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The Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation is pleased to announce the 2013 winner of its annual Fred Ross Scholarship. Serim Ye, who will graduate from Moncton High School in June, has been selected by an independent jury of arts professionals to receive this scholarship valued at $4000 Recommended by her former Visual Arts Department Head, Will[…]
Juror Biographies Lynn Wigginton’s artistic career has spanned many disciplines. Graduating from Mount Alison with a BFA, her major focus was in printmaking but following graduation she taught art in Newfoundland, worked as a graphic designer and served as assistant in the New Brunswick Museum Art Department. In 1995, in collaboration with Dr. Gregg Finley,[…]
2013 Fred Ross Scholarship Serim Ye’s application portfolio illustrates all the qualities one looks for in an aspiring artist. Overall her works on paper, canvas and in clay show an impressive facility with artistic fundamentals. However, it was the visual and narrative qualities of a series of water-colours depicting memories from Ms. Ye’s childhood that[…]
2012 Fred Ross Scholarship Alison Willms has been selected to receive the $4000 Fred Ross Scholarship. Currently completing her final year at Fredericton High School, Ms Willms is an active in both the Fredericton and St. Andrews art communities. She will commence an undergraduate program in Fine Arts in September, 2012. “Alison Willms has been[…]
2011 Sheila Mackay Advanced Studies Scholarship Recipient The jury has selected Barbara Sarah Safran de Niverville of Riverview to receive the 2011 SHMF MFA Scholarship. We applaud Ms Niverville’s interest in exploring new themes and techniques in her work and building on her recent series of landscape paintings that are technically strong, but also address[…]
2011 Fred Ross Scholarship The committee has selected Alex Francheville of Bernice McNaughton High School as the 2011 Fred Ross Scholarship winner. His portfolio shows a breadth of engagement with and evidence of an in depth exploration and understanding of expressionism. His work is strong and sophisticated. We wish him continued growth during his time[…]
Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation Scholarships Jury 2012 Gemey Kelly, Director and Curator of the Owens Art Gallery since 1989, has extensive experience in the visual arts of Atlantic Canada. She is a graduate of Nova Scotia College of Craft and Design and has formerly served as curator of Dalhousie Art Gallery. She is an adjunct[…]
It is the recommendation of this jury that Jared Peters of Saint John be awarded the 2012 Sheila Hugh Mackay Scholarship. As noted by his referees, Suzanne Hill and Michael Landry, Peters has had significant recognition as an accomplished painter being named a national finalist in the RBC Painting Competition. Both the technical quality of[…]