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"Maryon Kantaroff (November 22, 1933 – June 9, 2019) was a Canadian sculptor known for her large-scale outdoor sculptures in bronze and other materials. Early life and education Kantaroff studied piano at the Royal Conservatory of Music, Toronto and earned a degree in art and archaeology from the University of Toronto in 1957. In 1957–1958 she worked as an assistant curator at the Art Gallery of Ontario. She traveled to London for postgraduate studies in American Ethnology at the British Museum and remained in England for several years, studying with Eric Stanford at Reading College. Her further studies took place at the Sir John Cass College of Art and the Chelsea College of Arts.Kantaroff, Maryon. 1979. Images of origins: sculpture by Maryon Kantaroff. Toronto, Ont: Prince Arthur Galleries. Career and impact In 1962 Kantaroff had her first solo exhibition at the Temple Gallery, London. She returned to Toronto for an exhibition at Toronto City Hall in 1968 and soon thereafter began an association with Galerie Dresdnere, which represented her through the early 1970s. In 1974, frustrated at the lack of a local foundry with capacity for casting her larger works, Kantaroff purchased the Toronto Arts Foundry in partnership with Al Green (Greenwin Investments). Kantaroff worked in a variety of materials including bronze, stone, metal and fiberglass. Her outdoor commissioned sculptures can be seen at J.D.S. Investments, Sheridan Mall, Mississauga (Bird of Paradise, 1970) the Baycrest, Toronto (Song of Deborah, 1979) Heller, Jules, and Nancy G. Heller. 2013. North American Women Artists of the Twentieth Century: a Biographical Dictionary. Hoboken: Taylor and Francis, p. 297. http://public.eblib.com/choice/publicfullrecord.aspx?p=1583095. and the Windsor Sculpture Garden (Cordella, The Garden). She was a member of the Sculptors Society of Canada from 2004 on. Kantaroff was represented by the Kinsman Robinson Galleries, Toronto. Maryon Kantaroff died in Toronto on June 9, 2019 of complications from pneumonia. she was 85. Selected works Frederick G. Gans, Q.C., Memorial, by Maryon Kantaroff * Cordella, Odette Sculpture Park, Windsor, Ontario * The Garden, Odette Sculpture Park, Windsor * Counterpoint (1971), Don Mills Road, Toronto * Greenwin (1973), Al Green Sculpture Park, Toronto * Song of Deborah (1979), Baycrest Hospital, Toronto * Frederic C. Gans Memorial (1980), University Avenue, Toronto * Anodyomene (1995), University of Toronto, Toronto * The Secret Life of Plants (2009) Awards and honours In 1992 the artist received the prestigious President's Award of the Sculptors Society of Canada. References Further reading * Allinson, Beverley, Judith Lawrence, Margaret S. Evans, and Laura Jones. 1975. Maryon makes shapes: women at work. [Toronto]: D.C. Heath. This book is one of a series for children depicting women at work; it is extensively illustrated with photographs of the artist, her studio and her work. External links * Kinsman Robinson Galleries: Maryon Kantaroff * Toronto Sculpture: Maryon Kantaroff 1933 births 2019 deaths Artists from Toronto Canadian contemporary artists Canadian women sculptors 20th-century Canadian women artists University of Toronto alumni 20th-century Canadian artists "
"The Community Empowerment (Scotland) Act 2015 is an Act of the Scottish Parliament. The act is notable for expanding the Community Right to Buy established by the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 to include urban communities and for introducing new powers for Scottish Ministers to compel owners of abandoned or neglected to land to interested community bodies. Provisions Provisions of the act are spread over eleven parts, covering different areas relating to community empowerment and public participation in policy and planning. 30px This content is available under the Open Government Licence v3.0. © Crown copyright. Part 1, National Outcomes, requires Scottish Ministers to continue the existing practice of setting national outcomes for Scotland, to which public authorities, people and organisations are to have regard when carrying out public functions. Ministers must regularly report progress toward them and to review them at least every five years. Part 2, Community Planning, creates a statutory basis for Community Planning Partnerships, imposing duties on them to involve community bodies in the delivery of local outcomes and to produce “locality plans” for particularly disadvantaged areas. Part 3, Participation Requests, provides a mechanism for community bodies to request participation in services to improve local outcomes, which can include community bodies taking responsibility for the delivery of services. Part 4, Community Rights to Buy Land, amends the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 to extend the community right to by to communities of any size, allowing urban communities