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• Arts and Culture Events
• Public Engagement
• Downtown
• Youth and Family Friendly
• Free Events

Event Details:

This dedication event follows the renaming of the Prince Albert Arts Centre to the Margo Fournier Arts Centre in late 2023. Join us in celebrating and recognizing the legacy of Margo Fournier to our City.

The ceremony will take place on Saturday, May 11 at 11am, including Mitch Holash as the MC, the Fournier family and special guests, Mayor Dionne, the Prince Albert Children's Choir, the Ironswing Singers, Prince Albert Barveenok Ukrainian Dance, and more! 

There will be an Open House from 1pm - 3pm featuring the Prince Albert Council for the Arts, Spinners & Weavers, Northern Image Photography, Northern Waters Fly Fishers, and the Potters’ Guild. Walk through and meet the people who make the Margo Fournier Arts Centre a vibrant, artistic place to be. Try your hand at beading, painting a piece of pottery, or creating a piece of jewelry - FREE for the entire family! 

Who was Margo Fournier? 

"Margo" Fournier devoted her life to fostering the musical and athletic talents of many generations of Prince Albert's youth. Born Marguerite Helen Leblond on August 16, 1919, she grew up in Rosthern and Prince Albert. An accomplished singer and dancer, she joined the RCAF as an entertainer during WW II, touring bases in Canada, Britain, and continental Europe. She married Prince Albert's L.J. "Pluke" Fournier, of the Canadian Auxiliary Corps and the couple raised a family of seven.

Margo Fournier became known as a take-charge music teacher and conductor of youth, student nurses, church and local penitentiary inmates' choirs. She was best known as the founder and director of the Prince Albert Boys' Choir, which received national and international recognition. With her husband's guidance, she also taught and coached swimming and diving. In 1983 she was invested as a Member of the Order of Canada. She passed away on July 22, 2000.