Contemporary Canadian Glass

Compiled by: Christy Haldane

Sheridan College Glass Program Award Recipients and News for 2011

William & Mary Corcoran Craft Award: Andrew James Beauchamp, third year

Silent Night Awards:

Amy  Yang, first year

Megan L.  Smith, second year

Katrina Cheung, third year

Daniel Crichton Memorial Award: Andrew Thomas Wardlaw, third year

Megan Kenny Award: Jade C Usackas, second year

Don Lee – Trend Custom Tailor Award: Andrew James Beauchamp, third year

Pilchuck Award: Aurora Darwin, third year

Community Spirit Award’s Design Competition: Chris Laskey, first year

Glen Williams Glassblowing Award: Kurt Patrick Fisher

Pottery Supply House Award: Roxanne Tochor, first year

Colour Fusion Award: Christa Bews, first year

Bonnie Block Memorial Award: Matthew Crosby, first year

Fusion Award – Silvia Taylor, third year

Nortel Award: Chloë Philip, first year

Cutting Edge Award: Paul Van Den Bijgaart, first year

Glass Art Association of Canada – Unlimited One-Year Membership: Sylvia Taylor, third year

Harbour Front Residencies 2011:

Full residency: Jesse Brommersma (Sheridan Alumnus 2010)

Summer residencies: Megan Smith, second year; and Jade Usackas, second year

Alberta College of Craft and Design Award Winners and News for 2011

Luann Johnson:

• · Board of Governors’ Award, Alberta College of Art + Design
• · ACAD Student Experience Leadership Award
• · Liberal Studies Ethics Award, Alberta College of Art + Design
• · Illingworth Kerr Scholarship, Alberta College of Art + Design
• · Louise McKinney Scholarship, Alberta Heritage Scholarship Office, Edmonton,

Alberta

• · The Governor General’s Academic Award, Collegiate Bronze Medal, Governor General

of Canada.

Nicolette Harrison:

• · Wilfred & Elsie Perrott Bursary, Alberta College of Art + Design
• · Big Rock Eddies Bursary, Alberta College of Art + Design
• · Louise McKinney Scholarship, Alberta College of Art + Design
• · Illingworth Kerr Scholarship, Alberta College of Art + Design

Ward Bastian:

• · The Large Glass award
• · ACAD Board of Governor’s Award of Excellence
• · Encana Corporate Art Purchased
• · Currently attending a residency at the School for Visual Arts

Carli Castle:

• · The Studio at the Corning Museum of Glass Scholarship
• · The Jason Lang Award

Mark Steudle:

• · Tyman and Victor Brosz Memorial Glass Scholarship

Carissa Baktay:

• · Mobility and Exchange Travel Scholarship
• · Illingworth Kerr Bursary
• · Residency, Norway

Erinn Logee:

• · Glass Art Association of Canada – Unlimited One-Year Membership

Norman Faulkner (Alumnus):

• · ACAD Board of Governor’s Alumni Award of Excellence

Robyn Weatherly (Alumna):

• · Full, two-year scholarship for MFA at Tyler School of Art

Jamie Gray (Alumna):

• · Academic Award at the Emerge exhibition in Portland Oregon in 2010; part of her prize was a full scholarship to the 2011 BeCon conference for one of ACAD’s current students: Charissa Hong

Tyler Rock:

• · Began a master’s degree at University of South Australia in Adelaide

Espace Verre Awards and News 2011

Caisse de la Culture Desjardins Grant for Emerging Artists:

Hadashah Hétu

Isabelle Ostiguy

Sophie-Kimberly Séguin-Lalonde

Houdé-Mendel Grant: Roxane Dupuis

25th Anniversary Perseverance Scholarship: Lisanne Lachance

New members of the Fusion Transitional Workshop:

Clément Bergeron

Jamie Wilson Goodyear

Hadashah Hétu

Isabelle Ostiguy

Sophie-Kimberly Séguin-Lalonde

Mélanie Pageau pursues her work within Fusion for a second consecutive year.

Glass Art Association of Canada – Unlimited One-Year Membership: Roxane Dupuis

Bourse pour la relève de la Caisse de la Culture Desjardins:

Hadashah Hétu

Isabelle Ostiguy

Sophie-Kimberly Séguin-Lalonde

Bourse Houdé-Mendel: Roxane Dupuis

Bourse du 25e anniversaire pour soutenir la perseverance: Lisanne Lachance

Nouveaux membres de l’atelier de transition Fusion:

Clément Bergeron

Jamie Wilson Goodyear

Hadashah Hétu

Isabelle Ostiguy

Sophie-Kimberly Séguin-Lalonde

Mélanie Pageau poursuit son travail au sein de Fusion, déjà entamé depuis un an.

Glass Art Association of Canada (GAAC) – Adhésion illimitée d’une durée d’un an: Roxane Dupuis