Joan Wright HASSELL Prize in Visual Arts

Award descriptionA $2,100 prize has been made available through an endowment established by Hassell Construction Ltd. on behalf of her family to honour Joan Wright Hassell. The prize is for an undergraduate or graduate student who demonstrates great promise and artistic ability in painting. Joan Hassell had a passion for painting in watercolour and oils. She spent much of her free time painting and sold a few of her pieces but gifted many more, choosing to share her talent with friends and loved ones freely. The prize is awarded on the recommendation of the Department of Art History, Visual Art and Theory and, in the case of graduate students, in consultation with the Faculty of Graduate and Postdoctoral Studies.