It was a real honour to receive the Salt Spring Island Painters Guild Award at the Salt Spring National Art Prize Gala on October 19, 2019. It was a humbling experience to be selected and shown next to such talented artists from across the country.
Congratulations to the SSNAP 2019/2020 award winners:
SALT SPRING PRIZE – THE JOAN McCONNELL AWARD & RESIDENCY FOR OUTSTANDING WORK
$20,000 ($15,000 and a $5,000 Salt Spring Island artist residency)
Luther Konadu (Winnipeg, MB) Figure as Index
JURORS’ CHOICE AWARDS
Three awards of $3,000 selected by each juror
Sandra Meigs – Kaley Flowers (Toronto, ON) <esc><esc><esc>
David Balzer – Audie Murray (Victoria, BC) hambone, metis billy stick
cheyanne turions – Skawennati (Montreal, QC) Intergalactic Empowerment Wampum Belt (Xenomorph, Onkwehón:we, Na’vi, Twi’lek, E.T.)
PEOPLE’S CHOICE – ROSEMARIA BEHNCKE AWARDS
four awards determined by a vote of visitors to the exhibition
1st prize – $3,000, 2nd prize – $2,000, 3rd prize – $1,000, Youth vote – $1,000
Adult vote
1st – Tony Luciani (Durham, ON) Port-Kent
2nd – Steven Volpe (Orangeville, ON) Winter Gathering
3rd – Tim Alfred (Port Hardy, BC) Blue moon mask
Youth vote
Erika Dueck (St. Pierre, MB) The Sanctuary
SALT SPRING ARTISTS AWARD
for outstanding work by a Salt Spring artist – $2,000
Carol Narod (Salt Spring Island, BC) Married and single
SALT SPRING ISLAND PAINTERS GUILD AWARD
for outstanding two dimensional painted artwork – $1,000
Atefeh Baradaran (Vancouver, BC) Untitled (Hinged Take Off)
Two Honourable Mentions from the Jury
Violet Costello (Calgary, AB) Germaine
Anna Torma (Baie Verte, NB) Blue Cars