Seok Joo Lee The range of talent exhibited by the candidates for the 2014 Fred Ross Scholarship was impressive and made decisions for this jury very challenging. In selecting Seok Joo Lee, we were struck by the artist’s raw talent, force of expression and originality. Mr. Lee’s artist statement reflects a mature level of introspection[…]
Seok Joo Lee wins $8000 Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation visual arts scholarship. Seok Joo Lee, a recent graduate of St. Malachy’s High School in Saint John, has been selected by an independent jury of art professionals to receive the 2014 Fred Ross Scholarship. The scholarship will be presented at Saint John Arts Centre as part[…]
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[…]
Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation Launches Mid-Career Artist Fellowship The Board of Directors is pleased to announce the creation of the Marie Hélène Allain Fellowship. The $10,000 fellowship grant will be awarded to a New Brunswick artist in mid-career for the proposal of a significant new body of work. This work will be undertaken within the[…]
2014 Nel Oudemans Award – Application Guidelines. The annual $2,000 Nel Oudemans Award acknowledges the extraordinary contribution of Fredericton weaver Nel Oudemans to Canada’s applied arts field, as well as to fine arts & craft education in New Brunswick. 2014 Submission Deadline The 2014 Application Deadline for the Nel Oudemans Award is August 27, 2014.[…]
The Board of Directors of the Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation renews its commitment to the applied arts through enhanced funding to the Nel Oudemans award. The annual winner of the award will receive a cash prize of $2000 and becomes eligible for additional funding to to participate in the SOFA Chicago Educational Mission, sponsored by[…]
Dan Steeves Wins First Prize in the Open Studio National Printmaking Awards. (from Open Studio) Toronto, ON – May 16, 2014 — Open Studio, Canada’s leading printmaking centre, is pleased to announce the winners of the seventh annual Open Studio National Printmaking Awards, presented last night at Open Studio’s 29th annual 100 Prints fundraising event[…]
Jury Members Peter Dykhuis has been the Director/Curator of the Dalhousie Art Gallery since 2007. Prior to this, he was the Director of the Anna Leonowens Gallery at NSCAD University.Currently, he is serving as the national president of the University and College Art Galleries Association of Canada. Dykhuis is also an internationally exhibiting visual artist[…]