Fonds 10-026 - Dawna Gallagher-Moore fonds

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Dawna Gallagher-Moore fonds

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CA ON0034 10-026

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30 cm of textual records
2 photographs

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"Dawna Gallagher-Moore was born in Hamilton, Ontario. She is a visual and performance artist, and also a visual researcher of Canadian cultural history. She holds a Masters of Fine Arts from Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD), and a Masters of Canadian Studies from Carleton University. She has completed doctoral studies and an oral examination in Canadian History at the University of Ottawa. In 1986, she received the Brucebo Canadian-Scandinavian Scholarship for landscape painting and spent a summer painting and bicycling around Sweden’s Gotland Island in the Baltic Sea. She worked for Library and Archives Canada. She also has taught painting, drawing, watercolour, cartooning and art history. She is best known for her cryptic, witty, and pointed cartoons published in Vancouver, Toronto, Halifax, Ottawa, and New-York. She now runs TreeTop Art Studio, which offers workshops and art classes for children and adults in Ottawa, Ontario. She is married to the writer and editor John P. Moore.

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Dawna Gallagher-Moore est née à Hamilton, en Ontario. Elle est une artiste visuelle et de performance, ainsi qu'une chercheuse visuelle de l'histoire culturelle canadienne. Elle est titulaire d'un master en beaux-arts du Nova Scotia College of Art and Design (NSCAD) et d'un master en études canadiennes de l'université de Carleton. Elle a suivi des études doctorales et passé un examen oral en histoire canadienne à l'université d'Ottawa. En 1986, elle a reçu la bourse Brucebo Canadian-Scandinavian Scholarship pour la peinture de paysages et a passé un été à peindre et à faire du vélo autour de l'île suédoise de Gotland, dans la mer Baltique. Elle a travaillé pour Bibliothèque et Archives Canada. Elle a également enseigné la peinture, le dessin, l'aquarelle, la caricature et l'histoire de l'art. Elle est surtout connue pour ses dessins énigmatiques, spirituels et pointus publiés à Vancouver, Toronto, Halifax, Ottawa et New York. Elle dirige aujourd'hui le TreeTop Art Studio, qui propose des ateliers et des cours d'art pour enfants et adultes à Ottawa, en Ontario. Elle est mariée à l'écrivain et éditeur John P. Moore."

Custodial history

Donated in 1995.

Scope and content

This fonds consists of records related to Dawna Gallagher's cartoons presented in exhibitions, or published on postcards, in books, booklets, and periodicals in the 80s. This fonds provides a picture of a period of Dawna Gallagher's career as cartoonist. A lot of cartoons are related to the women's issues, illustrating women's movement positions in the 80s, mostly in Halifax and Toronto.
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Ce fonds est constitué de documents relatifs aux dessins humoristiques de Dawna Gallagher présentés dans des expositions, ou publiés sur des cartes postales, dans des livres, des brochures et des périodiques dans les années 80. Ce fonds donne une image d'une période de la carrière de Dawna Gallagher en tant que dessinatrice. De nombreuses caricatures sont liées aux questions féminines, illustrant les positions du mouvement des femmes dans les années 80, principalement à Halifax et à Toronto.

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  • English
  • French

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  • Latin

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Open

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https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q102258078

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CA

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0N0034

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Final

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Full

Dates of creation, revision and deletion

Revised in December 2017

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  • English

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