to register an interest in land granting them first right of refusal should the land come up for sale. The act also introduces a new community right to buy land which is abandoned, neglected or causing harm to the environmental wellbeing of the community. This allows Scottish ministers to compel private owners of land to community bodies if they deem the sale likely to contribute to sustainable local development. Part 5, Asset Transfer Requests, provides community bodies with the right to request to purchase, lease, manage or use land and buildings held by local authorities, Scottish ministers and other Scottish public bodies, of which relevant authorities will be required to create and maintain a publicly available register. In deciding whether to agree to asset transfers, public bodies are to consider the reduction of inequalities though there is a presumption of agreement unless there are reasonable grounds for refusal. Part 6, Delegation of Forestry Commissioners’ Functions, allows for different types of community body to be involved in forestry leasing and to request asset transfers from Scotland’s National Forest Estate. Part 7, Football Clubs, provides powers for Ministers to make regulations to facilitate supporters’ involvement in the decision making, and potentially ownership, of football clubs and give fans rights in these areas. Part 8, Common Good Property, requires local authorities to establish and maintain a register of all common good property which they hold. It also requires local authorities to inform and consult community bodies before disposing of or changing the use of common good assets. Part 9, Allotments, updates and simplifies legislation on allotments. It requires local authorities to take reasonable steps to provide allotments if waiting lists exceed certain trigger points and strengthens the protection for allotments. Provisions allow allotments to be 250 square metres in size or a different size that is to be agreed between the person requesting an allotment and the local authority. The Act also requires fair rents to be set and allows tenants to sell surplus produce grown on an allotment, provided this is not intended to produce a profit. There is a requirement for local authorities to develop a food growing strategy for their area, including identifying land that may be used as allotment sites and identifying other areas of land that could be used by a community for the cultivation of vegetables, fruit, herbs or flowers. Part 10, Participation in Public Decision-Making, creates new regulation-making powers enabling Ministers to require Scottish public authorities to promote and facilitate public participation in the decisions and activities of the authority, including in the allocation of its resources. Part 11, Non-domestic rates, allows councils to create and fund their own localised business rates relief schemes, in addition to existing national rates relief. Useful sources Elliott, I.C., Fejszes, V. and Tàrrega, M. (2018), "The Community Empowerment Act and localism under devolution in Scotland: The perspective of multiple stakeholders in a council ward", International Journal of Public Sector Management. https://doi.org/10.1108/IJPSM-03-2018-0080 Lawson, L. and Kearns, A. (2010), “‘Community empowerment’ in the context of the Glasgow housing stock transfer”, Urban Studies, Vol. 47 No. 7, pp. 1459–1478. https://doi.org/10.1177/0042098009353619 Lawson, L. and Kearns, A. (2014), “Rethinking the purpose of community empowerment in neighbourhood regeneration”, Local Economy, Vol. 29 Nos 1-2, pp. 65–81. https://doi.org/10.1177/0269094213519307 Rolfe, S. (2016), “Divergence in community participation policy: analysing localism and community empowerment using a theory of change approach”, Local Government Studies, Vol. 42 No. 1, pp. 97–118. https://doi.org/10.1080/03003930.2015.1081848 See also * Land Reform in Scotland * Community ownership * Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003 * Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2016 References 2015 Land reform in Scotland "
"John D. Schneider (March 1, 1937 – March 2, 2017) was an American lawyer and politician. He was elected to the Missouri House of Representatives in 1968, and served until 1970, when he ran for a seat on the Missouri State Senate. Schneider stepped down at the end of his term in 2002 and returned to his private law practice. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Schneider received his bachelor's and law degrees from Saint Louis University.OurCampaigns.com.-John D. Schneider He was married to Mary Schneider, with whom he had four children. He died at his home in Warson Woods, Missouri on March 2, 2017, at the age of 80. References 1937 births 2017 deaths Politicians from St. Louis Saint Louis University alumni Missouri state senators Members of the Missouri House of Representatives Missouri Democrats Missouri lawyers "