In July, 1999, I completed a stained glass commission for the new Aspen Worship Centre at the Manitoba
Developmental Centre in Portage la Prairie.

MDC had been working towards building a non-denominational worship centre for its nearly 500 residents for several
years.  The majority of the project funds came from the estate of Nora Bottomley.  She, and her brother Leonard, were
longtime residents of MDC.  When Nora passed, her sisters donated the proceeds of her estate to MDC for the
express purpose of building a place of worship.

As an art instructor at the Centre, it was exciting to work together with my students who contributed enormously to my
design plans.  In respect of the interdenominational aspects of the centre --  religious icons couldn't be incorporated.
This culminated in pieces which celebrate their love of colour and freedom of expression -- a celebration of life.

Some of the most positive people it has ever been my pleasure to work with -- the collages they created in our art
sessions have inspired the brilliant hues and abstraction of design.

There are 4, 40" x 32" inch panels in the east and south windows, 10" x 60"sidelights in the main entrance, and a set
of 3, 24" discs suspended in the skylight of the tower above.