This Thursday, May 5 at 7pm, come bask in the warming glow of the Starfish Student Art Awards finalists for 2011, Veronika Horlik, Alexander Forbes, Rob P. Blair, Clair Hipditch, Amanda Memme, Ambera Wellman, Eliot Wright, Heath Simpson, Ted Higney and Alissa Kloet. The winners will be announced at that evening’s gala reception at NSCAD University’s Port Campus, 1107 Marginal Road.
Tickets are $75/person. To purchase them online via PayPal, click the “Starfish event” button on the NSCAD homepage. You can also reserve tickets by e-mailing jzimmer@nscad.ca. Proceeds from the gala will be applied to the President’s Student Success Fund to equip studio and exhibition spaces with modern technology for teaching and learning.
From NSCAD: “Established in 2010 by property developer and art collector Louis Reznick to recognize and promote exceptional young talent, the juried award celebrates creative excellence in sculpture, printmaking, drawing, painting, film, photography, intermedia, textiles, ceramics, and jewellery and metalsmithing. ‘The art world is built on recognition,’ says David B. Smith, NSCAD University president. ‘This premier award provides our young artists with vital visibility as they embark on their careers, while benefitting them financially.’
A total of $10,500 in prize money is awarded. The winning artist receives a $5,000 purchase prize, with the piece added to a special section of the permanent President’s Collection at NSCAD University known as The Reznick Family Art Bank. Two semi-finalists receive $1,000 each and the remaining nominees each receive $500.”
Should you miss the awards, you can still absorb some new grad greatness at the NSCAD 2011 Graduation Exhibition. Over 100 artists and a dizzying array of mediums will be on display in all three Anna Leonowens exhibition spaces.
The opening reception will simultaneously be held on Monday, May 9, from 5:30-7 pm, at the Anna Leonowens Gallery (1891 Granville Street), the newly relocated Seeds Gallery (1099 Marginal Road), and the Port Loggia Gallery (1107 Marginal Road).
The exhibition will be on view from May 10-20, during regular gallery hours with extended hours at all three locations on Convocation day, Saturday May 14, 11am-7pm, and Sunday May 15, 12-4pm.
This article appears in Apr 28 – May 4, 2011.
