[BCMA] YVR Art Foundation Announces 2015 Scholarship Winners

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Nine B.C. First Nations artists recognized for creative excellence


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** Congratulations to the 2015 YVR Art Foundation Scholarship Recipients
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YVR Art Foundation (YVRAF) has announced the nine B.C. First Nations artists who will each be awarded $5,000 for their creative excellence and commitment to further develop their art practice. The winners will be recognized at the annual YVRAF Awards Reception held at Vancouver International Airport (YVR). The reception will also include the unveiling of the 2014 scholarship recipients’ art works which will be exhibited at YVR for one year.

The recipients of the 2015 YVR Art Foundation Youth Artist scholarships are:
* Jay Bellis,  age 23, Haida, residing in Masset
* Shoshannah Greene, age 22, Haida, residing in Queen Charlotte
* Harrison Hemeon, age 17, Squamish, residing in Abbotsford
* Kelsey Jules, age 20, Shuswap, residing in Kamloops
* Danika Naccarella, age 17, Gwa’sala-nakwaxda’xw/Nuxalk, residing in Terrace
* Edwin Neel, age 24, Kwakwaka’wakw, residing in Vancouver
* Cole Speck, age 23,  Kwakwaka’wakw, residing in Alert Bay

The 2015 Mid-Career Artist Scholarship recipients are:
* Dean Heron, Kaska/Tlingit, residing in Terrace
* Danielle Morsette, Sto:lo/Suquamish, residing in North Vancouver

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