Patron of the Arts Award
Definition
The Patron of the Arts Award recognizes a person, business, or organization that has demonstrated an ongoing commitment to the arts in Newfoundland and Labrador through innovative, community, or sustained support of artistic activity. The award comes with a piece of original art.
Residency Requirements
There is no residency requirement for the Patron of the Arts Award, and the nominee does not have to be a native Newfoundlander or Labradorian.
Nominations
Accredited Newfoundland and Labrador arts organizations and members of the general public can nominate one person, business or organization.
Nominators cannot nominate immediate family members. (Immediate family is defined as: spouse, child, parent, sister, brother, grandparent or grandchild.)
Nominees are considered only for the award for which they are nominated.
Each year a request for nominations (along with official nomination forms) is mailed to accredited arts organizations throughout Newfoundland and Labrador. Nominations are also solicited from the general public through print media advertising and the NLAC e-mail list. Nomination forms may be requested from the Newfoundland and Labrador Arts Council (NLAC) and are available at www.nlac.nf.ca.
Permission from the nominee is mandatory.
Deadline: nominations must be received or postmarked by February 1, 2010.
Adequate support material (slides, photographs, cassette tapes, compact discs, VHS tapes, manuscripts, scores, CD-Roms, DVDs, floppy discs, zip discs, recent reviews, etc.) is mandatory and will inform Council's discussions.
Please note: Original artworks cannot be accepted as support material. The NLAC is not responsible for damage to or loss of any submitted support material. If you require support material to be returned, please include a self-addressed stamped envelope with your nomination package OR arrange to pick it up from the NLAC office. Support material will not be returned until after the Arts Awards ceremony. Any support material that has not been picked up after one year will be sent to the provincial archives.
Voting and Selection
The recipient of the Patron of the Arts Award is selected by members of Council who vote by secret ballot. In the event of a tie vote, the Chair has a second vote.
If there are no nominees, or if those nominated do not qualify under the specified criteria, no award will be presented that year.
There is no limit to the number of times a person, business or organization may be nominated or win the Patron of the Arts Award.
The Patron of the Arts Award is given posthumously only if the nominee dies after being selected as the winner.
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