THE STRATHBUTLER AWARD
A LEGACY OF EXCELLENCE IN NEW BRUNSWICK VISUAL ARTS
The Strathbutler Award is a biennial award of $25,000 which recognizes visual artists of all media who have achieved excellence in their fields while having made a substantial contribution over a significant period of time in the province of New Brunswick. Since 1991, Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation has recognized exceptional New Brunswick artists with this distinction based on the deliberations of an independent jury of qualified experts in visual arts.
1991 John Hooper – Sculptor/Sculpteur
1992 Tom Smith – Potter/Potier
1993 Peter Powning – Multi-media/Multi-média
1994 Kathy Hooper – Painter/Peindre
1995 Nel Oudemans – Weaver/Tissande
1996 Marie Hélène Allain – Sculptor/Sculpteur
1997 Freeman Patterson – Photographer/Photographe
1998 Roméo Savoie – Painter/Peindre
1999 Suzanne Hill – Painter/Peindre
2000 Rick Burns – Painter/Peindre
2001 Gerard Collins – Painter/Peindre
2002 Gordon Dunphy – Wood Turner/Tourner sur bois
2003 Thaddeus Holownia – Photographer/Photographe
2004 Janice Wright Cheney – Multi-media/Multi-média
2005 André Lapointe – Sculptor/Sculpteur
2006 Brigitte Clavette – Metalsmith/Arts du métal
2007 Dan Steeves – Printmaker/Graveur
2008 Anna Torma – Fiber Artist/Artiste textile
2009 David Umholtz – Printmaker/Graveur
2010 Linda Rae Dornan – Multi-media/Multi-média
2011 Herzl Kashetsky – Painter/Peindre
2013 Susan Vida Judah – Weaver/Tissande
2015 Paul Mathieson – Painter/Peindre
2017 Herménégilde Chiasson – Multi-Media/Multi-média
2019 Bruce Gray – Furniture Maker/Artisan de bois
2021 Mathieu Léger – Multi-media/Multi-média
2023 John Murchie – Painter/Peindre
2025 Judy Blake – Ceramic Artist/Artiste céramiste