Audain Prize for the Visual Arts

Audain Prize for Visual Art awards $100,000 to Dana Claxton

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Monday, September 25, 2023

Claxton also is Professor and Head of the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory with the University of British Columbia.

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  • Claxton also is Professor and Head of the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory with the University of British Columbia.
  • artists like Susan Point, Jim Hart and Robert Davidson, all who have won the Audain Prize,” says Dana Claxton.
  • The Audain Prize, which was established in 2004, is one of the big three annual Canadian arts awards granting the winner a cash prize of $100,000.
  • “Dana Claxton one of B.C.’s greatest artists,” says Michael Audain, Chairman of the Audain Foundation.

Audain Prize for Visual Art awards $100,000 to Ian Wallace

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Thursday, September 29, 2022

Wallace also taught at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design from 1972 to 1998.

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  • Wallace also taught at the Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design from 1972 to 1998.
  • The Audain Prize, which was established in 2004, is one of the big three annual Canadian arts awards granting the winner a cash prize of $100,000.
  • It is a great honour to make this award to one of B.C.s greatest living artists Ian Wallace, says Michael Audain, Chairman of the Audain Foundation.
  • In addition to the $100,000 Audain Prize for Visual Art, the Audain Foundation funds five $7,500 travel grants for students in university-level visual arts programs.

Edenshaw Developments Unveils Art Piece by James Hart at TANU Condos

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Tuesday, May 24, 2022

Toronto, ON., May 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On the evening of Thursday May 19th, Edenshaw Developments , a prominent Canadian condominium developer, unveiled a custom windscreen by internationally lauded Haida artist, and master carver, James Hart, at TANU Condos , in Port Credit.

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  • Toronto, ON., May 24, 2022 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- On the evening of Thursday May 19th, Edenshaw Developments , a prominent Canadian condominium developer, unveiled a custom windscreen by internationally lauded Haida artist, and master carver, James Hart, at TANU Condos , in Port Credit.
  • Edenshaw Developments approached me a few years back and asked if I would be interested in creating pieces for Tanu, and of course, I was.
  • The first piece was the bronze Raven, which depicts the face of my mentor and fellow Haida artist, Bill Reid, on its chest, said Hart.
  • For more information about Edenshaw Developments, please visit https://edenshaw.com/ or follow Edenshaw Developments on Facebook , Instagram and LinkedIn .

Audain Prize for Visual Art awards $100,000 to James Hart

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Monday, November 8, 2021

The Audain Prize, which was established in 2004, is one of the big three annual Canadian arts awards granting the winner a cash prize of $100,000.

Key Points: 
  • The Audain Prize, which was established in 2004, is one of the big three annual Canadian arts awards granting the winner a cash prize of $100,000.
  • The ScotiabankGiller Prize (celebrating excellence in Canadian fiction) and the Sobey Art Award(for a contemporary Canadian artist) are in this rare company.
  • It is a real honour to make this award to one of B.C.s greatest living artists Jim Hart, says Michael Audain, Chairman of the Audain Foundation.
  • In addition to the $100,000 Audain Prize for Visual Art, the Audain Foundation funds five $7,500 travel grants for students in university-level visual arts programs.