Jana Sterbak, she of the infamous meat dress (way, way back in 1987; nothing else Lady Gaga does is original, how could this be any different?); Toronto recipients are photographer Geoffrey James, whose images of parks and cityscapes in Paris and his hometown, among others, have won him widespread acclaim, and abstract painter Ron Martin; Vancouver performance artist Margaret Dragu; Halifax video artist Jan Peacock; and Waterloo sculptor Royden Rabionowitch. Diana Nemiroff, the former National Gallery curator who organized Sterbak’s 1991 show “States of Being” won the “outstanding contribution award, while the Saidye Bronfman Award for crafts was won by Calgary goldsmith Charles Lewton-Brain.
Congrats to all.


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