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The Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts,
Canada's foremost distinctions for excellence in these artistic
disciplines, were created in 1999 by the Governor General
of Canada and the Canada Council for the Arts. The Canada
Council funds and administers the awards.
Six prizes are awarded annually to visual and
media artists for distinguished career achievement in fine
arts (painting, drawing, photography, print-making and sculpture,
including installation and other three-dimensional work),
applied arts (architecture and fine crafts), independent film
and video, or audio and new media. One prize is awarded annually
for outstanding contributions to the visual and / or media
arts in a voluntary or professional capacity. The value of
each award is $15,000. Each laureate will also be presented
with an original artwork created by Nova Scotia ceramic artist
Walter Ostrom, winner of the 2003 Saidye Bronfman Award.
A peer assessment committee of senior visual
and media arts professionals selected the 2004 laureates.
The committee consisted of artists Micheline Beauchemin, Evergon,
Edward Poitras, Tom Sherman and Takao Tanabe, and art consultant
Ian Lumsden.
Each year, the Canada Council for the Arts awards
prizes and fellowships to more than 100 Canadian artists and
scholars for excellence in the arts, humanities and sciences.
Link to the PDF catalogue for downloading
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