RCA News
THE RCA AGA
2007 IN WINNIPEG
CELEBRATING 127 YEARS!
During its 127th Annual
General Assembly, in Winnipeg, June 21 to 24, the Royal Canadian
Academy of Arts (RCA) will celebrate the election of new members
and the award of RCA scholarships, RCA Trust Fund acquisition
grants and RCA medals, at the President's Reception and Dinner,
June 22, at the Winnipeg Art Gallery.
The Royal Canadian
Academy of Arts is one of Canada's most enduring cultural institutions.
Today's Academy is composed of over 700 established professionals
working across Canada in 20 visual arts disciplines; from painting
and sculpture to architecture, design, fine craft, photography
and filmmaking. The RCA continues to consider new forms of visual
expression as they emerge.
Twenty Canadian artists and designers will be inducted into membership
in the Royal Canadian Academy of Arts. Elected by their peers,
new members are recognized for their significant contribution
through their work, to the visual arts in Canada.
ACADEMICIANS
ELECTED 2007
Aggie Beynon RCA,
ON, metalsmithing/l'art du metal; Alexandre Castonguay RCA,
QC, digital art / l'art numérique; Douglas Coupland
RCA, BC, sculptural installation / l'installation sculpturale;
Karen Dahl RCA, MB, ceramics / la céramique; James
Doran RCA, MB, enamel sculpture/la sculpture à base
d'émail; Noam Gonick RCA, MB, film making / le cinema;
Robert W. Harrison RCA, MT, USA, ceramics / la céramique;
Enid Legros-Wise RCA, QC, ceramics / la céramique;
Laura L. Letinsky RCA, IL, USA, photography / la photographie;
Simon Neil Minuk RCA, MB, architecture / l'architecture;
Paula Murray RCA, QC, ceramics / la céramique; Grace
Nickel RCA, MB, ceramics / la céramique; Richard
James Rivet RCA, BC, painting, printmaking / la peinture,
l'estampe; Michael Smith RCA, QC, painting/la peinture;
Arlene Stamp RCA, AB, two dimensional art & design
/ l'art bidemensionnel et le design; Reva Stone RCA, MB,
digital art / l'art numérique; Ewa Tarsia RCA, MB,
painting, printmaking / la peinture, l'estampe; Ione Thorkelsson
RCA, MB, glass art/l'art du verre; Henri Venne RCA,
QC, painting, photography / la peinture, la photographie; Kamila
Wozniakowska RCA, QC, painting/la peinture
RCA scholarships will
be presented to five well deserving students in support of their
further artistic education. Through its scholarship program the
RCA seeks to encourage and support emerging artists from across
the country.
RCA / C.D.
HOWE SCHOLARSHIP FOR ART AND DESIGN
Vanessa Aleshka, Interior Design, University of Manitoba, Manitoba,
On; Erik Nieminen, Painting, University of Ottawa, Ottawa, ON;
Allison Cake, Sculpture, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON
RCA / ERNEST
ANNAU SCHOLARSHIP FOR ARCHITECTURE
Julie Rondeau, Université de Montréal, Montréal,
QC
RCA / NIENKAMPER SCHOLARSHIP FOR DESIGN
Geoff Lilge, Industrial Design Program, University of Alberta,
Edmonton, AB
RCA Trust Fund acquisition
grants have for 33 years been given annually to regional public
galleries for the purchase and exhibition of the work of living
Canadian artists. These awards are one of the ways in which the
Academy seeks to facilitate an understanding by all Canadians
of the visual arts as an aspect of our national identity, as cultural
expression, and as a source of social capital in our culturally
diverse country.
RCA TRUST FUND
GRANTS
Centre Culturel Franco-Manitobain, Saint-Boniface, MB; Gallery
One One One, Winnipeg, MB; Winnipeg Art Gallery, Winnipeg, MB
The RCA Medal will
be presented to figures who have made important contributions
to the visual arts in Canada, in recognition of their dedication,
encouragement, and support of our cultural heritage.
RCA MEDAL
Patricia E. Bovey, gallery director, author; Robert Enright, critic;
Kathleen M. Richardson, advocate, patron; Meeka Walsh, editor.
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