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Toronto, ON, March 4, 2020 – The Ellen Ross Stuart Awards Committee is pleased to announce the 2019/2020 winners of the Ellen Ross Stuart Opening Doors Awards.   2019/2020 Award Recipients   Madeleine BrownMadeleine Brown is a playwright and actor from Peterborough, Ontario now based in Toronto. Her last three comedies debuted at the Toronto Fringe

Toronto, February 26, 2020  – Shelley Niro is this year’s recipient of the Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award. This year’s award recognizes outstanding achievement in the field of art photography. Niro will be presented this $30,000 award at the Robert Langen Art Gallery on March 5th where she will be giving a lecture for her exhibition, “Something Cold

Toronto, February 24, 2020 – A new annual award celebrating young comediennes at the beginning of their careers is being launched this spring. The Deborah Jarvis Award for Emerging Comediennes, sponsored by the Second City Training Centre in Toronto, will identify and award talented young comediennes at the beginning of their careers. The award is in honour of the

Toronto, February 19, 2020 – Zvondai Muchenje is the recipient of the $10,000 Ontario Arts Foundation Artist Educator Award.  The award is given annually to an Ontario resident who exemplifies excellence in arts education. About Zvondai Muchenje Ottawa Baha’i musician Zvondai Muchenje has been sharing his love for music, teaching African hand drums and marimbas to students for over ten

Toronto, November 20, 2019 – Jordan Pal is the recipient of the $7,000 Kathleen McMorrow Music Award. The award recognizes the composition and presentation of contemporary classical music by Ontario composers.  This award is in support of Pal’s commission Upwell to be presented by the Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony in April 2020.  About Jordan PalJordan Pal is an award-winning composer and a leading voice

Toronto, November 18, 2019 – Cihang Ma is the 2019 recipient of the $2,500 Tim Sims Encouragement Award, awarded to a Conservatory Program graduate at the Second City Training Program.  Cihang was presented the award Saturday, November 16th at Second City’s “A Year in Revue – Conservatory Showcase”.  The Tim Sims Encouragement Award honours a promising Canadian comedic performer who is in the early stages of their

Toronto, November 14, 2019 – The Ontario Arts Foundation and The Gordon Foundation are pleased to announce the 2019 grants from the Elizabeth L. Gordon Art Program: Acquisition Grants   Doris McCarthy Gallery, University of Toronto, Scarborough  $6,600   Ottawa Art Gallery, Ottawa   $8,000   Thunder Bay Art Gallery, Thunder Bay   $2,250   Development Grants   Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery,

Toronto, ON, October 15, 2019 — Nominations for the ninth annual Gina Wilkinson Prize (Gina’s Prize) will be accepted starting October 15, 2019. Established in memory of director Gina Wilkinson, who was a beloved actor and director across the country, the prize is intended to recognize an experienced female theatre artist transitioning from one theatre discipline into the discipline of theatre

Toronto, October 1, 2019 — The Ontario Arts Foundation and the Wuchien Michael Than Foundation are pleased to announce the 2019 grants from the Wuchien Michael Than Fund. This year’s grants are being given to help fund productions across the country, including two 2018 Development Grant – Phase II projects Here Are The Fragments at the Theatre Centre

Toronto, September 4, 2019 – Toronto based comedian Bria Hiebert is the 2019 recipient of the $2,500 Tim Sims Encouragement Award. The Tim Sims Encouragement Award honours a promising Canadian comedic performer who is in the early stages of their career. Bria Hiebert was selected for the award by the faculty of Humber College’s Comedy: Writing and Performance