The Lieutenant Governor’s Award for High Achievement in the Arts , previously called the Excellence Awards Program, is an award given annually by the New Brunswick Arts Board to recognise outstanding contribution by artists to the arts in New Brunswick.
Recipients
* High Achievement in Literary Arts
** Robert Pichette – 2017
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M. Travis Lane – 2016
** Jacques Savoie – 2015
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Anne Compton
Anne Compton (born 1947) is a Canadian poet, critic, and anthologist.
Biography
Compton was born and raised in the farming community of Bangor, Prince Edward Island. She received her Bachelor of Arts from the University of Prince Edward Island, h ...
– 2014
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Melvin Gallant – 2013
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Myrtis Theresa Dohaney – 2012
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France Daigle
France Daigle (born 18 November 1953) is a Canadian author of Acadian ethnicity. Born and raised in Moncton, New Brunswick, she has published nine novels and three plays. She writes in French and has pioneered the use of the Chiac in her written ...
– 2011
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Beth Powning – 2010
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Raymond Fraser
Raymond Fraser (May 8, 1941 – October 22, 2018) was a Canadian biographer, editor, essayist, memoirist, novelist, poet and short story writer. Fraser published fourteen books of fiction, three of non-fiction, and eight poetry collections. Fras ...
– 2009
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Rino Morin Rossignol
Rino may refer to:
* Rino (given name)
* Republican In Name Only, a pejorative term for U.S. Republicans considered to be insufficiently conservative
* Rino, a singer-songwriter who performs under CooRie
* RiNo, the River North Art District north ...
– 2009
* High Achievement in Performing Arts
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Ray Legere
Ray Legere (born September 20, 1965) is a Canadian bluegrass fiddler, mandolinist, guitarist and band leader from Sackville, New Brunswick.
Legere has been named the Bluegrass Artist of the Year at the East Coast Music Association, East Coast Mu ...
- 2019
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Stephen Tobias – 2017
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Jules Boudreau – 2015
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Igor Dobrovolskiy – 2014
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Jenny Munday – 2013
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Edith Butler
Edith is a feminine given name derived from the Old English words ēad, meaning 'riches or blessed', and is in common usage in this form in English, German, many Scandinavian languages and Dutch. Its French form is Édith. Contractions and vari ...
– 2012
** Patrick Clark – 2011
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Chantal Cadieux – 2010
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Calixte Duguay
Calixte Duguay, (born July 15, 1939) is a multi-disciplinarian Canadian artist born in Ste-Marie-St-Raphaël, on Lamèque Island.
In 2009, he was made a Member of the Order of Canada "for the impact he has had on the Acadian and Canadian music ...
– 2010
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Marcel-Romain Thériault – 2009
* High Achievement in Visual Arts
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Peter Powning – 2017
** Suzanne Hill – 2016
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Thaddeus Holownia
Thaddeus Holownia (born July 2, 1949) is a British-born Canadian artist and professor. He taught photography at Mount Allison University and served as the head of the Fine Arts Department, retiring in 2018.
Career
Born in England, the family o ...
– 2015
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Anna Torma
Anna Torma (born 1952) is a Hungarian-Canadian fibre artist.
Work
Torma specializes in large-scale hand embroideries, and her work draws upon multiple artistic and textile techniques, including appliqué, felting, photo transfer, collage, and ...
– 2014
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Janice Wright-Cheney – 2013
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David Umholtz
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". w ...
– 2012
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Yvon Gallant – 2011
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Roméo Savoie – 2009
References
Canadian art awards
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