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Brighten the Corner Where You Are

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by Carol Bruneau


  Anonymous. “Catherine Dowley,” 5 pages, undated. PDF courtesy of Yarmouth County Museum and Archives, Yarmouth, N.S.

  ———. “Folk Artist’s home to be come [sic] exhibit.” Yarmouth: The Vanguard, June 20, 1984. Courtesy of Yarmouth County Museum and Archives.

  Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Halifax. Scotiabank Maud Lewis Gallery. Permanent collection.

  Barnard, Murray, text, and Bob Brooks, photographs. “The Little Old Lady who Paints Pretty Pictures.” The Star Weekly, July 10, 1965. Photocopy courtesy of Yarmouth County Museum and Archives, Yarmouth, N.S.

  Beaudry-Cowling, Diane, director, and Barry Cowling, writer. Maud Lewis: A World Without Shadows. National Film Board, 1976.

  Bergman, Brian. “Paying Tribute to Maud Lewis.” The Canadian Encyclopedia. Originally published in MacLean’s magazine, April 14, 1997. thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/paying_tribute_to_painter_Maud-Lewis. Accessed November 11, 2019.

  Black, Dr. John Black. Medical Examiner’s Report, Soldiers’ Memorial Hospital, Regional Laboratory, Middleton, Nova Scotia, January 1, 1979.

  Brooks, Beth, phone interviews by the author, January 22, 2019 and November 12, 2019.

  Cronin, Ray. Our Maud: The Life, Art and Legacy of Maud Lewis. Halifax, N.S.: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2017.

  Dalton, Laurie, curator. Maud Lewis: A Life Collected. Wolfville, N.S.: Acadia University Art Gallery, August 3–September 20, 2018.

  Dalton, Laurie, curator. Whose Maud? Works by Laura Kenney and Steven Rhude. Wolfville, N.S.: Acadia University Art Gallery, June 12–July 28, 2018.

  Discover Halifax. “Top 13 Facts About Local Folk-Artist, Maud Lewis.” DiscoverHalifaxns.com. Accessed November 11, 2019.

  Fillmore, Sarah, curator. Maud Lewis as Collected by John Risley. Yarmouth, N.S.: Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, Western Branch, December 1, 2017–June 10, 2018.

  Hamilton, Laurie. The Painted House of Maud Lewis: Conserving a Folk Art Treasure. Fredericton, N.B. and Halifax, N.S.: Goose Lane Editions and Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, 2001.

  Hayden, Olive, interviewed by Sue Amero, Oct. 23, 2000. Elder Transcripts. eldertranscripts.ca/pdf/OliveHayden.pdf. Accessed November 11, 2019.

  Hayden, Olive. Working at the Poor Farm. Interview, Admiral Digby Museum, filmed 2000, published on YouTube November 30, 2010. youtube.com/watch?v=p7juRJTdxb0. Accessed May 30, 2018.

  Hooper, Kay, phone interview by the author, December 18, 2019.

  Kenins, Laura. “Think You Know the Story of Maud Lewis? Two Nova Scotian artists want you to reconsider the myth.” CBC Arts, posted March 1, 2019. www.cbc.ca/arts. Accessed November 11, 2019.

  Labuschagne, Simone. “Saving Everett; An Interview with Steven Rhude.” February 1, 2019. srhude.blogspot.com. Accessed May 30, 2019.

  “Maud Lewis,” Wikipedia. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maud_Lewis. Accessed November 11, 2019.

  Morton, Erin. For Folk’s Sake: Art and Economy in Twentieth Century Nova Scotia. Montreal & Kingston: McGill-Queen’s University Press, 2016.

  Moulton-Barrett, donalee. “Maud’s Heart to Ours.” Halifax Chronicle Herald, September 1984. Photocopy courtesy of Yarmouth County Museum and Archives.

  Nichols, Justice John R. Her Majesty the Queen vs. [name redacted by author], Preliminary Inquiry Transcript. Digby, Nova Scotia: July 19, 1979.

  Nichols, Justice John R. Warrant of Remand, Province of Nova Scotia. Digby, N.S.: July 19, 1979.

  Phinney, Sandra. Maud Lewis and the “Maudified” House Project: The Story Starts Here. Saint John, N.B.: Hawthorne Lane Publishing, 2014.

  Prahl, Amanda. “The Life and Work of Maud Lewis, Canadian Folk Artist.” ThoughtCo. November 14, 2018. thoughtco.com/maud_lewis_biography_4172425. Accessed November 11, 2019.

  Ronald, George, director; Peter Kelly, producer; Fletcher Markle, narrator; Thom Benson, executive producer. Folk Artist Maud Lewis at work in her Nova Scotia home from The Once-Upon-A-Time World of Maud Lewis. CBC Telescope Documentary broadcast Nov. 25, 1965, available on CBC Archives. cbc.ca/player/play/761637443808. Accessed May 22, 2020. www.youtube.com/watch?v=ryqC0Tz5N4Q

  Ruff, Eric, and Laura Bradley, Images of our Past: Historic Yarmouth Town & County. Halifax, N.S. and Yarmouth, N.S.: Nimbus Publishing Ltd. and the Yarmouth County Museum, 1997.

  Thibeau, Reverend J.C. “For the Thibeau Family: Maud’s Yarmouth Neighbours.” n.d., n.p., Yarmouth County Museum and Public Archives. Abridged version available online, Thibeau, Reverend J.C. MAUD’s Yarmouth Neighbour. yarmouth.org/koc/maud/index.htm. Accessed June 27, 2018.

  Thompson, Brenda. A Wholesome Horror: Poor Houses in Nova Scotia. Halifax, N.S.: SSP Publications, 2017.

  Three Dogs in a Garden, “Evertt’s [sic] Painting and Murder.” threedogsinagarden.blogspot.com/2011/01/evertts-painting-and-murder.html. Accessed April 30, 2019.

  Wade, Stephen. “The Maud and Everett Lewis Story.” The Stephen Wade Evangelistic Association Inc., Paradise, N.S. n.d. sweainc.com. Accessed May 1, 2019.

  Walsh, Aisling, director. Maudie. Mongrel Media, 2016.

  Woolaver, Lance, and Bob Brooks. The Illuminated Life of Maud Lewis. Halifax, N.S.: Nimbus Publishing, 1996.

  About the Author

  Carol Bruneau is the acclaimed author of three short story collections, including A Bird on Every Tree, published by Vagrant Press in 2017, and five other novels. Her first novel, Purple for Sky, won the 2001 Thomas Head Raddall Atlantic Fiction Award and the Dartmouth Book Award. Her 2007 novel, Glass Voices, was a Globe and Mail Best Book and has become a book club favourite. Her most recent novel, A Circle on the Surface, won the 2019 Jim Connors Dartmouth Book Award. Her reviews, stories, and essays have appeared nationwide in newspapers, journals, and anthologies, and two of her novels have been published internationally. She lives in Halifax, Nova Scotia, with her husband and their dog and badass cat.

 

 

 


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