April 2009
British Columbia’s most prestigious annual awards for the visual arts, the Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Visual Arts and the VIVA Awards, will be presented at the Vancouver Art Gallery on May 11.
The sixth annual Audain Prize, awarded by the Audain Foundation for the Visual Arts, will go to renowned sculptor Liz Magor. Vancouver artists Kathy Slade and Mark Soo, are the 2009 recipients of the VIVA Award prizes granted annually by the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation.
The Audain Prize for Lifetime Achievement in the Visual Arts is funded by the Audain Foundation and granted annually to a senior British Columbia artist, selected by an independent jury.
The award was increased in 2008 to $30,000. Over the last 20 years, Michael Audain, Chairman of Polygon Homes, has been a leading supporter of the visual arts in British Columbia. He currently serves as Chair of the National Gallery of Canada, the Vancouver Art Gallery Foundation, and the Audain Foundation for the Visual Arts.
Previous winners of the Audain Prize include Jeff Wall (2008), Gordon Smith (2007), Eric Metcalfe (2006), E.J. Hughes (2004) and Ann Kipling (2003).
Provided by the Jack and Doris Shadbolt Foundation, the VIVA Awards are presented annually to celebrate exemplary achievement by British Columba artists in mid-career. The Awards were founded by British Columbia painter Jack Shadbolt and his wife Doris Shadbolt, whose significant work as a curator and writer helped to elevate British Columbia art on a national and international level.
Created to nurture the advancement of the visual arts in British Columbia and their appreciation by the public, the award grants $12,000 annually to practicing artists in mid-career. Since its creation in 1988, 38 VIVAs have been granted in a program that continues in memory of the founders.
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