Title: Charles Pachter and Margaret Atwood: The Journals of Susanna Moodie
Start Date: January 30, 2016
End Date: April 17, 2016
Location: Mississauga, Ontario, Canada
Description: Renowned writer Margaret Atwood and iconic artist Charles Pachter’s captivating collaboration, “The Journals of Susanna Moodie,” prompt new insight into the experiences of early settlers and today’s newcomers. Atwood’s lucid and lyrical poems are directly inspired by Moodie’s journal entries, while Pachter’s illustrations are expressive visual interpretations of Atwood’s stirring poetry. The exhibition includes thirty original prints with poems on loan from the McMichael Canadian Art Collection.