{"id":2157,"date":"2026-02-08T05:10:29","date_gmt":"2026-02-08T05:10:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.gbartcentre.com\/gbac\/?page_id=2157"},"modified":"2026-04-30T08:51:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-30T12:51:07","slug":"sponsorship","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/gbartcentre.com\/gbac\/sponsorship\/","title":{"rendered":"Sponsorship"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t
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Sponsorship<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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2026 Paint Ontario Sponsors<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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We would like to thank our wonderful 2026 Paint Ontario Award Sponsors. You make the event something that artists strive to participate in.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Grand Prize - $3,000<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Second Prize - $1,000<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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David Atkinson & Shawn McConville<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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2x Honorable Mentions - $500<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Sculpture Awards<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Sculpture First Prize - $1,000<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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\"White<\/figure>

Mac Voisin & Marcela Bahar<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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2x Sculpture Second Prizes - $500<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Mary Irvine<\/h5><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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2x Honorable Mention - $250<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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\"Grand<\/figure><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\"Paint<\/figure>
Joanne & Peter Janzen<\/h5><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Mayor's and Ontario Spirit Awards<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Mayor's Award - $1,000<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Ontario Spirit Award - $750<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Remarque Art Consulting - Joanne Polluch
and Josy Britton<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Transformation Sponsors<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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In 2024 we moved to a new venue. Transforming the show and the venue could not have been done without the amazing support of our community.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Legacy Champion<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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\"Rotary<\/figure>

Rotary Club of Grand Bend<\/h2>

$20,000<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Artistic Visionaries<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Mac Voisin & Marcella Behar<\/h3>

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Hay Communications<\/h3>

$5,000<\/p><\/div><\/div>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Culture Advocates<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Cate Melito<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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$2,000<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Execulink<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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$2,000<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Stan & Nette Pachlarz<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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$2,000<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Linda & Bill Steele<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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$2,500<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Pedlar Team - Remax<\/h5>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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$2,000<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Creative Enthusiasts<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t
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Dave Finlay - The Swag Guy<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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$1,000<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Vickie Hutchinson<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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$1,000<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Joanne & Pete Janzen<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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$1,000<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Pete Hakvoort<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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$1,000<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Paul Jennery - Acura West<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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$1,000<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Elisa Agnelli<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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$750<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Grand Bend Legion - Branch 498<\/h6>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t
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$1,000<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t

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Become an Art Angel<\/h2>

You too can be an art angel by sponsoring the Grand Bend Art Centre activities and programs.<\/p>Click Here to Donate<\/a>\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Sponsorship 2026 Paint Ontario Sponsors We would like to thank our wonderful 2026 Paint Ontario Award Sponsors. You make the event something that artists strive to participate in. Painting Awards Grand Prize – $3,000 Second Prize – $1,000 David Atkinson & Shawn McConville 2x Honorable Mentions – $500 Sculpture Awards Sculpture First Prize – $1,000 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"site-sidebar-layout":"no-sidebar","site-content-layout":"page-builder","ast-site-content-layout":"default","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"disabled","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"disabled","footer-sml-layout":"","ast-disable-related-posts":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"enabled","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-2157","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/gbartcentre.com\/gbac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2157","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/gbartcentre.com\/gbac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/gbartcentre.com\/gbac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gbartcentre.com\/gbac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/gbartcentre.com\/gbac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2157"}],"version-history":[{"count":58,"href":"https:\/\/gbartcentre.com\/gbac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2157\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3345,"href":"https:\/\/gbartcentre.com\/gbac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/2157\/revisions\/3345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/gbartcentre.com\/gbac\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}