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Toronto, May 5, 2015 – Costume designer, Robin Fisher is the 2015 recipient of the $15,000 Virginia and Myrtle Cooper Award in Costume Design. The award is given annually to professional costume designers in Ontario in mid-career to further enrich their careers through research and travel. Robin Fisher is a Dora-Award winning set and costume designer based in Toronto. […]

Toronto, April 22, 2015 – The 2015 short list for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards was announced today. The 2015 winners will be selected by students of Alexander Muir / Gladstone Avenue Junior and Senior Public School and will be announced there on Friday, May 15, 2015.   ABOUT THIS YEAR’S SHORTLISTThe Children’s Picture Book category includes

Toronto, April 20, 2015 – The winners of the 2015 K.M. Hunter Artist Awards were announced today.The six winners will be honoured by the K.M. Hunter Charitable Foundation at an event at the Gladstone event at the Gladstone Hotel later in June. This year marks the 20th anniversary of the K.M. Hunter Artist Awards. A prize of $8,000 was awarded in

Toronto, March 16, 2015 – The Ontario Arts Foundation and the Screen Composers Guild of Canada are pleased to announce the Christopher Dedrick Award for Live Musicians in Media Soundtracks.   The award aims to encourage and support the hiring and use of live musicians in the production of media music soundtracks, and by this to show their aesthetic value

Toronto – March 13, 2015 – The Ontario Arts Foundation announced today $ 2.8 million in endowment income payments to 270 arts organizations across the Province of Ontario. The disbursements represent income earned on endowments created by arts organizations and funded jointly by the private sector and the government through two matching programs:  the Arts Endowment Fund, and the Canada Cultural

Toronto  – March 10, 2015 – The committee of the Gina Wilkinson Prize is pleased to announce that the 2015 fourth annual prize recipient is Valerie Planche of Calgary, Alberta. The announcement came on March 10 – what would have been Gina’s birthday. Ms. Planche was chosen from a list of 16 nominees from across Canada.  “Like all the applicants,

Toronto, February 10, 2015 – On Monday, February 9, the rising stars of the Canadian Opera Company Ensemble Studio, Canada’s premier training program for young opera professionals, competed in the third biennial Christina and Louis Quilico Awards, with Karine Boucher claiming the first prize of $5,000.  Gordon Bintner won the second prize of $3,000 and Charlotte Burrage won the third prize of $2,000. The event took place