Arts Awards Waterloo Region: Congratulations to our 2021 Winners!
Arts Awards Waterloo Region hosted its awards night on Friday, November 26, 2021. The arts community – artists, supporters, and fans –gathered at a live online event for the 2021 Arts Awards Waterloo Region Awards Event.
Arts Awards Waterloo Region Chair Pam Patel shared: “Our Board is speaking to you live and online tonight. At the same time, we will be travelling around and presenting the awards ‘live’ at each winner’s home during the duration of this exciting live event!”
The evening saw 10 awards presented: seven awards presented in the broad category of “the arts”; in addition, there were one Emerging Artist award, an Arts Philanthropist award, and a Lifetime Achievement award. The evening culminated when Chair Pam Patel arrived at the final winner’s home to present the Lifetime Achievement award.
Arts Awards Waterloo Region 2021 winners are as follows:
- Neruda Arts, General
- Taylor Graham, Emerging Artist
- MT SPACE, General
- CAFKA (Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener + Area), General
- Luke Swinson, General
- Green Light Arts, General
- Downtown Kitchener Business Improvement Association and Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, General
- Suzanne Luke, General
- Musagetes Fund, Arts Philanthropist
- Glen Carruthers, Lifetime Achievement
Congratulations!
Last, many thanks to our 2021 sponsors as well. In 2021, there are many new challenges facing our community, including artists, arts nonprofits, local businesses, retail establishments and sponsors.
Our many thanks to the 90+ members of the Arts Awards Waterloo Region Academy, who freely nominate and vote upon art, artists, arts organizations and others in the arts community. Members of the Academy play a vital role in helping us to honour the best in art in our region. Without them, this awards process and awards night would not have been possible.
Arts Awards Waterloo Region is a non-profit arts organization that recognizes, honours and celebrates the arts sector in the Region of Waterloo.
Many thanks to our sponsors: the Cities of Kitchener and Waterloo, Explore Waterloo Region, HIP Developments and HFK McRae & Wilson LLP, who have helped to make this event possible! Additional thanks to Imagine It Gift Baskets in Waterloo Region, who prepared our winner gifts this year.
