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RBC announces call for entries as it kicks
off the eighth annual Canadian Painting Competition
RBC awards $55,000 to emerging Canadian artists — largest prize-money in Canadian painting
TORONTO, March 1, 2006 — RBC
Financial Group, with the support of the Canadian Art Foundation,
today announced the call for entries for the 2006 RBC Canadian
Painting Competition. Winners will be announced in September;
with the national winner receiving $25,000, and two honourable
mentions each receiving $15,000.
With a total of $55,000 in prize money, the RBC Canadian
Painting Competition has the largest prize of any painting
competition in Canada. Semi-finalists in the competition will
see their work displayed at prominent art galleries across
the country and featured in Canadian Art magazine.
Now in its eighth year, the competition focuses on discovering
great artistic talent from across the country. RBC works closely
with the Canadian Art Foundation to recognize the skill and
talent of Canada's emerging artists and to provide them the
opportunity for national exposure. As the competition adjudicator,
the Canadian Art Foundation oversees the judging of the works
by a selected panel of distinguished members of the visual
arts community.
"We've collaborated with RBC for many years to deliver
a first-class competition and recognize that RBC is an important
contributor to the Canadian visual arts community," said
Melony Ward, executive director, Canadian Art Foundation.
"The competition provides an opportunity for emerging
artists to have their work recognized at a national level
and helps to build the careers of many Canadian artists."
Entries must be submitted by May 14, 2006. Details and rules
of the competition may be found at www.rbc.com/paintingcompetition.
The submitted works will be short-listed to 15 semi-finalists
by independent panels of regional judges. All regional jurors
come together to determine one national winner and two honourable
mentions in September in Toronto, kicking off the national
touring exhibition. In addition to Toronto, the national tour
will exhibit the works of all 15 semi-finalists at prominent
galleries in Kitchener, Montreal, Calgary and Vancouver. For
dates and locations of the RBC Canadian Painting Competition
tour visit www.rbc.com/paintingcompetition.
All finalists will be featured in Canadian Art magazine
and on the web at www.rbc.com/paintingcompetition
and at www.canadianart.ca.
About the RBC Canadian Painting Competition
Established in 1999, the RBC Canadian Painting Competition
is a tribute to Canada's artistic talent. The goal of the
competition is to support and nurture Canadian visual artists
early in their career by providing them with a forum to display
their artistic talent to the country and hopefully open doors
to future opportunity. An investment in Canadian culture and
the visual arts community, the competition will award one
national prize of $25,000 and two honourable mentions will
receive $15,000 each. Along with past winners, the winning
paintings of 2006 will become part of RBC Financial Group's
Canadian art collection comprised of more than 4,000 works
of distinguished art collected over the past hundred years.
Various paintings from the RBC collection have been exhibited
in museums, enabling more Canadians to enjoy these wonderful
works. Presently, "Irish Point" and "Self
Portrait: Who is this Sir Mummings" by Christopher
Pratt are currently on loan to the National Gallery of Canada
to mark Pratt's 70th birthday in 2005. The Christopher Pratt
exhibition is touring to Halifax, St. John's, Winnipeg and
Quebec City through the National Gallery of Canada's Travelling
Exhibitions Program.
About RBC Financial Group
Royal Bank of Canada (TSX, NYSE: RY) uses the initials RBC
as a prefix for its businesses and operating subsidiaries,
which operate under the master brand name of RBC Financial
Group. Royal Bank of Canada is Canada's largest financial
institution as measured by market capitalization and assets,
and is one of North America's leading diversified financial
services companies. It provides personal and commercial banking,
wealth management services, insurance, corporate and investment
banking, and transaction processing services on a global basis.
The company employs approximately 70,000 full and part-time
employees who serve more than 14 million personal, business
and public sector clients through offices in North America
and some 30 countries around the world. For more information,
please visit www.rbc.com.
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Media contact:
Suzanne Willers, 416-974-2727
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