Textile Museum of Canada
The Textile Museum of Canada has announced the winners of the Melissa Levin Emerging Artist Award – Carrie Allison, Jagdeep Raina and Audie Murray.
Now in its third year, the award helps emerging artists with self-directed activities, such as art production, apprenticeships, residencies and research.
Carrie Allison, from Dartmouth, N.S., is an Indigenous, mixed-ancestry textile-based artist with roots in High Prairie, Alta. Her work can be seen in the Textile Museum's current exhibition, Wild, until March 15.
Jagdeep Raina, from Guelph, Ont., shares stories of Southern Ontario’s Sikh diaspora through his works on paper and embroideries. He will study weaving techniques that will further connect him to family textile traditions in Kashmir, India. His solo exhibition, Chase, will open at the Textile Museum in the fall of 2020.
Audie Murray, based in Victoria, is a multi-disciplinary Métis artist from Regina. Murray, who received an Honourable Mention Award, plans to deepen her research into rug hooking, beadwork and quillwork.
Past winners are Carrie Allison, Omar Badrin, Catherine Blackburn, Hannah Epstein, Vanessa Dion Fletcher and Meera Sethi.
Melissa Levin was an artist, mentor and teacher whose career as a textile and costume designer was synonymous with her love of colour and pattern.
Source: Textile Museum of Canada