Article: Media Advisory/Library and Archives Canada: First National Program to Portray Living People Launched by Portrait Gallery of Canada

OTTAWA, ONTARIO--(Marketwire - May 1, 2008) - The Portrait Gallery of Canada, a program of Library and Archives Canada, is launching a national biennial commissioning program. Canadians will be invited to nominate living individuals who have made a difference to their communities or to our country and whose portraits would enhance the national portrait collection.

The program will be announced by the Director General of the Portrait Gallery, Dr. Lilly Koltun, in four cities: Vancouver, Toronto, Montreal, and Halifax. Artists will also be invited to submit portfolios.

During the summer, the Portrait Gallery will receive nominees from Canadians. The final selection of three portrait subjects ...

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