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- ↑ Bruce Barber, "Conceptual Art: The NSCAD Connection 1967-1973", Conceptual Art: The NSCAD Connection 1967-1973, Halifax: Anna Leonowens Gallery, 1998, p. 11
- ↑ Garry Neill Kennedy, "NSCAD and the Sixties", Conceptual Art: The NSCAD Connection 1967-1973, pp. 25-6
- ↑ Barber, Bruce (2006). "Introduction". NSCAD: The 80's. Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada: NSCAD University: Anna Leonowens Gallery: 9 – via Academia.edu.