The Premier's Award for Volunteerism in the Arts

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This award was established to honour and acknowledge the excellence of the work of an Island citizen who has made a significant volunteer contribution in any of the practices of visual arts, writing and publishing, music, dance, fine craft, theatre, film, or video.

This contribution may be through serving on a Board of Directors but is not limited to this role and can be for any person who has, without pay or significant compensation, demonstrated an ongoing commitment to supporting and advancing the arts through volunteerism.

Amount Awarded: $2000.00

Criteria for Selection

The principal criterion will be the degree of involvement in, and commitment to, volunteer activities in the Island’s arts and culture community.

The recipient must be an active or past volunteer in the arts and culture community and have been a resident of Prince Edward Island for a minimum of five years immediately prior to the nomination. A person will remain eligible if that person, while having periods of absence from this province during the five years, has maintained in the opinion of the Jurors a substantial connection with the PEI Arts Community and this province.

The recipient must be a Canadian citizen or have landed immigrant status for a period of not less than three years.

Procedure for Nomination

Any person who is a resident of Prince Edward Island may nominate a person eligible for the award.

Nominations shall be in writing on a form supplied by the Prince Edward Island Council of the Arts and shall be signed by the nominator and by a seconder who must also be a resident of PEI. A nomination will be incomplete and will be rejected if the nomination form is not completed as prescribed on the form.

The closing date for nominations is Friday, March 20, 2009. Nominations received after this date shall be rejected.

After receipt of a nomination the Council of the Arts may require additional information on the nominees and, where it requires such information, the Council of the Arts shall give notice in writing of the requirement to the nominator and seconder setting forth a description of the additional information required.

All nominations received by the Prince Edward Island Council of the Arts become the property of the Council and may be disposed of as it considers appropriate.