Eva Savard, Lucille Proulx's mother, a woman typical of the Victorian era, was a milliner by trade. It is from her that the seeds of artistic creativity were planted. As in her everyday life, her mother taught her basic art concepts of form, line, color, texture, composition, and aesthetics. 

These took root through a variety of everyday creative activities in the form of coloring books, wax crayons, and her skills in embroidery, knitting, sewing, cooking, and cake decoration. 

On the 1st of August 2026, Eva Savard would have been 138 years old if she were still around. On this special occasion, Lucille would like to pay homage to her mother by creating an artwork using pieces of embroidery made by her own mother. In this way, their creativity is celebrated.

Lucille Proulx, is a registered art therapist with an MA in Art Therapy from Concordia University, Montreal, Qc, Canada. A consultant with many years of clinical art therapy experience in the fields of infant and child psychiatry, she supervises and teaches nationally and abroad. Past president of the Association des Art-thérapeutes du Québec (AATQ), exhibiting artist, author, mother, and grandmother. Lucille has recently received an honorary doctorate degree in Humanities from Quebec University. We, the art therapy community in Thailand, are proud to host this special event where Dr. Proulx, the grandmother of art therapy in Thailand, will give a talk on Mother's Day to pay homage to her mother, Eva Savard, and to all women in motherhood.