Announcing 110 City of Hamilton Arts Awards Nominees for 2019

Hamilton, ON - The City of Hamilton is pleased to announce the 2019 Arts Awards Nominees. One hundred and ten established and emerging Hamilton artists have been nominated in 11 arts categories, celebrating the breadth of exciting arts activity happening in Hamilton today. The 2019 Arts Awards Nominees are listed below and can be found at www.hamilton.ca/artsawards along with the biographies of most of the nominees.

Nominations in categories ranging from Music to Visual Arts to Lifetime Achievement have been evaluated by independent juries comprised of discipline-specific artists and arts professionals. The Shirley M. Elford Artist's Fund at the Hamilton Community Foundation will once again present an Emerging Artist Prize in memory of the late Shirley Elford, a Hamilton artist celebrated for her excellence in glass work and her work giving back to the local arts community and community at large. The prize category changes annually - in 2019, the prize will be awarded in Music.

“We’re honoured to present the Arts Awards and thrilled that the citizens of Hamilton continue to nominate artists for this program, allowing us to recognize them for their excellence and contributions to city life.”

Jason Thorne, General Manager, Planning and Economic Development Department

The 2019 City of Hamilton Arts Awards recipients will be announced at a public event on Thursday, June 13 at Theatre Aquarius Dofasco Centre for the Arts (190 King William St.) as the opening signature event of Hamilton Arts Week. In addition to profiling and honoring nominees, the event will feature performances by local artists and dynamic arts programming, continuing a growing tradition of celebration and respect for Hamilton’s creative culture. Ticket information will be announced in the coming weeks via social media and at www.hamilton.ca/artsawards.

Quick Facts

• First presented in 1976, the Hamilton Arts Awards program is one of the oldest in Canada.
• It continues to recognize the vital contributions of the city’s arts sector and to celebrate the exceptional achievements of individual artists and organizations.
• The Hamilton Arts Awards program is managed by the Tourism and Culture Division of the City of Hamilton.
• Cobalt Connects, the 2019 Arts Awards community partner, oversees the adjudication process and awards event production.
• An independent jury comprised of discipline-specific artists and arts professionals evaluates all nominations.

2019 City of Hamilton Arts Awards Nominees

This year’s event will celebrate the accomplishments of 110 artists in the following 11 categories:

Arts Leadership Award Categories

Lifetime Achievement Award

• Bob Doidge
• Dawn Martens
• Cindy Rees

Arts Innovation Award

• Cadence Machry
• Shannon MacKinnon
• Sean McCormack

• Jolanta Oko
• Briana Palmer
• Rey Pitao

• J. Josh Roza
• Ed Sculthorpe
• Kaime Sherman

• Stylo Starr
• Jin Xu

Artist Award Categories

Arts Education and Community Arts Award

• Sue Crowe Connolly
• Emerging: Hanna Bech Mathieson

• Jennie Esdale
• Emerging: Jamie Milay

• Emma Graves
• Emerging: Charles Reid

• Steve Haining
• Emerging: Karlie Rogerson

Arts Management Award

• Noelle Allen
• Emerging: Dana Hansen
• Ariel Bader-Shamai
• Emerging: Sahra Soudi

• Ryan Ferguson
• Emerging: Amanda Dudnik
• Heather Kanabe
• Emerging: Abedar Kamgari

• Lyla Miklos
• Emerging: Allison M. Jones

• Stephen Near
• Emerging: Jo Johnson

Dance and Performing Arts Award

• Eshe
• Emerging: Angela Josephine

• Lisa Emmons
• Emerging: Miriam Edghill

• Michael Moses
• Emerging: AJ Bate

• Sean Quinlan
• Emerging: German Simon

Fine Craft Award

• Aaron Duarte
• Emerging: Nathan Laman

• Lauren Goodman
• Emerging: Connor Bennett

• Jay Jillard
• Emerging: Jonny Aplin

Media Arts Award

• Ariel Bader-Shamai
• Emerging: Sahra Soudi
• Maggie Dee
• Emerging: Tara Smith

• Steve Haining
• Emerging: Kieran Noble
• Joan Krygsman
• Emerging: Summer Mortimer

• Jackie Levitt
• Emerging: Emily Hamel

• Taien Ng-Chan
• Emerging: Sonali Menezes

Music Award

• Andre Bisson
• Emerging: Vince Tarlton
• Jonah Kamphorst
• Emerging: Philip Minotti

• Amy King
• Emerging: Alex Whorms
• Jessy Lanza
• Emerging: Becky Katz

• Mike McCurlie
• Emerging: Travis Stoddart
• Ginger St James
• Emerging: Matt Soliveri

• Mike Trebilcock
• Emerging: Chrisy Hurn

Theatre Award

• Trevor Copp
• Emerging: Jesse Horvath

• Stephanie Hope-Lawlor
• Emerging: Michael Kras

• Matthew MacFadzean
• Emerging: Jamie Milay

Visual Arts Award

• Ted Basciano
• Emerging: Juliana LaChance
• David Carvana
• Emerging: Scott Clark
• Lester Coloma
• Emerging: MJ Hwangbo
• Jessica Dejardins
• Emerging: Christopher Szwarc

• Paul Elia
• Emerging: Misty Bimson-Kearsley
• Elizabeth Sue Hanna
• Emerging: Pat Greene
• Kara Jahns
• Emerging: Nancy Davidson
• Jonah Kamphorst
• Emerging: Robyn Lightwalker

• Carmela Laganse
• Emerging: Kiera Boult
• Elizabeth Malara
• Emerging: Amanda Le Blanc
• Michael Mattice
• Emerging: Christopher Slade
• Ross Moncrieff
• Emerging: Lincy Patel

• Colin Edward Murray
• Emerging: Paul Robert Allard
• Leslie Sasaki
• Emerging: Abedar Kamgari
• Dylan Swan
• Emerging: Mariel Rutherford

Shirley Elford Emerging Artist Prize

2019 Shirley Elford Emerging Artist Prize in Music

• Olivia Brown
• Aaron Hutchinson
• Gillian Nicola

Resources

www.hamilton.ca/artsawards
Phone 905-546-2424 ext. 7612
Email [email protected]

For more information about Hamilton Arts Week, taking place June 14 to 21, visit www.hamiltonartscouncil.ca/artsweek