Arts Awards Recipients

Tom Wilson

Tom Wilson is the best-selling author of Beautiful Scars as well as a five-time Juno winning Canadian musician with multiple gold records. Wilson has written and recorded songs with many internationally recognized artists and has toured extensively with his bands Junkhouse, Blackie and the Rodeo Kings and most recently, Lee Harvey Osmond. His art has shown in galleries in New York City, Vancouver and Toronto.

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Andrew McPhail

Andrew McPhail is a Canadian visual artist based in Hamilton, Ontario. His accumulative, craft-oriented work re-configures ephemeral materials such as Band Aids, Kleenex, pins, sequins and post-its into large sculptures, installations and events. He also co-founded the Hundred Dollar Gallery and is a founding member of The Assembly. 

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Daniel Edmonds

Daniel Edmonds is a musician and visual artist based in Hamilton, Ontario. His artistic processes involve composition, production and illustration. His work reflects a collaborative approach to making art and emphasizes cooperative creativity. In practice, his audio and visual work display an understanding of both analog and digital techniques.

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Jim Ruxton

Jim Ruxton is an award-winning media artist and electronics engineer. He works and collaborates in film, installation, theatre and dance fusing technology with art, often creating work that is interactive. Recipient of an OAC Chalmers Award, two Dora Mavor Moore Awards and granted LED lighting patents, Jim directed the art and science festival, Subtle Technologies for 17 years.

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Jennifer Gillies

Jennifer Gillies started as a volunteer with gritLIT in its second year and has been employed as artistic director since the festival was incorporated. She has also worked as a freelance writer and editor and has taught Creative Writing at Mohawk College and at Sheridan College in Oakville.

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Jordi Alfaro

Based in Hamilton, Jordi is a settler/immigrant from Barcelona. Jordi’s creative practice consists of ceramic sculptures that express material presence in its elemental forms. Through attention to surface, form and scale, the sculptures embody a timeless quality, inhabiting space with a quiet equilibrium in the way of rocks or architecture.

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Karen Ancheta

Karen Ancheta is an actor by training, a storyteller w/Hamilton 7, co-founder @porchlighttheatrehamilton (developing & supporting of marginalized Emerging/Professional Theatre Artists), 1/7 founder of The Garden Project: www.industrypresents.com/garden-project, collaborator with Kwentong Bayan Collective, vocal coach at Humber College, a mentor for The House Key Project.

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www.instagram.com/mskaren.theatreheart

Leon Robinson

Leon ‘Eklipz’ Robinson is a multi-dimensional artist who utilizes a vast skill set for the expression of Self. Throughout the years a constant muse has been his connection to Hip Hop Culture. His work is bold and dynamic and speaks to his life experiences.

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Olivia Brouwer

Olivia Brouwer is a mixed media painter, printmaker, and sculptor from Hamilton, Ontario. Brouwer translates her own partial blindness into art that raises awareness around visual impairment and accessibility using abstract interpretations of nature and spiritual themes related to blindness.

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www.oliviabrouwer.com

www.instagram.com/olivetreeonthemount

stylo starr

stylo starr is an established visual alchemist and creative facilitator based in Hamilton, Ontario. Her artistic process involves both digital and hand cut paper collage, with a focus on found vintage media. Her work is a meditation on Black culture, life and fantasy.

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Bradlee Henry

Bradlee Henry has been a driving force in helping Hamilton’s Indigenous youth reconnect with their community through his vibrant traditional drumming and singing. He has performed at events across the city, including Living Rock’s Arts of August Youth Arts Festival, the Hamilton Conservatory for the Arts’ Together in Dance Festival, Hamilton Regional Indian Centre’s Virtual Youth & Elders Gathering and more.

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Erica Commisso

Erica Commisso has been a dedicated volunteer with McMaster radio 93.3 CFMU since 2018. This dedication led to her current role as Music Director and radio show host, where she uses her platform to promote both local and out-of-town musicians. Erica has also been an active member of VIE Division, a semi-professional hip hop dance team based out of McMaster University, both as a dancer and volunteer.

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Judy Marsales

Judy Marsales has been a consistent supporter of the arts and culture sector, both as a business owner and active volunteer. In addition to supporting numerous organizations and fundraisers, Judy has served as a board member for the Brott Music Festival, Hamilton All Star Jazz Band, Hamilton Music Collective (An Instrument for Every Child) and the Hamilton Music Advisory Team.

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Nancy McKibbin Gray

Nancy McKibbin Gray is a founding member and volunteer of the Carnegie Gallery, including over ten years as Board Chair during which the Board oversaw the building purchase, renovation and expansion of the gallery. Nancy has served on many committees including the Arts Advisory Commission, Telling Tales, gritLit, and Arts Dundas Weekend and was a long-time employee of Bryan Prince Bookseller.

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