Press releases and other media news from the Foundation
The Sheila Mackay Advanced Studies Scholarship is available annually to New Brunswick residents entering a recognized graduate or doctoral program in either studio based work or in academic studies in Art History, Art Education or Art Gallery and Museum Studies. A maximum of $5000 is awarded on the recommendation of an independent jury of art[…]
The Fred Ross Scholarship, valued at $8000, is available to a graduating New Brunswick student entering post secondary studies in visual art or fine craft at a recognized institution. This is a 4 year renewable scholarship. An initial payment of $2000 will be awarded on entrance to a recognized institution. It will be renewed annually[…]
Congratulations to Recipient of SHMF Bursary at NBCCD. Jennifer McInnis-Wharton, was selected by the faculty of New Brunswick College of Craft and Design as the recipient of the 2015 Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation Scholarship. Ms. Wharton is studying ceramics in the Graduate Studies Program, specializing in Raku firing. NBCCD Director, Keith McAlpine said that the[…]
Application Deadline Reminder: 2016 Marie Hélène Allain Fellowship The Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation invites applications from mid career artists for the $10,000 Marie Hélène Allain Fellowship. Completed submissions for 2016 Marie Hélène Allain Fellowship (including all supporting material) must be postmarked on or before the deadline of November 30, 2015. Late or incomplete applications or[…]
The Marie Hélène Allain Fellowship is a biennial award of $10,000 available to New Brunswick mid-career artists and craftspeople. It is given on the recommendation of an independent jury who select artists who have distinguished themselves in the last ten years of professional practice and who propose a significant body of new work to be[…]
Please Join us for the Strathbutler Gala in Honour of Paul Mathieson. And the unveiling of the newly commissioned Strathbutler Award. Thursday, September 24, 2015, 6:30pm New Brunswick Museum, Saint John, NB
Brigitte Clavette selected to design new Strathbutler Award Since 1991, New Brunswick artists of distinction from a wide range of visual arts disciplines have been honoured for their significant contributions to the cultural landscape of New Brunswick though the juried Strathbutler award. The Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation has taken a leadership role in the recognition[…]
Philip Savage Chosen for 2015 Nel Oudemans Award Kingston resident, Philip Savage has been selected as the 2015 recipient of the Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation’s Nel Oudemans Award recognizing the pursuit of excellence in the field of fine craft and design by emerging New Brunswick artisans. A sculptor in wood as well as a landscape[…]