BMO Financial Group announces one national winner and 12 regional winners for its 19th annual BMO 1st Art! competition.BMO 1st Art! celebrates the creativity of art school students from over 100 post-secondary institutions across Canada. A grand prize of $15,000 will be awarded to the national winner and $7,500 awarded to each regional winner.
All selected works to be showcased in free virtual exhibition hosted by The Art Museum at the University of Toronto from November 16 to December 8 at artmuseum.utoronto.ca
This years selected winners are:
National Winner: Anna Kuelken, “Father Like Son”, NSCAD University (Nova Scotia)
Regional Winners: - Kev Liang, University of Alberta (Alberta) - Shannon Pahladsingh, University of the Fraser Valley (British Columbia) - Tayler Buss, University of Manitoba (Manitoba) - Alana Morouney, Mount Allison University (New Brunswick) - Bethany MacKenzie, Grenfell Campus, Memorial University of Newfoundland (Newfoundland and Labrador) - Max TS. Yang, NSCAD University (Nova Scotia) - Erin Faulks, Nunavut Arctic College (Nunavut) - Allysha Jacque, York University (Ontario) - Donald Price, Holland College (Prince Edward Island) - Maggy Hamel-Metsos, Concordia University (Quebec) - Holly Aubichon, University of Regina (Saskatchewan) - Juliet Di Carlo, Yukon School of Visual Arts (Yukon)