Shary Boyle finalist for Sobey Art Award
July 13, 2007
Shary Boyle has been chosen as a finalist for the Sobey Art Award. A national curatorial panel has selected five finalists, one from each of the five regions, for the $50,000 Sobey Art Award, presented by Scotiabank.
An exhibition at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia, The 2007 Sobey Art Award, presented by Scotiabank, featuring works by the five artists selected for the Sobey Art Award national shortlist, will run from September 15, 2007 to December 2, 2007. The winner of the 2007 Sobey Art Award will be announced at a gala on October 15, 2007.
The Sobey Art Award is given to an artist who has exhibited in a public or commercial art gallery within 18 months of being nominated. The panel of five curators, one representing each of the five regions, met May 15 and 16 in Halifax to take the national long list of 25 artists to a shortlist of five.