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2010

Tammy Scott appointed Director of Communications

(2010-03-19) The Canada Council for the Arts is pleased to announce the appointment of Tammy Scott as the new Director of Communications, effective Tuesday, April 6, 2010.

Canada Council for the Arts hosts Art X Change

(2010-03-19) The Canada Council for the Arts, in association with Nova Scotia arts funders, is hosting Art X Change, a full-day networking and information sharing event focusing on Aboriginal and culturally diverse arts communities of Nova Scotia.

Eight Canadian scientists and scholars garner over $1 million in Killam Research Fellowships

(2010-03-15) Eight outstanding Canadian researchers have been awarded a total of $1.12 million in the 43rd annual competition for Killam Research Fellowships, administered by the Canada Council for the Arts. The Fellowships provide $70,000 a year for two years to each of the researchers.

Elizabeth Paden wins the Canada Council for the Arts Prix de Rome in Architecture for Emerging Practitioners

(2010-03-11) She will study the impact that large-scale public buildings can have on territorial boundaries within geopolitical regions.

Eight remarkable Canadians win Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts from the Canada Council for the Arts

(2010-03-09) Haida sculptor Robert Davidson, filmmaker André Forcier, painter Rita Letendre, video artist Tom Sherman, photographer Gabor Szilasi and painter Claude Tousignant won the awards for artistic achievement. Glass sculptor Ione Thorkelsson won the Saidye Bronfman Award for excellence in fine crafts, while Terry Ryan received the Outstanding Contribution Award.

The Canada Council for the Arts announces dates to remember for the 2010 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts

(2010-02-25) The celebration of the 2010 Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts winners will begin with a news conference on Tuesday, March 9th.

Daina Warren is on the job as Canada Council for the Arts’ Aboriginal curator-in-residence at the National Gallery of Canada

(2010-02-25) Ms. Warren is the second to benefit from the Canada Council for the Arts pilot project and will be working at the Gallery until July 29, 2011.

Over 17,000 Canadian authors share $9.9 million in public lending right payments

(2010-02-24) These payments are issued to writers, translators and illustrators every February for the presence of their books in Canadian libraries during the previous year.

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