Webcast sponsored by the Irving K. Barber Learning Centre, and art exhibit in collaboration with the UBC Rare Books and Special Collections, Heather Spears discusses the murder of 14 year old Reena Virk by schoolmates, in Victoria. Virk’s death aroused deep concern in about violence among children in our society. Thoughout the trials Heather Spears recorded these children and their stories in an attempt to understand what happened and why it happened. Through the interpretations of her art, Heather Spears’ discusses her journey as journalist and artist in the courtroom over that one year with a reading from her book of poetry, Required Reading: a witness in words and drawings to the Reena Virk Trials, 1998-2000. The talk is part of the IKBLC Gallery art exhibition programming.
Biography of Author
Canadian writer and artists Heather Spears was educated at the University of British Columbia, The Vancouver School of Art and the University of Copenhagen. She has held over 75 solo exhibitions and published 11collections of poetry and 4 novels.She has illustrated numerous books and articles; and also draws courtroom, dance, theatre and childbirth. Specialising in drawing children, in particular premature and other threatened infants, she travels widely and has drawn in hospitals in the Middle East, Europe and America.
Author’s Titles at UBC Library
Spears, H. (2008). I can still draw. Hamilton, ON: Wolsak & Wynn. [Link]
Spears, H. (2000). Required reading: A witness in words and drawings to the Reena Virk trials 1998-2000. Toronto: Wolsak and Wynn. [Link]
Spears, H. (2004). The flourish: Murder in the family. Victoria, B.C: Ekstasis Editions. [Link]
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