Join author, Emily De Angelis as she introduces us to Florence Carlyle with a poetic biography. Florence Emily Carlyle (1864 –1923) was a Canadian artist as well as an independent risk-taker. Her self-determination often put her at odds with social conventions of the time.

The presentation will include examples of Florence Carlyle’s still life, landscape, portraiture, and genre pieces alongside haiku, senryu, and haibun poetry written by Emily. It explores what it means to be a woman and an artist, then and now.

Following the presentation Emily will lead you through an Ekphrastic workshop. Ekphrastic poetry responds to a work of visual art. During the workshop, you will look at examples of ekphrastic poems and spend time drafting a poem of your own based on Helen McNicoll.

Presented as part of the exhibition Helen McNicoll: An Impressionist Journey.

Emily De Angelis is a writer of fiction and poetry. She has short stories and poems published in various anthologies and periodicals. Her debut young adult novel, The Stones of Burren Bay,(Latitude 46 Publishing) was released in May 2024. A chapbook entitled In the Space Between: The ‘New woman’ in the Writing of Florence Carlyle, was also released in 2024. It includes an essay and poetry by De Angelis and the paintings and writings of Florence Carlyle (Woodstock Art Gallery, 2024).

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