2011 K.M. Hunter Artist Awards announced

Toronto, May 31, 2011 – The K. M. Hunter Charitable Foundation recognized the seven recipients of the 2011 K. M. Artist Awards at an event last evening at the Gladstone Hotel.

 

A prize of $8,000 was awarded in each of six artistic disciplines to:

 

Dance                                         Val Calam

Film and Video                          Kazik Radwanski

Literature                                    Jenny Sampirisi

Music                                           John Farah

Theatre                                       Anusree Roy

Visual Arts                                  Kerri Reid

 

From Left to Right: Martin Hunter, Val Calam, Sarah Hunter, John Farah, Jenny Sampirisi,

Laurie Brown, Anusree Roy, Kazik Radwanski

 

These annual awards are given to Ontario residents who have completed their training, begun to produce a body of work and are starting to make a significant mark in their field.  Given at a critical moment in the artists’ careers, the awards are a means of encouraging their craft and propelling them to the next level.

 

Since the awards were created in 1995, 96 artists have received awards totaling over $600,000.

 

ìThe K. M. Hunter Artist Award was inspired by an award I received in my early thirties that helped me realize I should take myself seriously as an artist and continue extending and developing my craft,î says Martin Hunter.

 

The OAC Awards Office administers the nomination process for the K. M. Hunter Artist Awards.  OAC juries nominate candidates from a selection of English language OAC project-based granting programs.  The K. M. Hunter Charitable Foundation convenes six juries to select the winners of the awards.  The awards are financed by a gift from the K. M. Hunter Charitable Foundation to the Ontario Arts Foundation.

 

 

For more information, please contact:

 

Alan Walker

Executive Director, Ontario Arts Foundation

(416) 969-7413

awalker@arts.on.ca

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