There are 40 nominees for the 9th Annual Arts and Heritage Awards being presented next month.
The nominees are being recognized by The City of Thunder Bay in 11 categories which include lifetime achievement, visual art, music, stage performance, and sponsor of the year.
The city says “the nominees represent a cross-section of (Thunder Bay’s) most talented and dedicated creatives working in arts, culture, and heritage.”
The awards ceremony will take place on Thursday, November 14th at Magnus Theatre and is being sponsored by Copperfin Credit Union.
The nominees are as follows:
Music
Femur
Greenbank (Jimmy Breslin and Craig Smyth)
Loose Cannon
Mary McGhee – Thunder Bay Community Choir
LockyerBoys – Will and Charlie Lockyer
Sektion – Jay Schaaf
Film
Jack Belhumeur
Curtis Jensen
Visual Arts
Brian Neiminen
Michael O’Connor
Robyn Chikane
Stage Performance
Aleksa Shermack
Annette Pateman
Badanai Theatre
Cortney Kennedy
Les Miserables by All the Daze Productions
Cultural Organization
10×10 (Artistic Director Cathi Winslow)
Community Arts & Heritage Project (CAHEP)
Royal Canadian Legion Branch 5
Paramount Live
Algoma House
Raag Rung Music Circle
Cultural Sponsor of the Year
The Chronicle Journal
The Waterfront District BIA
Cultural Festival or Event of the Year
Doors Open Thunder Bay
Franco-Festival
Vox Popular Media Arts Festival
Northwest Film Fest – North of Superior Film Festival
Cultural Professional of the Year
Judy Czank-Mayor
Spencer Hari
Achievement – Built Heritage
Friends of Chippewa Park – Carousel Restoration Committee/Project
Lakehead Transportation Museum Society – Alexander Henry
Achievement – Outstanding Youth
LockyerBoys – Will and Charlie Lockyer
Katelyn Luoma
Robyn Chikane
Achievement – Lifetime
Bonnie McNulty
Damon Dowbak
Mary McGhee
Mark Nisenholt
John Forget
