Finalists for Kingston Prize Announced

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The Kingston Prize for portraiture has announced the 30 finalists in this year's contest, chosen by a three-member jury from nearly 350 entries from across Canada.

The  prize exhibition will be held from Oct. 6 to Oct. 28 at the Firehall Theatre in Gananoque, Ont. 

The Kingston Prize of $20,000, and two honourable mention awards of $2,000 each will be announced at an Oct. 13 reception at the theatre.

The jury is composed of Alicia Boutilier, chief curator at the Agnes Etherington Art Gallery at Queen’s University in Kingston, Ont.; Annie Gérin, dean of fine arts at Concordia University in Montreal; and artist Gordon Shadrach, an assistant professor at OCAD University in Toronto.

The finalists are:

Hoda Ackad, Mont-Royal, Que.

Houssam Alloum, Toronto

Kristy Blackwell, Toronto

Jean Bradbury, Bowen Island, B.C.

Jim Bravo, Toronto

Charles Choi, Whitby, Ont.

Richard Cole, Langley, B.C.

Lauren Crazybull, Vancouver

Colin Davis, North Bay, Ont.

Shaun Downey, Toronto

Jesse Garbe, New Westminster, B.C.

Jennifer Globush, Balmertown, Ont.

Michael Goodson, Ottawa

Lisa Graziotto, Toronto

Cara Guri, Surrey, B.C.

Mihyun Maria Kim, Toronto

Christopher Laffin, Stella, Ont.

Kendall Nichols, Sainte-Cécile-de-Masham, Que.

Chrystal Phan, Victoria

Shannon Reynolds, Kitchener, Ont.

Maddie Rossetti, Ottawa

Kae Sasaki, Winnipeg

Nicole Sleeth, Brigus, N.L.

Ian Stone, Montreal

Anna Syperek, Antigonish, N.S.

Matthew Tarini, Ancaster, Ont.

Kirsty Templeton Davidge, Edmonton

Andrew Valko, Winnipeg

Kari Visscher, Kitchener, Ont.

Leslie Watts, Stratford, Ont.

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