In the same year that Kenderdine was appointed head of the School of Art in
Regina, Ernest Lindner began teaching full-time commercial art for the Saskatoon
Technical Collegiate where he had taught a night class in 1931. He was the first full-
time secondary school art teacher in the city and became Head of the Art Department
at the Saskatoon Technical Collegiate. Prominent artists who attended the Collegiate
include MacGregor Hone and Ivan Eyre.
The influence of the Collegiate on the development of Visual Arts in Saskatchewan
was largely through the person of Ernie Lindner. Lindner became a key figure in the arts
community of Saskatoon, as well as provincially and nationally. He helped revive the
Saskatoon Arts Association and was the originator of "Saturday Night," a weekly
discussion group for artists that was usually held at his residence.
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