This five-decade history of one of Canada's most prestigious art galleries has been compiled from board reports, newspaper articles, and countless conversations and told through the lens of a passionate advocate and astute observer of the arts community in Saskatoon, Saskatchewan. Helen \Bubs\ Coleman sets the stage by describing the years leading up to the opening of the Mendel in 1964, and follows through its fifty years of exhibitions and public programs. This important publication closes a new chapter in the Mendel Art Gallery history as the Gallery transforms into the Remai Modern Art Gallery of Saskatchewan in an entirely new building that opened in 2017.