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Beyond her well-known public commissions of Viola Desmond (2021) and Wanda Robson (2024), Chippie Kennedy’s body of work focuses on classical realist figurative sculptures and portrait busts, often emphasizing the natural beauty, anatomy, and expressiveness of the human form. She frequently works from life models, preferring unique and characterful features over idealized perfection. Her pieces […]

On November 8, 2021—exactly 75 years after Viola Desmond’s historic act of defiance against racial segregation at the Roseland Theatre in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia—a life-size bronze bust created by sculptor Chippie Kennedy (NSS Elected Member) was unveiled in Halifax. The ceremony took place at the Delmore “Buddy” Daye Learning Institute, an African Nova Scotian