BIG on Bloor Festival, Bloor Street from Dufferin to Lansdowne celebrates local business, community, arts and culture with a unique community and city-building festival featuring hundreds of events, activities and exhibitions.
BIG AWARDS
BIG awards are part of the BIG on Bloor Festival opening ceremonies on the Bloordale Stage at Bloor and Dufferin Street, July 21, 2012, 1:00 PM.
Elected officials, Councilor Ana Bailao of Ward 18, Jonah Schein, Member of Provincial Parliment, and Andrew Cash, Canadian Member of Parliament, will present awards to outstanding local citizens. Many thanks to Sonia D'Agostino, Coordinator of the BIG Awards, for what will be many hours of volunteer effort getting all this information together.
Andrew Prosser Prize presented by the Bloordale BIA and Ana Bailao for emerging practitioners in animation, journalism, photography or video.
The Andrew Prosser Prize is awarded to his memory, 1988 – 2010. Andrew Prosser was a Bloordale resident and activist, a volunteer with the Bloordale BIA, a member of TAIS: Toronto Animated Image Society, a contributing editor and founder of Bloor Magazine and creator of Bloordale videos: The New Bloor Festival, A Mayor for Bloordale and Gloam. His talent as a writer, actor, photographer, musician and videographer, and his humor and generosity is sorely missed by Bloordale friends, neighbours, BIA and the City of Toronto.
Who is invited to the BIG on Bloor Festival
We invite the local community, residents of Toronto and Canadian and International tourists interested in the contemporary culture: art, performance, music, walking, multi-culturalism, food, and family participatory events.Thank you to our sponsors, contributors, participants and the Bloordale Community.
Everyone is welcomed here.
The BIG on Bloor 2011 Festival is an initiative of the Bloordale BIA.
Bloordale BIA | BIG: Big Improvement Group
For further information please contact:
Dougal Bichan, Musician, Artist, BIG Festival Director
416.645.0295 | dougal@dougalco.com
Dyan Marie, Artist, BIG Co-chair, Bloordale Creative Director
416.539.8129 | dyan@dyanmarie.com