This year’s Open Sky Exhibit jurors Lynette La Fontaine and Cara Guri selected the following award winners. Congratulations to all the artists!

Distinguished Award – Representational winner ‘Modest’ by Samantha Wigglesworth

Distinguished Award – Representational ($600)

Modest, by Samantha Wigglesworth, Fort St John

Distinguished Award – Three Dimensional winner ‘Beach Rocks’ by Eliza Massey Stanford

Distinguished Award – Three-Dimensional ($600)

Beach Rocks, by Eliza Massey-Stanford, Fort St John

Distinguished Award – Conceptual winner ‘under consideration’ by kit fast

Distinguished Award – Conceptual ($600)

under consideration, by kit fast, Dawson Creek

Distinguished Award – Photography winner ‘In Flight’ by Tracy Rondeau

Distinguished Award – Photography ($600)

In Flight, by Tracy Rondeau, Fort Nelson

Tony Onley Artists’ Project Scholarship Winner
The Toni Onley Artist Project is an intensive artist residency held each summer in Wells, BC, and guided by world-class mentors. This year’s mentors are painter Landon Mackenzie and multidisciplinary artist Michael Belmore.

Our Trauma Bond, by Crystal Behn, Prince George

Chosen Awards
Chosen Award and Distinguished Award winners will be featured in the PLRAC’s 2023 Calendar.

Flicker of Diamonds, by Ken Forest, Charlie Lake
Titan Explorer, by Don Pettit, Dawson Creek
Stoney Lake Shimmer, by Alex Landon Richardson, Chetwynd
I’ll Have What She’s Having, by Donna Bozarth, Fort St John
ē-kī-āhkwatic ōtehimin, by Adrienne Greyeyes, Fort St John
The Shack, by Kim Ans, Fort St John
Sown By Nature, by Kathie Young, Grande Prairie
Atlin Lake 7 – Confluence, by Frances Obie, Fort St John
Little Bee, by Caily Oldershaw, Dawson Creek

Honorable Mentions

Friendship, by Margaret Mabius, Chetwynd
Trick of the Light, by Wayne Sawchuk, Rolla
Bergeron through the looking glass, by Tiffany Hetenyi, Taylor
Pulse, by Payge Fortier, Dawson Creek
January Sunrise, by Lorri Langevin, Pouce Coupe
It’s Okay…but it’s not Okay, by Margaret May, Fort St John
Abandon Native Cabin Teslin Lake, Yukon, by Joseph Johnston, Charlie Lake
Grizzly Bear, Thunderbird, Sun Chief Totem, by Curtis Dickie, Fort Nelson
blue shadows, red fox, by gary lowe, Dawson Creek
BALANCE, by Carol Liu, Tumbler Ridge

View the full exhibition here.