Images clockwise from left: Guillaume Adjutor Provost, 2016 Bronfman fellow for UQAM. Photo: Maude Veilleux; Diana Thorneycroft in her studio; Ami Barak.
Our editors’ weekly roundup of Canadian art news.
Bopha Chhay has been appointed director/curator the Vancouver artist-run centre Artspeak. Chhay comes to the position from the Charles H. Scott Gallery, where she was the curatorial assistant. She has previously works as publications manager at Enjoy Public Art Gallery in New Zealand, editorial assistant at Afterall and projects coordinator at 221A.
On Thursday, Winnipeg-based photographer Diana Thorneycroft was awarded the 2016 Manitoba Arts Award of Distinction, a prize that is “the Manitoba Arts Council’s award for the highest level of excellence and long-term achievements of an artist in Manitoba.” The award is given out every two years, and comes with a $30,000 cash prize. Thorneycroft’s solo exhibition “Herd” continues to June 19 at the Tom Thomson Art Gallery in Owen Sound.
On Tuesday, Montreal photography festival Mois de la Photo announced that Ami Barak has been appointed guest curator of the 2017 edition. Barak is a curator and critic based in Paris, and some recent shows and projects have been on view at the World Expo Shanghai, 54th Venice Biennale, Tel Aviv Museum of Art and Jeu de Paume, Paris. The 2017 iteration will be the 15th edition of the festival, and will be focused on the question, “What Does the Image Refer to?”
The Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec (MNBAQ), in collaboration with its funding partner RBC, announced on Tuesday that Carl Trahan has been awarded the second biennial MNBAQ Contemporary Art Award. This prestigious prize includes a $10,000 grant, a solo exhibition at the museum, a retrospective publication and the acquisition of works by the artist for the MNBAQ collection to a value of $50,000.
Concordia University’s Yannick Desranleau and the Université du Québec à Montréal’s Guillaume Adjutor Provost have been awarded the 2016 Claudine and Stephen Bronfman Fellowship in Contemporary Art, valued at $60,500 each. Awarded annually to recent graduates from a master or PhD program in the visual or media arts, the Bronfman Fellowships support emerging artists. Past recipients include Julie Favreau, Aude Moreau and Brendan Flanagan.
