Stephen Magazine Summer 2014

“I think we have a responsibility to create art, to make it a necessity, to provoke thought and action. In the words of my mentors Paula Jardine and Marina Szjarto who are artists-in-residence at the Vancouver’s Mountain View Cemetery “As artists, we understand...

FFWD Weekly June 26, 2014

Vigil a healing ritual by Maureen McNamee Artist and activist Sharon Stevens was at home with her father when he took his last breath in 1995. She says he was a devout Catholic when he was alive, which provided the comfort of religious rituals, but Stevens was not,...

Calgary Herald June 25, 2014

Making cemeteries a place to embrace rather than avoid BY VAL FORTNEY, CALGARY HERALD JUNE 25, 2014 Sharon Stevens, shown in Union Cemetery on Tuesday, is holding a fundraiser Thursday in support of her annual Equinox Vigil, which she holds each September to honour...