Owen Sound's 2022 Arts and Culture awards were handed out at a festive event at the Georgian Bay Centre for the Arts yesterday.  The winners included those talented people who work professionally in the arts and celebrated those many volunteers who bring culture and heritage aiive in our community.  From those helping us reconnect with those who lived here through the decades and centuries at the Reconciliation Garden and Potters' Field, to those who just a week ago brought us a new Earth Day event to connect us with our future.

Congratulations to all those nominated - the award winners are listed below.

Cultural Catalyst – Christy Taylor

Cultural Heritage – Potters Field Volunteer Steering Committee

Outstanding Event – Georgian Bay Symphony virtual sessions

Outstanding Group – Reconciliation Garden Project Team (scroll through the pictures to see how far it has come)

Outstanding Individual – Tyler Boyle

Emerging Artist – Paige Warner

Most Promising New Event – Earth Day Grey Bruce

Lifetime Achievement – Shirley John