The Durham West Arts Centre is a 'hub' organization working to establish links with artists, arts groups and arts lovers. We host exhibitions, activities and events at the Centre as attractors. We want to meet and talk to the groups and individuals who are willing to help build the infrastructure for a permanent arts centre in Ajax-Pickering.
What The Thomsons Read
presented by DWAC and Lichen - Saturday, September 10, 2005 from 12:30 to 1:30 pm.
During the Pickering Village BIA's Fall Festival.
In conjunction with lichen, the Centre presents readings from the books the Thomsons had in their homes in Leith and Owen Sound. The public will be able to handle books read by Tom Thomsons father, sister and brothers.
Our readers will be:
Ruth E. Walker is a poet, writer and editor. Her work has appeared in publications in Canada , the UK and the US including Best of Canadian Poetry: Oval Victory, Cadenza, River King Poetry Review, and online at Regina Weese and Literary Mama. An editor for LICHEN Arts & Letters Preview, Ruth has won several awards for her work including Canadian Living magazine’s short fiction contest, and twice the Dan Sullivan Memorial Poetry Competition. A graduate of the Humber School for Writers, she teaches creative writing in workshops and has read her work on television and radio.
Lucy Brennan was born in Dublin, Ireland, and emigrated from there to Montreal in 1957. She moved to Toronto in 1969 and to Whitby in 1988. She is an actor, playwright and poet, and practices with varying degrees of proficiency in each genre. As a volunteer, she has been taping talking books for the blind at the CNIB for twenty-five years.
Gary Falkner
Angie Littlefield