My beautiful and talented 19-year old niece Marie Webb, oldest grandchild of Tom Forrestall, loves art. Now in the 12th grade, Marie is very involved in a Halifax, Nova Scotia based art program "Team Possibles", which her mom (my younger sister), Renee Forrestall runs. It's an organization founded for local Halifax teens who have Downs syndrome so they can get together, socialise and create films, books and artwork of all, sorts both individually and as a team.
On September 18th, 2009, Marie and her mom Renee travelled to Wolfville, Nova Scotia to see the Guerilla Girls who were giving a talk at Acadia University. Marie had forgotten her glasses, so she and her mom went early so that she could get a front row seat in order to see everything. Marie's mom, my sister, Renee, said, "Marie was interested to learn how the Guerilla Girls help other artists, especially women artists. She was very excited to meet with them, get their autographs...and a banana".
Here are some of the links to Marie and the rest of the Team Possible team (and Renee's) amazing art, writing and film projects. This term, Fall 2009, they are creating zines, which they will share with family, friends and the community through a local Zine Collective: Anchor Archive. Marie (and Team Possibles) rocks!
http://teampossibles.blogspot.com/
http://teemzine.blogspot.com/
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