And the winner is …

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And the winner is:

  • Patrick Cruz, currently completing an MFA at the University of Guelph, is the winner of the RBC Canadian Painting Competition, which comes with a $25,000 prize. 
  • In Vancouver, Brian Jungen and Ron Tran picked up the Mayor’s Arts Award for visual arts. Liz Magor and Devon Knowles received the award for public art, while Debra Sloan and Sam Knopp won the craft category. 
  • Saskatoon artist Douglas Bentham has won a national competition for a $300,000 public sculpture outside of Rogers Place, Edmonton’s new hockey arena. 
  • The winner of the 2015 Kingston Prize for Canadian portraiture was Jen Mann, of Mississauga, Ont., for Self-Portrait as a Reflection.  
  • B.C. photographer Connor Stefanison has won the rising star portfolio award in an international wildlife photography contest organized by the Natural History Museum in London and BBC Worldwide.