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1936 | The Rise to Fame of the Inkameep Day School and its Child and Youth Artists


1936

Canadian Nativity, by Francis Baptiste. BCARS #1-61883
"Canadian Nativity"
Artist: Francis Baptiste
Photo Image: BCARS #1-61883
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1936
  • Francis Baptiste recreates a Christmas card designed by the Inkameep students titled, "Canadian Nativity," by painting it onto buckskin. The piece was exhibited at the Royal Drawing Society exhibition in London, England and awarded a Bronze Star.
    Photo Image: BCARS #1-61883
  • Students join the Canadian Red Cross and begin to exhibit their artwork with the International Red Cross as Inkameep Red Cross Juniors. They participated in the Red Cross until 1943. Art is first viewed as Red Cross Junior art in Ottawa, Toronto and in Montreal.
    red cross news
    Talented Indian Juniors
    Jan 1941 CASCA
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    Achievements of Juniors 1936
    Achievements of Juniors 1936
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  • Students' work is sent to Czechoslovakia for review by the renowned children's art authority, Professor Franz Cizek.

 



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