The biographies for the recipients of the Nel Oudemans Award
Kristen Bishop Chosen for 2020 Nel Oudemans Award Since 2002, the Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation has offered an award for an emerging artist in the fields of fine craft and design. It continues to be a mark of distinction for New Brunswick artisans. The 2020 recipient of the Nel Oudemans Award is Kristen Bishop. Based[…]
Ralph Simpson Chosen for 2019 Nel Oudemans Award Ralph Simpson has been selected as the 2019 recipient of the Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation Nel Oudemans Award recognizing the pursuit of excellence in the field of fine craft and design by emerging New Brunswick artisans. A recent graduate of New Brunswick College of Art and Design,[…]
I-Chun Jenkins Chosen for 2018 Nel Oudemans Award After a careful examination of the diverse portfolios of the many gifted emerging artisans nominated, the jury unanimously named I-Chun Jenkins as the 2018 recipient of the Nel Oudemans Award. The jurors were impressed by the delicacy and beauty of the work, the technical mastery of the[…]
Matt Watkins Chosen for 2017 Nel Oudemans Award St. Andrews resident, Matt Watkins has been selected as the 2017 recipient of the Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation “Nel Oudemans Award” recognizing the pursuit of excellence in the field of fine craft and design by emerging New Brunswick artisans. An an artist and goldsmith, Mr. Watkins draws[…]
The Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation is pleased to announce Emily McCumber as the recipient of the 2016 Nel Oudemans award. A recognition of excellence in an emerging New Brunswick artist practicing a métier in fine craft, the $2000 award will be presented at the New Brunswick Fine Craft Festival on June 15th, 2016 at the[…]
He celebrates a medium that has been crafted by human hands for function, beauty and ceremony since primitive times. I started shaping wood at age ten, first on my own with a pocket knife and scavenged scraps of wood sticks and then with power tools and guidance at the KV Carvers Club in Quispamsis. At[…]
Allison M.H. Green In selecting Allison M.H. Green as the recipient of the 2014 Nel Oudemans Award, the members of the jury celebrate the adventurous creative spirit of this emerging artist. Her diversified portfolio showed great strength in research and conceptual design, as well as a wide experimentation with materials Her artistic vision and dedication[…]
The SHMF is pleased to announce the winner of the 2012 Nel Oudemans Award. The Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation is pleased to announce the winner of the 2012 Nel Oudemans Award which is given annually for excellence in fine art and craft. Monica Lacey was selected by an independent jury to receive the $2000 award.[…]