K.M. Hunter Artist Awards top the half million mark

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                   Dance
Nicolas Pereda                     Film and Video
Kyo Iona Maclear                 Literature
Dan Goldman                        Music
Nauni Parkinson                  Theatre
Mary Catherine Newcomb Visual Arts

 

These annual awards are given to Ontario residents who have completed their training, begun to produce a body of work and are starting to make a significant mark in their field. Given at a critical moment in the artists’ careers, the awards are a means of encouraging their craft and propelling them to the next level.

 

Since the awards were created in 1995, 83 artists have received awards totaling over $500,000.

 

ìThe K.M. Hunter Artist Award was inspired by an award I received in my early thirties that helped me realize I should take myself seriously as an artist and continue extending and developing my craft,î says Martin Hunter.

 

The OAC Awards Office administers the nomination process for the K.M. Hunter Artist Awards. OAC juries nominate candidates from a selection of English language OAC project-based granting programs. The K.M. Hunter Charitable Foundation convenes six juries to select the winners of the awards. The awards are financed by a gift from the K.M. Hunter Charitable Foundation to the Ontario Arts Foundation.

 

 

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For more information, please contact:

 

Janet Stubbs
Executive Director, Ontario Arts Foundation
(416) 969-7413
jstubbs@arts.on.ca

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