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The Franklin Carmichael Art Group was a group founded by the late Dr Ann Curtin. Dr. Curtin moved to Thistletown in 1932 and built her log house on two and one half acres of land above the river at 34 Riverdale Dr. in Etobicoke.
In 1952 she formed an Art Group from a small body of interested artists in the community; some of who are still with the Group today.
Through the friendship between Dr. Curtin and the widow of Franklin Carmichael the group was named: The Franklin Carmichael Art Group. Mrs. Carmichael attended exhibitions done by the group and donated several of her late husband's artwork for student awards.
From the group's inception a high standard of teaching was stressed. Weekly classes were held in the upstairs room in Dr. Curtin's house at 34 Riverdale Dr, which is now a studio. As membership grew classes were held in St. Andrew's Anglican Church and the Thistletown Public School, and the old Thistletown Hall hosted the Annual Exhibition for years.
It was Dr. Curtin's dream that her home would become a centre for the Arts in North Etobicoke.
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