Award Recipients for the 26th Annual Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts
Mayor Stephen Mandel and PACE warmly congratulate our impressive 2013 award recipients. The calibre of all our nominees overall truly raised the bar of excellence this year. Thank you, nominators, for putting forth all these excellent candidates and thank you, nominees, for letting your names stand for these outstanding awards. Please join us in applauding all of them, especially the following deserving recipients:
Award for Innovative Support by a Business for the Arts
Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation
Award for Sustained Support of the Arts
City Lumber Corporation
John Poole Award for Promotion of the Arts
Fish Griwkowsky
ATB Financial Ambassador of the Arts Award
Corb Lund
ATCO Gas Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement
John Mahon
CN Award for Youth Artist
Timothy Dowler-Coltman
DIALOG Award for Excellence in Artistic Direction
Trevor Schmidt of Northern Light Theatre
Northlands Award for an Emerging Artist
Omar Mouallem
Syncrude Award for Excellence in Arts Management
Tom McFall of Alberta Craft Council
TELUS Courage to Innovate Award
Shawn Pinchbeck
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Mayor Stephen Mandel and PACE are proud to announce:
26th Annual Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts
Nominees
Award for Innovative Support by a Business for the Arts
Mr. Irving Kipnes, Delcon Development Group nominated by Edmonton Opera
Royal Alexandra Hospital Foundation (RAHF) nominated by Susan Pointe
Servus Credit Union nominated by The Citadel Theatre
Award for Sustained Support of the Arts
BMO Financial Group (“BMO”) nominated by Edmonton Opera & The Citadel Theatre
Capital Power Corporation nominated by Art Gallery of Alberta
City Lumber – Robert Rosen, CEO nominated by Edmonton Symphony Orchestra
John Poole Award for Promotion of the Arts
Fish Griwkowsky nominated by Elizabeth Withey
The In Crowd nominated by Bottom Line Productions Inc.
Joyce LaBriola nominated by Kirstin Piehl
Sir Francis Price nominated by Edmonton Opera
Ania Sleczkowska nominated by Anita Jenkins
ATB Financial Ambassador of the Arts Award
Tommy Banks nominated by Roger Breault
Jonathan Christenson nominated by Eva Cairns
Annie Dugan nominated by Alex Lucyk
Edmonton Symphony Orchestra nominated by Edmonton Airports
Corb Lund nominated by Todd Crawshaw
Michael Peng & Chris Bullough, Wishbone Theatre nominated by Bryan Gutteridge & Rugby
Rapid Fire Theatre nominated by Shelly Armitage
Ben Sures nominated by Katie Sowden
ATCO Gas Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement
Douglas D. Barry nominated by Dr. Adriana Davies CM
John Mahon nominated by Edmonton Community Foundation
CN Youth Award
Danielle Lowe nominated by Ken Knowles
Holly Christiani nominated by Alberta College Conservatory of Music, MacEwan University
Timothy Dowler-Coltman nominated by Natalie Witte
Katherine Semchuk nominated by Shauna McGill
City of Edmonton Book Prize
Tim Bowling, The Tinsmith, Brindle and Glass
Catherine Cole, GWG: Piece by Piece, Goose Lane Editions
Nora Gould, I see my love more clearly from a distance, Brick Books
DIALOG Award for Excellence in Artistic Direction
François Chevennment of Citie Ballet nominated by Trudy Callaghan
Heather Inglis nominated by Betty Hushlak
Kim Mattice-Wanat nominated by Angela Lawrence
Trevor Schmidt, Artistic Director, Northern Light Theatre nominated by Ellen Chorley, Northern Light Theatre
Northlands Award for an Emerging Artist
100 mile house nominated by Al Chapman
Patrick Arès-Pilon nominated by Mile Zero Dance
Giselle Boehm nominated by March Music Inc & The School of Song
Justin Brunelle nominated by Parkland Films
Alexis Marie Chute nominated by Harcourt House
Giselle Denis nominated by Lisa Evangelos
Dave Luxton nominated by Kids Up Front Foundation Edmonton
Danielle Metcalfe-Chenail nominated by Natasha Deen
