The Bells of West Vancouver: Alistair Bell and Betty Bell

Kay Meek Arts Centre
1700 Mathers Avenue, West Vancouver

Join curator, Dr. Hilary Letwin at the Kay Meek Arts Centre for a talk on the art and life of Alistair and Betty Bell.

Alistair and Betty Bell lived in West Vancouver from 1941 until his death in 1997. Both were artists and exhibited their work publicly. Alistair’s printmaking career began after enrolling in an etching class at the then Vancouver School of Art in 1935. Alistair was awarded a Canada Council Senior Fellowship award in 1959, and again in 1967, at which time he retired as a draftsman at a major steel fabrication company and devoted himself entirely to printmaking. Betty, a painter, exhibited less regularly than Alistair. Later in her life, she ceased painting and destroyed all of her unsold work. The Bells were friends with many other artistic couples in Vancouver and West Vancouver, including B.C. and Jessie Binning, Gordon and Marion Smith, and Bruno and Molly Lamb Bobak. This talk explores the life and work of Betty and Alistair.

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