Toronto, May 16, 2002 — Set and costume designer
Andjelija Djuric is the winner of the
2002 Pauline McGibbon Award. Pat Bradley, Theatre Officer at the
Ontario Arts Council (OAC) presented the award at the morning news conference announcing the nominees for this year’s Dora Mavor Moore Awards.
The Pauline McGibbon Award is given to an emerging theatre artist who has displayed a unique talent and a potential for excellence.
Jurors Gwen Bartleman, Managing Director of Buddies in Bad Times Theatre in Toronto, Ereca Hassell, lighting designer, Stratford, Ontario, and John Thompson, Toronto-based set and costume designer, cited Djuric’s “spectacular work with limited resources” and her “attention to text and script.”
Born in Belgrade, Djuric attended the National Theatre School in Montreal where she studied scenography from 1994 to 1997. In 1999 she obtained a Master of Arts in Scenography at the Central Saint Martins College of Art and Design in Utrecht. Her recent designs include the set and costumes for the Pleiades Theatre production of Marivaux’s
Counterfeit Secrets; set and costumes for Roseneath Theatre’s
Danny, King of the Basement; and costumes for Queen of Pudding’s
Echoes.
The
Pauline McGibbon Award was established by the Government of Ontario in 1981 to honour Ontario’s first female Lieutenant Governor, who died in 2001 at the age of 91. Mrs. McGibbon was a much-loved public figure who promoted the arts during her tenure as Lieutenant Governor between 1974 and 1980, and was a supporter of the theatre in Ontario during her lifetime. The award is administered by the Ontario Arts Council and consists of $7,000 from the Ministry of Culture and a medal designed by Dora de Pedery Hunt. It is awarded by a jury of theatre professionals on a three-year cycle to a designer, director and theatre craftsperson.
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