Arts Awards Waterloo Region 2013 Nominee – Music Category Combining visual and musical art, Meghan Weber is a charity-minded musician who recently released her ep, “Afterthoughts,” and is currently recording with her band Falcon Abbey.
Arts Awards Waterloo Region 2013 Nominee – Performing Arts Category Founder of MT Space, a theatre company committed to cultural diversity, Majdi Bou-Matar’s work tours nationally and internationally. His recent credits include: Body 13 and The Last 15 Seconds.
Arts Awards Waterloo Region 2013 Nominee – New Festival or Event Category LatinFest is an all-ages festival that has been growing since 2011, with international, national, and regional acts performing for thousands of attendees.
Arts Awards Waterloo Region 2013 Nominee – Open Category The Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery is a public art gallery with a permanent collection of over 4,000 works cared for and exhibited freely on behalf of the community.
Arts Awards Waterloo Region 2013 Nominee – Festival or Event Volunteer Category A volunteer in the visual arts since 2006, Donna Stewart worked tirelessly to deliver the BIG Print Community Quilt Project, celebrating Cambridge’s 40th Anniversary.
Arts Awards Waterloo Region 2013 Nominee – New Festival or Event Category A Day & A Night Art Meets Music Festival is a free, family event that showcases local artists, actors, bands, buskers, and the revitalized Village of Hespeler.
Arts Awards Waterloo Region 2013 Nominee – Music Category An international concert performer with extensive studio recordings, jingles, and movie scores, Ed Ringwald is the winning CCMA Steel Guitar Player 2011‐2013 and has performed with Gordon Lightfoot among others.
Arts Awards Waterloo Region 2013 Nominee – Open Category Former director of CAFKA and the Rouge Contemporary Art Projects, Christian Bernard Singer has curated the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery since 2009.
Jill Summerhayes is a business leader and arts activist who founded the Cambridge Writers Collective and spearheaded the establishment of the Cambridge Centre for the Arts. To be recognized for spending 35 years volunteering in a community I love, for something I feel so passionately about was indeed an unexpected honour and I sincerely thank all those involved in this wonderful, celebratory occasion. Jill Summerhayes Lifetime Achievement Award – 2012 A longtime writer, her work has been recognized by the … Read More