The Gillian Lowndes Memorial Award was created in 1981 to honour the life and talent of Gillian Lowndes, a promising young Sunshine Coast dancer and vice-president of the Arts Council. Gillian died of cancer in 1981.
The $1,500 cash award is financed by the Government of Canada bonds donated by Gillian’s parents and by a smaller donation from the Arts Council.
Recipients are selected by an Advisory Committee made up of local arts and culture community members and SCAC Board members.
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Past Winners
2022/23
Awarded to: Nadina Tandy
2021/22
Awarded to: Jessica Silvey
2020/21
Awarded to: Mieke Bray
2019
Awarded to: Mardi Coeur de Lion 
2018
Awarded to: Timothy Niebergall and presented by brother in arts, Cody Chancellor
2017
Awarded to: Janice Williams
2015/2016
Awarded to: Dean Schutz 
Muralist, Dean Schutz was awarded the coveted Gillian Lowndes Award recognizing long standing achievement in his chosen art’s discipline.