THEATRE NEWS: Mayor Miller salutes the arts
9 Oct'10

JOHN COULBOURN - QMI Agency

With an election looming, outgoing Mayor David Miller presided over his final Mayor's Arts Awards Lunch Friday in celebration of the 2010 Arts Foundation Awards. And as usual, there were familiar names amongst the winners.

Manifesto Community Projects claimed the Arts For Youth Award, filmmaker Jamie Travis scored honours in the Emerging Artist category and Lula Music and Arts Centre's José Ortega took the Roy Thomson Hall Award of Recognition.

BMO Financial Group, meanwhile, was honoured with the Toronto Arts and Business Award, while Mallory Gilbert, long-time general manager of the Tarragon Theatre and current president of the Creative Trust, was awarded the William Kilbourn Award for the Celebration of Toronto's Cultural Life.