Northwest Coast artist Bracken Hanuse Corlett and Toronto-based writer and curator Paul Couillard are among the winners of recent awards from the Canada Council for the Arts.
Corlett, an interdisciplinary artist from the Wuikinuxv and Klahoose Nations, receives one of three Joseph S. Stauffer Prizes of $5,000. The other winners were Toronto writer Jody Chan and Vancouver-based musician Jen Yakamovich.
Corlett attended the Emily Carr University of Art and Design in Vancouver and has exhibited, screened and performed in Canada and abroad.
Couillard, a queer performance artist and independent scholar, was recognized with the Joan Yvonne Lowndes Award of $3,500.
Couillard co-founded the FADO Performance Art Centre in Toronto and the 7a*11d International Festival of Performance Art, also in Toronto, and is the editor of several monographs on Canadian performance artists.
The award, named for a former Vancouver art critic, is awarded to an independent critic or curator to recognize outstanding writing on contemporary Canadian art.
Source: Canada Council for the Arts