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Today we learned of the death on December 30, 2009, of our dear friend and colleague Barbara Caruso. Barbara’s life-long passion, rigour and commitment to her painting and drawing was a constant source of amazement and inspiration to me. [posted by Judith Sandiford]

Below is the obituary that will appear in the Brantford Expositor on Saturday.   “Barbara Caruso of Paris, Ontario died of cancer in Brantford General Hospital on December 30th, 2009 after a two and a half month illness. She was born in Kincardine, Ontario in 1937. Survived by Nelson Ball, her husband of 44 years, her sisters Joan Caruso and Rosemary Eckert of Toronto and by nieces and nephews, she was predeceased by her parents Tom and Rose Caruso and her sister Thomasina Merritt of Kincardine. Barbara Caruso was a visual artist who dedicated her life to painting, drawing and print making. She was a writer on art and the author of two volumes of memoirs. Barbara is missed by her family, friends in Paris, and by friends in the visual arts and writing communities across Canada and abroad. Cremation has taken place. Memorial donations may be made to a charity of your choice through the Wm. Kipp Funeral Home, Paris (519) 442-3061 or www.wmkippfuneralhome.com”

I haven’t been blogging for a while. A huge amount has been happening in our lives (good, exciting things), which I will go into another time. Also, I’ve been working on ArtwordList. Excuses, excuses. The other day, a friend of ours who lives in a small town phoned to find out if we were all right. Seems she keeps in touch with our doings by reading the blog. Wow! A regular reader! Someone to write for! So I’m back. More »

Here it is, March 1, and you have only until March 4 to catch Volcano’s The Four Horsemen Project at Factory Theatre.This is a smart, fast, engaging show that takes highly esoteric work by four avant garde Toronto poets, adds some snappy, sexy choreography, some clowning, some tuneful harmonies — and turns it into a great night out that everyone will enjoy. More »

The poet joncurrie conducted a public reading of bp nichol’s epic poem (five volumes).