CONGRATS! 2022 Arts Awards Waterloo Region Winners

From the Arts Awards Waterloo Region site

Congratulations to our 2022 Winners!

Arts Awards Waterloo Region hosted its awards night on Wednesday, November 16th,  2022. The arts community – artists, supporters, and fans –gathered at Tapestry Hall in Cambridge, ON for the 2022 Arts Awards Waterloo Region Awards Event. 

The evening saw 9 awards presented: five awards presented in the broad category of “the arts”; in addition, there were two Emerging Artist awards, an Arts Philanthropist award, and a Lifetime Achievement award. The evening culminated when Patel arrived at the final winner’s home to present the Lifetime Achievement award. 

Below is  a list of nominees with the winner on top and bolded

Arts Philanthropist

• Waterloo Region Community Foundation
• Heffner Family 
• Scott Higgins

General

• Bangishimo Johnston (Photographer)
• Tara Butler (Dust and Soul Dance)
• Sheila McMath (Inter Arts Maxtrix)
• Sarah Kernohan (Painter)
  
  
  
  Video above courtesy of Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery
  
  
• Marshall Ward and Sara Geidlinger (Bonn Park Podcast)
• Majdi Bou-Matar (MT Space Theatre and IMPACT International Theatre Festival)
• Heather Kocsis (multi-media artist)
• IMPACT International Theatre Festival
• Jesse Webber and Jason Carraro of Kitchener Famous Podcast
• Stephanie Boutari (multi-media artist)
• Terry O’Neill (arts educator)
• Unwrap Theater

Emerging Artist

• Alanah Astehti Otistohkwa (Morningstar) Jewell (mixed-media)
• Torin Langen (filmmaker, multi-media designer)
  
  
  
  Video above courtesy of Humans Are Alright
  
  
• Andrew Jacob Rinehart (harpist, music instructor)
• Sam Mercury (actor, writer)
• Stroll Walking Tour and Juanita Metzger 
• Kate Kamo McHugh (dance)

Lifetime Achievement

• Majdi Bou-Matar (MT Space Theatre and IMPACT International Theatre Festival)
  
  
  
  Video above courtesy of WRArtsAwards
  
  
• Claude Cloutier (Grand River Blues Society, Kitchener Blues Festival)
• Dennis Cuomo and George White (Grand River Blues Society Youth Camp)
• Heather Franklin (Riverside Print Group)
• Valerie Hill (Waterloo Record reporter)

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