ARTSNB ANNOUNCES THE LAUREATES OF THE 2024 LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR’S AWARDS FOR HIGH ACHIEVEMENT IN THE ARTS

Fredericton, September 25, 2024 – The New Brunswick Arts Board (artsnb) is proud to announce the laureates of the 2024 Lieutenant Governor’s Awards for High Achievement in the Arts. The 2024 laureates are Phil Comeau, Valerie Sherrard, Marshall Button, and Tara Francis.

On November 8, 2024, alongside the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick and presenting partner UNI Coopération financière, artsnb will celebrate the artists who will be receiving the four (4) awards for High Achievement in the arts: the Visual Arts Award, the Literary Arts Award, the Performing Arts Award, and the inaugural Indigenous Artist Award.

VALERIE SHERRARD
2024 Literary Arts Award’s Laureate
Valerie (Russell) Sherrard is a celebrated author of children's and young adults’ literature. Her work has been recognized on national and international levels and has been translated into several languages. She has won or been shortlisted for more than fifty awards, including the Governor General’s Literary Awards, the TD Children’s Literature Award, the Canadian Library Association Book of the Year for Young People, the Geoffrey Bilson Award for Historical Fiction, the Ann Connor Brimer Award, and many others. Valerie works and lives in Miramichi, New Brunswick.

About the Awards

The Lieutenant Governor’s Awards for High Achievement in the Arts are designed to recognize the outstanding contribution of New Brunswick artists. These four awards recognize and reward artists who have distinguished themselves by the excellence of their achievements. Awards of $20,000 are conferred every two years. Funding for the Lieutenant Governor’s Awards for High Achievement in the Arts is provided by the Arts Development Trust Fund and sponsors. artsnb has received additional funding this year from the Secretariat of Official Languages of New Brunswick to promote the Lieutenant Governor’s Awards for High Achievement in the Arts. More information on these awards, past and current laureates is available on our website.