Award Winners of 44th Annual Winter Festival Art Show & Sale - CONGRATULATIONS!

The Mann Art Gallery, the City of Prince Albert, and all of the sponsors of the 20 awards thank all 136 artists for entering their 135 artworks to the 44th Annual Winter Festival Art Show & Sale! Each year, this show & sale of the members of the Mann Art Gallery is a highlight of the North-Central Saskatchewan visual art scene. Any artist living in Saskatchewan who purchases a 2020 Membership to the Mann Art Gallery ($15-$20) is eligible to enter and sell 1 artwork, provided it meets the Eligibility Criteria. This year, artists from Regina, Swift Current, Weyburn, Humboldt, Melfort, La Ronge, Air Ronge, Livelong, Holbein, and Leask, in addition to Prince Albert, participated. Generous local businesses and arts organizations are the sponsors for the prizes awarded at the Opening Reception & Awards Night. The final award, the Guy Rutter Memorial Award, is the famous People's Choice Award. Each visitor may cast 1 ballot only during the course of the Winter Festival exhibition (until March 21) for their favourite piece, and on Saturday, March 22 we will announce the winner.

Congratulations to all participants in the exhibition! Thank you for sharing your work with us. Thank you to the sponsors who support our art community in so many ways throughout the year. Thank you to our Media Sponsor, the Prince Albert Daily Herald, for their advertising sponsorship.

2020 Award Winners

1. Best in Show / Mayor’s Prize sponsored by the City of Prince Albert and On the Avenue Artisan’s Gallery: James Cathcart, “Big Bad John,” metal work (parts from vintage 1940’s binder), Prince Albert.

2. Second Place Prize sponsored by the Prince Albert Council for the Arts:

Dianne Gilbert, “Patricia Anne,” (portrait), oil on canvas. Saskatoon.

3. Third Place Prize sponsored by the Prince Albert Arts Board:

Reanne Settee, “Which Wolf,” wool and sinew sculpture. Air Ronge.

(also the recipient of the Fibre Award)

4. Art Placement Award for Accomplishments in the Medium of Acrylic:

Earl McKay, “Emergence of My People,” Acrylic on canvas. Prince Albert.

5. Art Placement Award for Accomplishments in the Medium of Oil Paint:

Jimuel Belarmino, “Pause”, oil on canvas, self-portrait. Weyburn.

6. Art Placement Award for Accomplishments in the Medium of Watercolour:

Jerome Mrazek, “Cars on 11th St.” Watercolour and gouache. Prince Albert.

7. Art Placement Award for Accomplishments in the Discipline of Drawing:

Ruby Lalonde, “At Rest,” vine charcoal on paper. Leask.

8. Prince Albert Spinners and Weavers Guild Fibre Award:

Reanne Settee, “Which Wolf,” wool and sinew sculpture. Air Ronge.

9. KYLA Art Group Award for Landscape:

Grant Moor, “Family,” acrylic on canvas (winter scene), Prince Albert.

10. Northern Image Photographers Award for Photography:

Nicole Hopcraft, “As the moon sets the sun will rise,” photography. Prince Albert.

11. Creative Stitchers Award:

June Jacobs, “Where the Water Used to Be,” fibre (felted wool, fabric, yarn, hand-stitching, macramé), lilac wood. Meacham.

12. Lorraine Mathiason Memorial Pottery Award sponsored by the Prince Albert Council for the Arts: Roxanne McLeod, “Penny,” clay (jug). Prince Albert.

13. Hue’s Art Supply Store Award for Excellent Use of Hue

Kathie Bird, “Lima Market,” acrylic on canvas. Prince Albert.

14. Mid-Pro Rock & Gem Society Lapidary Award:

Noella Nesdoly, “Waiting for a Bird,” Cherry Creek jasper stone pendant with hand-shaped stone and silversmithing (sterling silver and fine silver). Kinistino.

15. Men Who Paint Award for Expressing Canadian Identity through Landscape Painting:

Janelle Gosselin, “Paradise,” acrylic on canvas. Shellbrook, SK.

16. Frank Sudol Memorial Award sponsored by the PA Woodturners Guild:

Leah Joelson, “Coliseum,” mixed media (parlor kaleidoscope, handmade with California hardwood, brass accents and liquid bead & glass chamber). Shellbrook.

17. GP Carlson Gallery Sculpture Award:

Michel Boutin, “Artifact 1: The Quieting,” assemblage (bison skull, cloth, wood and hardware vice). Prince Albert.

18. Dana Wareing Popescul Memorial Award for Mixed Media:

Curtis Kerr, “Summertime Sadness,” stuff (found object sculpture). Prince Albert.

19. Peggy & Sandy Kerr Memorial Award (Any Medium):

Patti Cannon-Levesque, “Endangered Burrowing Owl”, glass mosaic. Holbein.

20. John & Marjorie Hicks Memorial Award (Any Medium):

Bob Pitzel, “Bulyea No. 1 (first Sask Wheat Pool elevator), watercolour. Humboldt.