By Betty Sawatzky

Discover Westman, published July 15, 2025

The Brandon Riverbank Discovery Centre installed their most recent bronze sculpture in the Peter Sawatzky Sculpture Garden earlier this month, this one of a curious black bear.

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By: Michele McDougall

The Brandon Sun, published July 3, 2025

A six-foot-tall black bear was given a new home at Riverbank Discovery Centre in Brandon on Thursday under the watchful eye of renowned Glenboro artist Peter Sawatzky.

The newest addition to the

Born in Calgary in 1906, Maxwell Bates began painting at an early age, and as a young man he quickly rejected the academic art tradition that dominated the city at the time. In 1931 he made the decision to leave Calgary for

By: Michele McDougall

The Brandon Sun, published May 3, 2025 

A massive and impressive bronze sculpture depicting 11 caribou crossing a river was installed Friday morning at the Brandon Riverbank Discovery Centre, fulfilling a vision that took nine years of planning, designing

My story with Elephant Family

Little did I know how much one man could have such a big impact on the lives of elephants as well as on my own. I went to hear a talk at the Royal Geographical Society in the

Article published February 5, 2025 on the Glenbow's blog.

One of the most exciting initiatives at Glenbow is accessioning new works into the collection. Today we’re thrilled to be sharing stories of two paintings we recently acquired! 
 
Glenbow’s art collection