BRITISH COLUMBIA ARTISTS |
She exhibited artwork in the the 1947, 1948, and 1950 annual B.C. Artists exhibitions at the Vancouver Art Gallery. She was living in Victoria. She had a solo exhibition at the Vancouver Art Gallery in 1948.
In 1957 she was noted as an elementary school teacher. In later years she taught art at Steveston High School in Richmond, BC, where this Editor was in her class in the 1967-68 and 1968-69 school years. She retired in 1969, succeeded at the school by artist Vern Simpson (q.v.), who was noted at the time for creating the statue of Gassy Jack Deighton in Gastown (it was destroyed by angry indians on February 14 2022 during an indian "march for respect").
SOLO EXHIBITIONS
DATE | EXHIBITION | LOCATION |
1948 Jan. 7 - 19 | 14 watercolours and oils | VAG |
DATE | EXHIBITION | ARTWORK |
1947 April 12 - 13 | WVCAC Exhibition of Fine Arts | The Coal Heavers |
Net Menders | ||
1947 Sept. 20 - Oct. 12 | VAG B.C. Artists 16th Annual | Back Alley |
1948 Sept. 18 - Oct. 10 | VAG B.C. Artists 17th Annual | The Net Men |
Still Life with Crocuses | ||
1950 Nov. 28 - Dec. 17 | VAG B.C. Artists 19th Annual | West Coast News |
Saturday Morning Shoppers |
Growth in the Reading Skills, illust. Stavrakov
("elementary school teacher")
Published 1957, J.M. Dent & Sons
At the End of the Garden with Shrew & Pig & Others,
written & illust. Stavrakov
Published 1967, Mitchell Press, Vancouver
ARTISTS IN CANADA 1982 - UNION LIST OF ARTISTS' FILES (refer to AIC82)
B.C. VITAL STATISTICS ON-LINE marriage (refer to BCVS)