Joyce Wieland

Joyce Wieland was primarily an artist who occasionally used film as a medium She also painted and used fabric She studied at Torontos Central Technical School and launched her first exhibition of paintings in 1960 In 1962 Wieland and her then husband a hrefhttpwwwnorthernstarscasnowmichaelMichael Snowa moved to New York where they stayed until 1970 It was during this time that she became a prominent figure in experimental film making such awardwinning films as iRat Life and Diet in North America iand iReason Over Passioni She also working on a series of paintings about plane crashes and disasters like sinking boats In film she is usually remembered for her featurelength film iThe Far Shorei An example of her work can be seen by entering the Spadina subway station at 85 Spadina Road The huge quilt titled Barren Ground Caribou which she produced in 1978 hangs there Afflicted with Alzheimers disease Joyce Wieland died more than a decade after giving up on filmmaking in part according to an article in a 1996 edition of the Toronto Star in which Judy Street producer of emThe Far Shoreem stated Wieland was discouraged by the copycat Bmovie mentality of many Canadian producers and investorsbr br br