Owen Sound Cultural Awards

Mayor Ruth Lovell Stanners and Owen Sound City Council
are pleased to announce the 2010

The Owen Sound Cultural Awards celebrate excellence in the arts, culture and heritage in the greater Owen Sound area. These awards serve to underline the importance of culture to Owen Sound residents, and to recognize groups and individuals for their outstanding achievement and contributions to the area’s cultural vitality.

The City of Owen Sound hosts an annual celebration where nominees will be recognized for their contributions and an original work of art is given to the winner in each category.

The Awards

• 2010 Cultural Awards Guidelines and Nomination Form (pdf) 178 kb

For the list of 2009 award nominees and winners, click here

Award Categories

Creation Awards

• Literary Award: Includes all forms of creative writing, fiction, non-fiction, poetry, prose, etc.
• Visual & Media Arts Award: Includes the traditional fine arts and crafts as well as multi-media, film, video, photography, new media, etc.
  
• Theatre Award: Includes production, direction, acting, design, etc.
• Dance Award: Includes performance, choreography, design, etc.
• Music Award: Includes performance, composition, conducting, etc.
  Emerging Artist Award: Open to aspiring artists of any age in any discipline entering into or continuing in a field of study relating to their discipline (individuals only). This award includes a $500 cash prize.
  

Cultural Pillar Awards

• Patron Award: Includes arts or heritage supporter, donor, volunteer, sponsor, educator, innovator, etc.
• Cultural Heritage Award: Recognizes contributions to built heritage including but not limited to restoration, adaptive re-use, heritage features in a new building or addition; may also include heritage displays, exhibits, installations, education, public service, etc.
• Architectural Design Award: Includes architectural elements in new or renovated buildings, environmental considerations, use of open space, etc.
• Lifetime Achievement Award: Recognizes individual contributions that have had a significant impact on local arts, cultural organizations, and the community as a whole.

Awards will not necessarily be presented in every category every year.

For more information, please review the Complete Award Criteria and Nomination Form (link above) or contact Doug Cleverley, Event Facilitator at (519) 376-4440 ext. 1251 or email dcleverley@owensound.ca

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Nominees and Winners (2009)

Creation Awards

Literary

Presented by The Ginger Press Café and Bookstore

• Dianne Adams
• Richard Thomas - WINNER

Visual & Media Arts

Presented by The Sun Times

• Andrew Goss & Sandra Noble Goss of Goss Design Studio - WINNER
• Micheline Mann of Mann Made Studios

Theatre

• Owen Sound Little Theatre - WINNER
• Sheatre

Dance

• Daniel Carr
• Mijka Hooper & Dancemakers
• Ann Milne School of Dance
• Sheila Milne - WINNER

Music

Presented by Bruce R. Price CA

• Larry Jensen - WINNER
• Tara Mackenzie
• Trevor Mackenzie
• Delaine Smith
• Nancy Stewart
• Tanglefoot
• Georgian Bay Symphony Youth Orchestra

Emerging Artist

Presented by Investors Group

• Joseph Cassidy
• Jon Farmer
• Brodie McGruer
• Claire McLeish
• Jonathan O’Leary
• Sebastian Ostertag - WINNER
• Eleanor Pauling
• Emma Prescott
• Hayden Stewart
• Ruta Wilson

Cultural Pillar Awards:

Patron

Presented by the Community Foundation Grey-Bruce

• Rob Dinsmore
• Brent Jeffries
• Eva Leflar - WINNER
• Keith Medley
• Maryann Thomas

Cultural Heritage

• Aly Boltmann
• Grey Roots Museum & Archives
• M’Wikwedong Native Cultural Resource Centre
• Ningwakwe Press - WINNER
• Owen Sound Little Theatre

Architectural Design

• Grey Bruce Health Unit - WINNER

Lifetime Achievement

• Edouard (Ed) Bartlett - WINNER
• Joan Chandler
• Don Day
• Alfie Fromager
• John Harrison
• Linda Hawkins
• Bill Henry
• Stephen Hogbin
• Bert Hood
• Sheila Milne
• Alan Smutylo

Congratulations to all nominees and award winners.

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