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VANCOUVER – Five B.C. First Nations artists were named as the recipients of the 2009 BC Creative Achievement Awards for Aboriginal Art today by Premier Gordon Campbell and Keith Mitchell, chair of the British Columbia Achievement Foundation.
“We are very proud to recognize the five recipients of the third BC Creative Achievement Award for Aboriginal Art,” said Premier Campbell. “By interpreting what they see, what they experience and their great cultural traditions, these artists provide a gift to all British Columbians through their artwork.”
“We are very pleased to welcome Polygon Homes Ltd. as the award sponsor of the BC Creative Achievement Awards for Aboriginal Art. Polygon Homes Ltd. joins presentation sponsor Vancouver Airport Authority as supporters of this uniquely British Columbian award,” said Mitchell. “On behalf of the BC Achievement Foundation and its sponsors, I congratulate our five outstanding recipients.”
The recipients of the third annual BC Creative Achievement Awards for Aboriginal Art are:
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Calvin
Hunt, Kwakiutl
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Richard
Hunt, Kwakiutl
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John
Marston, Coast Salish, Chemainus
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Noeleen
McQuary, Nadleh Whut’en
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Isabel
Rorick, Haida
The recipients of the 2009 BC Creative Achievement Awards for Aboriginal Art will be recognized at a ceremony in Vancouver in September 2009. Each recipient will receive $2,500 and be granted the use of the British Columbia Creative Achievement Award seal to signify their creative excellence.
The recipients were selected by an independent jury chaired by board member Dr. Robert Belton, dean of creative and critical studies at UBC Okanagan. The jury was composed of Candice Hopkins, Carcross Tagish Nation, Sobey Curatorial Resident, Indigenous Art, National Gallery of Canada and past director/curator Western Front Exhibitions; Barbara Marchand, Okanagan Nation, artist and past recipient of a BC Creative Achievement Award for Aboriginal Art; Bill McLennan, curator, Pacific Northwest, UBC Museum of Anthropology in Vancouver; and Marianne Nicolson, Dzawada’enuxw, artist and past recipient of a BC Creative Achievement Award for Aboriginal Art.
The British Columbia Achievement Foundation is an independent foundation established and endowed by the Province of B.C. in 2003 to celebrate excellence in the arts, humanities, community service and enterprise.
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Nora Newlands Executive Director BC Achievement Foundation 604 261-3348 |
Bridgitte Anderson Press Secretary Office of the Premier 604 307-7177
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