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October 20, 2005

Bonnie Baxter has been awarded the Price for Artistic Creation in the region by the Conseil des Arts et des Lettres du Québec

Montreal, June 8, 2005 – The Conseil des arts et des lettre du Québec (CALQ) has awarded the prize for artistic creation for the Laurentides region to artist Bonnie Baxter. This prize was awarded in the context of des Grands Prix de la culture des Laurentides which this year honored visual artists.

Since 1972 Bonnie Baxter has participated in more than 150 exhibitions of print and video work in Québec, Canada and Internationally. The Laurentides Museum of Contemporary Art - Le Musée d'art contemporain des Laurentides will present an important exhibition this autumn 2005 of works by the artist from the past 10 years. This exhibition entitled Rewind, will circulate in Canada and in the United States until the Istanbul Museum of Graphic Arts (IMOGA) where she will complete the tour in 2009.

Parallel to the exhibition at the Musée d'art contemporain des Laurentides, Galerie Simon Blais will present an exhibition of recent works by the artists entitled Les coquelicots.

Following an invitation from the Musée national des beaux-arts du Québec, Bonnie Baxter will deliver a public presentation on the occasion of the exhibition Riopelle. Impressions sans which will be held from the 20th of October 2005 to January 8th 2006.

Press release

Posted by admin at October 20, 2005 12:02 PM