BARBARA SALSBERG MATHEWS has been creating art since she was a child. While in her teens, she wrote and illustrated two children’s books published by Annick Press. She studied mime in Paris, France, and had a touring mime company. Barbara graduated with honours from Ontario College of Art [OCADU], earned her M.Ed. from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education and taught visual and dramatic arts in high schools for over 25 years. Since retiring as Head of Visual Art from Toronto Board’s Northern Secondary School, Barbara now lives with her husband in Guelph where she does volunteer work and continues to make art. In 2020 Barbara was diagnosed with Parkinson’s disease. She’s now using mime as a therapeutic tool to help others living with Parkinson’s to manage the symptoms. You may learn more about Barbara and her work at MimeOverMind.com – and – salsbergmathews.com.