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HAIIN Cultural Awards handed out in Blyth
Warden's stamp of approval
Jacquie Bishop, centre, was presented with the Huron County Warden's Award Friday night at
Memorial Hall. The award, presented on behalf of Warden Jim Ginn, left, goes to the most
worthy nominee across all of the Huron Arts and Heritage Network's Cultural Awards and
Bishop, who chaired last September's International Plowing Match in Walton was the winner.
Bishop now joins past winners Ruth Anne Merner, Gerry Smith, Verna Steffler, Duncan
McGregor and Catherine Weber. From left: Ginn, Bishop and Huron Arts and Heritage Network
Chair Aaron Neeb. (Shawn Loughlin photo)
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Thompson presented the award and
said she was struck by the quality of
the contributions by all three
nominees.
Blyth Festival Artistic Director Gil
Garratt was honoured in the
Individual Artist category.
Like many of the other winners,
Garratt attributed his success to the
skill and talent of others, saying that
in a collaborative process like
theatre, it felt strange to collect an
individual award.
Garratt said that he's been able to
"stand on the shoulders" of
collaborators and employees both
past and present at the Blyth
Festival, but continues to strive to
reach higher and higher.
Garratt's nominator spoke about
Garratt's two decades of creating art
in Huron County and his
commitment to telling the stories of
Huron County residents and
embracing diversity at the theatre
whenever possible.
Furthermore, with the production
of The Berlin Blues and Ipperwash
last season, he gave a voice to
First Nations communities on the
Memorial Hall stage and has raised
the theatre's national profile with the
production of The Pigeon King at
the National Arts Centre for its
upcoming season.
Garratt triumphed over
photographer Devin Sturgeon and
artist Elizabeth Van Den Broeck in
the category.
Colleen Maguire was honoured in
the Heritage Individual or
Organization category for her work
with the Huron branch of the Ontario
Genealogical Society and as a
member of the 2013 Great
Lakes Storm Commemorative
Committee.
Maguire topped David Yates and
Marian Zinn in the category.
The St. Joseph Kingsbridge
Community project won in the
Community Event or Organization
category, beating out the
International Plowing Match,
thatotherchoir, the Blyth Festival Art
Gallery 2017 Student Show, the
Foundation for Education and LP
Productions and Events.
The initiative has taken a church
building that had closed several
years before and turned it into a
world-class performance space that
has attracted performers from all
over the world.
The 2018 season is already
completely booked and hundreds of
thousands of dollars have been
raised to aid in the renovation and
rejuvenation of the centre.
Liv Hussey was the recipient of
the Blyth Centre for the Arts and
Huron Arts and Heritage Network
Arts Scholarship.
The Blyth -area native is a student
at the Goderich and District
Collegiate Institute and plans on
attending the Mel Hoppenheim
School of Cinema at Concordia
University to study film production
in the fall of 2018.
The awards night was held at
Memorial Hall in Blyth, marking the
first time the awards had ever been
handed out in Blyth. It included
several musical performances by the
Blyth Festival Singers, the St.
Anne's Catholic Secondary School
Jazz Cubed combo and John and
Melina Powers.
All winners were presented with a
piece of art contributed by local
artist Michele Miller, who has been
featured at the Blyth Festival Art
Gallery.
For more information on the
awards or the Huron Arts and
Heritage Network, visit its website
at creativehuron.ca.
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