Ella May Walker

Ella May Jacoby Walker (14 May 1892 – 6 April 1960)[1] was a Canadian American artist, author, and composer.

She worked as an organist at Knox Church and played organ for silent movies in the Allen Theatre.

[4] During the 1930s, Walker met Arthur Lismer, a Group of Seven Canadian landscape painter, who inspired her to change her focus from music to art.

[6] Walker wrote articles, including music criticism, for the Edmonton Journal and the People's Weekly newspaper.

[4] When Edmonton's Archives and Landmarks Committee was created in 1947, Walker joined and remained a member through 1953.