Finalists Announced for Salt Spring National Art Prize

This week, 52 artists were announced as finalists for the Salt Spring National Art Prize. They were chosen from a pool of some 1,200 applicants.

The prize, awarded every two years, offers a first prize of $15,000 plus an artist residency. It also provides three juror’s choice awards of $3,000 each; three people’s choice awards of $3,000, $2,000 and $1,000; a $2,000 award for Salt Spring Island artists; and a $1,000 additional prize for a painted artwork.

This year, the award winners will be announced on October 19 at the site of the finalists’ exhibition on Salt Spring Island. (That exhibition will run September 21 to October 21.) The prize is a project of the Salt Spring Arts Council.

Finalists are chosen based on consideration of a single artwork and a brief artist statement. Jurors for the prize this year include author and critic David Balzer, artist Sandra Meigs and curator at SFU Galleries cheyanne turions.

Here is the list of finalists as chosen by the jury:

Jackie Alcock, Corner Brook

Tim Alfred, Port Hardy

Bronwyn Austin, Salt Spring Island

Annie Baillargeon, Québec

Atefeh Baradaran, Vancouver

Nadine Belliveau, Church Point

Mike Bernard, Vancouver

Jennifer Brant, Vancouver

Eve Chartrand, Calgary

Kim Cooper, Vancouver

Violet Costello, Calgary

Krystle Coughlin, New Westminster

Anna Binta Diallo, Montreal

Dennis B. Del Torre, Duncan

Erika Dueck, St. Pierre

Rhys Edwards, Vancouver

David Ellingsen, Victoria

Josephine Fletcher, Salt Spring Island

Kaley Flowers, Toronto

Richelle Forsey, Guelph

Krysta Furioso, Salt Spring Island

Anne-Marie Giroux, Montreal

Tjalling Halbertsma, Collingwood

(John) David James, Salt Spring Island

Jenny Judge, Whistler

Luther Konadu, Winnipeg

Marion Landry, Vancouver

Ruth Lane, Elora

Tony Luciani, Durham

Eliza Massey Stanford, Fort St. John

Dorian Melton, Duncan

Andrew Moncrief, Vancouver

Audie Murray, Victoria

Carol Narod, Salt Spring Island

Meghann O’Brien, Vancouver

Kelly Rendek, Montreal

Robin Ripley, Vancouver

Danielle Roberts, Brooklyn

Klehwetua Rodney Sayers, Port Alberni

Tammy Salzl, Edmonton

Justin Sappier, Island View

Murray Siple, North Vancouver

Skawennati, Montreal

M.E. Sparks, Vancouver

Liam Topfer, Victoria

Anna Torma, Baie Verte

Vasilis Vasili, Halifax

Steven Volpe, Orangeville

Gail Williams, Toronto

Anne Winter, Scarborough

Christi York, Duncan

Kerry Zentner, Toronto