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April 2007 Volume 43 No. 3

PAUL MATHIEU RECEIVES
SAIDYE BRONFMAN AWARD

The Canada Council for the Arts announced the names of the eight
winners of the 2007 Governor General’s Awards 1n Visual and Media
Arts. Paul Mathieu, ceramist and Emily Carr Institute associate
professor, will recetve the Saidye Bronfman Award for excellence in
the fine crafts.

Tan Carr-Harris, Aganetha Dyck, R. Bruce Elder, Murray Favro,
Fernand Leduc and Daphne Odjig will receive awards for artistic
achievementand David P. Silcoxwill receive the outstanding contribution
award for his work as a writer, educator, cultural administrator and arts
volunteer.

Francois Lachapelle, head of the Canada Council’s Visual Arts section,
announced the winners at a news conference in Toronto. They will be
presented with their awards by Her Excellency the Right Honourable
Michaélle Jean, Governor General of Canada, at a ceremony at Rideau
Hall on Friday, March 23 at 5:30 p.m. In addition to a $25,000 prize,
the winners will be given original artworks created by New Brunswick
ceramist and sculptor Peter Powning, winner of the 2006 Saidye
Bronfman Award.

Canada Council Chair Karen Kain said this year’s
awards are especially significant for two reasons: the
value of the awards has been increased from $15,000
to $25,000, and the Saidye Bronfman Award—Canada’s
highest honour for craft artists for the past 30 years—is
now one of the Governor General’s Awards in Visual
and Media Arts. “We are delighted that we were able to

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