Powell River RCMP seek help in finding stolen art – My Powell River Now

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August 15, 2020

Two of the stolen art pieces: two, both by local artists. The first is called “That Did It” by Meghan Hildebrand, the second a watercolour bouquet by Doris Kramer. (Art from the Attic, Facebook)

The Powell River RCMP is on the lookout for dozens of pieces of stolen art.

RCMP Const. Chris Bakker says the theft happened last month at a mini storage unit in the 4600 block of Ontario Avenue.

“Police found that three of the storage units had their locks cut off,” Bakker said.

“Police have been speaking to the owners and determined that a number of pieces of artwork was stolen from one of the units, as well as a MIG welder from another one.”

Bakker said the MIG welder was worth roughly $750 and the value of the roughly 85 pieces of art is unknown at this time.

The art was supposed to be part of Art from the Attic, a fundraising event with proceeds to support Powell River Hospice and the Sunshine Gogos.

Because of the generosity of the public, organizers had close to 300 pieces of art; most of it stored in a Gogo’s basement.

In early June they were offered free space at the storage facility, so the pieces were moved there.

Anyone with information is asked to call the Powell River RCMP at 604-485-6255.

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40 Random Bits of Trivia About Artists and the Artsy Art That They Articulate – Cracked.com

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November 3, 2024

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John Little, whose paintings showed the raw side of Montreal, dies at 96 – CBC.ca

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October 31, 2024

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A misspelled memorial to the Brontë sisters gets its dots back at last

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September 26, 2024

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LONDON (AP) — With a few daubs of a paintbrush, the Brontë sisters have got their dots back.

More than eight decades after it was installed, a memorial to the three 19th-century sibling novelists in London’s Westminster Abbey was amended Thursday to restore the diaereses – the two dots over the e in their surname.

The dots — which indicate that the name is pronounced “brontay” rather than “bront” — were omitted when the stone tablet commemorating Charlotte, Emily and Anne was erected in the abbey’s Poets’ Corner in October 1939, just after the outbreak of World War II.

They were restored after Brontë historian Sharon Wright, editor of the Brontë Society Gazette, raised the issue with Dean of Westminster David Hoyle. The abbey asked its stonemason to tap in the dots and its conservator to paint them.

“There’s no paper record for anyone complaining about this or mentioning this, so I just wanted to put it right, really,” Wright said. “These three Yorkshire women deserve their place here, but they also deserve to have their name spelled correctly.”

It’s believed the writers’ Irish father Patrick changed the spelling of his surname from Brunty or Prunty when he went to university in England.

Raised on the wild Yorkshire moors, all three sisters died before they were 40, leaving enduring novels including Charlotte’s “Jane Eyre,” Emily’s “Wuthering Heights” and Anne’s “The Tenant of Wildfell Hall.”

Rebecca Yorke, director of the Brontë Society, welcomed the restoration.

“As the Brontës and their work are loved and respected all over the world, it’s entirely appropriate that their name is spelled correctly on their memorial,” she said.

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