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Niagara on the Lake – March 12, 2012 – The jury of the Gina Wilkinson Prize for an Emerging Female Director announced that the 2012 inaugural prize recipient is Ann-Marie Kerr of Halifax, N.S. The announcement came on March 10 – what would have been Gina’s birthday; Ms. Kerr was chosen from a list of 23 nominees from across […]

Toronto – February 16, 2012 – The Ontario Arts Foundation is pleased to announce a new visual arts award. The Laura Ciruls Painting Award will be given annually to recognize an Ontario based painter who is past the early stages of their professional career. Artist, Jinny Yu is the first recipient of the $3,500 award. Ms Yu has shown widely,

Toronto, November 23, 2011– Bothwell, Ontario-based photographer Larry Towell is the 2011 recipient of the $50,000 Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award for Art Photography. The award will be presented at a special event at the Stephen Bulger Gallery in December. Larry Towell is Canada’s first photographer to be associated with Magnum, the world’s most prestigious photo agency.He

Toronto, October 31, 2011 – Composer and educator Dean Burry has won the Louis Applebaum Composers Award. This year’s $10,000 award recognizes excellence in a body of work by an artist in the field of music composition for young people. The award was presented at a dress rehearsal of Mr. Burry’s opera, Isis and the Seven Scorpions, at the Joey

Toronto – September 7, 2011 – Toronto based costume designer, Lea Carlson is the 2011 recipient of the $15,000 Virginia and Myrtle Cooper Award in Costume Design.  The award is given annually to professional Canadian costume designers in Ontario in mid-career to further enrich their careers through research and travel.    She is an award-winning costume designer and production designer

Toronto, June 1, 2011 – The 2011 winners for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards were revealed today. This year marks the 35th anniversary of the Awards.  The inaugural Schwartz Award was presented in 1976 to Mordecai Richler for Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang.   Young adult /middle readeraward category Half BrotherBy Kenneth Oppel(Toronto, ON)Harper Collins Publishers Ltd. FACTS

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                               

Toronto, April 26, 2011 – The Ontario Arts Foundation today announced violinist, Melissa Wilmot as this year’s recipient of the $1,500 Orford String Quartet Scholarship.  The scholarship is presented annually to assist a Canadian string musician with studies, commissioning or performances related to his/her work in the chamber music field.  Melissa is an accomplished violinist, and a student at The

Canadian Opera Company baritone wins coveted prize for outstanding young singers   Toronto, DATE – The Ontario Arts Foundation today announced baritone Adrian Kramer from the Canadian Opera Company’s (COC) Ensemble Studio as this year’s top recipient of the Christina and Louis Quilico Awards, valued at $5,000. Soprano Ileana Montalbetti won the second prize of $3,000 and tenor Christopher Enns won the

Toronto, April 20, 2011 – The 2011 short list for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards was revealed today. The 2011 winners will be announced at Toronto’s Agnes Macphail Public School, 112 Goldhawk Trail, at 10:30 a.m. on May 26, 2011.  This yearmarks the 35th anniversary since Mordecai Richler won in 1976 for Jacob Two-Two Meets the Hooded Fang.   ABOUT THE 2011 BOOKS This year’s