Cornwall - Jul. 4, 2011 - Today, Glen Grant - Chair of the CCVS Homecoming and the volunteer committee recognized Grace MacLeod Roberts. Mrs. Roberts is recognized as "Cornwall's First Lady of Art". The event was held in the BATTISTA Library at Cornwall Collegiate & Vocational School.

Born in MacCrimmon's Corners in Glengarry County, Mrs. Roberts taught Art and English at CCVS and at SLHS. She also encouraged budding local artists in classes she presented at Courtaulds Mill.

A number of Mrs. Roberts early lino-tiles and tools have been artistically positioned in a Shadow Box that will hang beside the CCVS Author's Shelf in the Battista Library. Pictured above is Dawn Dempster of Dempster's Framing, who is standing beside the Grace MacLeod Roberts Shadow Box, which she designed and prepared.