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, […]
We are pleased to announce that the 9th Middlebrook Prize is awarded to Mitra Fakfrashrafi and Vince Rozario. Their proposed exhibition, Collective Offerings, has been selected as the winning submission . .
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Please join us on March 30th at 7 pm ET for the announcement of the 2021 recipient of the Middlebrook Prize for Young Canadian Curators. This year it will be online, allowing all Canadians to attend.
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 […]
We are excited to announce the 2020 Middlebrook Prize Exhibition, “Grounding” opens this month at Art Gallery of Guelph. Curated by Maya Wilson-Sanchez, the exhibition features artists Warren Cariou (Métis and European), Ximena Garrido-Lecca (Peruvian), Dana Prieto (Argentine) and Tsēmā (Tahltan). Grounding includes artwork made from the ground – work that uses as its material basis the […]
On March 5th, 2020 we returned to Gladstone Hotel in Toronto to award the 2020 Middlebrook Prize. Shauna McCabe, Executive Director of Art Gallery of Guelph introduced two members of the 2019 Prize Jury, Sally Frater and Lisa Volpe, who shared commentary on why Maya Wilson-Sanchez’s submission was selected from the over 20 very strong applications.
The 8th annual prize has been awarded to emerging curator Maya Wilson-Sanchez. Her project, Grounding, has been selected as the winning submission and will be presented at Art Gallery of Guelph from September 17 to December 13, 2020. The award was presented at a gala ceremony at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto on March 5, […]
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 […]
We are excited to announce that 2019 Middlebrook Prize winner Missy LeBlanc, will be opening her exhibition “Tina Guyani | Deer Road” at Art Gallery of Guelph. Curated by Missy LeBlanc, the exhibition features artists Glenna Cardinal and seth cardinal dodginghorse. There are two events planned: Wednesday 11 September at 6.30 pm Roundtable discussion with Missy LeBlanc, 2019 winner of the […]
On March 5th, 2019 we returned to Gladstone Hotel in Toronto to award the 2019 Middlebrook Prize. Shauna McCabe, Executive Director of Art Gallery of Guelph introduced two members of the 2019 Prize Jury, Michelle Jacques and Ryan Rice, who shared commentary on why Missy’s submission was selected from the over 20 very strong applications. […]
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 […]
It was a night to remember on 7 March 2018 at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto. There was an engaged cohort of leaders in the arts,media and business worlds at our first-ever Toronto event in celebration of this years’ winner of Middlebrook Prize for Young Canadian Curators. Look out for our 2018 winner, Lauren Gabrielle Fournier, and […]
Each year, a group of top curators and leaders in the visual arts world generously agree to serve as the Jury, charged with a rigorous selection process to determine the Middlebrook Prize winner. Meet our 2018 Jury: Andrew Hunter, Senior Curator, Art Gallery of Guelph (Chair) Srimoyee Mitra, Director of Stamps Gallery, Stamps School of Art and […]
We were pleased to learn that the Middlebrook Prize visual identity was recognized as a winner at Directions Awards Gala 2016 gala held in Toronto November 17, 2016. Directions is judged by national and international peers and presented by The Advertisers & Design Club of Canada. Although we already knew Chris Duchaine‘s design work was a creative tour de […]
Seize this opportunity to engage with 2016 Middlebrook Prize co-winners, Isabelle Lynch and Sophie Lynch, as they explore their exhibition Blood, Sweat, and Tears.Even more special, they will be awarded their prize in a ceremony with some past winners and Jury members. Come out to Art Gallery of Guelph this Saturday 19 November at 4 pm.An international line […]
