Since 1991, the Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation has presented the Strathbutler Award to honor New Brunswick artists who have achieved personal excellence in any discipline of visual arts, while having had a distinctive impact on the cultural life of our province. Based on the unanimous recommendation of a professional, independent jury, interdisciplinary artist, Mathieu Léger is the 2021 recipient of the Strathbutler Award.

The jury characterized Léger as an internationally recognized conceptualist and minimalist, whose performances and interactions with his many and diverse audiences invite viewers to a deeper understanding of personal and collective identity. He mines history, science, and poetics to chart an informed and contemporary response to life’s journeys. Léger has demonstrated leadership through decades of work with IMAGO, l’Association des groupes en arts visuels francophones (AGAVF), Galerie Sans Nom, CARFAC Maritimes and the New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture. The vast scope of his ambulatory art practice coupled with his commitment to engaging New Brunswick audiences in performance art has made a significant contribution to the cultural ecosystem of the province. 

The Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation is indebted to the work of the five members of the 2021 jury for their professional examination of all nomination packages.  Shannon Webb-Campbell, Editor Visual Art News; Erik Edson, Professor, Pierre Lassonde School of Fine Arts Mount Allison University; Julie Forgues, Directrice, Départment des arts visuels ,Université de Moncton,  James Mullinger, Editor Maritime Edit; Thomas Smart, Director/CEO Beaverbrook Art Gallery. 

The List presents the events of the members of the Association des groups en arts visuels francophones ( AGAVF ), that is to say fifteen artist-run centers and galleries across Canada, and compiles calls for submissions in visual arts, media arts, performance, art. public, residences aimed at artists and curators.

Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen Art Gallery (Moncton)

Nicholas Aiden, Greg Bennet, Pepa Chan, Hazel May Eckert, José Luis Gonzalez, Ashley Hemmings, John McDonald, Jason Penney, Emily Pittman, Daniel Rumbolt, Mimi Stockland, April Mary Lynn White and Olivia Wong – Seeking refuge | Give Me Shelter
Curator: Pan Wendt
from June 26 to October 3, 2021
organized and toured by the Confederation Center Art Gallery with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts and the RBC Foundation

Université de Moncton
Moncton, New Brunswick
www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ga  

Galerie Sans Nom  (Moncton)

140, rue Botsford, local 16
Moncton, New Brunswick
galleriesansnom.org

Calls for submissions

1.Calls in French from Canada

OBORO – Montreal – November 15
Culture Trois-Rivières – February 1, 2022
Aprim – Montreal – December 1
Articule – Montreal – October 10
Dazibao – Montreal – October 15
The printing house – Montreal – November 29
La Centrale galerie Powerhouse – Montreal – October 15
Gallery McClure – Montreal – October 15
Hexagram – Montreal – October 2
Center Clark – Montreal – November 1
Caravanserai – Rimouski – October 1
Ville de Chambly – October 3
Revue Ancrages – Acadie – November 15

2.Calls in English from Canada

Richmond Public Art Program and Richmond Art Gallery – October 15
McClure Gallery – Montreal – October 15
Digifest 2021 – Toronto – Milan – online – October 1
Ar (n) t Write – October 1
Craftivism = craft + activism – Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery – undated
Images Festival – Toronto – October 15

4.residences

Toronto Waterfront Artist Residency – October 27
DAÏMÔN – Gatineau – October 29
Ceramic Arts Residency at the Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery – Waterloo – October 15
Atelier Circulaire – Montréal – October 31

5.public art

ArtworxTO Request for Proposals: Temporary Public Artwork – October 18
Poèmes-posters – Québec – October 25
Passages insolites – Exmuro – Québec – October 15
Brampton Fire and Emergency Services Memorial – October 14
7th Street South & Post Public Art Project – Lethbridge – November 2

