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1. 1. Young Worker Memorial LifeQuilt

   www.youngworkerquilt.ca/lifequ - [Cached]

   Published on: 7/26/2008   Last Visited: 7/26/2008

   ©2001 Laurie Swim
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   A memorial commemorative quilt block of young workers (ages 15-24) who were killed on the job is included on the LifeQuilt, a quilt tapestry (9' x 20' / 2 x 6m), created by Toronto visual artist Laurie Swim with the help of volunteer quilters from across Canada.
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   LifeQuilt artist Laurie Swim uses the process of quilt building to build community as well, involving members of the community affected.The LifeQuilt brings together families who have lost loved ones, as well as those injured at work.It offers them an opportunity to share their stories in a unique way and in a way that contributes to the goal of prevention.
   
   Laurie Swim's previous works, Breaking Ground, about the workers who lost their lives in the Hoggs Hollow tunneling accident, Pulling Together, about the building of the Rideau Canal and Lost At Sea about lost fishers, also honour working people.
   
   The LifeQuilt was completed in time for the Day of Mourning, 2003.
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   ©2001 Laurie Swim and the Friends of the Young Workers Memorial Committee

2. 2. www.artquiltpublishing.com

   www.artquiltpublishing.com/art - [Cached]

   Published on: 8/31/2008   Last Visited: 8/31/2008

3. 3. Art Quilt Tahoe

   www.artquilttahoe.com/lauriesw - [Cached]

   Published on: 6/21/2008   Last Visited: 6/21/2008

   Laurie SwimArt Quilt Tahoe
   
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   Laurie Swim
   
   Workshop Description
   
   Landscape Artworks In Fabric
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   Laurie Swim is a visual artist and author, whose Works grace many public and private collections, including The American Craft Museum in New York and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia in Halifax.The Ontario Arts Council awarded her a 2003 Chalmers Arts Fellowship.
   
   Laurie moved to Toronto in 1978 from Nova Scotia and established herself as commissioned artist, specializing in large-scale site-specific works.Her clients included the Bank of Nova Scotia, IMAX Corp. and the Hudson Bay Company, as well as individual collectors.
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   Back in Toronto in 1998, Laurie received an award to create York is History, 5' x 5', a quilt commemorating York's amalgamation with Toronto.This was done in collaboration with the George Syme Senior Centre and the local Historical Societies.It is now part of the City of Toronto art collection.
   
   Laurie returned to her home town of Lockeport, N.S. during the summer of 2000, to create a memorial art quilt, Lost at Sea, 10' x 10', to commemorate 17 fishermen who perished in 1961.