Pat Sturn
Pat Sturn (October 1910 – March 15, 2011) was a Romanian-born Canadian portrait photographer.
Life[edit]
Sturn came to Windsor, Ontario during the early 1930s. She worked with photographer Will Browne and took over his studio in 1947. Sturn retired in 1981.[1][2]
She died at the age of 100[1] at the Metropolitan campus of the Windsor Regional Hospital.[3]
Sturn donated most of her estate to support arts programs at the University of Windsor.[4]
The life of Sturn and opera singer Emilia Cundari are portrayed in the chamber opera Pat & Emilia.[1]
The 20 minute short film/documentary Imagining Angels was produced by Canadian Arts Productions in 2014, based on the workshop process and production of the chamber opera Pat & Emilia [1] It debuted at the Windsor International Film Festival and was chosen to screen at the Toronto Short Film Festival in March 2015.[5]
References[edit]
- ^ a b c d "Pat & Emilia: Local photographer and soprano celebrated in chamber opera". Windsor Star. March 23, 2015.
- ^ "Sturn, Pat". Canadian Women Artists History Initiative.
- ^ Gervais, Marty (2012). Ghost Road: and Other Forgotten Stories of Windsor. pp. 173–78. ISBN 978-1926845890.
- ^ "Photographer's legacy to support student creativity". University of Windsor. June 10, 2013.
- ^ "Imagining Angels a hit for Windsor film producers". Windsor Star. 2015-03-05. Retrieved 2018-03-24.