The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation

The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation (formerly The Elizabeth T. Greenshields Memorial Foundation) is a private Canadian charity^[1] that provides young artists with grants. Recipients may be studying or in an early or developmental stage of their career.^[2]

History[]

It was established in 1955 by the Montreal lawyer Charles Glass Greenshields, Q.C. (1883-1974),^[3]^{[page needed]} in memory of his mother, Elizabeth T. Glass.^[4]^[5]^{[page needed]}^[6]^{[page needed]}^[7]^{[page needed]}^[8]^{[page needed]}^{[excessive citations]} It was endowed by Mr. Greenshields and does not solicit or receive external funding.^[1] By the terms of its endowment, it is precluded from funding the pursuit of abstract or non-objective art.^[9]^[10]

It received the Excellence in Fine Art Education Award from the Portrait Society of America^[11] in 2016 and the Gari Melchers Memorial Medal from the Artists’ Fellowship^[12] in 2021.

In 2020, The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation awarded close to C $1.4M in grants to 88 artists and art students.^[1] Since its inception, it has granted some C $27M to over 2000 students and artists in more than 80 countries.^[2]

Notable grantees[]

Jack Chambers (1955)^[13]^[14]
John Fox (1955/1956)
Stanley Lewis (1956/1957/1958)^[15]
Guy Bardone (1957)
Gaston Sébire (1957)
Nelson Shanks (1960/1961)
John Sherrill Houser (1962)
Daniel Greene (1963)^[16]
Jonathan Kenworthy (1969)
Richard Whitney (1969/1970/1972)
Robert Neffson (1974)
Evan Penny (1975)^[17]
Crawfurd Adamson (1976)
D. Jeffrey Mims (1976)
Hunt Slonem (1976)
Mary Beth McKenzie (1977)
Richard Sorrell (1977)
Cherryl Fountain (1978)
Paul Béliveau (1979)
Chris Cran (1979)^[18]
Martin Yeoman (1979)^[19]
Steven Assael (1979/1990)^[20]
Peter Kuhfeld (1980)
Lorraine Simms (1981)
Ken Currie (1982)^[21]
Kate Downie (1983/1986)
Louise Belcourt (1984/1985)
Gwyneth Leech (1985)
Melissa Scott-Miller (1985)
Peter Edwards (1986/1992)^[22]
Wendy Coburn (1987)
G. Scott MacLeod (1988)
Allison Watt (1989)^[23]
Anne Desmet (1989/1996/2007)
Nicolas Granger-Taylor (1990/1999)
Christian Furr (1991)
Krzysztof Tomalski (1991)
Chantal Joffe (1993)^[24]
Justin Mortimer (1993)
Jenny Saville (1993/1996)^[25]
Conor Walton (1994)
Beata Bigaj (1994)^[26]
James Lloyd (1994/1996/1999)^[27]
Nahem Shoa (1994/2000)
Ann Gale (1997)^[28]
Patricia Watwood (1997)^[29]
Sophie Jodoin (1999)^[30]
Michael Grimaldi (1999/2002)
Stuart Pearson Wright (2000)^[31]
Nathlie Provosty (2001/2003)^[32]
Natalie Frank (2001/2005)
Benjamin Sullivan (2003)^[33]
Alyssa Monks (2003/2004/2006)^[34]^[16]
Ellen Eagle (2003/2006/2011)^[16]
Claire Sherman (2004)
Jo Fraser (2010/2012/2014)
Aleah Chapin (2012/2014/2018)^[35]^[36]
Alonsa Guevara (2013)
Mandy Payne (2015)
Gabrielle L'Hirondelle Hill (2016/2019)
Angela Fraleigh (2017)
David Kassan (2017)^[37]
Meleko Mokgosi (2017)^[38]
(2015/2017/2019)^[39]

References[]

^ ^a ^b ^c "T3010 Registered Charity Information Return". apps.cra-arc.gc.ca. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
^ ^a ^b "The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation". www.elizabethgreenshieldsfoundation.org. Retrieved 2020-02-18.
^ "Charles G. Greenshields Obituary". The Montreal Star. August 1, 1974.
^ Balfour, Lisa (Mar–Apr 1965). "Representational Art Has Wealthy Friend". Canadian Art. 22 (2): 28–29, 57.
^ "Fund Established for Traditional Art - Greenshields Foundation Will Assist Students from All Countries". Montreal Gazette. May 31, 1955.
^ "Gives $250,000 to encourage traditional art". Toronto Daily Star. May 31, 1955.
^ "Sets up $250,000 to Aid Visual Arts' Students". The Ottawa Evening Journal. May 31, 1955.
^ "The Greenshields Gift". Montreal Star. May 31, 1955.
^ "The Educational Front". Time. June 20, 1955. p. 65.
^ "Modern Art". The McGill News. Autumn: 12–13. 1955.
^ "The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation receives an award from The Portrait Society of America" (Press release). Exocet Relations publiques. Retrieved 2020-02-18 – via newswire.ca.
^ "2021 Newsletter". Artists' Fellowship, Inc. (in American English). Retrieved 2021-12-09.
^ Smart, Tom (1992). "Letters to Canada: Jack Chambers' Correspondence with Charles Greenshields, 1955-1962". RACAR: Revue d'art canadienne / Canadian Art Review. 19 (1/2): 133–141. ISSN 0315-9906. JSTOR 42630503.
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^ ^a ^b ^c Gilbert Elman, Leslie (September 2021). "The Elizabeth Greenshields Foundation: Helping Artists Emerge". Fine Art Connoisseur. pp. 83–87.
^ "Evan Penny - Detailed Curriculum Vitae". Evan Penny. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
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^ "Chantal Joffe Biography – Chantal Joffe on artnet". www.artnet.com. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
^ "Jenny Saville Biography" (PDF). Gagosian Gallery. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
^ "Beata Bigaj". www.beatabigaj.pl (in Polish). 2021-02-02.
^ "Artist: James Lloyd". www.galerie-huebner.de (in American English). 2010-12-07. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
^ "Ann Gale". School of Art + Art History + Design, University of Washington. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
^ "Patricia Watwood CV" (PDF).
^ "Sophie Jodoin CV" (PDF).
^ "About". Stuart Pearson Wright. 2017-05-11. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
^ "Nathlie Provosty". Maruani Mercier. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
^ "Benjamin Sullivan NEAC RP". www.newenglishartclub.co.uk. 2016-05-21. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
^ "Biography". Alyssa Monks (in American English). Retrieved 2020-02-19.
^ Artists (2014-05-13). "Interview / Aleah Chapin". International Foundation for Women Artists. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
^ "CV". Aleah Chapin (in American English). Retrieved 2020-02-19.
^ "David Kassan - Page - CV". David Kassan. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
^ "Meleko Mokgosi". Honor Fraser. Retrieved 2020-02-19.
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