Strathbutler Award

The Strathbutler Award is a biennial prize awarded to a New Brunswick visual artist. It was first awarded in 1991 as an annual prize of $10,000, which increased to $15,000 in 2005.[1] In 2011 it became a biennial award with a value of $25,000, the highest for any visual art prize in New Brunswick.[2]

Strathbutler Award
Awarded forvisual arts in New Brunswick
Sponsored byThe Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation
CountryCanada
Reward(s)$25,000
First awarded1991
Websitesheilahughmackay.ca/shmf/

The Strathbutler is awarded by the Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation, which was founded in 1987 by the New Brunswick philanthropist in order to promote the visual arts and fine crafts. A native of Saint John, Mackay lived from the mid 1980s in a cottage on her family's Rothesay estate, which was called Strathnaver. The cottage having been previously occupied by a man named Butler, she called her house Strathbutler, and later gave the name to her foundation's first art prize.[3]

The Strathbutler Award recipients are chosen by jury. Once informed of the jury's choice, Mackay personally called the winners to congratulate them, and presented them with their awards, accompanied by a poem of her own composition, at a gala.[1] Mackay died in 2004.[3]

Since 2015 award recipients have received an "iconic presentation piece" in the form of a sterling silver and copper knife designed by former Strathbutler laureate Brigitte Clavette. The design is based on the Mackay family crest and named Manu forti (with a strong hand), after the family's motto.[4]

Recipients

References

  1. Wallace, Kate (27 November 2010). "Sheila's legacy". New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal. Saint John, NB. p. S4.
  2. Burston, Cole (24 September 2011). "Honouring Kashetsky". New Brunswick Telegraph-Journal. Saint John, NB. pp. E2.
  3. Lawlor, Allison (2 November 2004). "Sheila Mackay, philanthropist, 1946-2004". The Globe and Mail. Toronto. pp. S9.
  4. "Manu Forti". Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation. Retrieved 8 February 2019.
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