On Thursday, April 7, RBC, with the support of the Canadian Art Foundation, announced its distinguished jury panel for the 2011 RBC Canadian Painting Competition.
The panel is made up of well-respected members of the Canadian visual arts community, ranging from curators and gallery directors to senior artists and professors. The 2011 RBC Canadian Painting Competition jury panel consists of:
Elizabeth McIntosh, Senior Artist and Associate Professor, Emily Carr University, Vancouver
Bruce Grenville, Senior Curator, Vancouver Art Gallery, Vancouver
Diana Sherlock, Curator & Visual Arts Writer, Calgary
Christopher Cutts, Director, Christopher Cutts Gallery, Toronto
Elizabeth Smith, Executive Director of Curatorial Affairs, Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto
Patrick Howlett, Senior Artist, London
Francois LeTourneux, Associate Curator, Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal, Montreal
Suzanne Funnell, Associate Professor, NSCAD University, Halifax
Donald Browne, Director, Galerie Donald Browne, Montreal
“The Canadian Art Foundation is thrilled to work with RBC and provide up-and-coming artists with an opportunity to showcase their talent,” said Ann Webb, Executive Director, Canadian Art Foundation. “Our role is to seek out a diverse and talented group of expert judges from across the country. Their expertise is essential in assessing the top Canadian talent of this year’s competition.”
Entries are now being accepted for the 2011 RBC Canadian Painting Competition and must be submitted by May 11, 2011. Details and rules of the competition may be found at rbc.com/paintingcompetition. The submitted works will be short-listed to 15 finalists subdivided by region.
The jury panel will convene in late September in Edmonton to determine one national winner and two honourable mentions. On September 27, the 2011 winner and honourable mentions will be announced and all 15 finalist paintings will be on exhibit at the Art Gallery of Alberta. All finalists will be featured at rbc.com/paintingcompetition.
About the RBC Canadian Painting Competition
Established in 1999, the RBC Canadian Painting Competition is a tribute to Canada’s artistic talent. The goal of the competition is to support and nurture Canadian visual artists early in their career by providing them with a forum to display their artistic talent to the country and hopefully open doors to future opportunity. An investment in Canadian culture and the visual arts community, the competition awards one national prize of $25,000 and two honourable mentions of $15,000 each.
Along with past winners, the winning paintings of 2011 will become part of RBC’s Canadian art collection comprised of more than four thousand works of distinguished art collected over the past hundred years. Various paintings from the RBC collection have been exhibited in museums, enabling more Canadians to enjoy these wonderful works.
Media contact: Jackie Braden, RBC Brand Communications, (416) 974-1724, jackie.braden@rbc.com
Artist contact: Deborah Dexter, RBC Canadian Painting Competition, (416) 277-4068
