Art Windsor-Essex wins four awards

Sandwich Visionaries, an after-school drop-in program for children in Sandwich Town and West Windsor, won an Education Award. (Source: AWE)

After their nomination for eight awards, AWE won four GOG (Galeries Ontario/Ontario Galleries) Exhibition Awards.

The gallery was recognized during the 47^th Annual GOG Awards Ceremony in Toronto on Dec. 1.

AWE’s four awards

Exhibition of the year budget under $10,000

Jordan Sook: The Closest I’ve Felt to God reflects the history of the Underground Railroad. The curator is Jennifer Matotek.

First exhibition in a public art gallery

Behnaz Fatemi: Rhythm of Remembering, shows what is left behind during displacement. The curators are Niku Koochak and Behnaz Fatemi

Education award

Sandwich Visionaries is an after-school drop-in program for children in Sandwich Town and West Windsor. The program’s educators are Marc Ngui, Julie Rae Tucker, Sophie Hinch and Nadja Pelkey.

The artists are Lana Talbot, Fabio Costante, Melinda Munro, John Elliot, Safa Youness, Nolan Arthur, Bilal Nasser, Talysha Bujold-Abu, Kamryn Cusamano, Chidera Ikewibe, Catherine Hois, Meaghan Sweeney, Emily Conlon, A Jamali Rad and Mary Anne Barkhouse

Design budget under $1,500

Marc Ngui – Graphic Designer, Recitation Test (Performance by Chidera Ikewibe).