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CREATIVE AGING BOOKS & IDEAS
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Whether you know it or not, you have probably seen the art of Ruth Abernethy.
Ruth is the sculptor who created the installation of Queen Elizabeth II at Queen’s Park, the Glenn Gould sculpture in front of CBC studios, and the Liu Xiaobo piece in Ottawa. Her art, which has been installed coast to coast, has inspired many conversations among many Canadians. (She’s also the only non-American to sculpt Abraham Lincoln.)
Ruth portrayed Queen Elizabeth II, 150 per cent enlarged, for Queen’s Park, Toronto (2023). She sculpted Margaret Atwood, a patron of the Royal Canadian Geographic Society, and was made an honourary fellow of the society, awarded the Louie Kamookak Medal (2023).
Ruth’s first book, Life and Bronze: A Sculptor’s Journal, was published in 2016.
Her second book, In Form: Life & Legacies in Bronze, includes the story of 20 sculptures in bronze. Located across Canada, they capture key figures from history, science, art, sports, the labour movement, medicine, royalty, human rights, World War 2, business, and politics.
For Ruth Abernethy, the creative process starts with her off-centre observations of human nature. She puts her thoughts “in form” as she plans and engineers public installations and studio works against the backdrop of family and the evolving zeitgeist.
In her second book, Ruth takes you on a road trip across Canada to visit installations and initiate conversations about the role of sculpture in modern public life.
Join Creative Aging Books & Ideas on Thursday, Jan. 30, 2 p.m. EST, to listen in as Ruth reads from In Form and shares her ideas and inspirations on the creative processes that she exemplifies in her larger-than-life sculptures.
Register for the free Zoom link at cecescott.com.
Ruth continues to sculpt ideas that prompt dialogue, invite compassionate scrutiny of human experience and that hold a hint of humour.
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