RBC announces call for entries for 12th annual RBC Canadian
Painting Competition
$55,000 awarded to emerging Canadian artists in largest
competition of its kind in Canada
TORONTO, February 10, 2010 — RBC, with the support of the
Canadian Art Foundation, today announced the call for entries
for the 2010 RBC Canadian Painting Competition. Entries must
be submitted by May 3, 2010.
Winners will be announced September 29, 2010 with the national
winner receiving a purchase prize of $25,000 and two honourable
mentions each receiving purchase prizes of $15,000. Semi-finalists
in the competition will see their work displayed at prominent
Canadian art galleries and featured in Canadian Art magazine.
"The RBC Canadian Painting Competition has revealed
some of Canada's emerging talent who may not have been discovered
otherwise," said Ann Webb, Executive Director, Canadian
Art Foundation. "As one of the longest running competitions
in Canada with the largest cash prize, the RBC Canadian Painting
Competition is something that the Canadian art community looks
forward to every year."
RBC has worked closely with the Canadian Art Foundation to
deliver a professional competition that continues to grow
in stature. The Canadian Art Foundation oversees the adjudication
process, allowing the works to be judged by a select panel
of distinguished members of the visual arts community.
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 late September in Toronto to determine one national
winner and two honourable mentions. On September 29, the 2010
winner will be announced and all 15 paintings will be on exhibit
at the Power Plant in Toronto. All finalists will be featured
in Canadian Art magazine and on the web at www.rbc.com/paintingcompetition
and 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 purchase prize of $25,000 and two honourable mentions
will receive purchase prizes of $15,000 each. Along with past
winners, the winning paintings of 2010 will become part of
RBC'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.
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Media contact:
Matt Gierasimczuk,
RBC Media Relations, (416) 974-2124
Artist contact:
Deborah Dexter,
RBC Canadian Painting Competition, 416-974-6768
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