MIDDLEBROOK PRIZE for YOUNG
CANADIAN CURATORS
Founded in 2012, the Middlebrook Prize is awarded annually and aims to foster social innovation and curatorial excellence in Canada.
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The Middlebrook Prize encourages social connectedness and a shared sense of community. The winner is a curator or curatorial team under 30 and receives a space for their exhibition and an honorarium.
We are pleased that Erin Szikora were awarded the 2022 Middlebrook Prize for Young Canadian Curators. Erin’s two exhibitions, Homecoming and For Catherine, were presented at the Art Gallery of Guelph from September 14 – December 31, 2022. The award was presented at a celebratory dinner with participants from the Canadians arts community, on April 21, 2022.
Submissions have closed for the 2023 Middlebrook Prize and the Jury will reveal their selection on April 12, 2023.
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Meet the Jury for the 2023 Prize
Our website is back after an unexpected outage. To recap, submissions for the 2023 Middlebrook Prize were open from early December 2022 and closed in late January.We are pleased to introduce the 2023 Jury charged with review of these submissions to determine our 2023 winner.
2022 Middlebrook Prize for Young Canadian Curators Awarded to Erin Szikora
We are pleased to announce that tonight the 10th Middlebrook Prize is awarded to emerging curator Erin Szikora. Her proposed exhibition, Homecoming, has been selected as the winning submission and will be presented at Art Gallery of Guelph from September 15 to December 18, 2022. The award was presented at a celebratory awards dinner at […]
2022 MPfYCC Call for Submissions
MIDDLEBROOK PRIZE for YOUNG CANADIAN CURATORS Founded in 2012, the Middlebrook Prize is awarded annually to an emerging Canadian curator who is under 30 with the aim to foster social innovation and curatorial excellence in Canada. Hosted and administered by the Art Gallery of Guelph, the winner is selected by a jury of arts leaders […]
Announcing 2021 Middlebrook Prize Exhibition
We are excited to announce the 2021 Middlebrook Prize Exhibition, “Collective Offering” opens tomorrow at Art Gallery of Guelph with special opening day hours from 5 to 8 pm. Curated by Mitra Fakhrashrafi and Vince Rozario, the exhibition responds to the compartmentalization and fragmentation produced by colonialism and deepened by this period of unprecedented political, ecological, and public health crises. Recognizing the particularly heavy toll exacted […]
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Winner
Erin Szikora is the winner of the 2022 Middlebrook Prize for projects Homecoming and For Catherine.
Homecoming
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For Catherine
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Collective Offerings
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Grounding
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tina guyani | deer road
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epistemologies of the moon
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My curiosities are not your curios
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Blood Sweat Tears
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The Queer Feeling of Tomorrow
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I’m Feeling Lucky
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as perennial as the grass
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