The Canadian Women Artists’ Award
The Canadian Women Artists’ Award is a $5,000 cash grant open to Canadian women artists ages 25-40 in New York State.
The Canadian Women Artists’ Award (CWAA) is supported by funding granted to NYFA by the Canadian Women’s Club (CWC) of New York as a way to continue its philanthropic work when it disbanded.
PROGRAM OVERVIEW
The CWAA is an unrestricted cash grant and can be used in any manner the recipient deems necessary to further their artistic goals.
Applications for the next program cycle are expected to launch in summer 2024.
In 2022, CWC and NYFA awarded three (3) $5,000 awards, one in each of the following categories:
- Visual Arts: Painting, Photography, Craft/Sculpture, Printmaking/Drawing, or Interdisciplinary Work
- Media and Design: Video/Film, Experimental Sound, or Design
- Literary Arts: Poetry, Nonfiction, Fiction, or Playwriting/Screenwriting
WHO CAN APPLY?
The Canadian Women Artists’ Award is open to Canadian women artists living in New York State who meet the following requirements:
- Must be a Canadian citizen, and able to provide proof of citizenship with legal documentation upon receipt of the award.
- Must be between the ages of 25 and 40 before the application deadline.
- Must be a current resident of New York State.
- Must apply in only one of the eligible discipline categories.
- Must be the originators of the work.
- Must not be a previous recipient of the Canadian Women Artists’ Award.
- Must not be a NYFA employee, member of the NYFA Board of Trustees or Artists’ Advisory Committee, and/or an immediate family member of any of the previous.
Students in bachelor’s or master’s degree programs are eligible to apply.
2022 RECIPIENTS
Fiona Alison Duncan, Literary Arts
Maud Madsen, Visual Arts
Maryam Mir, Media & Design
2021 RECIPIENTS
Rena Anakwe, Visual Arts
Sana A. Malik, Media & Design
2020 RECIPIENTS
Destinie Adelakun, Photography
Sara Jimenez, Interdisciplinary Work
2019 RECIPIENT
Celeste Yim, Playwriting/Screenwriting
2018 RECIPIENT
Émilie Martel, Video/Film
2017 RECIPIENT
Anna Webber, Music/Sound
Image Credit: Destinie Adelakun, ADE – Oshun and Oya’s crown, 2020
