Strathbutler Award will be valued at $25,000 The Board of Directors is pleased to announce that beginning in 2011, the Strathbutler Award will be valued at $25,000 to honour a New Brunswick artist for excellence and for a substantial contribution to the province of New Brunswick. The Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation will award this prize[…]
The Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation congratulates two past Strathbutler artists for exhibition of new works. Gerry Collins shows new paintings at Gallery 78 in Fredericton. Anna Torma joins international show at Owens Art Gallery in Sackville.
The Foundation will honour Herzl Kashetsky this September Please join us for the Strathbutler Gala in honour of Herzl Kashetsky September 9th, 2011 at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery in Fredericton, NB.
New exhibition Paper Doll opens at the Owens Art Gallery Friday 16 September 7:30 pm Which two dimensional toy has entertained generations of children, inspired a 1943 hit song by the Mills Brothers, and is the title of a new exhibit at The Owens Art Gallery? The Paper Doll! A new exhibit entitled Paper Doll, at the Owens Art[…]
Glitter and Gloom: The Sketchbooks of Herzl Kashetsky This eagerly anticipated hardcover publication will be launched at the Strathbutler Gala on Sepember 9, 2011 This major, profusely illustrated, book highlights select works represented in the exhibition Glitter and Gloom: The Sketchbooks of Herzl Kashetsky. Like the exhibition, it features four distinct sections, three of which[…]
Herzl Kashetsky Named 2011 Strathbutler Recipient It is with pleasure that the members of the jury have selected Herzl Kashetsky as the recipient of the 2011 Strathbutler Award for excellence in the visual arts. With a career spanning over thirty-five years, Kashetsky’s oeuvre has had a profound impact on the cultural fabric of New Brunswick.[…]
The Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation provides independent juries to review all nominations and applications for its various awards programs. The Board of Directors wishes to express gratitude to the following arts professionals who assisted in the 2011 selection process for the Strathbutler and the Nel Oudemans Awards Kevin Rice is the director of Confederation Centre[…]
by Marty Klinkenberg Published Saturday July 9th, 2011 in the Telegraph-Journal An artist whose work is in collections across Canada, Kashetsky has spent more than four decades painting pathos and pain, from Holocaust victims to family tragedies and his own many battles with illness. For more of Sketching his life story