# Ann Darbyshire
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{{Short description|Canadian experimental print-maker (1926–2007)}}
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'''Ann Darbyshire''' (1926–2007) was a Canadian experimental [print-maker](/source/Printmaking) throughout the 1970s and 1980s.[{{Cite web|url=https://ottawa.ca/en/residents/arts-heritage-and-culture/galleries-and-exhibition-spaces/karsh-masson-gallery/2015-exhibitions|title=2015 Exhibitions, List of artworks added in 2014 and 2015|website=City of Ottawa|access-date=24 April 2019}}] Her artwork predominantly focused on the natural world, including [insects](/source/Insect), [plants](/source/Plant), [animals](/source/Animal), [landscapes](/source/Landscape), and often ventured into abstraction and [introspection](/source/introspection). Darbyshire's residence at the Separate School Board's Holy Rosary School[{{cite news |last1=Oxorn |first1=Pearl |title=Working towards an Ottawa art scene |url=https://www.newspapers.com/image/48817088/?terms=%22Ann%2BDarbyshire%22 |accessdate=20 April 2019 |work=The Ottawa Journal |date=3 December 1977 |location=Ottawa, Ontario |page=34}}] brought the atelier-gallery structure to Ottawa's burgeoning art scene. As an active member of the arts community, she was involved in several artist-run [galleries](/source/Art_gallery), including the new defunct Ottawa Arts Lending [Library](/source/Library).
Darbyshire came to Ottawa from Jamaica to attend the [University of Toronto](/source/University_of_Toronto) where she met her husband. She had four children and died in 2007. The estate of Ann Darbyshire donated over 100 prints to the City of [Ottawa](/source/Ottawa), including etchings, lino-cuts, collotypes, and monotypes.[{{Cite web|url=https://ottawastart.com/public-art-program-celebrates-30-years-with-this-is-us-now-exhibit/|title=Public Art Program celebrates 30 years with This Is Us Now exhibit · OttawaStart.com|date=2015-12-10|website=OttawaStart.com|language=en-ca|access-date=2019-04-22}}]