arts awards
Nominees sought for B.C. awards
The B.C. Community Achievement Awards, a program that honours excellence in community service, is looking for 2010 nominees. Two hundred and forty-eight British Columbians have received awards in such fields as arts, culture, sports, education, health care, environment, public life and volunteerism.
B.C. art book wins Vancouver Book Award
Visions of British Columbia: A Landscape Manual, a book that gathers work by dozens of B.C. visual and literary artists, has won the City of Vancouver Book Award. Mayor Gregor Robertson presented the $2,000 prize to editor Scott Steedman at a city council meeting Wednesday. Steedman, a freelance editor and author, shares the award with [...]
Musicians set to converge on Kelowna for Breakout West festivities: Annual event includes concerts, workshops and the Western Canadian Music Awards
Forget the wine-ing. This weekend, Kelowna is going to be rocking. The Breakout West 2010 Festival and western Canadian Music Awards blast into the Okanagan’s biggest burgh this weekend. Big-name acts from B.C., Alberta, Saskatchewan, Manitoba, Northwest Territories and Yukon showcase at nine city venues, plus there’s the big gala going down on Sunday night [...]
Incendies nabs Vancouver film fest top prize
Incendies, directed by Denis Villeneuve and based on a play by Wajdi Mouawad, has captured the Best Canadian Film prize at the Vancouver International Film Festival (VIFF). The film, which also won the same accolade at the Toronto International Film Festival in September, concerns twins who journey to the Middle East to satisfy their mother’s [...]
Castlegar: SculptureWalk to hold gala
After a successful first annual SculptureWalk in Castlegar, organizer Pat Field wants to end with a bang. The awards gala will be held on Oct. 16 at Element and it includes an evening of dinner and theatre along with the awards. “It’s to wrap up this year and celebrate the artists,” Field said. Dinner starts [...]
Electric Company’s Kim Collier short-listed for Siminovitch Prize
Electric Company Theatre’s artistic director and co-founder Kim Collier has been short-listed for the largest prize in Canadian theatre: the 2010 Siminovitch Prize for Theatre. Collier, the only British Columbian nominee, is up for the award alongside Ron Jenkins of Edmonton, and Ross Manson, Alisa Palmer, Soheil Parsa, and Jennifer Tarver, all from Toronto. The finalists were chosen from a long-list [...]
City announces shortlist for Vancouver Book Award
The city of Vancouver has shortlisted four books for the 2010 Vancouver Book Award. The finalists are: The Box, by George Bowering. Ten stories are introduced by archival photographs. Visions of British Columbia, by Bruce Grenville and Scott Steedman. Images by notable B.C. artists are paired with texts from acclaimed B.C. writers. Common Ground in [...]
New prize has $15K for young musicians
A new, $15,000 award has been created to recognize promising young Canadian performers of classical music. The Canada Council for the Arts and the National Youth Orchestra of Canada announced the Michael Measures Prize Tuesday in Toronto. The prize is being established with a $1 million bequest from Michael Measures, an Ottawa classical music lover [...]
Port Alberni Nuu-chah-nulth artist wins award
A renowned Nuu-chah-nulth artist is among the recipients of a prestigious art award. Hesquiaht artist Tim Paul was named one of six winners of the 2010 B.C. creative achievement award for First Nations’ art. B.C. premier Gordon Campbell and B.C. Achievement Foundation chair Keith Mitchell announced the winners on Wednesday. “We are proud to celebrate [...]
Lake Cowichan: Local artist to be recognized by the premier of BC
It’s not every day that a local artist receives recognition from the premier of BC, but that’s exactly what’s happening to Cathi Jefferson, on Monday, September 27, in Vancouver. On this day, Gordon Campbell will hand her a Carter Wosk BC Creative Achievement Award for Applied Art and Design, of which only three people in [...]
Music awards back after hiatus
The Vancouver Island Music Awards are calling for submissions from Vancouver Island musicians. The submission period will remain open until the Dec. 31 deadline. To be eligible, artists must have had residency on the island(s) for a minimum of six months, have released their album between Jan. 1, 2009 and Dec. 31, 2010, must be [...]
B.C. artists, designers honoured for creative achievements
The provincial government on Thursday announced the three winners of the sixth annual Carter Wosk BC Creative Achievement Awards for Applied Art and Design. The winners are Cathi Jefferson of Duncan for pottery, Natalie Purschwitz of Vancouver for clothing and accessories and Toby Barratt, Pamela Goddard and Nik Rust of Propellor Design of Vancouver for [...]
Port Moody: Artist wins PMAC scholarship
The Port Moody Arts Centre has named Robyn Leavens, a recent graduate of UVic’s fine arts program, as its 2010 recipient for the Kwi Am Choi Scholarship. Leavens was selected through a jury process and was awarded $1,250 to help her mount her first solo show, “Electric Growth,” on display in the Arts Centre’s main [...]
Capital region could host Junos in 2013
The organization responsible for bringing the Juno Awards to Vancouver in 2009 released a report yesterday outlining plans that would bring the event to the capital region in 2013. Vancouver-based Music B.C. compiled the report, which supports a potential multimillion-dollar bid that would see Victoria host the annual music industry awards show for the first [...]
Vancouverite nabs Canadian design prize
Vancouver designer Omer Arbel has captured the Ronald J. Thom Award for Early Design Achievement from the Canada Council for the Arts. The $10,000 prize, handed out every two years, is given to an emerging designer in Canada who demonstrates creative talent as well as a sensitivity to arts and crafts, the decorative arts and [...]
