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Staffa artist's work on display in London
The work of Staffa artist Mia Friedrich is on display at the Arts project gallery in
London until Sept. I I as part of an exhibit of the work of new Canadians.
(photo/submitted)
By Pat Bolen
TIMES -ADVOCATE STAFF
STAFFA — A local artist
will be displaying her
work in a London art
gallery as part of an exhi-
bition of the work of new
Canadians.
Mia Friedrich has lived
in Staffa for three years
and received her landed
immigrant status in 2003.
While Friedrich is just
staring to establish herself
on the art market in North
America, she has been an
artist all her life.
Friedrich creates land-
scapes, scenic impres-
sions, florals, photo based
art, and fine art photogra-
phy.
She says the basis of her
artworks are photos taken
with her digital camera.
She then works with
them in Photoshop adding
different layers and apply-
ing different backgrounds
to "make the essence of
the motive visible."
"It's almost a process
similar to what a sculp-
tress is doing as I perceive
it," says Friedrich.
The show is titled "New
Canadians Exhibition" and
runs until Sept. 11 at the
Arts Project Gallery at 203
Dundas St. in London.
The opening reception
for the show was held last
Thursday with a variety of
artists that Friedrich
described as a multicultur-
al party.
Friedrich's formal edu-
cation is not in photogra-
phy but in arts and litera-
ture.
She believes a formal
Catholic board reviews policy manual
By Stew Slater
SPECIAL TO THE T -A
DUBLIN — School -by -
school results from
provincially -standardized
tests will now be made
more readily available by
the Huron -Perth Catholic
District School Board.
Meanwhile, the system's
principals are being
asked to implement more
stringent guidelines out-
lining each school's
potential response to
emergencies.
These were among the
most significant changes
approved by trustees on
Aug. 30, after administra-
tive staff's full-scale
review of the board's poli-
cy manual.
According to director of
education Larry Langan,
the review was undertak-
en to ensure no outdated
or unworkable policies
remain in force; that dif-
ferent policies don't over-
lap or contradict each
other; and that the lan-
guage in the policies is
clear and unambiguous.
Most of the 17 recom-
mended changes, which
were approved unani-
mously by the board,
were minor. Examples
include altering the
phrase "Statement of
Direction" to "Guiding
Principles" to reflect a
change made when the
board revamped its
Strategic Plan last year,
and allowing for the use
of new forms for the
screening for criminal
records among potential
employees and volun-
teers.
Langan drew particular
attention to Policy 3B:3,
which has been used for
several years to justify the
board's unique practice of
withholding school -by -
school data about perfor-
mance in standardized
tests administered by the
Education Quality and
Accountability Office
(EQAO).
"I can understand why
the board has been reluc-
tant to release school -by -
school results. There was
obviously a concern that
the information would be
used in the wrong way, or
a way that might have
negative effects," Langan
said. The problem is,
according to Langan's
report to trustees,
"school data is public
information and cannot
be withheld."
The director described
the board's past practice
as "a kind of a game"
played with representa-
tives of the media, some
of whom would request
school -by -school informa-
tion. He noted most inter-
ested media outlets even-
tually found the pertinent
information on the
board's Web site, but
ministry guidelines state
the school -by -school
results must be released
under the same timetable
as board -wide results,
and that procedure will
now be implemented by
the Huron -Perth system.
In the area of emer-
gency procedures,
Langan told trustees the
board's policies have
been "completely
revamped . . . We've
raised the bar for the
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principals in terms of
what has to happen in
this area."
The new policy address-
es perceived threats
which may not have been
thought of seriously in the
past — including bomb
threats, chemical spills
and intruders — and pro-
vides protocol for action
before, during and after
emergencies. It also intro-
duces a "drill log" for
principals to use during
emergency situations.
education would spoil the
connection to her inner
sources and so insists on
staying self-taught and fol-
lowing her own path.
Friedrich is also a free-
lance writer, mainly work-
ing on spiritual topics and
fine art.
"Creativity means you
don't know the final look,
you just play with it," says
Friedrich. "When I like the
result, I'm done."
Signed editions of her
work are available for
purchase in limited edi-
tions of 25 or 50.
For more information on
Friedrich and her work
check her web site at
www.photomystica.com.
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