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Leskard to have one man show in Polan

Stephen Leskard, one of Cap's first
instructors, is moving to Kelowna at the
end of October, and before leaving he is

holding a sale of his paintings and

drawings. You are invited. Leskard started
teaching at Capilano in 1969 and resigned
from here in 1984, although he returned to
take a few courses over the last two years.
He will be holding the sale at his home,
5091 Angus Drive, Vancouver, from 2 to 5
pm on October 4, 5, 6 and 7.

Although many Capilano people have worked
with Leskard over the years, they may not
be familiar with his fascinating
background. Leskard, whose original name
was Liskowski, was born in Lublin, Poland
in 1921. His paternal grandfather was an
insurgent in the 1864 insurrection and a
soldier in the First Brigade of Polish
Legions (Oleandry 1914), while his maternal
grandfather was General Superintendent of
the Polish Evangelical-Augsburgian Church.
His father's career started in the Polish
Legions—he later became an officer of the

Polish Army, and Mayor of Lublin (1966-69).

Leskard joined the Polish Army in France
in 1940, fought in France, Belgium and
Holland, and then in 1945 began studies at
St. Martins School of Art in London. He
came to Canada in 1949, starting out as a
farm worker and factory worker, and then
moved from Ontario to Vancouer in 1952. He
has taught art at Emily Carr, VCC and the
Okanagan School of Fine Arts, as well as
Capilano College. His exhibitions,
publications, and graphic design works are
much too numerous to even begin to list
here.

Leskard's very first show was held when he
was 17 years old in Lublin, and one of his
next shows will be there also. He has been
invited by the Polish government to put on
a one-man 50 year retrospective show in
Lublin. The event is being sponsored by the
Society of the Friends of Fine Art and

the Society Polonia.

Take the opportunity to learn more about
this upcoming show, to take a look at
Leskard's artwork (and buy it), and to
say goodbye to Stephen Leskard on October
4-7, We are sorry to see him go, but wish
him happiness in his new home in Kelowna.

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