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The Saidye Bronfman Award is Canada's foremost distinction for excellence in the fine crafts. Created in 1977 by the Bronfman family to honour their mother on her 80th birthday, the $25,000 prize is awarded annually to an exceptional craftsperson. In addition, works by the recipient are acquired by the Canadian Museum of Civilization for its permanent collection. As of March 2007, the Saidye Bronfman Award became an eighth Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts, reserved exclusively for fine craft artists. The name “Saidye Bronfman Award” was retained under the overall banner of the Governor General’s Awards.
List of artists from the Art Bank collection who have won the Saidye Bronfman Award:
2010 - Ione Thorkelsson, Roseisle, MB
2009 - Kevin Lockau, Bancroft, ON
2007 - Paul Mathieu, Vancouver, BC
2006 - Peter Powning, Markhamville, NB
2002 - Kai Hung Chan, Toronto, ON
2001 - Léopold L. Foulem, Caraquet, NB and Montréal, QC
1999 - Susan Low-Beer, Toronto, ON
1996 - Steven Heinemann, Richmond Hill, ON
1992 - Walter Dexter, Metchosin, BC
1991 - Susan Warner Keene, Toronto, ON
1990 - Dorothy Caldwell, Hastings, ON
1989 - Harlan House, Marysville, ON
1987 - Carole Sabiston, Victoria, BC
1986 - Bill Reid, deceased (all works repurchased)
1982 - Micheline Beauchemin, Les Grondines, QC
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