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Andrew Wang Jurors’ Prize

This year’s Jurors’ Prize has been awarded to Andrew Wang for his artwork, Metropolis, in which the artist explores the intricate journeys of life through the delicate art of origami assemblage, drawing inspiration from his experience as a second-generation Canadian. This piece, composed of meticulously hand-folded origami cranes, celebrates the vibrant diversity of urban life. Each crane symbolises the dynamic motion of new arrivals, the distinct boroughs, and the unique neighbourhoods that together create a harmonious tapestry.  Juror Tony Bianco noted that Metropolis was the perfect union of a traditional artform, such as origami, transformed into an artwork that is contemporary and thought provoking.  Congratulations Andrew!  Image credit: Metropolis, Andrew Wang, Folded paper on wood panel in acrylic cases, 60”x 81”x 4” total diptych (each panel 60″x40”x4”), 2024. Tradition Transformed runs until January 18, 2025.  Museum hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 11-4.

For the past nine years during our annual juried landscape exhibition, Tradition Transformed, The Kevin J. Batchelor Emerging Artist Award is given to an artist working in one of the 2-D mediums and is selected by the Batchelor family.  Kevin J. Batchelor who was a local arts advocate, music teacher and artist.

This year’s recipient is Steph Schofield for her artwork Shivering Segwun, which, “as the oldest operating steam driven vessel in North America, the RMS Segwun, like our landscape, has slowly transformed over time.” The Batchelor family states of this artwork, “The painting offers the viewer space for personal interpretation. It is in the quietness of this landscape that the viewer is urged to reflect on their own relationship with the natural world and their place in it.  The Segwun has stood the test of time, solid and stoic, deserving of this nod to its resilience.”  Congratulations Steph!  Image credit: Shivering Segwun, Steph Schofield. Acrylic on wood, 30″x30″,  2024.  Tradition Transformed runs until January 18, 2025.  Museum hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 11-4.

New this year, the Norma Duggan Award is selected by the jurors and presented annually to a landscape which exemplifies a uniqueness of artistic vision and creative approach, and is executed with excellence.  Norma Duggan was an Ontario based artist who loved painting the Ontario landscape. This year the award goes to Julie Desmarais for her artwork Vieux Saule au Soleil Couchant (Lanaudière, QC) which is a stunning representation of an old willow tree in the setting sun executed in oil paint.  It represents the passing of time by teaching us resilience and adaptation. In this oil painting, the artist is combining the technique of pointillism, impressionism and photorealism. Julie Desmarais is an oil painter that has centred her practice on the representation of natural phenomena. She devotes a great deal of her attention to fine details which give her work a surreal impression.  Congratulations Julie! Image credit: Vieux Saule au Soleil Couchant (Lanaudière, QC)  Julie Desmarais, Oil on canvas,  46″x 70″,  2024.  Tradition Transformed runs until January 18, 2025.  Museum hours are Tuesday to Saturday, 11-4.