{"id":20329,"date":"2013-08-22T12:19:52","date_gmt":"2013-08-22T16:19:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.artoronto.ca\/?p=20329"},"modified":"2014-10-20T20:17:24","modified_gmt":"2014-10-21T00:17:24","slug":"bmo-1st-art-invitational-student-art-competition","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/v2.artoronto.ca\/?p=20329","title":{"rendered":"BMO 1st Art! Invitational Student Art Competition"},"content":{"rendered":"
BMO Financial Group Proudly Presents the Winners of the 1st Art!<\/em> Invitational Student Art Competition, 2013<\/strong><\/div>\n

BMO 1st Art!<\/em> celebrates the best of Canada\u2019s recent visual arts graduates, from coast to coast. Congratulations to this year\u2019s national and regional winners, who demonstrate the excellence and promise of our newest generation of artists!<\/p>\n

See the winning works<\/strong> at the 1st Art! Exhibition,<\/em> Museum of Contemporary Canadian Art, <\/strong>October 2 \u2013\u00a0 27, 2013.<\/p>\n

NATIONAL WINNER: <\/strong>Erika Dueck, <\/strong>University of Manitoba<\/p>\n

\"\"<\/a>Erika Dueck, The Ephemeral Mind<\/em>. Mixed media installation, 203.2 x 203.2 cm; 80 x 80 in. Image courtesy of the artist.<\/p>\n

REGIONAL WINNERS:<\/strong><\/p>\n

AB<\/strong>\u00a0Tiffany Wollman, Alberta College of Art & Design
\nBC<\/strong> Sam Knopp, Emily Carr University of Art & Design
\nMB<\/strong> Hillary Smith, University of Manitoba
\nNB<\/strong> Carson Isenor, Mount Allison University
\nNL<\/strong> Whitney French, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland
\nNS<\/strong> Alexis Bulman, Nova Scotia College of Art & Design
\nNU<\/strong> Silas Qulaut, Nunavut Arctic College
\nON<\/strong> Eshan Rafi, York University
\nPE<\/strong> Valerie LeClair, Holland College
\nQC<\/strong> Laura Rokas-B\u00e9rub\u00e9, Concordia University
\nSK<\/strong> Charles Brendan Schick, University of Regina
\nYK<\/strong> Derian Blake, Yukon School of Visual Arts<\/p>\n

The national winner receives $10,000 and the regional winners each receive $5,000. As the ultimate accolade, the national winner\u2019s artwork becomes part of the BMO Corporate Art Collection, which includes works by historical and contemporary Canadian masters such as Kenojuak Ashevak, Emily Carr, Paterson Ewen, Marc-Aur\u00e8le Fortin, Lawren Harris, Wanda Koop, Micah Lexier, Kent Monkman, Ian Wallace and many others.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Award Winners<\/strong><\/p>\n

BMO 1st Art! celebrates the best of Canada\u2019s recent visual arts graduates, from coast to coast.<\/p>\n

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