Unfortunately, Hamilton Blues Lovers' marketing guru, Linda Fraser didn't win a 2025 Hamilton Arts Awards at the June 12th ceremony. her category was Arts Champion. We are very proud of her at HBL.
Below is a complete list of winners. Music-related winners are bolded.
Creator Awards
- Luckystickz (musician)
Links: Luckystickz, More Luckystickz Stories, Video above courtesy of Lucky Stickz - Rollie Pemberton aka Cadence Weapon (musician, author)
Links: Cadence Weapon, More Cadence Weapon Stories, Video above courtesy of Cadence Weapon - Priyanka Tope (dancer, choreographer, vocalist, and educator)
- Adrien Crossman (artist, educator, and curator)
- Clarence A. Porter (artist)
- Hexe Noire (drag artist)
- Lester Coloma (artist)
- Sonali Menezes (artist, writer)
- Tanis Sydney Macarthur (costumer, dance artist, choreographer, aerialist, stilt walker, prop maker and creature designer)
Arts Champion Awards
- Lisa La Rocca (Chair of the Hamilton Music Advisory Team and Co-chair of the new Women in Music Hamilton/Halton chapter)+
- Rachel Conduit (runs art gallery, music venue, two bars, a restaurant, and two artist studio spaces)
- Smokestack (limited-edition prints)
- Steven Hilliard (curator and organizer)
Lifetime Achievement Award: John Terpstra (Writer, poet, publisher)
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