Growing Pains The Autobiography of Emily Carr

S3 E4: Growing Pains The Autobiography of Emily Carr Episode 1 Prologue Forward by Ira Dilworth Welcome to my Reading Room, Thank you for listening in.  I am your host Rebecca Budd and I look forward to sharing this moment with you. Emily Carr (1871-1945) Emily was a Canadian artist and writer inspired by the Indigenous peoples of the Pacific Northwest Coast. Born in 1871, she was one of the first painters in Canada to adopt a Modernist and Post-Impressionist painting style. As a writer, Emily Carr was one of the earliest chroniclers of life in British Columbia. Along with the Group of Seven, she became a leading figure in Canadian modern art in the twentieth century. She spent the greater part of her life living and working in Victoria, where she struggled to receive critical acceptance. In her biography, “Growing Pains” Emily Carr tells her life story growing up in British Columbia, of attending art schools in London, San Francisco, and Paris, and of her return home to Victoria British Columbia. This podcast is the first in the series of readings from Growing Pains -The Autobiography of Emily Carr. Today, I will be reading the poignant introduction by Ira Dilworth, Administrator, teacher, editor, conductor.  He served the arts in British Columbia tirelessly. Among his many accomplishments, he was the literary executor of the writings of Emily Carr.    Music by Bonn Fields “Tuis” Epidemic Sound https://www.epidemicsound.com/track/yLfz5UnfAk/