Sveva Caetani
Writing

Free verse is poetry that does not have a regular rhythm and does not contain rhyme.

Sveva painted pictures and wrote poetry to express her feelings about events in her life.

Friendship is shelter, kind and accepting,
and beautiful, as was this abandoned barn...
All beauty is shelter, as is endurance, and
long experience, and a gentle old age.

Make your own free verse poem about how you felt about an experience you had or an event in your life. It could be about a birth or death in the family, a trip on an airplane, visiting a special friend or relative, or an experience you had in nature. Use your imagination.

Try to find ways to convey your feelings in a few, carefully chosen words.

The following web sites provide information on Canadian women artists.

An article on Sveva Caetani called “From Hell to Wisdom in 56 Steps.”
www.albertareport.com/23arcopy/23a44cpy/2344ar05.htm

Two good web sites for Maud Lewis, the artist from Nova Scotia.
www.agns.gov.ns.ca/maudlewishouse/home_frameset.html
www.klis.com/digby/lewis.html

See the site Emily Carr At Home and At Work. Carr was from BC.
www.tbc.gov.bc.ca/culture/schoolnet/carr

The Women Artists in Canada has biographical information on Newfoundland artist, Mary Pratt. Click on a painting to enlarge it.
collections.ic.gc.ca/waic/maprat/maprat_e.htm