Past Programs
Ukraine-Heritage, Spirit and Future
To mark its 20th Anniversary, and to help strengthen Ukraine’s cultural legacy, in 2022, the Foundation ran a program of awards designed to recognize and celebrate exceptional talent in performing artists 35 years and under, by offering ten awards of $10,000 each to young Canadian performing artists of Ukrainian heritage and ten awards of $10,000 each to young Ukrainian citizens who have been recently displaced.
Laureate Illia Bondarenko (Kyiv) plays Piece for Illia by Ryuichi Sakamoto in the rubble of a school destroyed by Russian missiles in Zhytomyr
The Hnatyshyn Foundation and TD Bank Group Awards for Emerging Curator of Contemporary Canadian Art and Emerging Visual Artist
The Hnatyshyn Foundation - TD Bank Group Awards supported emerging curators and artists under the age of 35 whose body of work incorporates a public presence and peer recognition. From 2013 to 2015, one curator was selected annually to receive an award of $10,000. From 2016 to 2019, one artist and one curator were selected annually to receive an award of $10,000 each.
Jennifer Aitken, 2016 laureate of the Hnatyshyn Foundation - TD Bank Group Award for an Emerging Visual Artist. Oppik, 2016, concrete and foam, 19 x 31 x 23 in
The Emerging Atlantic Artist Residency
The Emerging Atlantic Artist Residency provided one emerging visual artist from Atlantic Canada the opportunity to create new work within the inspiring surrounds of The Banff Centre over a period of eight weeks.
The vision of this residency program was to strengthen cultural connections between eastern and western Canada, and to assist in building the skills necessary for emerging Atlantic artists to be successful in their careers.
Anne Macmillan, 2016 laureate, the Emerging Atlantic Artist Residency. Photo credit: Carolina Andrade
REVEAL Indigenous Art Awards
REVEAL Indigenous Art Awards honoured Indigenous Canadian artists working in all artistic disciplines. The comprehensive program of awards and promotional activities, including 150 cash awards of $10,000 each were awarded in 2017, to fuel the creation of new artistic works and leave a lasting cultural legacy.
Shelley Niro, REVEAL Indigenous Art Awards laureate. Day at the Beach, from the series Toys aren’t us, 2017