Joan Chalmers

Upon graduating she became a Visual Arts Director at Canadian Homes and Gardens and Chatelaine magazine.She co-founded the Ontario Crafts Council and the Canadian Crafts Council in the 1970s and generously promoted and supported organizations such as Toronto's Harbourfront Centre, the Young People's Theatre and the M. Joan Chalmers Cultural Center in Ottawa.[2] Chalmers also served on the boards of the Ontario Arts Council Foundation, the Stratford Festival, [3] the World Crafts Council, Aid to Artisans,[4] and the Glenn Gould Foundation (1983-2004)[5].[6] In 1972, she and her parents, , founded the annual Chalmers Awards, which donates $25,000 CAD to artists in dance, theatre, crafts, film, the visual arts and music.While celebrating her 70th birthday in 1998, she announced that she would provide 20 arts groups with a total of $1 million in funding.
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