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Susan Edelstein

19xx-•Art Historian Curator DF Interview Educator Supporter Writer
Susan Edelstein is a curator, writer and lecturer whose research interests include museum and curatorial practices, visual culture, and the diffusion and reception of art works within the museum world. In her role at Western University, a post she has held since 2006, she works closely with all students (undergraduate and graduate) assisting them to realize their artistic potential within a gallery context ...

Dorothy Emery

1894?-1988•Educator Painting Supporter
Dorothy Emery worked as an art instructor at the London Normal School (later known as the London Teachers’ College), from 1922 to her retirement in 1955 ...

Soheila Esfahani

19xx-•Artist Educator Installation
Soheila K. Esfahani grew up in Tehran, Iran, and moved to Canada in 1992. She received her Master of Fine Arts from Western University and her Bachelor of Fine Arts from the University of Waterloo ...

Anne Marsh Evans

1923-2015•Artist Educator Oil Painting Watercolour
Anne Marsh Evans was born in Nottingham, England in 1923. Shortly before World War II, she attended the Nottingham College of Art and received the London Board of Drawing Diploma. During the war, she was a member of the Women’s Auxiliary Air Force (WAAF). In 1946, Evans relocated to London, Ontario ...
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Carol Finkbeiner Thomas

19xx -•Artist Community Organizer Educator Oil Painting
Carol Finkbeiner Thomas is a full-time practicing artist currently residing in London, Ontario. Born in London but raised north of Toronto, she returned to London in the early 1990s after receiving her Bachelor of Fine Arts (Honours) at York University ...

Marnie Fleming

19xx-•Curator Gallery Administrator Supporter
Marnie Fleming was raised in Windsor, Ontario. Following a master's degree in Art History from the University of British Columbia, her career commenced in the Vancouver Art Gallery’s extension and education departments (1980 to 1986). Welcoming a return to Southwestern Ontario, she took up a position as curator of contemporary art (1986 to 1991) at the London Regional Art Gallery ...

Emily Mary Gunn Fried

c.1862-1953•Artist Drawing Educator Ink Oil Painting Pen and Ink Sculpture Wood
Emily Mary Gunn was born in London, Ontario c.1862. Although she married John Fried (sometimes spelled Freed) in 1898, many sources refer to her by her unmarried name. Emily M. Gunn attended the Western School of Art and Design in London, Ontario. In 1889 she graduated from Hellmuth Ladies College, also in London, Ontario, with the gold medal in art ...
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Nancy Geddes Poole

1930-•Additional Media Art Dealer DF Interview Donor Gallery Administrator Supporter Volunteer Writer
Born in London, Ontario, Nancy Geddes Poole was interested in art from a young age. She attended public schools in London and, in the eighth grade, sat behind Margot Ariss and watched her draw in the margins of her books. At Central Collegiate, Poole took art classes from Tony Gillies but it was apparent to her she did not have the same talent for creating art as her peers. Later, Poole attended Branksome Hall in Toronto ...

Cassandra Getty

19xx-•Curator Educator Supporter
Cassandra Getty began her curatorial work in the mid-1990s in Ontario and British Columbia. Over the last two decades she has worked in public museums in Windsor and London, Ontario ...

Jewell Goodwyn

19xx-•Acrylic Artist Community Organizer Gallery Administrator Installation Multi-Media Painting Performance
Artist Jewell Goodwyn is a dedicated community leader with a solid track record of advocating for the non-profit arts sector. Goodwyn’s understanding of, and dedication to, the non-profit arts sector is rooted in her decades of work with grassroots arts organizations and her work as a practicing artist in visual arts, performance art, and photo-based and multi-media installation ...