Nominees Announced For Mayor's Celebration Of Arts Awards

By Angela Gemmill

Nine local artists have been shortlisted for the three categories of the Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts awards, to be handed out next month in Greater Sudbury.

A panel of judges from the Sudbury Arts Council had to narrow down the field after a huge number of submissions.

Event Organizer Martin Lajeunesse says all disciplines of art were considered, which proved a challenge to choose the nominees from.

Each category had specific criteria, but overall each nominee had to have contributed to the development of the arts and culture sector across the community.

According to President of the Sudbury Arts Council, Linda Cartier, the three winners will each get bursaries to continue their work.

Lajeunesse says the bursary component helps raise the profile of arts and encourage artists to remain with their artistic pursuits.

The three winners will be announced at the Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts Awards gala May 21st in the Vale Cavern at Science North.

Tickets are $50 each and are available at Artists on Elgin or through the Théâtre du Nouvel-Ontario website: www.letno.ca

2015 Nominees for the Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts Awards:

The Exceptional Achievement Award ($3500 bursary)
Dan Bédard
Iona Reed Pukara
Ann Suzuki

The Outstanding Mid-Career Artist Award ($2,500 bursary)
Stef Paquette
Dayv Poulin
Pandora Topp

The Award for Outstanding Emerging Artist Award ($1,500 bursary)
Alessandro Constantini
Jamie Dupuis
Dani Taillefer