McMaster BFA Student Awards
April 24, 2018
Congratulations to all McMaster’s extraordinary graduating BFA students, SOTA Faculty, and guest curator, Paul Cvetich, on the spring graduation exhibition, Flux. Even the postponement due to ice storm did not dampen the enthusiasm of the crowds, as we welcomed more than 300 guests to the Museum and the McMaster Art Studios on Saturday. Special mention and congratulations to award winners:
Flux: SUMMA 2018 Exhibition Award Winners
- Dina Hamed
Faculty Award – Selected by the Studio Art Faculty - Sheetal Prasad
Museum Award – Selected by the Guest Curator Paul Cvetich - Emerald Bruce and Clara Laratta
People’s Choice (a tie, for the first time)
BMO 1st Art! Nominations
BMO 1st Art! celebrates the creativity of art school students from over 100 post-secondary institutions across Canada. Every year BMO Financial Group invites the deans and instructors of undergraduate-level certificate, diploma, or degree programmes in studio art to select from their graduating classes three students whose ability and imagination place them 1st among their peers.
The nominees from the McMaster BFA Graduating class of 2018 are:
- Chantelle Stringle
- Clara Laratta
- Christina Ugge
Bravo all!
Don’t miss the exhibition, which closes this Saturday April 28, and SUMMA in the News:
Hamilton Spectator, Review by Regina Haggo, April 21
City Matters/Cable 14: Interview with ermerging artists Chantelle Stringle, Clara Laratta and Professor Judy Major-Girardin, April 12
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