March's Bombshell - Mary Pratt

Born March 15 in Fredericton, New Brunswick, Mary Pratt is one of Canada's most eminent and beloved artists, and possibly its most illustrious female painter. She has been described as a visual poet of femaleness, dealing not only with traditional female things like fruit, fish, flowers and affection, but also with the darker, more complex emotions of pain, lust, anger and jealousy.

March Links

New Ideas Festival - Alumnae Theatre: www.alumnaetheatre.com

Artbooks - Financial Management for the Arts: www.loosechange.ca/artbooks

Mary Pratt on Wikipedia: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Pratt

April's Bombshell - Jeanne Sauvé

Born April 26 in Prud'homme, Saskatchewan 1922. Died January 26, 1993. A journalist turned politician she became the first woman appointed as Speaker of the House of Commons in Ottawa and the first woman to be appointed Governor General of Canada. Did you know that her hair was so brilliantly white that she had to put a light blue colour in it to tone it down for the Commons TV cameras?

April Links

Jeanne Sauvé - A Woman of Firsts, CBC Archives: archives.cbc.ca

MS Society of Canada: www.mssociety.ca

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