Ian Johnston
The Canadian Clay and Glass Museum has just announced this year’s shortlist for the WINIFRED SHANTZ AWARD FOR CERAMICS and RBC AWARD FOR GLASS. Ian Johnston from Nelson, British Columbia and Jasna Sokolovic from Vancouver, British Columbia are the finalists for the WINIFRED SHANTZ AWARD FOR CERAMICS. THE RBC AWARD FOR GLASS will be decided between Cali Balles and Catherine Vamvakas Lay, both artists are from Toronto.
Jasna SokolovicBoth of these awards mark significant milestones in a recipient’s career. The WINIFRED SHANTZ AWARD provides $10,000 and RBC Award provides $7,000 toward professional development. These awards recognize significant artistic achievements and are an investment in the future, designed to allow the recipient time away from the studio, to travel for career development, link with mentors, visit other studios, study museum collections, or liaise with industry, performing research that will further their studio production.
Congrats to everyone for their accomplishment!
| The winners will be announced Sept 17, 2009 |
I love Jasnas work (have two of them hanging on a wall in my house). Well deserved.
Great to see Jasna and Ian nominated for this award – they have both been inspiring Artists in Residence at International Ceramic Center – Guldagergaard in Denmark in recent years.
thank you all, i am super excited as you can imagine.
thanks carole for the post – your blog is always very inspiring and helpful!
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