Portia White and Prix Grand-Pré Nomination Deadlines Changed

Nomination deadlines have changed for two of the province's art prizes.

The deadline for the Portia White Prize has been changed to July 15. The $25,000 award promotes excellence, innovation and expression in the arts.

The deadline for the Prix Grand-Pré has been changed to Aug. 15. The $2,000 award recognizes artists whose work reflects Acadian cultural values and traditions.

"These changes will improve the processing of applications and ensure peer juries have adequate time to review nominations before the recipients are announced at the annual Creative Nova Scotia Conference and Awards Gala in the fall," said Bill Dooks, Minister of Tourism, Culture and Heritage.

Prix Grand-Pré nominations will now be accepted for artists or artistic groups working in any medium, instead of one discipline each year. Given the small size of the Acadian artistic community, this change will allow for more nominations.

All of the changes were recommended to the minister by the Nova Scotia Arts and Culture Partnership Council, based on input from peer juries and staff.

More information and nomination forms for these and other art prizes can be found at www.gov.ns.ca/dtc/culture/culture_prizes.asp .