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Annonce de la première lauréate du prix Laura Ciruls de peinture

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,

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Le photographe Larry Towell reçoit un Prix de 50 000 dollars

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

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Dean Burry, compositeur, éducateur et directeur artistique remporte le Prix Louis Applebaum pour les compositeurs

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

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Annonce du lauréat du prix Virginia et Myrtle Cooper pour la création des costumes pour l'année 2011

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

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Prix Ruth et Sylvia Schwartz de littérature jeunesse : annonce des lauréats 2011

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

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Melissa Wilmot a reçu la bourse d'études « Orford String Quartet Scholarship » 2011

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

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Le Baryton de la Compagnie díopéra canadienne remporte le prix convoité pour les remarquables jeunes chanteurs et chanteuses

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

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Les prix Ruth et Sylvia Schwartz de littérature jeunesse : 35 ans déjà ! Annonce des finalistes 2011

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

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