Jessy Mossop nominated by Rob Tanner
Omar Mouallem nominated by Lisa Baroldi, Director/Vision Holder, Progress Unlimited
Jason Lee Norman nominated by Lamya Asiff
Mary Pinkoski nominated by Leila Sidi
Erin Elizabeth Ross nominated by Michael Dub
Sean Sonego nominated by Witold L. Gutter
Syncrude Award for Excellence in Arts Management
Miki Andrejevic nominated by Rosalind A. Sydie
Linda Huffman nominated by Arts Touring Alliance
Kerrie Long nominated by Panacea Entertainment
Tom McFall nominated by James Lavoie
Ritchie Velthuis nominated by Erin Di Loreto
TELUS Courage to Innovate Award
ESMA nominated by William Saleme
Martin Johann Kloppers nominated by Chantele Theroux
Mercury Opera nominated by Toscha Turner
Mile Zero Dance nominated by Aaron Macri
Shawn Pinchbeck nominated by Gene Kosowan
Amy Shostak nominated by Rapid Fire Theatre
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Fabulous news from the 26th Annual Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts
CALL FOR NOMINATIONS
26th Annual Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts
Mayor Stephen Mandel and PACE are proud to introduce our brand new on-line nomination form. Thanks to Syncrude, we also welcome with open arms our long-missed Award for Excellence in Arts Management. We invite you to nominate your favourite arts-supporting organizations and artists today! Click on the media advisory below to link to our new on-line nomination form:
Congratulations to our Silver Anniversary Award Recipients
Mayor Stephen Mandel and PACE are impressed with the calibre of all the nominees for the awards offered at the Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts. We are truly fortunate to have such a diverse and talented pool of creative artists and arts supporters. Thank you to everyone that allowed your name to be put forward for consideration. The juries had their work cut out for them choosing the following, deserving recipients:
Award for Innovative Support by a Business for the Arts
ATCO Gas & ATCO Electric
Award for Sustained Support of the Arts
REALTORS® Association of Edmonton, Jon Hall, Marketing Manager
John Poole Award for Promotion of the Arts
Arts on the Ave
ATCO Gas Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement
Brian Webb
CN Award for Youth Artist
Candace Chu
DIALOG Award for Excellence in Artistic Direction
Marsh Murphy
Northlands Award for an Emerging Artist
Jason Carter
Robert Koetsch City of Edmonton Book Prize
FREDDY’S WAR by Judy Schultz, Brindle & Glass, Publishing Ltd.
TELUS Courage to Innovate Award
iDance Edmonton
And the 2011 award recipients are….
Mayor Stephen Mandel and the Professional Arts Coalition of Edmonton congratulate the recipients of the 24th annual Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts awards:
John Poole Award for Promotion of the Arts
Avenue Magazine
Mayor’s Award for Innovative Support by a Business for the Arts
ATB Financial
Mayor’s Award for Sustained Support of the Arts
Lexus of Edmonton
ATCO Gas Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement
Charles Thomas Peacocke
City of Edmonton Book Prize
Prodigal Daughter: A Journey to Byzantium by Myrna Kostash
Molson Coors Award for Excellence in Artistic Direction
Sandro Dominelli
Northlands Award for an Emerging Artist
Arlen Konopaki
Stantec Award for Youth Artist
Cynthia Hicks
Sutton Place People’s Choice Award
Ulrike Rossier
TELUS Courage to Innovate Award
GeriActors and Friends
Proceeds from the 24th annual Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts go to iHuman Youth Society and the Edmonton International Street Performer’s Comedy Cares program.
NOMINEE ANNOUNCEMENT
PACE’s 24th annual Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts
On Monday, March 14 at City Hall, Mayor Stephen Mandel and the Professional Arts Coalition of Edmonton (PACE) unveiled the excitement and anticipation that is the 2011 Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts.
