MARTHA DAVIS

Welcome to my website! I’m very busy with my dioramas these days. Here you’ll discover how I empower people to think about the many challenges we face and begin to talk about them without fear. I use a light-hearted and playful approach and believe my work will educate and inspire both adults and children. I invite you to explore the way I see the world and join in my journey! Check out the MY WORK section of the site for information on and links to my dioramas, photography, films and books. Enjoy the seniors living life to the fullest in my DREAM SCENES GALLERY. Have a look at the PROGRAMMES I offer for children, adults and seniors. Consider signing up! My programmes are quite different from the usual fare. I’m proud of that.

Martha Davis is a self-taught photographer, award-winning independent filmmaker, children’s author and retired elementary school teacher (TDSB 1991-2017) based in Toronto. She holds an Honours BA in Drama and Cinema Studies (Innis College, University of Toronto) and a BEd from the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education. Since her retirement, she has been collaborating with children and seniors on film and photography projects with a social justice theme and running diorama-making workshops for adults.

Davis is an active member of the Heliconian Club and the Women’s Art Association of Canada where she has been exhibiting her dioramas and running workshops.
She has also run workshops at Montessori schools, Entente Canada, Trinity St. Paul’s Centre and for small groups at her home studio. Her diorama work and workshops were featured in PhotoEd magazine and granted two mini-features on CityNews. She was interviewed by David Common on CBC Metro Morning and received a full-page article in the Toronto Star.

Martha Davis sings in two community choirs, participates in a climate action group, walks and cycles everywhere, talks to strangers and goes to the movies once a week.

About the Panda Diorama, above: I call it Rally for Change. My 104-year-old friend Petra, who lived through the German Occupation of Norway, said to me, “Never take your vote for granted.” I dedicate this diorama to her.

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