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Year 2013 - TRANSFORMATION

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"IF WE CITIZENS DO NOT SUPPORT OUR ARTISTS, THEN WE SACRIFICE OUR IMAGINATION ON THE ALTAR OF CRUDE REALITY AND WE END UP BELIEVING IN NOTHING AND HAVING WORTHLESS DREAMS - Yann Martel



Now that we realize that we misinterpreted the Mayan prophecy, there is much to look forward to. So much seems to be happening and swirling around us that I believe we have switched tracks and are headed to exciting new vistas. With technology taking over our lives, it's not always easy to keep up with what's being imposed upon us. While we complain about it's intrusion, it is certainly bringing us closer together in ways that are indescribable and positive.

I often wish my parents were around to experience the excitement of this new era, instant messaging, texting, crying & laughing together across the continents on Skype, seeing the Mona Lisa closeup, touring the Hermitage in the warmth and comfort of our homes, etc. etc. etc. I spend so much time visiting stunning landscapes on the web that my memory muddles and I no longer remember whether I visited the place in real life or not......What magic we humans have invented. Where to now ?

December 6, 2013: Amnistie International Quebec will be selling cards with my image "Women of the World Unite". www.amnistie.ca/boutique. Please support this worthy organization. They produce extraordinary results. Prisoners of conscience are released. Torturers are brought to justice. Governments are persuaded to change their laws and practices.

October 29, 2013: Canadian Women's Studies Journal Volume 30, No.1 - front & back cover paintings. Theme: Women Writing. See 2013.

October 4: "The Healing Cloak" card in the 2014 Peace Catalogue for the Syracuse Cultural Workers.

October 1: Three recent paintings have been chosen for the Shield of Athena Auction to be held November 10th at Marché Bonsecours in Old Montreal. Honored to be among well-known Quebec artists.

SEPTEMBER 1: EXHIBIT OF 56 paintings in Quebec City. www.espacehyperion.ca .

AUGUST 29: Global Montreal Interview with Camille Ross this morning. Link to the interview http://globalnews.ca/video/809282/unique-art-exhibit

August 27: Radio interview on xxfiles, CKUT FM 90.3 broadcast August 28 from 11.30 - noon pertaining to my piano playing at the Atwater Market and the upcoming exhibit in Quebec City.

August 25: WOMEN'S ART SOCIETY OF MONTREAL 'S NEW WEBSITE www.womensartsociety.com Please check us out & consider joining.

AUGUST 24: Paintings "Carte Blanche" and "Seeds" on front & back cover of Canadian Women's Journal August edition.

JULY 25: Demeter Press just published MOTHER OF INVENTION using my painting "Between Seasons - 2008" on the front cover. See Album 2013.

JUNE 20 - 23, 2013: CREATIVITY & ACTIVISM Symposium at Skidmore College, Saratoga Springs, led by Jan Phillips. See painting "BODY, HEART, SPIRIT."

JUNE 6- 11: In Vancouver, BC, for the AGM of the National Council of Women of Canada, participating as Convenor of Culture & Heritage. An energizing and fruitful experience to meet women from the different provinces with similar visions to improve conditions for women and children across Canada. See painting "RESOLUTIONS" inspired by this event.

MAY 13: Invited to display 4 paintings at the Inter-Cultural Dialogue Institute Gala dinner at the Omni. Speeches by Denis Coderre, Jean Lapierre, Fr. John Walsh. Prizes given to high-school students who participated in an art contest entitled "Living Together". See related pics.

MAY 2, 2013: Another painting chosen for a book cover. This time it's THE HARVEST" chosen for the book "Women in a Globalizing World" published by Inanna Publications, York University.

>APRIL 2: 7 a.m. GLOBAL MONTREAL TV interview with Camille Ross. http://globalnews.ca/video/446491/womens-art-society-of-montreal

April 4 - 8, 2013. Two paintings THE HEALING CLOAK and THREE GRACES will be exhibited at Ogilvy's Tudor Hall APRIL 4 - 8, 2013 for the Annual Juried Exhibit & Sale of the Montreal Women's Art Society. Free admission during store hours. Vernissage: April 4 from 6 - 8.

Feb. 8, 2013: My article "Discovering my Sacred Space - a Cancer Odyssey" & painting published in FEZANA Winter Journal. Federation of Zoroastrian Associations of N. America. www.fezana.org Jan.5, 2013: The Healing Cloak (2012) image is distributed as a New Year's Day card by Social Equity & Diversity, McGill.

Jan. 31, 2013: Book "Reason & Medicine" by Daya Varma published in India using my image "New Beginnings" for the front cover. www.threeessays.com