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Carole Sabiston
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Carole Sabiston is a Victoria, British Columbia, Canada-based textile artist
who constructs large scale wall-hangings, theatre sets and costumes. Carole
led the creation of the first two Creative Peace murals and all subsequent
murals will follow her art form.
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Carole was elected to the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts (1987), she received
the Order of British Columbia (1992), and the Canada 125 Medal (1993). In
June 1995, she received an Honorary Doctorate of Fine Arts from the University
of Victoria. In 1994, Carole designed the international textile project "Commonwealth
Cape of Many Hands", featured at the Closing Ceremonies of the XV Commonwealth
Games, held in Victoria, BC, Canada. This work was then presented to Kuala
Lumpur, Malaysia, host city for the 1998 Commonwealth Games.
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