Ottawa – Sandra Dyck, curator with the Carleton University Art Gallery (CUAG), was recently presented with an Ontario Association of Art Galleries’ Curatorial Writing Award in Toronto.

The award was conferred for a catalogue essay, A Pilgrim’s Progress: The Life and Art of Gerald Trottier, which Dyck published in 2008. The catalogue accompanied a larger project that included a retrospective exhibit of the same name at the Carleton University Art Gallery in 2006-’07.

“The curatorial writing award is a major honour for me because it was awarded by a jury of my peers,” says Dyck. “The Gerald Trottier project was both challenging and rewarding, and this recognition is thrilling for me and for Carleton University Art Gallery.”

Diana Nemiroff, director of CUAG says: “We’re so proud of Sandra, as she was up against competition from public art galleries all over Ontario.”

The Ontario Association of Art Galleries Awards are presented in recognition of excellence and achievement in exhibitions, curatorial writing, education programs and community partnerships. The province-wide juried awards are conferred and presented annually.