Janet Scruggs

Canadian women have made a tremendous contribution to the arts throughout our history. These are a few I would like to have met:

Esther Hill - First female registered architect & award winning weaver.

Portia White - First internationally acclaimed Black Canadian concert singer. A person of national historic significance.

Lucy Maud Montgomery - Author of Anne of Green Gables, one of the best selling books worldwide. A Person of national historic significance.

Mary Augusta Hiester Reid - First Canadian woman to have a solo art exhibit and first woman to have her work in the National Gallery of Canada .

Mary Pickford - 1st Canadian woman to win an Oscar. Co-founder of United Artists Studio. A star on Canada’s Walk of Fame.

E. Pauline Johnson (Tekahionwake) - Mohawk/English author, poet and performer. First Canadian woman, Author and Aboriginal Canadian to be commemorated on a stamp. A person of national historic significance.

Paper lamination transfers on cheesecloth. Embroidery.

Juried into Studio Art Quilt Association Canada exhibition Colour With A U.