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Reporter’s discovery sparks Layton exhibit journey
Don Lambert recalls launching an Ottawa library art gallery and a Corner Gallery exhibit that spotlighted Elizabeth Grandma Layton, a 68 year old student whose shocking drawings later led to a Smithsonian show. He describes promoting arts through newspaper work and bull etin boards, and notes Layton’s rising fame decades later.
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