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Mar 2019
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Episode 14: Happiness and Color

ALLYSON HEALEY
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Allyson teaches you all about québécoise painter and stained glass artist Marcelle Ferron, whose windows at the Champ-de-Mars Métro station in Montréal are a unique example of public art.

© 2019 Allyson Healey

Theme music © 2019 Bruce Healey

Twitter: @arthistory4all

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“Let That Sink In” by Lee Rosevere (via freemusicarchive.org). Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

“You’re Enough (version a)” by Lee Rosevere (via freemusicarchive.org). Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 License

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