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Louise Garfield

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Louise Garfield is a Canadian performance artist, film and television producer and arts administrator.[1] Her work as a producer includes the films Zero Patience, in which she has a cameo role playing a virus,[2] and The Hanging Garden, for which she received a Genie Award nomination for Best Motion Picture.[3]

She began her career in the arts as a choreographer and as a member of the feminist performance art trio The Clichettes.[4] She later served as executive director of the Arts Etobicoke organization in Toronto from 2004 to 2018.[1]

References

  1. ^ a b "URBAN HERO: Louise Garfield was face of Arts Etobicoke for 14 years". Toronto.com. September 25, 2017. Retrieved July 11, 2019.
  2. ^ "Comedy about AIDS astonishing in impact". Montreal Gazette, March 12, 1994.
  3. ^ "Hanging Gardens director off to Sundance: Four years ago, Thom Fitzgerald quit his day job and began to write a screenplay. Next week, his acclaimed feature film opens at North America's premiere indie film festival". Montreal Gazette, January 17, 1998.
  4. ^ "Clichettes cook up crazy combinations". The Globe and Mail, November 13, 1985.