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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. […]

The 7th annual prize has been awarded to emerging curator Missy LeBlanc, for her project, Tina Guyani | Deer Road, which will be presented at the Art Gallery of Guelph from September 12 – December 15, 2019. The award was presented at a gala ceremony at the Gladstone Hotel in Toronto on March 5, 2019. […]

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, […]

We are pleased to announce that Lauren Gabrielle Fournier has been awarded the 6th Annual Middlebrook Prize for Young Canadian Curators. Her project, epistemologies of the moon, has been selected as the winning submission and will be presented at the Art Gallery of Guelph from September – December, 2018. The award was presented at a […]

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 […]