Governor General's Awards and Saidye Bronfman Award winners: 8 creators who have shaped visual and media arts in Canada

TORONTO, March 4, 2014 /CNW/ - The Canada Council for the Arts announced today the winners of the 2014 Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts. The winners are:

• Kim Adams, Sculptor, Toronto
• Sandra Brownlee, Weaver/notebook keeper (Saidye Bronfman Award), Dartmouth, N.S.
• Max Dean, Multidisciplinary visual artist, Toronto
• Raymond Gervais, Performance and installation artist, Montreal
• Angela Grauerholz, Photographer/visual artist, Montreal
• Jayce Salloum, Media artist, Vancouver
• Brydon Smith, Curator (Outstanding Contribution), Ottawa
• Carol Wainio, Painter, Ottawa

About the winners and partnerships

• Visit our website to access photos, biographies and short videos of each winner, which were made by award-winning filmmakers from across Canada, produced in partnership with the Independent Media Arts Alliance.
• Visit the National Gallery of Canada from March 28 to July 6 to view a special exhibition featuring selected works by this year's winners, organized by the National Gallery and curated by Rhiannon Vogl. The public is invited to meet the winners at the exhibition opening on Thursday, March 27.
• His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston will present the Awards at a ceremony at Rideau Hall on March 26. The award medallions are produced by the Royal Canadian Mint.

Quick facts about the Awards

• Funded and administered by the Canada Council for the Arts, the Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts (including the Saidye Bronfman Award) recognize distinguished career achievements in the visual and media arts by Canadian artists, as well as outstanding contributions through voluntarism, philanthropy, board governance, community outreach or professional activities.
• Learn more about the Awards here.

Quotes
"So much of the way we think about ourselves as Canadians is shaped by our artists," said Robert Sirman, Director and CEO of the Canada Council for the Arts. "The 2014 recipients of the Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts represent Canada at its best, and give us reason to celebrate."

"Each year, we honour some of Canada's finest contemporary artists and artistic contributors," said His Excellency the Right Honourable David Johnston, Governor General of Canada. "The work of these artists in the visual and media arts is well known and respected in Canada and abroad. I am pleased to honour each of the laureates for their achievements. On behalf of all Canadians, I thank them for their creativity and hard work."

Canada Council for the Arts
The Canada Council for the Arts is Canada's national arts funder. Its grants and payments to artists and arts organizations benefit Canadians by ensuring a vibrant arts sector in Canada. Its awards celebrate creativity by recognizing exceptional Canadians in the arts, humanities and sciences. The Canada Council Art Bank is a national collection of over 17,000 Canadian contemporary artworks - all accessible to the public through rental, loan and outreach programs. The Canadian Commission for UNESCO operates within the Canada Council.

Video with caption: "Video: Video portrait of the 2014 Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts winner ". Video available at: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gvRdpAxLPSs

Image with caption: "Max Dean, Tooth Fairy, 2010, mixed media, birch tree, mattress and box spring, steel trusses, strapping and seat belt buckle,metal cars and trucks, 3 x 3.7 x 4.9 m, collection of the artist. Photo: Max Dean (CNW Group/Canada Council for the Arts)". Image available at: http://photos.newswire.ca/images/download/20140304_C8748_PHOTO_EN_37437.jpg

Image with caption: "Jayce Salloum, everything and nothing and other works from the ongoing videotape, untitled, 1999-ongoing, video installation, dimensions variable, (detail: part 2 & 3b & appendixes i & iii, Kamloops Art Gallery, 2009). Photo: Ray Perreault (CNW Group/Canada Council for the Arts)". Image available at: http://photos.newswire.ca/images/download/20140304_C8748_PHOTO_EN_37439.jpg

SOURCE: Canada Council for the Arts

Media contacts: 

Canada Council for the Arts
Heather McAfee: 613-566-4414, ext. 4166 or 613-222-8379 (cell)
Mireille Allaire: 1-800-263-5588 or 613-566-4414, ext. 4523

To arrange interviews with the winners:

The Hillbrooke Group
Lisa Robertson: 613-739-7032
Susan Wright: 519-703-2020

To attend the media preview of the National Gallery exhibition on March 26 at 10 am:

National Gallery of Canada
Josée-Britanie Mallet: 613-990-6835

To attend the Rideau Hall Ceremony on March 26 at 6 pm:

Rideau Hall Press Office
Melanie Villeneuve: 613-998-7280

Tous les documents du Conseil des arts du Canada sont offerts en français et en anglais.

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