Canadian women artists

Summary: This program, written and narrated by Natalie Luckyj, Professor of Art History at Carleton University, gives a richly illustrated history of Canadian women's art, featuring works by indigenous women, pioneer women, and 19th and 20th century painters and sculptors. Critical commentary describes the obstacles that women artists have faced, the acclaim that several have earned, and their influence on the development of Canadian art. Artists discussed: Joyce Wieland, Mary Pratt, Emily Carr, Fanny Bayfield, Elizabeth F. Hale, Katherine Jane Ellice, Frances Anne Hopkins, Florence Carlyle, Elizabeth Wyn Wood, Francis Loring, Florence Wyle, Group of Seven, Sarah Robertson, Molly Lamb, Pegi Nicol MacLeod, Paraskeva Clark, Marion Scott, Alexandra Luke.