Linda Covit Explained

Linda Covit
Birth Place:	Montreal, Quebec
Known For:	sculptor

Linda Covit (born 1948) is a Canadian sculptor known for her public artworks.

Public artworks

In 1994 Covit completed Nature Stations, a public artwork installed at the Cite de la Santé de Laval in Laval, Quebec.^{[1] [2]} The 2002 work Circle of Words, Garden of Thought is installed at the Driftwood Community Centre in Toronto, Ontario.^{[3] [4]} Covit's 2009 sculpture Water Garden is installed at the City of Calgary's Water Centre.^[5] Her 2015 large-scale work Havre, at 13m by 16m, is permanently installed on the McGill University Health Centre's Glen site in Montreal.^{[6] [7]}

Collections

Her work is included in the collections of the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec,^[8] the City of Montreal^[9] and the Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal^[10]

Notes and References

1. Web site: Sculpture. 1994.
2. Web site: Work Detail.
3. Book: Warkentin, John. Creating Memory: A Guide to Outdoor Public Sculpture in Toronto. May 13, 2010. Becker Associates. 9780919387607. Google Books.
4. Web site: Sculptor: Linda Covit - sculpture: Circle of Words, Garden of Thought - Sculpture.org - Sculpture.org. www.sculpture.org.
5. Web site: 10 places to find Calgary's unexpected art | CBC News.
6. Web site: Linda Covit. McGill University Health Centre.
7. Web site: Meet the artist behind the new MUHC's iconic public art piece, Havre | CBC News.
8. Web site: Covit, Linda. Collections | MNBAQ.
9. Web site: Linda Covit.
10. Web site: INFO Collection MAC oeuvres 2018 . macm.org. Musée d'art contemporain de Montréal.