October 1, 2022 – January 14, 2023

CARMICHAEL CANADIAN LANDSCAPE EXHIBITION: TRADITION TRANSFORMED

Details

Exhibit: October 1, 2022 – January 14, 2023

 

Prizes

Juror’s Prize

$1500

Kevin J. Batchelor Emerging Artist 

$1000

Paul Quarrington Multidisciplinary Arts 

$500

The Carmichael Canadian Landscape Exhibition: Tradition Transformed was created in recognition of Group of Seven member, Franklin Carmichael, who was born in Orillia. Now in its 21st year, this juried exhibition calls on artists from across the country to submit work that reimagines the Canadian landscape through the artist’s chosen medium. While Carmichael believed in traditionalism and classical modes of artistic expression, he was very much invested in contemporary artistic styles having been inspired by his native Canadian surroundings.

The landscape is a place of unique national character and pride for Canadians of different and unique backgrounds, but is also a mirror that reflects change, settlement and environmental deterioration. Tradition Transformed marks the ever-changing landscape of the artist’s mind, fulfilling the Group of Seven’s aim to create a uniquely Canadian identity.

2021 Artists

 

Nancy Bennett
Michael Black
Tommy Bourque
Kate Carder
Jennifer Clark
Jody Clement
David Cumming
Grace Dam
Destanne Dee Norris
Julie Desmarais
Steph Dunn
Mike Efford
Tanya Fenkell
Corin Ford Forrester
Peter E Fyfe
Erin Fyfe Donnelly
Curt Gaudon

2022 Artists

 

Phyllis Gordon
John Graham
Anita Granger
Libby Hague
Pat Hertzberg
David Holden
Karla Houser
Xuefei (Fei) Ji
Gita Karklins
TED KARKUT
Suzanne Leclair
Jessica Lin
Michael Madden
Tammy McClennan
Sandy Middleton
Carole Milon
Melissa Neil

2021 Artists

 

Duane Nickerson
Taimi Poldmaa
Patti Randazzo Beckett
Kelly Rendek
Ava Roth
Lori Ryerson
Mike Salisbury
Juliana Scherzer
Barbara Schmidt
Karin Silverstone
Kelly Stevenson
Svetlana Swinimer
George Szabo
Ethel Voronkova
Elayne Windsor
Leszek Wyczolkowski
Teodora Zamfirescu

Installation Photos

The Paul Quarrington Multidisciplinary Arts Award: $500

This award is named in honour of Paul Quarrington and is awarded to an artist incorporating at least two mediums into their submission.  The Quarrington Multidisciplinary Arts Award honours the contributions Paul Quarrington made to Canada’s artistic community.  Paul was a novelist, playwright, screenwriter, filmmaker, musician and educator. 

The juror’s have awarded the Quarrington Multidisciplinary Arts Award to Peter Fyfe for his artwork ABM Art Bank of Muskoka – Landscape Viewing Unit.

The Kevin J. Batchelor Emerging Artist Award: $1000

This award is given to an emerging artist working in either one of the 2-D mediums such as painting, drawing or mixed media and was selected by the Batchelor family.

This year’s recipient is Nancy Bennett for her artwork Afternoon Skate.


 

The Jurors’ Prize: $1500

The Jurors’ Prize is awarded to an artist who best exemplifies the qualities that Franklin Carmichael found ideal, that is, incorporating diversity in their work and remaining sophisticated in their depictions of the various landscapes in our geography. The recipient of this award should visibly be embracing, challenging or addressing existing approaches to Canadian landscapes.

This year’s Jurors’ Prize has been awarded to Tammy McClennan for her artwork, Temporary Landscape which is an Interactive Installation.