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Norman MacKenzie was born in Sarnia, Ontario on January 7, 1869, and died in Regina, Saskatchewan on January 2, 1936. His parents were John Alexander MacKenzie and Helen (Crawford) MacKenzie. He married Clara Erma McMorran, daughter of Harry McMorran, of Port Huron, Michigan, in 1909. They had no children. He moved to Regina in 1891 and lived there until his death. He was educated at various private schools in Ontario and at Upper Canada College, Toronto. He graduated from Osgoode Hall, Toronto, and read law with Charles Millar of Toronto before being called to the Ontario bar in 1891, the same year that he enrolled as a barrister in the Northwest Territories. He had a law practice in Regina in partnership with George W. Brown. Later he was senior partner of the law firm of MacKenzie, Thom, Bastedo, Ward and McDougall. He was made King’s Council (K.C.) in 1907 and became official solicitor for Saskatchewan and Alberta the same year. He was Public Administrator in the Northwest Territories (later Saskatchewan) from 1898 to 1910 and was official guardian in the Territories (and later Saskatchewan) from 1898 – 1929. He was also a dedicated collector of art. His personal collection was valued at $100.000 (Cdn) at the time of his death. It included painting, etchings and similar works by both local and international artists, as well as archaeological specimens such as Babylonian and Assyrian clay tablets, which be bequeathed to the University of Saskatchewan, Regina College. He was at various times a director of the Canada Permanent Mortgage Corporation, and of the National Art Gallery, Chairman of the Saskatchewan Boxing Commission, Director of the Regina Flying Club, member of the Board of Governors of Regina College, director of the Regina Agricultural Exhibition Association, on the executive of the Saskatchewan Anti-Tuberculosis League, President of the Saskatchewan Art Association, a founding member of the Antipaw Shooting Club in the Qu’Appelle Valley and a bencher of the Law Society from its founding in 1898 to 1919 (and its first secretary).

Kenneth Lochhead was born in Ottawa in 1926. His major art training came from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts, Philadelphia (1945-1949). At the same time, Lochhead studied at the Barnes Foundation, Merlon, Pa., from 1946 to 1948. Several scholarships allowed him to study in England, Holland, Belgium, France, Spain, Italy, Switzerland and western Canada. After several short assignments, Lochhead was hired by the University of Saskatchewan, Regina College, in 1950 to direct the School of Art. He was also charged by Dean Riddell to develop what became the Norman Mackenzie Art Gallery.

Under Lochhead's guidance, both the School and the Gallery flourished, attracting vibrant personalities and generating excitement. At this time Lochhead developed a distinctive style, producing such notable works as "The Kite" (1952), "The Dignitary" and "The Bonspiel" (1954). As well, he began to win major commissions, completing an enormous wall mural at Gander Airport in Newfoundland in 1957-58.

It was Lochhead's influence on the Emma Lake Artists' Workshops, however, that attracted the most attention to the prairie region. With the summer series led by such New York artists as Herman Cherry, Barnett Newman, Kenneth Noland, and Jules Olitski, international attention was suddenly focused to the north.

With Art McKay, Ron Bloore, Ted Godwin, and Doug Morton, Lochhead displayed his paintings at the National Gallery of Canada in 1961 in the show "Five Painters from Regina". In 1964, however, he was the first to leave Regina, accepting a teaching position with the University of Manitoba. He did not stay there, but went on to York University in Toronto and finally to the University of Ottawa.

William (Bill) Lobchuk was born in Neepawa, Manitoba in 1942. He received a Diploma of Art from the University of Manitoba in 1966. In 1968 he opened the Screen Shop at 50 Princess Street in Winnipeg and by the early 1970s he had operated the Screen Shop, the Printmakers Gallery as well as the Sunnyside Sign Company. In 1973, with partner Len Anthony, he formed the Grand Western Canadian Screen Shop. This screen shop became a focal point for other Winnipeg artists like Ted Howorth, Chris Finn, Don Proch and Tony Tascona; from Saskatchewan David Thauberger, Vic Cicansky, Joe Fafard and Russ Yuristy; and from Quebec Pierre Ayotte.

Lobchuk is not only an artist but also a facilitator for other artists and their work. From 1972 to 1975 he was President of the Canadian Artists’ Representation, Manitoba, and National Representative of Canadian Artists’ Representation from 1976 to 1978, and the National Director from 1978 to 1980. Bill Lobchuk was a member of the Manitoba Arts Council from 1974 to 1976, President of the Canadian National Committee of the International Association of Art, (1977 to 1980) and was on the Advisory Committee to the Gallery Oseredok.

The work of Lobchuk and the others produced out of this Winnipeg screen shop have received much notoriety in Canada; these works of art have been exhibited in Poland, Yugoslavia, Holland, Norway, Japan and France. The Great Western Canadian Series ’78 and Series ’80 were significant co-operative efforts that were typical of this screen shop.