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Robert Guest

Guest’s art career has spanned more than four decades, and placed him first on the scene of many significant developments in Alberta art. Born and raised in Beaverlodge, Alberta, he graduated from the Alberta College of Art and Design in 1963. Following that, he was on the original staff of the Provincial Museum (now the Royal Alberta Museum) as a display artist when it opened its doors in 1967. He was one of the nine charter members of the Alberta Art Foundation in 1973. He obtained his degree in Art Education from the University of Alberta, but never taught in schools. Instead, in 1974, he went on to become one of the original instructors at Grande Prairie Regional College. In 1975, he was one of the cofounders of the Prairie Art Gallery in Grande Prairie, having presented a brief to the Northern Alberta Development Council about the need for an art centre in the community. Then the following year he co-founded the Peace Watercolour Society, and continues to exhibit with them today. In 1995 he moved to Grande Cache and went on to found the Grande Cache Watercolour Society.