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Brampton, ON, May 26, 2010 – Students at Brampton’s Huttonville Public School today announced the winners of the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards:     CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK AWARD   Proud as a Peacock, Brave as a Lion by Jane Barclay (Pointe-Claire, QC) Illustrations by Renné Benoit (St.Thomas, ON) Published by Tundra Books   YOUNG ADULT/MIDDLE READER AWARD   Vanishing Girl: The Boy […]

Toronto – May 17, 2010 – Toronto based costume designer, Carolyn M. Smith is the 2010 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.   A graduate of the National Theatre School of Canada’s design

Toronto, May 11, 2010 – The K. M. Hunter Charitable Foundation recognized the seven recipients of the 2010 K. M. Hunter 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: Kathleen Rea              Dance(co-winner of $4,000)Bageshree Vaze        Dance(co-winner of $4,000)Roberto Santaguida  Film and VideoSteven Heighton         LiteratureBrian Current              Musicd’bi.young                   

Toronto, April 27, 2010 – The 2010 short list for the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards was revealed today. The winners of the2010 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awardswill be announced at Huttonville Public School, 2322 Embleton Road in Brampton, at 1 p.m. on May 26, 2010.   ABOUT THE BOOKS This year’s shortlists represent some of Canada’s best known children’s books authors,

Toronto – June 15, 2009 – Toronto based costume designer, Charlotte Dean is the 2009 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.   Ms Dean‘s work has appeared in theatres across Canada, including the Stratford

Toronto , May 26, 2009 – The K.M. Hunter Charitable Foundation recognized the six recipients of the 2009 K.M. Hunter Artist Awards at an event last evening at the Gladstone Hotel.   This year’s winners of $8,000 each are:   Sylvie Bouchard                   DanceNicolas Pereda                     Film and VideoKyo Iona Maclear                 LiteratureDan Goldman                        MusicNauni Parkinson                  TheatreMary Catherine Newcomb Visual Arts   These annual awards are

Toronto, May 20, 2009 – The students at Market Lane Junior and Senior Public School today announced the winners of the Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards: CHILDREN’S PICTURE BOOK        YOUNG ADULT/MIDDLEAWARD CATEGORY                      READER  AWARD CATEGORY Chester’s Back!                       

Toronto, April 22, 2009 – The winners of the 2009 Ruth and Sylvia Schwartz Children’s Book Awards will be announced at Market Lane Junior and Senior Public School, 246 The Esplanade, at 1 p.m. on May 20, 2009. FACTSï The two awards, of $6000 each, recognize artistic excellence in writing and illustration in Canadian children’s literature. ï The winners are selected by two

David Virelles, Jazz Composer and Pianist,Wins the Louis Applebaum Composers Award   Toronto, November 18, 2008 – Composer and pianist David Virelles has won the Louis Applebaum Composers Award. This year’s $10,000 award recognizesexcellence in a body of work by an emerging artist in the field of jazz composition.   Born and raised in Santiago de Cuba, to a musical family, David

Toronto – June 3, 2008 – Toronto based costume designer, Michael Gianfrancesco is the 2008 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.   Mr. Gianfrancesco’s work has appeared in theatres across Canada. He was engaged