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Arts Awards Waterloo Region recognizes the spectacular artistic talent that thrives in this community.

Join us November 22, 2019 to celebrate this season's award recipients!

01/03/2026

This gathering invites artists, arts workers, and community members into an open, collaborative space to share ideas, discuss challenges, and explore the topics that matter most to you. It’s a chance to connect with peers, reflect on the current arts landscape, and voice your hopes, needs, and goals as artists in our region.

Your experiences and perspectives will help shape meaningful conversations — and we hope you’ll be part of them.

We hope this will not only allow us to evolve with the needs of you, the community we serve, but also provide a platform for you to discuss amongst your peers what hopes, challenges and goals you have as artists in our Region. Your voices are essential to this process and we sincerely hope you’ll join us.

Join us Saturday, January 17th 1pm-4pm at Centre In the Square Studio Space for this free community event. Details to sign up on in our bio. Free parking available on site available as well.

04/27/2025

Passionate about the arts? There’s a place for you at AAWR! Whether you’re an artist, supporter, or community leader, discover how you can be part of celebrating creativity in Waterloo Region!

Slide One: How Can I Get Involved?

Slide Two: Attending Events - Want to support the Arts Awards Waterloo Region? There are multiple ways to get involved with AAWR, one of which is attending our bi-annual events - posted publicly on socials for anyone to attend!

Slide Three: Becoming an Academy Member - You can apply to join the Academy through our website or via email. We look to represent many areas of the arts community through our Academy Members’ talents, experience, interests and/or expertise.

Slide Four: Contributing as a Board Member - Interested in helping to shape the future of the Arts Awards? Consider inquiring about becoming a Board Member and help guide our mission.

Slide Five: Donations and Sponsorships - Businesses and individuals can also donate or become sponsors, helping us continue our mission to honor and uplift the arts community.

04/22/2025

So, what do Academy members actually do?

They’re the eyes, ears, and voices of our arts community — nominating, reviewing, and recognizing the amazing talent that makes Waterloo Region shine. Here’s how they help shape the Arts Awards!

Slide One: What Do Academy Members Do?

Slide Two: Nominations - Academy Members play a key role in the Arts Awards process by nominating outstanding artists, creatives and supporters. This is the only way we get nominations for the voting process!

Slide Three: Voting Season - After the nomination period, Academy Members get a document with all nominees information and cast their votes for the award winners, making them integral to recognizing artistic excellence in our Region.

Slide Four: Advocate for Artists - Beyond nomination and voting, many of our Academy Members advocate for the arts and artistic, support or run local events, and help spread awareness of Waterloo Region’s creative talent.

04/14/2025

Meet the Academy: the heart of the Arts Awards Waterloo Region!

Made up of passionate artists, cultural leaders, and community champions, our Academy members play a vital role in nominating, voting and celebrating the incredible talent in our community.

Stay tuned to learn more about how their voices help shape the future of the arts in our region!

Slide One: How Does the Board Work?

Slide Two: Academy Members - The AAWR Academy is a group of arts professionals, patrons, and art supporters who are committed to making a difference in our shared community.

Slide Three: Who Are Our Academy Members - These members have deep connections to the Waterloo Region arts scene and help shape the future of the Arts Awards through their yearly contributions.

Slide Four: Responsibilities - The Academy is responsible for nominating and voting for award recipients, ensuring fair representation across artistic disciplines.

04/08/2025

Ever wondered how the Arts Awards come together to serve our Waterloo Region?

Aside from the amazing artists driving the need and works in the area, it’s the board members behind the scenes — a passionate group of community leaders, artists, and advocates working together to celebrate and uplift local creativity.

Take a small peek inside the process!

Slide One: How Does the Board Work?

Slide Two: Board Members - AAWR is guided by a volunteer based grouped of dedicated Board of Directors passionate about uplifting the arts in our community.

Slide Three: What we Do - Our Board oversees the strategic direction of AAWR and its events, ensuring that the awards remain fair, transparent, and impactful as needs of our community evolve. The board does not nominate or vote during the Awards period.

Slide Four: Who Are We - Board members are vetted, interviewed and come from various professional backgrounds, bringing expertise in arts, business, and community engagement.

04/05/2025

Welcome to our (Re)Introduction Series!

Did you know that for over 30 years, Arts Awards Waterloo Region has been shining a spotlight on the incredible artists who shape our community?

Through awards and recognition, we celebrate creativity, passion, and the people behind it all.

Stay tuned as we share more about who we are, what we do, and how YOU can be part of supporting the arts in our region.”

Slide One: Who is Arts Awards Waterloo Region?

Slide Two: AAWR is a NFP - Arts Awards Waterloo Region (AAWR) is a not for profit (NFP) organization dedicated to recognizing and celebrating the vibrant arts community in Waterloo Region!

Slide Three: What we Do - We recognize and support local artists, ensuring their contributions to our cultural landscape are acknowledged and appreciated.

Slide Four: Awards Night - Through our yearly awards, we hope to inspire creativity, elevate artistic voices, and strengthen our community’s connection to the arts.

10/09/2024

💛It’s almost time to celebrate, come@join us!

Register now to attend our November 2024 Arts Awards of Waterloo Region Ceremony - RSVP link can be found in our bio!

Your voices have been heard: our community plays a vital role in helping us to acknowledge, honour and uplift the best in the arts in our region.

Join us at our November Awards Ceremony, where we will recognize amazing and talent art, artists and arts organizations in the local community.

Awards will be given in the categories of Lifetime Achievement, Arts Philanthropist, Emerging Artist and General, honouring diverse and impactful artistic accomplishments!

🗓️ Date and Time
Thursday, November 14th, 2024
6:30pm-9:00pm

🏤 Venue and Location
We are honoured to be hosting our event at the stunning and award winning gallery in Waterloo

Please feel free to circulate this invite to community members you feel would be interested in joining us!

We welcome anyone who wishes to attend and would love to celebrate the arts community of Waterloo Region with you!

The Arts Awards Waterloo Region is a non-profit arts organization that recognizes, honours and celebrates the arts sector in the Region of Waterloo.

🙏🏼 So much gratitude to our sponsors: and who have helped to make this event possible!

05/16/2024

✨🚨 Spring Social for The Arts Awards 🚨✨

Do you want to connect with local artists of many kinds?

Are you a fan of the arts or an artist or creative yourself?

Have you been looking to get more involved in the local art community in Kitchener, Waterloo, and Cambridge?

If so, the Arts Awards of Waterloo Region welcomes you to attend our Spring Social hosted at in Downtown Kitchener on Monday May 27th from 7pm-9pm!

There will be mingling, arcade games, quality connection time and an Open Mic portion to share and enjoy poetry, spoken word, singing or guitar!

If you’re interested in attending please fill out the form in the link of our bio or DM us directly! Looking forward to connecting with everyone to celebrate and elevate the arts!

01/02/2024

Join us on January 16th at 6pm for our annual general meeting where we will review our 2023 accomplishments and answer any questions about AAWR operations

12/18/2023

We are greatly saddened to hear of the passing of Marshall Ward. Marshall was a wonderful artist, columnist, podcaster and community member who was so passionate about arts in our region. We feel very lucky to have been able to celebrate his contributions last year. He will be dearly missed.

Address

79 Joseph Street
Kitchener, ON
N2G1J2

Website

http://www.artsawardswaterlooregion.ca/

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