6.for commissioners

Curatorial Project Coordinator – Textile Museum of Canada – Toronto – October 7
Museums Director – University of Alberta Museums – Edmonton – October 15
direction générale – Regart – Lévis – October 15
Nasher Prize Graduate Symposium: open call for papers – November 19
Toronto Biennial of Art – Community engagement specialist – October 4
Dialogue program – Fonds de recherche du Québec – October 7
Contributions – Blockchain Scenes – Journal of Digital Social Research – October 15
Vie des arts – October 4
Center Clark – Montréal – November 1
esse art + opinion – No . 105 – New New Age File – January 10, 2022

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Since its creation this program has been held in person in Toronto, offering Ontario teens a place to create, perform and celebrate their shared love of musical theatre. In 2020 we shifted to an all-digital format and invited participation from young artists from across Canada. We are thrilled to offer this program digitally again and continue growing our national network of young artists, providing students from across the country (who reside in remote, rural, and urban communities) access to fully subsidized training led by Canada’s leading musical artists.

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 NOMINEES // FINALISTES

MUSIC CATEGORIES · CATÉGORIE DE MUSIQUE

RECORDING OF THE YEAR
PRESENTED BY · PRÉSENTÉ PAR THE EAST

Beverly Glenn-Copeland // Transmissions: The Music of Beverly Glenn-Copeland
DenMother // Then Now Forever: Alternate Timeline Edition
Kylie Fox // Green
Laurie LeBlanc // When It’s Right It’s Right
Les Moontunes // Les Moontunes
M3D14 // Lost Youth & The Art Of Self Destruction
Nebullama // Vol. 1
One8tea // Ventilation 2
Pallmer // Quiet Clapping
Ryan Maynard // Matter of Time
The Divorcees // Drop of Blood
Ventus Machina // Roots
Wolf Castle // Gold Rush

ENREGISTREMENT DE L’ANNÉE

Ananas // Fausse Réalité
Cedric Vieno // Maltempête
Chloé Breault // Plage des morons
Choeur virtuel de l’Acadie // Notre musique saison 1
Dan Arsenault // Éminence
Danny Boudreau // La lune et le soleil
Émilie Landry // Arroser les fleurs

SONG OF THE YEAR
PRESENTED BY · PRÉSENTÉ PAR SOCAN

Adyn Townes // Kids (writers: Andrew Brown + Bruce James Rooney
Apryll Aileen // Home (writer: Apryll Stansfield)
Beverly Glenn-Copeland // River Dreams (writer: Beverly Glenn-Copeland)
Colin Fowlie // Inside Out (writer: Colin Fowlie)
Kylie Fox // Glowstars (writer: Kylie Fox)
One8tea // I Guess It’s Complicated (writer: Teah Bailey)
qwinn // YLTWIL (writers: Brittany McEachern + Nick Fowler)
Ryan Maynard // Summer Sun (Nothin’ on You) (writer: Ryan Maynard)

CHANSON DE L’ANNÉE
PRESENTED BY · PRÉSENTÉ PAR SOCAN

Cedric Vieno // Laisse tomber (autaire: Cédric Vieno)
Chloé Breault // P’tits problèmes (autaire: Chloé Breault)
Danny Boudreau // Saint-Tranquille (autaire: Daniel Boudreau + Stéphane Blanchette)
Émilie Landry // Bouillir d’la misère (autaire: Émilie Landry)
Matt Boudreau // Élise (autaire: Mathieu Boudreau)

VIDEO OF THE YEAR · VIDÉO DE L’ANNÉE

Apryll Aileen // Wild Wolvez
Beverly Glenn-Copeland // Sunset Village
Choeur virtuel de l’Acadie // Les Aboiteaux
Émilie Landry // Bouillir d’la misère
Kill Chicago // Pull Over
Kylie Fox // Glowstars
Les Moontunes // Paper Boat
One8tea // I Guess It’s Complicated
Raphaël Butler // Camping Colibri
Short For Arthur // Hanging Paintings
The Divorcees // Must Be Nice
Ventus Machina // Blackbird

