How To Nominate an Artist For Governor General's Awards in Visual and Media Arts

Know someone with great artistic achievement and outstanding contributions in visual and media arts and fine craft?

The GGArts awards are part of the Canada Council’s suite of prizes recognizing excellence in the arts.

Up to eight awards are distributed every year: six awards recognize artistic achievements, one award recognizes excellence in fine craft (Saidye Bronfman Award) and one award recognizes an outstanding contribution to contemporary visual arts, media arts or fine craft. The winners each receive a medallion and a cash prize of $25,000 each.

The call for nominations is now open with a deadline of June 1, 2022.

To nominate a candidate, head to Canada Council for the Arts, where you will be able to download guidelines and nomination forms.

Nomination forms must be submitted by email to ggarts@canadacouncil.ca.