RBC Emerging Artists Peoples Choice Awards

September 2 – October 14, 2014
The Gardiner Museum presents the 4^th Annual RBC Emerging Artist People’s Choice Award from September 2 to October 14, 2014. Supported by the RBC Emerging Artists Project, the $10,000 award – voted by the public at the exhibition and online – honours a Canadian artist (or permanent resident) who has been out of school and practicing professionally with clay as part of his/her artist practice for seven years or less. A national panel of artists, curators and arts educators nominated the five exceptional artists.

LEARN ABOUT THE ARTISTS & THEIR WORK >>

Online voting begins Wednesday, September 3 at 12 noon and ends Monday, October 13 at 11:59 pm.
You can also vote at the exhibition from September 2 to October 13. Join the conversation on Twitter with #RBCgardiner or in the comment section below.

WINNER’S ANNOUNCEMENT
Join us on Tuesday October 14 at 7 pm for the announcement of this year’s winner. There will be a reception at 5 – 6 pm followed by a panel discussion with the artists from 6 – 7 pm. Free to the general public.

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Nominating Commitee
DIANE CHARBONNEAU, Curator of Modern and Contemporary Decorative Arts at the Montreal Museum of Fine Art
VIRGINIA EICHHORN, Director and Chief Curator of the Tom Thomson Art Gallery, Owen Sound, Ontario
WALTER OSTROM, Artist and Professor of Ceramics at Nova Scotia College of Art and Design University, 1969-2008
MIREILLE PERRON, Artist, Scholar and Instructor at the Alberta College of Art + Design, Calgary
GORD THOMPSON, Coordinator of the Bachelor of Craft and Design program at Sheridan College, Oakville, Ontario

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