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Award recognizes Indigenous musician’s ‘strong potential’ as an artist

By Adam Laskaris
Local Journalism Initiative Reporter
Windspeaker.com

Singer-songwriter Tara Williamson has been chosen as one of three recipients of the Joseph S. Stauffer prize, an annual $5,000 grant awarded by the Canada Council for the Arts recognizing “mid-career (less than 15 years of practice) Canadian artists who exhibit strong artistic potential in music, visual arts and literature.”

The Stauffer grants have been awarded since 1987; the namesake a Canadian businessman who supported various charitable arts causes throughout his lifetime.

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