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October 15, 2022 February 05, 2023
OCTOBER 15, 2022 - FEBRUARY 5, 2023
Curated by Jaimie Isaac
Canada’s prestigious Governor General’s Award in Visual and Media Arts is a lifetime achievement award recognizing an artist’s career, body of work and contribution to the visual arts, media arts and fine craft in Canada. In 2021, eight artists were celebrated in recognition of their exceptional careers and remarkable contributions to the visual arts, media arts and fine craft. The 2021 winners were: Lou Lynn, Dempsey Bob, Bonnie Devine, Luc Courchesne, Cheryl L’Hirondelle, Bryce Kanbara, Lori Blondeau and Germaine Arnaktauyok.
This exhibition, presented by the AGGV in collaboration with the Canada Council for the Arts, presents the work of the 2021 award recipients. It is a rare opportunity to see the work of these artists, who live in all parts of Canada, together in one location. The AGGV is honoured to have been selected by the Canada Council for the Arts to curate and host the 2021 exhibition.
The Governor General’s Awards were created in 1999 by the Canada Council and the Governor General of Canada to celebrate Canada’s vibrant arts community and recognize remarkable careers in the visual and media arts. Over the last two decades, a total of 170 contemporary artists and arts professionals have been honoured.
The Governor General’s Awards in Visual and Media Arts 2021 exhibition is organized by the AGGV and curated by Jaimie Isaac, with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts.
Stills from the Canada Council for the Arts video portrait series featuring the 2021 winners of the Governor General's Awards
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Victoria Guitar Society’s Virtuosa! concert series continues on Jan. 14 with Laura Young, an award-winning classical guitarist, who will put on a concert featuring some of the finest works of classical guitar.
Victoria Guitar Society Director, Ben Blackledge, said: “We are very fortunate to have such an exceptional guitarist playing in Victoria. Laura brings incredible virtuosity and interpretation to bear on a programme including Bach, Reger and Albéniz amongst many others. It will be a night to remember!”
Young, originally from Toronto but now based in Barcelona, has won prestigious prizes at international competitions such as the ‘Andrés Segovia Competition’ in Palma de Mallorca and the ‘Jacinto e Inocencio Guererro’ in Madrid. Laura is currently professor at the Escuela Superior de Musica de Catalunya (ESMUC) in Barcelona.
The concert will take place at Phillip T. Young Recital Hall at the University of Victoria and will begin at 7.30p.m. on Jan. 14, 2023. Regular tickets are $30, reduced to $25 for Victoria Guitar Society members and $15 for under 18s. They are available on the door with card payment or through the society’s website: https://www.victoriaguitarsociety.ca
The Virtuosa! concert series hosted by Victoria Guitar Society aims to highlight some of the top female classical guitarists in the world and will continue with Bokyung Byun on Mar. 17, 2023.
In addition, a masterclass where Young will instruct some of Victoria’s rising classical guitar stars is open to the public to view at 9am on Jan. 13 at the same location. Tickets are $10 with card payment on the door or free for Victoria Guitar Society members.
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