Joanna Gilman Hyde A'83

Photo of Joanna Gilman Hyde

Joanna Gilman Hyde A'83 was featured for the cover story, "Turning trash into treasure", for the August 31, 2022 edition of The Southwest Wire. Her artwork is now on display through the end  of September 2022 at the Old Town Gallery located in the Comfort, Joy & Home Accents gift shop in Nova Scotia, Canada at the following address: 248 Lincoln St, Lunenburg, NS B0J 2C0, Canada. To read the article about Joanna Gilman Hyde's artwork in The Southwest Wire, please click here.

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