Oshawa Culture Counts Awards: Emerging Artist
2025 Application
The City of Oshawa invites nominations for the Oshawa Culture Counts Award: Emerging Artist.
This award recognizes an artist in the early stages of their career in any arts discipline (including performing, visual, cinematic, design, architecture and literary arts) who is skilled and determined to advance their artistic capabilities. This individual understands the value of their gift within the community, and leverages these skills to inspire and enrich the lives of fellow citizens.
The individual must be between 12 to 30 years or have begun their artistic practice within the past five years.
The winner of this award will receive a $200.00 honorarium.
Nominee Eligibility (Please be aware of the following)
- An organization or community group may nominate an individual, collective and/or organization for any award.
- Nominees must be a current or former resident of the city of Oshawa, work in the city of Oshawa, or collaborate with an Oshawa-based organization.
- A nominee may be the recipient of only one award per year.
- City of Oshawa staff and elected officials are not eligible for an award, but may nominate individuals.
- An individual cannot be nominated posthumously.
Selection Criteria
The following criteria will be used to select the award recipient:
- Artistic merit / interest
- Evidence of commitment to artistic practice
- Career path in an artistic discipline
- Critical acknowledgments of the artist's work (i.e., exhibition/performance opportunities, publications, reviews, articles, etc.) (see above comment)
- Recognition by the local arts community
Submission Guidelines
Nominations will be accepted beginning Monday, January 6, 2025. The deadline for nominations is 11:59 p.m. on Monday, February 3, 2025.
If you have any questions in respect to the application and process, please contact [email protected]. Paper copies of the application are available at Service Oshawa.
This form may contain personal information as defined under the Municipal Freedom of Information and Protection of Privacy Act. This information is collected under the legal authority of the Municipal Act, 2001, S.O. 2001 c.25, as amended. This information will be used and maintained by the City of Oshawa for purposes of administering the Oshawa Culture Counts Awards, and may be used for advertising or publicity purposes. Questions regarding this collection may be directed to the City’s Information Access and Privacy Officer, City of Oshawa, 905-436-3311.
