April 16, 2008

Award winning art for your offices

The Governor General's Award in Visual and Media Arts (GGAVMA) is Canada's foremost prize recognizing the lifetime achievement and contribution of the winning artists.  Each year, the Art Bank is honoured to host a reception for the laureates and their families and friends.  In celebration of the event, the Art Bank staff exhibit works by the winning artists from the collection.  Not surprisingly, almost all of the winning artists since the inception of the awards have works in the Art Bank collection, and so, these works are available for lease to Art Bank clients!

View a complete list of award winning artists in the Art Bank collection.

Our congratulations go out to this year's winners:
Kenojuak Ashevak, visual artist, Cape Dorset, NU
Serge Giguère, media artist, Saint-Norbert-d’Arthabaska, QC
Michel Goulet, visual artist, Montréal, QC
Alex Janvier, visual artist, Cold Lake, AB
Tanya Mars, media artist, Toronto, ON
Eric Metcalfe, visual artist, Vancouver, BC
Chantal Gilbert, Saidye Bronfman Award, Québec City, QC
Shirley Thomson, Outstanding Contribution, Ottawa, ON

Alex Janvier and Shirley Thomson

Chantal Gilbert, Tom Campbell, Michel Goulet, Sylvie Provencher,
and Tanya Mars

Alex Janvier's adoptive daughter, Jacqueline Janvier, Victoria Henry, Alex Janvier, and Robert Sirman