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JOAN Wright Boyd
graduated from the
Vancouver School of
Art in 1948. -

She was an instructor
there for five years, and also
taught Saturday art classes
and evening courses in
watercolour and drawing.

During her career, she made
many lyrical drawings of
beach grasses and the
water's edge at Ambleside.

She exhibited regalarly
in Vancouver galleries from
the late 1940s through to
1960.

Like his wife, Bruce Boyd was also a
graduate of the Vanccuver School of Art.
He went on to earn a teaching certificate
and taught at Vancouver public schocls for
eight years.

Boyd later went on to teach at the
Vancouver School of Art (now Emily Carr
College of Art and Design), where his wife

er as teacher

Like B.C. Binning, the
Boyds were very much
involved with modern archi-
tecture. Bruce Boyd coflab-
orated with many architects
on decorative elements in
buildings throughout the
‘Lower Mainland. The cou-
ple’s first house in West
Vancouver was a Ron Thom
design built on Sentinel
Hill. To save money, the
house was built with con-
crete bricks and the built-in
studio had clerestory win-

- dows instead of skylights.

. The house attracted the
interest of other architects and every other
day, Geoff Massey, Arthur Erickson, Bob
Boal or John Wallace would come by to
have a look. The Boyds’ next home was
designed by Bob Boal. Bruce Boyd took the
plans, sealed them down for economy and |
the fansity builr it themsclyes. oa

The Boyds cre among several artists fea-

tured in Generations, an exhibit at the West. :.-

Vancouver Museum and Archives, 680 17th
St. For more information call 925-7295. ,
— K.L. Tsang
with research bv Ingunn Kemble .

would substitute and teach figure drawing
when he was sick. Bruce Boyd eventually
retired from Emily Carr in 1986, after a 30-.
year career. ° : ‘

photo courtesy Bruce Sayd

_BRUCE Boyd, pictured here in 190, and his wife Joan were known for their Ron = § Pike
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