Ladies and gentlemen, we are pleased and proud to announce our nominees for the 24th annual Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts happening on April 11, 2011. Get your tickets today at: http://www.winspearcentre.com/all-events/2011-events/mayors-celebration-of-the-arts/
ATCO Gas Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement
Charles Thomas Peacocke
A.J. (Al) Rasko
Sam Uhlick
Brian Webb
City of Edmonton Book Prize
Tim Bowling (Gaspereau Press) for In The Suicide’s Library
Myrna Kostash (University of Alberta Press) for Prodigal Daughter: A Journey to Byzantium
Rudy Wiebe (University of Alberta Press) for Rudy Wiebe: Collected Stories, 1955-2010
Molson Coors Award for Excellence in Artistic Direction
Michael Clark
Robert J. de Frece
Sandro Dominelli
Josée Thibeault
Northlands Award for an Emerging Artist
Macha Abdallah
Amber Bissonnette
Punita Chohan
Alexis Marie Chute
Carrie Day
Ainsley Hillyard
Arlen Konopaki
Iligy alias Ilyass Mahfoud
Amy Skrocki
Meghan Wagg
Stantec Award for Youth Artist
Candace Chu
Cynthia Hicks
Christine Lee
Emily Schultz
Sutton Place People’s Choice Award
Debra Bachman Smith, Visual Arts Alberta Association Gallery
Rachelle LeBlanc, The Alberta Craft Council
Danièle Petit, Centre d’arts visuels de l’Alberta
Ulrike Rossier, Nina Haggerty Centre for the Arts
Kelsey Stephenson, Society of Northern Alberta Print-Artists (SNAP Gallery)
James E. Trevelyan, The Works International Visual Arts Society
TELUS Courage to Innovate Award
Firefly Theatre & Circus Society
Geri Actors and Friends
Rob Heath
iDance Edmonton
Drew McIntosh
Guillaume Tardif
John Poole Award for Promotion of the Arts
Avenue Magazine
Kevin Hendricks
Rhea March
Bart West
Mayor’s Award for Innovative Support by a Business for the Arts
ATB Financial
ATCO Gas & ATCO Electric
The Delcon Group: Dr. Dianne and Mr. Irv Kipnes
Film Alberta Studios: Sam Osman
WorleyParsons/CoSyn Technology
Mayor’s Award for Sustained Support of the Arts
Days Inn Downtown Edmonton
Lexus of Edmonton
Michael Hamm/Frame 30 Productions
Students’ Association of Grant MacEwan University
2011 Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts
April 11 is the date PACE will be hosting it’s 24th annual Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts. Nominations have now closed for most award categories, however late submissions will be considered. Click here to download our 2011 nomination form.
Tickets are now available for sale from TIX on the Square, 780-420-1757, and the Winspear Centre, 780-428-1414.
Donation Presentation
On July 27, with the help of Mayor Stephen Mandel, PACE presented $17,166 to the Youth Emergency Shelter Society (YESS). YESS was PACE’s designated charity for our 2010 Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts. PACE has given well over $100,000 to worthy Edmonton organizations since 2005. YESS is using the proceeds to help fund its arts programming for homeless youth in Edmonton.
Please see this press release (PDF) for details.
Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts
Mayor Stephen Mandel and the Professional Arts Coalition of Edmonton (PACE) are proud to present the 2010 recipients of the following awards, conferred at the 23rd Annual Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts:
ATCO Gas Award for Outstanding Lifetime Achievement
Alice Major
Edmonton Book Prize
Thomas Trofimuk
Molson Coors Award for Excellence in Artistic Direction
Greg Dowler-Coltman
Northlands Award for an Emerging Artist
Raymond Biesinger
Stantec Award for Youth Artist
Matthew Jonah
Sutton Place People’s Choice Award for Visual Art
Jeff Holmwood
TELUS Courage to Innovate Award
Trevor Anderson
John Poole Award for Promotion of the Arts
Allan E. Scott
Mayor’s Award for Innovative Support
Maclab Enterprises
Mayor’s Award for Sustained Support
Players de Novo
PACE congratulates all the outstanding nominees and recipients for the 2010 Mayor’s Celebration of the Arts.