Alana Bartol, Brent Lee, Amelia Daigle, Kim Nelson and Iain Baxter&.Honoured at the Windsor Endowment for the Arts awards were Alana Bartol, Music Express founder Melissa Miner (BMus 2007, MSW 2010), Brent Lee, Amelia Daigle, Kim Nelson and Iain Baxter&.

UWindsor well-represented among city’s arts awards

Several recipients of Windsor Endowment for the Arts recognized at a gala event May 8 at the WFCU Centre have UWindsor connections.

Arts Leadership Awards went to faculty members Brent Lee and Iain Baxter& for their contributions in performing and visual arts respectively. Professor Kim Nelson, a filmmaker, received a $2,000 prize as an emerging artist, as did alumnae Alana Bartol (BFA 2004)—an artist and entrepreneur honoured for community arts—and singer Amelia Daigle (BMus 2012).