arts awards
B.C. First Nations and Aboriginal Artists and Arts Organizations Awarded AADA Grants
The First Peoples’ Heritage, Language and Culture Council (the First Peoples’ Council) today announced that the Aboriginal Arts Development Awards (AADA) program has this year awarded 47 grants totaling $540,000 to Aboriginal and First Nations artists and organizations working in all artistic disciplines across the province. Proposals are accepted annually from First Nations and Aboriginal [...]
Hnatyshyn performing arts grants awarded to 8
Stéphane Tétreault, a young classical musician studying in Montreal, and Barbara Kozciki, an actress studying in Vancouver, are among the recipients of Hnatyshyn Foundation performing artists grants. The $10,000 grants were announced Monday in Ottawa. Tétreault, 17, has studied violoncello with Yuli Turovsky and given solo performances with chamber ensembles such as Musici de Montréal, [...]
Kelowna: Nominate your favourite B.C. Interior musician or band
Nominations are now open for the B.C. Interior Music Awards to be held in Kelowna on Nov. 5. Whether your favourite musician or band is from the Thompson Okanagan, Columbia Kootenays, Cariboo Central Interior, Similkameen, Boundary, Shuswap or the Peace region, get your nominations in on time. Nominations will be accepted from both fans and [...]
Legendary B.C. entertainers recognized
Eight people were inducted into the B.C. Entertainment Hall of Fame’s Starwalk at a ceremony held at the Orpheum Theatre on Sunday night. Among them was actor Bruce Greenwood, known for his playing a president of the U.S. in both National Treasure: Book of Secrets, with Nicolas Cage, and Thirteen Days — as John F. [...]
Salmon Arm: Arts awards handed out
Special awards were handed out at SAGA Public Art Gallery last week in honour of Marie Manson and Blair Borden. This year, the Marie Manson Memorial Arts Award, which offers yearly scholarships to local artists, has chosen Scott Crocker, an installation artist, as its 2010 winner. Though the award considers all artistic disciplines, installation art [...]
Campbell River: Regional art highlighted
The Campbell River Art Gallery and CR Arts Council’s Annual Members’ Exhibition celebrates the regional visual arts scene. The juried show continues until Friday so visit and cast your vote for your favourite piece in the coveted People’s Choice Award. The exhibition of 64 works represents a wide range of styles, medium, artistic discipline and [...]
Mixed bag of Jessies awarded to frogs, toads and Woolfs
It didn’t happen in the large-theatre or small-theatre categories, but there was indeed a sweep on Monday at the 28th annual Jessie Richardson Theatre Awards. Carousel Theatre’s recent presentation of A Year With Frog & Toad hopped on stage at the Commodore Ballroom to receive all four Jessies in the category of theatre for young [...]
Kelowna: Sculpt award which will honour artists
The 4th annual Okanagan Arts Awards is asking all North, Central and South Okanagan artists to create the next design that will honour the artists in our communities. Though it is not required, the Arts Council of the Central Okanagan suggests interested artists send an email of their intent to submit a design to info@artsco.ca. [...]
Vancouver: Touchstone Theatre’s Katrina Dunn feted for being female-friendly
Touchstone Theatre director Katrina Dunn has received an award for supporting and promoting the work of Canadian female playwrights–in other words, the playwrights who made up her entire season. On June 11, at a showing of Herr Beckmann’s People at the PTC Studio (a coproduction between Touchstone and the Playwrights Theatre Centre), she received the [...]
Folkies can submit CDs for awards
The Canadian Folk Music Awards (CFMAs) is accepting submissions until Friday, July 2. Canadian folk, roots and world musicians can submit their recordings released between June 15, 2009 and June 14, 2010, for the sixth annual CFMAs. The awards, which celebrate and promote Canadian Folk Music in all its forms, will be handed out at [...]
B.C. acts well represented on Polaris Prize longlist
Well, the results are in. After more than a few gruelling weeks of pondering, listening, discussing, debating, relistening, voting, re-re-listening and revoting for my top picks for this year’s Polaris Music Prize, the 2010 longlist for the prestigious award was finally revealed Thursday. Needless to say, a quick glance will show just how strong a [...]
Sobey Art Award finalists unveiled
Six young contemporary artists have earned a spot on the short list for the prestigious $50,000 Sobey Art Award. The annual prize honours Canadian artists under the age of 40 who have exhibited in a public or commercial gallery in the past 18 months. The winner receives $50,000, while the other four finalists receive $5,000 [...]
Leo Awards honour those behind-the-scenes
On Friday night, 41 Leo Awards were handed out to the technicians and craftspeople behind the top film and television productions in our province. While lacking the botox-injected glamour of the red carpet Gala Awards Ceremony on Saturday (June 5), the Celebration Awards Ceremony was a laidback affair befitting the people whose keen eyes and [...]
Abottsford: National honours for photographer
A local photographer’s work has earned national honours. Jason Brown had three images selected at the Annual Image Competition of the Professional Photographers’ Association of Canada (PPOC) last weekend in Mont-Tremblant, Que. The competition received 1,047 entries and was judged by a selected panel of photographers from across Canada. Brown, a professional photographer and owner [...]
B.C. film industry readies for 2010 Leos
B.C. actors, producers and directors should make the most of networking opportunities at the annual Leo Awards this week, according to the event’s associate producer. The Leos honour the best in B.C. television and film production with 76 award categories that range from best feature length drama to best sound editing to best costume design. [...]
