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Date Location Contact
October 1973 Art Gallery of Ontario John MacGregor
October 1974 North York Board of Education Toronto. Claire Watson
April 1977  Wilfrid Laurier University Waterloo Ilse Friesen Robert Langen, Curator
January 1978  York University Art Gallery Toronto Michael Greenwood
March, 1978  Merton Gallery Toronto Jean Johnson
April 1979  World Symposium for Humanity Visual Arts Festival Toronto (London, Los Angeles)  
January 1981  Faculty of Dentistry  University of Toronto K. Anne Boyd Sheila Woodside
Summer 1986  CN Tower Observation Deck Toronto  
May 1987  Arcadia Art Gallery Carmen Cereceda Artists’ Co-Op, Toronto  
May 1995  Muskoka Pioneer VillagePioneering Women Exhibit, Huntsville Jenny Cressman (CBC interview)
August 1996  Chapel Gallery Muskoka Arts & Crafts Bracebridge Elene Freer
May, 1997  Keys To Alchemy Noosa, Australia Sri Pranananda
July 21, 22, 2000  Huntsville Town Hall (Cable 10 TV coverage) Fran Coleman Millennium Committee
May, 2002   San Miguel d’Allende Carmen Cereceda
Feb. 27–29,2004  Sunburst Ann Lal Ottawa  
Spring, 2004  Tea With Alma Tulip Inn, Huntsville Ruthi Sela
June 14, 2004  St. Joseph’s Motherhouse North Bay. Carol Houston
September, 2004  Beloved Community Retreat Blue Ridge Mt. North Carolina James Twyman
October 8 – 9, 2004  The MacLaren Centre Ottawa Lynn Goddard
January, 2005  Muskoka Arts Council Tsunami Relief Fundraiser Nancy Luik
January 29, 2005  Indigo Day, Innis Hall U. of T. Toronto Laurie Rosenfield
February, 2005  Huntsville Art Crowd Deerhurst Inn Henry Farnsworth
February, 2005  Muskoka Cable 10 TV The Wholistic Journey Jeanette Metler
March 5, 2005  Thrive Alliance Gravenhurst Kim Urbano
April 22,23, 2005  Enterprising Women Gravenhurst Karen Wehrstein
April 28, 2005 Hot Docs Film Festival Toronto Royal Ontario Museum  

May 20 – 29, 2005 

30 th International Institute of Integral Human Sciences Conference, Montreal  (SSF- IIIHS)( brochure online under Wendy Oke)  Dr. Marilyn Rossner/Rev. John Rossner
June 7, 2005 Omega Centre Spiritual Bookstore Toronto Jamie McNaughton
June 8, 2005  The Spiritual Centre Toronto Laurie Rosenfield
July 4, 2005  Huntsville Festival of the Arts Huntsville Rob Saunders 
July 17, 2005  Beloved Community Retreat Chicago  James Twyman
September 2005  Sudbury Cinefest  
September 2005  Rumball Family Reunion Clyffehouse, Port Sydney Judy Laberge
February 11, 2006  Images of Healing Film Festival NFB Cinema, Toronto  Arlene Moskovitz Jane Perdue
March 2006  Rogers TV interview  Rima Kar
April 2006   ‘the Alma drawings’ Pick of Month, Documentary Channel  
June/July 2006   Outside Coming In, art exhibition Art Gallery of Mississauga Duncan Farnan
August 7, 2006   ‘the Alma drawings’, ONE/Body/Mind/Spirit Channel  
November 2006  Rendezvous With Madness, Film Festival Cassandra Hanrahan
May 2008 Walking in My Mother's Shoes, Muskoka Art Gallery Place, Port Carling Gail Dempsey  
PUBLICATIONS;
January & February, 2004   Tone Magazine, Ottawa – by Wendy Oke  
March/April 2004 Muskoka Magazine,  A Pioneering Spirit, - by Wendy Oke
June 2005 Muskoka Magazine, Filming The Invisible by Jessica Reaske
 Winter 2006 POV Magazine – by Jane Perdue
June 2006 Outside Coming In, Catalogue
PERTINENT INFORMATION;
March, 1976, The Ontario Arts Council awarded a grant by Visual Arts Ontario.
October, 1976, Wilfrid Laurier University awarded a grant under the Ontario Arts Council.
October, 1979, Visual Arts Ontario awarded a grant under the Ontario Arts Council .
June, 1983, The Ontario Heritage Foundation accepted the bequeath of Alma’s estate drawings. York University was made custodian of them.
Fall, 2005 – Release of documentary for Vision TV, “the Alma drawings, winner of Toronto Hot Docs Festival, Canadian short-midlength film category.
 Ownership of 49 drawings was transferred from the Foundation to York University.

 

 

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