Congratulations to gallery artist Dawit L.Petros who has been awarded the Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award for Art Photography.
The Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Career Achievement Award was established at the Ontario Arts Foundation by the late Norman Walford, former Executive Director of the Ontario Arts Council, and the late Paul de Hueck, former CBC television production manager. The award recognizes in alternating years a classical or jazz keyboard artist, an art photographer, and a classical singer.
Previous award winners in the field of art photography include Shelley Niro (2019), Rosalie Favell (2017), and Moyra Davey (2015).
Dawit L. Petros was selected by a jury comprised of Senior Curator at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia David Diviney (Halifax, NS), independent curator Dominique Fontaine (Montréal, QC), and photographer and 2019 Paul de Hueck and Norman Walford Award recipient Shelley Niro (Brantford, ON).
