J.A. Morris, Esq.,
Curator, Vancouver Art Gallery,
Georgia Street,
Vancouver, B.C.

Dear Mr. Morris:-

       Thank you for your letter of October 20th. The change makes us all very happy.
       Mr. Ustinov hopes to be in Vancouver in time to assist with the hanging of our collection of watercolours which will arrive by Express. There is one to be hung "by courtesy of John Goss, Esq.," purchased from among those by K. Sherman displayed at our Ganges showing this summer. Mr. Goss will deliver it in person.
       There is little to add by way of publicity to what was contained in "Island Events" which I left with you. We are - in the main - housewives of middle-age (we boast of one over 70 - Mrs. J.I. Croft) with little leisure in our busy lives, who have prior to the inception of this class under Mr. Ustinov had but small opportunity to handle water-colours since school days. We have recently been joined by two male members. Mr. E. Corbet is like ourselves a beginner; Mr. G. Thornton Sharp, who has had wider experience in sketching than have the rest of us, comes weekly by open boat from Crofton on Vancouver Island to attend our classes.
       This is our fourth display, two having been held locally in the summers of 1947 and 1948, and one in Victoria under the auspices of the Federation of Canadian Artists at the Little Centre.
       We hope that what measure of success we have attained from our humble start in the brief period of two years or less may encourage other such groups to form.
       I enclose the fee for the two weeks of display, Nov. 2-Nov. 14, $15.00.

       Very truly yours,

             Nora E. Bittancourt (signed)