List of Canadian art awards
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This list of Canadian art awards covers some of the main art awards given by organizations in Canada. Some are restricted to Canadian artists in a particular genre or from a given region, while others are broader in scope.
Award | Sponsor | Notes |
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A. J. Casson Award | Canadian Society of Painters in Water Colour | |
Amelia Frances Howard-Gibbon Illustrator's Award | Canadian Library Association | For outstanding illustrator of a new Canadian children's book |
Audain Prize for the Visual Arts | Audain Foundation | |
Canadian Awards for the Electronic & Animated Arts | (Industry) | Best video games, animation and multimedia produced in Canada |
Canadian Cartoonist Hall of Fame | Significant lifelong contributions to the art of cartooning in Canada | |
Dufferin Medal | Earl of Dufferin | Defunct in 1879 |
Governor General's Awards | Governor General of Canada | see: List of Laureates of the Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts |
Hnatyshyn Foundation Visual Arts Awards | Hnatyshyn Foundation | Mid-career Canadian visual artists and curators. |
Joseph Plaskett Foundation Award | Joseph Plaskett Foundation Royal Canadian Academy of Arts |
Recent or current MFA graduate student with a specialization in painting |
Lescarbot Award | Government of Canada | People who have contributed the most to their arts community |
Lieutenant-Governor's Award for High Achievement in the Arts | New Brunswick Arts Board | Outstanding contribution by artists to the arts in New Brunswick |
Portia White Prize | Province of Nova Scotia | Named for Portia White, a Nova Scotian artist |
Prix Giverny Capital | Giverny Capital | For contemporary artists of Quebec |
Prix Paul-Émile-Borduas | Government of Quebec | Named in honour of Paul-Émile Borduas |
RBC Canadian Painting Competition | Canadian Art Foundation | |
Saidye Bronfman Award | Canada Council | Award for fine craft |
Joe Shuster Award | Canadian Comic Book Creator Awards Association | |
Sobey Art Award | Sobey Art Foundation | For young Canadian artists |
Strathbutler Award | Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation | For a New Brunswick visual artist. |
The Marketer Art Competition | The Marketer Magazine | For a Canadian visual artist |
Victor Martyn Lynch-Staunton Award | Canada Council | Canadian artists judged to be outstanding in their mid-careers |
VIVA Awards | Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation | British Columbian mid-career artists |
Doug Wright Award | Toronto Comic Arts Festival | Canadian cartoonists |
Toronto Arts Foundation Award [1] | Toronto Arts Foundation | presented to artists, cultural leaders and businesses in recognition of artistic excellence |
See also
Salt Spring National Art Prize www.saltspringartprize.ca
References
- ^ "Awards - Toronto Arts Foundation". torontoartsfoundation.org. Retrieved 2020-05-01.