LOIS CRAWFORD
Born Lois Holden in Montreal,Quebec, Canada.
Lois Crawford has
been an award-winning exhibitor for over 30 years, in both solo and group
shows, and has gained entry to numerous juried shows where she has also
received awards.
In 2008 Lois’ work was used for set design at CHCH TV, Hamilton, and in 2009 on the set of Flashpoint –
Season 2, and The Border, in Toronto., and other television productions.
Her work was exhibited in the “Connections” exhibition in Itabashi, Japan, and in the Apeldoorn Art Museum in The Netherlands, one
of six Burlington
painters invited to celebrate the twinning of the two cities.
In addition to receiving awards for her painting, in
December 2004 Lois was awarded a Burlington Fine Arts
Association Life Membership for over 30 years of
volunteer contributions, and is the holder of both the Burlington Art Centre’s Gold & Silver Awards, as well as a Volunteer Award from the Ontario Ministry of Tourism & Recreation for
her work in the art field. Her most recent award was The Pearl Award given by her guild, the
BFAA, in recognition of her contributions to the BAC on the 30th
Anniversary of the Burlington Art Centre.
Lois also devoted more than 20 years as an arts journalist, for the Burlington Gazette,
Burlington Post, Oakville Beaver, The Hamilton Spectator, and RandomScan,
writing reviews, criticisms, and profiles of artists, and interviews with
artists such as Harold Town, Robert Bateman, Gordon Perrier, Ronald Bloor, and Rita
Letendre.
Lois’ work can be found in the Art Rentals at the Burlington Art Centre, the Art Gallery of Hamilton; the Burlington Art Centre Annual Art Auction in February, the Oakville Society Art
Auction in June, Rotary Club
fund-raisers, as
well as at The Dundas
Valley School of Art Auction in April. Her work can also be
seen at the Sunrise
Gallery on Beach
Blvd.Hamilton.
Lois (Holden) Crawford
January 2010
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