Announcing the Finalists of the 2023 Toronto Arts Foundation Awards

March 22, 2023
 

Toronto Arts Foundation is pleased to announce the finalists of the 2023 Toronto Arts Foundation Awards. Five Awards celebrating Toronto’s exceptional artists, cultural leaders and arts organizations will be presented at our annual awards ceremony, taking place on April 17, 2023. 

The finalists for this year showcase the depth and range of Toronto’s arts landscape. Organizations that engage youth and community through the arts, as well as individuals leading organizations and those practising in music, visual arts and theatre, are being honoured. 

The finalists of the 2023 Toronto Arts Foundation Awards are:

 

ARTS FOR YOUTH AWARD

Nia Centre for the Arts -  an organization that supports, promotes and showcases art from Canada’s Black diaspora

ONE MIC EDUCATORS - a multi-disciplinary arts education enterprise dedicated to engaging the disengaged through the arts

Théâtre français de Toronto - a company that performs repertoire and new work for Francophones and Francophiles

 

BREAKTHROUGH ARTIST AWARD

Jorian Charlton - photographer working in portraiture

Oluseye Ogunlesi - multidisciplinary artist

Rammah Mohammad - singer, songwriter, performer, and vocal coach

 

COMMUNITY ARTS AWARD

Community Arts Guild - an arts and community-building organization in the Kingston-Galloway/Orton Park neighbourhood 

R.I.S.E. Edutainment - an organization that combines education and entertainment to create meaningful work rooted in self knowledge and self-expression

Tamil Archive Project - a collective that prioritizes the participation and experiences of communities in the Greater Toronto Area with histories of marginalization

 

MARGO BINDHARDT AND RITA DAVIES AWARD

D. Brainerd Blyden-Taylor - conductor, clinician, adjudicator, lecturer and Founder and Artistic Director of The Nathaniel Dett Chorale

Naomi Johnson - curator/programmer, arts administrator and Executive Director for imagineNATIVE

Ann and David Powell - Founders of Puppetmongers Theatre

 

MURIEL SHERRIN AWARD

Measha Brueggergosman-Lee - soprano who performs both as an opera singer and concert artist

Hilario Duran Torres - pianist, producer, composer, arranger and bandleader

Joy Lapps - steelpan composer and educator

 

Please visit our website for a comprehensive page with award descriptions, bios and quotes from the finalists.