Applications Open for Salt Spring Art Prize

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The Salt Spring National Art Prize, 2021/2022

Applications are open for the Salt Spring National Art Prize, which offers $41,000 in awards to Canadian artists.

The 10 awards include a first prize of $15,000 and a $5,000 artist residency on Salt Spring Island, as well as jurors' choice and people's choice awards.

The contest recognizes Canadian visual artists whose work demonstrates originality, quality, integrity and creativity.

A live exhibition by some 50 finalists is planned for September.

The call to artists, which opened Jan. 1, continues until May 31.

This year's jury includes Judy Anderson, a University of Calgary professor; David Diviney, senior curator at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia; Ydessa Hendeles, director of the Ydessa Hendeles Art Foundation in Toronto; and Michelle Jacques, chief curator at the Art Gallery of Greater Victoria, and incoming chief curator at the Remai Modern in Saskatoon. 

For more information, go to www.saltspringartprize.ca.

Source: Salt Spring National Art Prize