Grants Awarded for April 1, 2007 Competitions - New Brunswick Arts Board

The New Brunswick Arts Board (artsnb) has released the results of its April 1, 2007
competitions. Grants totaling $183,000 were awarded to the following artists to help with their creation projects or in the documentation of art production in New Brunswick.

Creation Grants - A Category
Amount: $15,000
For senior artists who have achieved a superior level of accomplishment and who have
made a nationally or internationally recognized contribution to their discipline or to the arts in general.

Recipients:
Roland Gauvin, Moncton, Non-Classical Music
Louise Lemieux, Moncton, Theatre
Glenn Priestley, Fredericton, Visual Arts

Creation Grants - B Category
Amount: $7,000
For mid-career artists who have been practicing professionally in their discipline for a sustained period of time and are able to demonstrate their recognized contribution to the arts regionally or nationally.
Recipients:
Jennifer Beckley, Keswick Ridge, Visual Arts
Joe Blades, Fredericton, Literary Arts
Edith Bourget, Saint-Jacques, Multidisciplinary Arts
Carol Collicutt, Fredericton, Visual Arts
Margaret Ann Galbraith, Sackville, Craft
Pamela Gallant, Cap-Pelé, Media Arts
Amélie Gosselin, Moncton, Theatre
Ludmila Knezkova-Hussey, Bathurst, Classical Music
Brent Mason, Saint John, Non-Classical Music
Bruno J. Pelletier, Saint-Joseph-de-Madawaska, Classical Music
Joe John Sanipass, Elsipogtog (Big Cove), Craft
Anne-Marie Sirois, Moncton, Visual Arts
Kora Woolsey, Fredericton, Non-Classical Music

Creation Grants – C Category
Amount: $3,500
For emerging artists who are striving to achieve a professional level in their discipline and who can demonstrate their commitment to the development of specialized skills or knowledge in their discipline as well as their commitment to the achievement of a professional level in their discipline through training, mentorship or peer recognition, and who are producing a growing repertoire or body of work.
Recipients:
Lison Beaulieu, Edmundston, Media Arts
Robert Blanchard, Moncton, Theatre
Heather Craig, Grand Bay-Westfield, Literary Arts (exceptionally $1,500)
Teena Dickerson, Pennfield, Craft
Aleza Gratian, Dawson Settlement, Dance
Daphne McCarthy, Fredericton, Non-Classical Music
Alison Murphy, Hampton, Craft
Sean Perley, Fredericton, Craft
Karen Rawlines, Moncton, Literary Arts
Timothée Richard, Moncton, Non-Classical Music

Documentation Grants
Amount: $ 7,000
For professional New Brunswick artists and arts professionals for the research,
development and execution of original documentation of arts activities, arts products or art history; preference is given to projects addressing New Brunswick art or artists.
Recipients:
Georgette Bourgeois, Moncton, Visual Arts
Gerry Taylor, Rothesay, Literary Arts

For information on these and other artsnb programs, visit www.artsnb.ca or call
1-866- 460-ARTS (2787) toll free within NB.