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Donna Balma

Donna Balma (1934-2022) was an innovative and prolific Canadian artist and member of the West Coast Surrealist Group. Her work was profoundly affected by nature and her internal vision. Donna established herself as an imaginative artist who's work has been variously described as fantasy, singular, outsider, visionary, naive, classical, folk, cosmic pop and surreal while she considers it simply painting the reality of her dreams and fantasies.

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Added by Jessica Snail on January 2, 2025 at 9:04pm — No Comments

The Prisoner Correspondence Project

I recently learned about The Prisoner Correspondence Project: a solidarity project for gay, lesbian, transsexual, transgender, gendervariant, two-spirit, intersex, bisexual and queer prisoners in Canada and the United States, linking them with people a part of these same communities outside of prison.

From what I gather it's mostly letter writing, (and often the mail is screened heavily depending on the specific regulations in each facility) but I am…

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Added by Jessica Snail on January 2, 2025 at 8:46pm — No Comments

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