The winners were unveiled at the first Visual Art Awards, hosted by actor Emmanuel Bilodeau on December 13th at the newly renovated Rialto Theatre : : Marie-Claude Bouthillier couronnée au premier gala de l'AGAC (Mario Cloutier, La Presse, December 14th, 2011).
Best exhibition – Artist-Run Center
→ "Barda", Dazibao - Frédéric Lavoie
→ "Bunk Bed City", Centre Clark - Dean Baldwin
→ "Dans le ventre de la baleine", OPTICA, un centre d'art contemporain - Marie-Claude Bouthillier
Young Curator of the Year
→ Marie-Eve Beaupré *executive member of OPTICA's board of directors*
→ Meredith Carruthers
→ Sébastien Hudon
Art Critique of the Year - Specialized Media
→ Sylvain Campeau
→ Anne-Marie Ninacs *curator of the exhibition "My Glance is Clear Like a Sunflower" by Raymonde April, hosted by OPTICA from September 9th to October 15th, 2011 in collaboration with the Mois de la Photo*
→ André-Louis Paré *author for "Résidence de recherche jeune création : David Dupont, Diane Morin", published by art3 and OPTICA in 2009*
Art Critique/Journalist of the Year - Mass Media
→ Marie-Ève Charron, Le Devoir *executive member of OPTICA's board of directors*
→ Jérôme Delgado, Le Devoir
→ Nicolas Mavrikakis, Voir
Pierre-Ayot Award
→ Sarah Bertrand-Hamel
→ Patrick Bérubé
→ Olivia Boudreau *selected candidate for the 2010 edition of the résidence de recherche jeune création Montréal-Valence, a combined residency and grant program initiated by art3 and OPTICA*
Louis-Comtois Award
→ David Armstrong-Six
→ Marie-Claude Bouthillier *her project "Dans le ventre de la baleine"— showed at OPTICA from November 6th to December 11th 2010— is nominated as "Best exhibition – Artist-Run Center"*
→ Stéphane La Rue
To know more about all categories, please see the complete press release published by l'Association des galeries d'art contemporains (AGAC). Congratulations to all finalists!
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