BC ARTISTS: Alice Ravenhill

Alice Ravenhill

March 31 1859 - May 27 1954

Royal Sanitary Institute, London (Fellow)
Cowichan Women's Institute
Island Arts & Crafts Society - List of Exhibitors

Alice Ravenhill was born in Snaresbrook, Essex, England. She came to British Columbia in November 1912, and "at the request of the Minister of Agriculture she organized Women's Institutes." In support of this she wrote a number of pamphlets, including:
     The Place and Purpose of Family Life
     The Preservation of Food
     Labour saving devices for the Household
     Food and Diet and the Art of Right Living

Around 1917 Ravenhill was succeeded as Chairman of the Advisory Board of the Women's Institute by Mrs. Blackwood-Wileman.

She exhibited with the IACS from 1929 to 1940.

In 1951 she wrote MEMOIRS OF AN EDUCATIONAL PIONEER, published by J.M. Dent & Sons (Canada) Ltd. It was a 244-page hardcover book, which included photographs, notes, and a list of Ravenhill's published works.

She died in Victoria in 1954 at the age of 95. She was single, living at 857 McClure Street.

SOLO EXHIBITIONS

DATE EXHIBITION LOCATION

GROUP EXHIBITIONS

DATE EXHIBITION ARTWORK

1929 Oct. 22 - 31 IACS Belmont Bldg.   20th Annual Two Hooked Rugs (Indian Design)

1930 Oct. 28 - Nov. 8 IACS Board of Trade Bldg.   21st Annual (rugs)(Listed as Mrs. Ravenhill)

1936 Oct. 26 - 31 IACS Coast Hall   27th Annual Collection of Embroideries, Indian Designs

1938 Oct. 22 - 29 IACS Belmont House   29th Annual Crafts - Indian Designs

1940 April 8 - 13 IACS Crystal Garden   30th Exhibition The Spirit of the Winds (oil)

Needlework, Indian Design

References - MONOGRAPHS

Refer to BIBLIO.

References

ARTISTS IN CANADA 1982 - UNION LIST OF ARTISTS' FILES (refer to AIC82)

MEMORIES NEVER LOST compiled by the Pioneer Researchers
      "Stories of the pioneer women of the Cowichan Valley and a Brief History of the Valley 1850-1920"
      Includes mention of Ravenhill on page 258, "The Cowichan Women's Institute"
      ISBN 0-88925-724-8, hardcover, published 1986.

B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE death (refer to BCVS)

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