* * Media Invitation * *
8th annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition to visit Montreal
MONTREAL, October 10, 2006 — RBC Financial Group,
The Canadian Art Foundation and the Musée d’art
contemporain de Montréal would like to invite you to
preview the RBC Canadian Painting Competition Exhibition at
a reception at the gallery in Montreal on October 17, 2006.
The exhibition features artwork from Eastern, Central and
Western Canada.
Several recognized artists from Eastern Canada, whose works
form part of the exhibit will be in attendance including Montreal’s
Dil Hildebrand, who was named the national winner in the competition
and was awarded $25,000 as well as Nicolas Grenier of Montreal,
Jonathan Johnson of Halifax, Daniel Langevin of Montreal and
Luce Meunier of Montreal.
Adam Brickell of Niagara Falls and Matthew Brown of Vancouver
were awarded with $15,000 each and honourable mentions for
their works.
With a total of $55,000 in prize money, the RBC Canadian
Painting Competition has Canada’s largest arts award
disbursement for painting. Artists and representatives from
RBC and the Canadian Art Foundation will be on hand to participate
in one-on-one interviews.
DATE: October 17, 2006
TIME: 6:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
RECEPTION: 6:00 p.m. – Cocktails and Hors d’Oeuvres
7:15 p.m. – Introduction of regional semi-finalists
and Dil Hildebrand, national winner and recipient of $25,000
7:45 p.m. – One-on-one interviews
WHERE: Musée d’art contemporain de Montréal
185 St. Catherine Street West, Montreal
The RBC Canadian Painting Competition Exhibition will be
on display at the Musée d’art contemporain de
Montréal from October 10 – October 22. The exhibition
is touring prominent galleries across Canada. For more details
on the competition, please visit www.rbc.com/paintingcompetition.
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.
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To R.S.V.P. for the media briefing and to book interviews,
please contact:
Raymond Chouinard, RBC Media Relations, 514-874-6556, raymond.chouinard@rbc.com
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