The YVR Art Foundation Scholarship program has announced its 2021 recipients.

The foundation annually awards $5,000 to emerging and mid-career visual artists who are Indigenous and residents of BC or Yukon.

This year, eight artists age 17 to 29 received an emerging artist scholarship, and two artists age 30 and over received a mid-career artist scholarship. The awards are provided to fund a mentor or master artist, art school or community project for each recipient.

Harrison Martin from Sidney, who is of the NisgaB次元官网网址檃 and Tsimshian nations and will work in wood carving, is one of three Vancouver Island winners. Nanaimo had two winners: Eliot White-Hill (Kwulasultun), a member of the Snuneymuxw Nation (Coast Salish), plans to attend Emily Carr University of Art + Design; Shaina Richelle Stephens, who is NisgaB次元官网网址檃 from LaxgaltsB次元官网网址檃p, will attend Vancouver Island University. All three received emerging artists awards.

Other 2021 scholarship winners are:

Emerging artists

B次元官网网址� Reggie Harrold (Vancouver), Slavey and Shuswap, attending the University of British Columbia.

B次元官网网址� Sydney Pickering (Vancouver), LilB次元官网网址檞at Nation, will work in hide tanning and textile.

B次元官网网址� Naomi Watkins (Vancouver), TkB次元官网网址檈ml煤ps te Secw茅pemc, attending Emily Carr University of Art + Design.

B次元官网网址� Rebecca Baker-Grenier (White Rock), Kwakiut艂 and S岣祑x瘫wu虂7mesh, will work in textile and fashion.

B次元官网网址� Angelo Kalum Cavagnaro (Terrace), NisgaB次元官网网址檃, will work in steam bending.

Mid-career artists

Shawn Patrick Aster (Terrace), TsB次元官网网址檓syen, member of the Ganhaada Clan of the Dzewelaks/LaB次元官网网址檕y, will work in carving.

Tina Robinson (Prince Rupert), TsB次元官网网址檓syen from Lax KwB次元官网网址檃laams, will work in weaving.

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The foundation is a charitable not-for-profit founded by the Vancouver International Airport in 1993. It supports First Nations artists from B.C. and Yukon through scholarships, grants, awards and exhibitions. In total, it has contributed over $600,000 and 160 scholarships, grants and awards.

To learn more about each artist and see samples of their work, go to .

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