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3 unusual facts about Hilda Woolnough


Hilda Woolnough

Emigrating to Canada in 1957, she settled in Hamilton, Ontario, but then left in 1965 to go to San Miguel de Allende Instituto in Mexico to study experimental etching, graduating in 1967 with a focus on graphics and a Master's of Fine Arts.

Towards the end of her life, Woolnough could be seen swimming daily in the Atlantic Ocean off Victoria, in her home province of Prince Edward Island.

One of the last projects Hilda worked on was in conjunction with Amnesty International about the crisis at the Guantanamo Bay detention camp.



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