A book launch for Painted Poems is scheduled for Sunday, June 1, 2008 at 3:00 p.m. at Owen’s Art Gallery, Mount Allison University Campus, 61 York St., Sackville, NB. There will also be an exhibit of some of the twenty paintings in the book. Sackville artist, Angelica De Benedetti and Moncton poet, Margaret Patricia Eaton, have combined their talents to produce a book entitled Painted Poems: inspired by the natural beauty and history of south-east New Brunswick. This publication is supported by the ‘08 Cultural Capitals of Canada Project, Town of Sackville and the Westmorland Historical Society. Both the artist and poet are passionate about the beauty of the area as well as the intriguing history. When they realised that their work complimented each other’s in the portrayal of the Chignecto region, the idea of a book was born.  While De Benedetti and Eaton have been actively engaged in producing the book since January 2007, it really represents a lifetime of work. One of the twenty paintings reproduced was actually completed in 1977, while the earliest poem was written in 1985. There are also paintings and poems completed as recently as 2007. Also included are detailed historical/geographical notes and a map drawn by artist Peter Manchester of Sackville.  

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