How IRIS got its name
In early 1996 at the invitation of BAWAA, a collective
of women artists in the Hamilton Bay area, I made a
series of studio visits. At the home of Anne Milne I met
her daughter Iris, and took her picture. Realizing that
we needed this kind of group in my community, I
subsequently went back home and started one, naming it
IRIS. There was already a feminist group in Clarington
called FOCUS, so between this little girl as a signifier
of the future and our group becoming an offshoot of
FOCUS, we were born. M.Rodgers
of women artists in the Hamilton Bay area, I made a
series of studio visits. At the home of Anne Milne I met
her daughter Iris, and took her picture. Realizing that
we needed this kind of group in my community, I
subsequently went back home and started one, naming it
IRIS. There was already a feminist group in Clarington
called FOCUS, so between this little girl as a signifier
of the future and our group becoming an offshoot of
FOCUS, we were born. M.Rodgers
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2007 IRIS PROJECTS
August 3, Celina Street Oshawa
slide projections of members' artwork on the side of a building.
IRIS at BluSeed Studios in Saranac Lake NY
IRIS MEETING chez Sally Thurlow
7/9/13
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The Burning of the Canoe (I)
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The Burning of the Canoe (II)
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