MONTREAL – It’s not everyday that an elementary aged girl gets to dress up as a famous painter.
Or astronaut.
Or rock climber.
But that’s what a group of Barclay students got to do recently as part of project sponsored by the Girls Action Foundation.
With the support of facilitators from the Foundation, students chose strong women role models from the past century to replicate and sit for posed portraits.
The results were part of a collection of portraits called “Women that Changed History” on display at the Montreal offices of the Girls Action Foundation on Mont-Royal Avenue in the Plateau.
The project explores notions of leadership, and asks the questions, “what is leadership?” “do I have leadership qualities?” “do I know women who have those leadership qualities and inspire me?”
The project was part of the organization’s media arts workshops, which aim to give young women and girls the tools to explore video, photography, radio and publishing to emphasize personal growth and social change.
The Girls Action Foundation operates across the country, reaching 60, 000 girls and young women locally each year.
It has a network of over 300 community partners.
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