Art Windsor-Essex shortlisted for five awards, nominated for eight
The Art Windsor-Essex is seen in this file photo in Windsor, Ont., on Tuesday, April 23, 2013. (Melanie Borrelli / CTV Windsor)
Art Windsor-Essex (AWE) has been nominated for eight awards and shortlisted for five Galeries Ontario/Ontario Galleries (GOG) Exhibition awards.
The official awards ceremony will be held in Toronto on Dec. 3, announcing the winners.
“AWE is excited and honoured to be shortlisted for the 2024 GOG Awards,” said Jennifer Matotek, executive director of AWE.
“We are thrilled to be recognized amongst so many other respected Ontario galleries where great work is being done. At AWE, we are proud of the exhibitions and programs we deliver the community and honoured to be recognized for the hard work of our board, staff and volunteers.”
The awards AWE is nominated on are:
Exhibition of the Year Budget over $50,000
Sarah Maloney’s Pleasure Ground: A Feminist Take on the Natural World, curated by Jennifer Matotek and Laura Ritchie
Exhibition of the Year Budget over $20,000 Thematic
Nii Ndahlohke/I Work, curated by Julie Rae Tucker and Mary Jane Logan McCallum
Exhibition of the Year Budget under $20,000 Monographic
Tina Rouhandeh: Inquiry About Forgotten Birds, curated by Muriel N. Kahwagi
Innovation in a Collection-Based Exhibition
Elizabeth Zvonar: Cracks in the Clockwork, curated by Emily McKibbon
Education Award
Dream Sandwiches: Educators: Nancy Deleary, Julie Rae Tucker, Sophie Hinch, Meaghan Sweeny, Artist: Nancy Deleary
Key Partnership Award
Elizabeth O’Neil Meurehg, chair and CEO of the O’Neil Foundation, AWE Strategic Planning and Rebranding (2020-2024), AWE
Digital Project Design Award
Flowing Forces: Graphic Designer and Publisher: Moment Factory, Exhibited Artists: Emily Carr, Prudence Heward, James Kerr-Lawson, Seth Arca Whipple, Mary Hiester Reid, AWE 2023
Volunteer Award
Kathryn (Kat) Pasquatch – Indigenous Circle; External Affairs Committee; Waawiiatanong Forever Oversight, four years of service with AWE
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