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Celebration of Joy

Testimonials for Joy MacFadyen

It is not everyone who can write when invited to do so, but you can experience here the words of many who did respond to an invitation to reminisce about their own personal association with Joy in their daily lives, in her artwork, and in her role in the cultural

Joy MacFadyen, a Cultural Icon of Renown

Joy MacFadyen, a Cultural Icon of Renown

Joy MacFadyen, a name synonymous with cultural development in Scarborough since the 1970’s, was born in Pietermariitzberg, South Africa, 1932. Joy had already led an eventful and interesting life in both South Africa and South America before arriving in Canada in 1967 married to flying ace and Canadian war

Joy's Assemblages

Joy's Assemblages

‘Assemblages’ is a descriptive word we have chosen for the fun collages of objects that joy enjoyed creating for every occasion. We have a goodly number of them here for you and perhaps we can all note the jovial and light-hearted approaches taken to come up with a three-

Joy and Her Animals

Joy and Her Animals

Joy MacFadyen was a great lover of animals. She had a soft spot for mice and put out food for them, and gave them “secret” places to hid in her backyard. And of course she had a few cats over the years. The backyard was on a ravine and had

Joy MacFadyen

Joy MacFadyen was a prominent leader, and often president and executive leader, for The Art Guild of Scarborough for decades, and won many cultural awards for her promotion of The Arts in Scarborough. Her life has been celebrated by the members of The Art Guild on a previous occasion when

Celebration of Joy: Curator's Statement

This writing is an attempt to put the portraits painted by Joy MacFadyen, and there were many of them, into a perspective that may be useful to you the viewer. In the virtual world of this gallerythe intimacy of seeing the portraits in person is not possible, however that experience

Celebration of Joy: An Exhibition Honouring Joy MacFadyen

Celebration of Joy: An Exhibition Honouring Joy MacFadyen

Joy MacFadyen is a name exactly synonymous with development of The Arts in Scarborough. The Existential Art Gallery of Scarborough is most proud to bring this memorial celebration of Joy’s life and artwork to our virtual gallery, a place where Joy and her artwork can be celebrated in perpetuity.