David Smith
Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1989

David Smith is celebrated for his role in the establishment of the Saskatchewan Arts Board in 1947. As Direc ...

William A. Riddell
Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1989
Saskatchewan Order of Merit, 1994
Officer of the Order of Canada, 1974

W.O. Mitchell
Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1989
Officer of the Order of Canada, 1973

W.O. Mitchell was born and raised in W ...

Ernest Lindner
Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1989
Member of the Order of Canada. 1979

One of Saskatchewan's best known and loved ...

Lea Collins
Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1989

Lea Collins has been involved with every aspect of the visual arts in Saskatchew ...

Anne Szumigalski
Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1990
Governor General's Award for Poetry, 1995
Saskatchewan Order of Merit, 1989

Anne Szumigals ...

Jean Oser
Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1990

Jean Oser is celebrated for his lifetime of contributions to the art of film as well as his development and en ...

Kenneth Kramer
Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1990
Member of the Order of Canada, 1988

Kenneth Kramer is celebrated for his single-min ...

John V. Hicks
Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1990
Saskatchewan Order of Merit, 1992

John V. Hicks is celebrated for his many accomplishments as a po ...

Reta Cowley
Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1990
Saskatchewan Order of Merit, 1990

Reta Cowley is celebrated for her numerous achievements and i ...

Dwaine Nelson
Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1991

Dwaine Nelson played a major role in Saskatchewan's music community. After beginning ...

Howard Leyton-Brown
Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1991
Member of the Order of Canada, 1987

Howard Leyton-Brown is celebrated for his ...

Mina Forsyth
Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1991

Mina Forsyth is celebrated as a Saskatchewan visual artist who achieved recognition for her own work i ...

Murray Adaskin
Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1991
Officer of the Order of Canada, 1980

Recognized internationally as one ...

James Sinclair Ross
Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1993

James Sinclair Ross is one of Canada's finest craftsmen of the novel and short story. He ...

Ruth Pawson
Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1993
Saskatchewan Order of Merit, 1993

Ruth Pawson is of the representational school of landscap ...

Wynona Croft Mulcaster
Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1993

Wynona Croft Mulcaster is celebrated for her paintings of prairie l ...

Florence B. James
Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1993

After 30 years of drama instruction in the United States, Florence B. James came to Sas ...

Allen Sapp
Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1995
Saskatchewan Order of Merit, 1985
Member of the Order of Canada, 1987

Allen Sapp specializes ...

McGregor Hone 
Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1995

In an art career that has spanned more than fifty years, McGregor Hone's paintings and prints have been e ...

Mary Ellen Burgess
Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1995

Mary Ellen Burgess was recognized across Canada as an outstanding drama director and adjudicator ...

Elizabeth Brewster
Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1995

Elizabeth Brewster is one of a handful of Canadian women poets who bega ...

Nik Semenoff 
Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1999

Nik Semenoff is honoured for his accomplishments as an artist, printmaker, goldsmith, educator and ...

Ann Newdigate
Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1999

Ann Newdigate is celebrated as an artist, educator, lecturer, adjudicator, mentor and writer. She ...

Caroline Heath
Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1999

Caroline Heath is recognized for her work as a critic, editor, book publisher and writer. She was Editor ...

Marjorie Dunlop
Lifetime Award for Excellence in the Arts, 1999


Marjorie Dunlop, Chief Librarian of the Regina Public Library from 1948 to 1972, is credited with mak ...