "Blind heaven, naked rock : Gerald Squires, some thoughts on his work, in place and time.
A personal brief concerning the crafts in Newfoundland by Gail and Gerald Squires
No full textA personal brief concerning the crafts in Newfoundland by Gail and Gerald Squires, Lighthouse Pottery. Presented at the Memorial University of Newfoundland Extension Service Craft Conference, June 5 & 6, 1972
Cantwell, Theresa Squires. Black and white photograph of three women in a yard from Theresa Squires Cantwell's personal photograph collection.
No full textLeft to right: Eileen Squires, friend Rose, Gerald Squires. Melrose, Mass, USA
Acquaintance Ensemble
No full textColourPoster done from a Gerald Squires painting; Performances in celebration of their debut recordingOthe
Regatta Folk Festival. 3rd annual (1984)
No full textColourSigned by Gerald squires. Fiddle player is Des Walsh with his son BrendanFolk Arts Societ
Gerald Squires : Ferryland Downs
No full textGoodridge situates the painter's work within the tradition of landscape art. Biographical notes. Artist's statement
Book of Job
No full textThe Legend of Job is a collaboration between artists Gerald Squires and Boyd Warren Chubbs. It was Gerald Squires last creative project. Layered with meaning and significance, the Legend of Job is a contemporary rendering of the biblical tale of the Book of Job. Join writer, performer, and artist Boyd Warren Chubbs, as well as Dr. Sean McGrath, from Memorial’s philosophy department, and Esther Squires, daughter of Mr. Squires, as they discuss the complexity of the work and its unique beauty.Part of the Check it Out! series of lectures
Squires, Harold. Interview about his life as a Marconi Operator.
No full textHarold Squires talks about his life as a Marconi Operator. Squires worked abord the S.S. Eagle, at Cabot Tower, and abord sealing ships.00:00 - Harold Squires talks about his first job with radio during WW2. Too young to go to war, he joined the Merchant Navy and worked on the deck and cook house. Then he applied to the Marconi Company; 03:42 - Received his certificate and became known as a Marconi Sparks, the nickname for wireless operator. Every ship he was known as “Sparks. ” 04:37 - Tells story about boarding a new ship and someone calling him “Marky” short for Marconi; 06:08 - Tells story of starting work at the Cabot Tower Marconi station in 1948; Lost ships would call for bearings; They would have to walk to and from Cabot Tower every day for work; 10:57 - Tells story about getting a job to go to the Antarctic for a year. They sailed from St. John’s October 1944 on an old sealing ship called the S.S. Eagle; Tells story about pitch and blubber oozing up from the deck; Repairs that had to be made to the ship; 16:26 - When he got back to St. John’s he was kept on, told they were going back on another ship and he spent another year as a Canadian Marconi operator in the Antarctic; 18:44 - talks about why they went, to look for oil and minerals; 21:29 - When he came back to Newfoundland he worked at Cabot Tower, and got a call saying he had been picked to go to the ice fields for that year; Talks about what he did when he wasn’t working; Talks about using the loudspeaker and the Gerald S. Doyle news bulletin; Talks about sleeping quarters, the mess room; 31:15 - Squires talks about the messages he received, distress calls; 32:16 - Talks about the equipment they used at Cabot Tower; 33:55 - His tasks during his shift; 36:10 - Talks about funding; 37:17 - Accommodations at Cabot Tower; The Marconi Company; 39:46 - Talks about the first ship he went on; 40:50 - His schedule while on working on ships; 44:50 - The British Government funding the trip to the Atlantic and talks about the Battle of the Atlantic; 51:55 - Talks about establishing the bases in the Antarctic; 53:25 - Talks about the wage of the Marconi Operators; 54:30 - Prank confession recording unrelated to interview
Gerald Squires : Journey : Selections From Four Decades' Work
No full textCatalogue for a survey exhibition of works by Squires – paintings, drawings, prints, sculptures and ceramics – produced between 1957-1998. Stone’s introductory text highlights spiritual, existential and symbolic characteristics of the Newfoundland artist’s work. Kidd’s essay focuses on how Squires’ spiritual journey and search for identity are reflected in the landscapes, surrealistic narratives and portraits. Issues of nationalism and identity are considered in relation to differences between art in Newfoundland and Vancouver. The author also situates Squires’ work within the contexts of romanticism, modernism and postmodernism. Includes comments by Stones on the pieces documented in the catalogue. List of works. Biographical notes. 83 bibl. ref
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