MVP CATEGORIES · CATÉGORIES JPU

INDIGENOUS ARTIST OF THE YEAR · ARTISTE AUTOCHTONE DE L’ANNÉE · ELNOEG NOTJI PIPOGOTITJG GENATAGEN · SKICINOWK NOCI-AMALHCSSAWET LIKTNK
PRESENTED BY · PRÉSENTÉ PAR ARTSNB

M3D14
Mike Bern
Pokuhulakon Witsehkehsu: Sisters of the Drum
Quinn Bonnell
Talon Simon, the Rez Kid Wonder
Tee Cloud
Wolf Castle

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST OF THE YEAR · RÉVÉLATION DE L’ANNÉE 
PRESENTED BY · PRÉSENTÉ PAR ARTSNB

Capital 6
Choeur virtuel de l’Acadie
Les Moontunes
Mike Bravener
Miokal
Run the River
Sonic Detour
We Left As Lions

CHAMPION OF THE YEAR · CHAMPION.NE DE L’ANNÉE

Canadian Mental Health Association of New Brunswick
Choeur virtuel de l’Acadie
East Track Mind
Erin Bond
Fédération des jeunes francophones du Nouveau-Brunswick (FJFNB)
Imperial Theatre
Le Grenier musique
The East

INNOVATOR OF THE YEAR · INNOVATAIRE DE L’ANNÉE

Choeur virtuel de l’Acadie
East Track Mind
Les Moontunes
Levee on the Lake
M3D14
Roots & Soul Music Promotions
Stephen Lewis & The Big Band of Fun
The Cap
The East

INDUSTRY CATEGORIES · CATÉGORIES DE L’INDUSTRIE

VENUE OF THE YEAR · SALLE DE SPECTACLE DE L’ANNÉE
PRESENTED BY · PRÉSENTÉ PAR LA FAMILLE MARC CHOUINARD

Charlotte Street Arts Centre
Grimross Brewing
Imperial Theatre
The Cap
The Phoenix

FESTIVAL | EVENT OF THE YEAR · FESTIVAL | ÉVÉNEMENT DE L’ANNÉE

Acadie Rock
FEST Forward
Levee on the Lake
New Brunswick Country Showcase
Paddlefest
Living Roots Music Festival

MUSIC INDUSTRY PROFESSIONAL OF THE YEAR · PROFESSIONNEL.LE DE L’INDUSTRIE DE L’ANNÉE
PRESENTED BY · PRÉSENTÉ PAR EAST COAST MUSIC ASSOCIATION (ECMA) 

Alex Cook
Andrew MacRae
Carol Doucet
Dwayne Marcial
Eddie Young
Eva George
Heidi-Lyn O’Connor
Talon Simon

The Owens Art Gallery and the Indigenous Affairs Coordinator of Mount Allison University are thrilled to unveil Prayers for Our Lost Children (2021), a moving new work by prominent Mi’kmaq artist Loretta Gould. This work was commissioned in 2021 as the shameful story of Canada’s Residential School System continued to unfold. The painting serves as a poignant reminder of what Canada has stolen from Indigenous peoples and the ways in which this harm endures. At the same time, it underlines the vital continuity of Mi’kmaq art, culture, and spiritual practices, and the important role that women and children have played in maintaining this permanence. The painting, which is currently installed outside the office of the Indigenous Affairs Coordinator, is part of a series of public artworks commissioned by the Indigenous Affairs Coordinator and the Owens Art Gallery since 2019, including two works by Mi’kmaq artist, Pauline Young: She Lights the Way (2019), a stained-glass memorial to Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls, and Wabanaki/People of the Dawn (2020), a flag design representing the Mi’kmaq territory of Mi’kma’ki as a living relationship between land and sea.
 
Loretta Gould is a Mi’kmaq quilter and painter who loves bright, beautiful colours. A self-taught artist, she grew up in Waycobah First Nation where she later raised five children with her husband Elliot Gould. She began making a living through her art quilts but, when her sewing machine broke in 2013, she decided to try her hand at painting. She’s been painting ever since. Loretta’s dream is to share her art with the world. For her, art is a way to get her spiritual feelings on canvas. Please visit the artist’s website: www.mikmaq-artist.com/collections