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The Mississauga Arts Awards (The MARTYS) are the Mississauga Arts Council’s annual award celebration honouring outstanding individual and organizational contributions to the arts and cultural activity in our city.  Each year we seek to recognize honourees whose work helps transform and advance our communities through art. For the last 28 years, the MARTYS have been the city’s most distinguished red-carpet event for recognizing established and emerging artists.

Artistic Excellence Awards celebrate Emerging and Established artists in their specific discipline, while Community Arts Awards celebrate those who are committed to our arts community – the Lifetime Achievement Award, Hazel McCallion Volunteer of the Year Award, Laurie Pallett Patron of the Arts Award, and more.

29th Annual Mississauga Arts Awards – Winners

Community Arts Group of the Year
Visual Arts Mississauga

Festival of the Year
Mississauga Italfest Inc.

Film/Video Arts (Emerging)
Sabrina Narzoles Aly

Film/Video Arts (Established)
Shazia Javed

Literary Arts (Emerging)
Andrea Josic

Literary Arts (Established)
Wali Shah

Performing Arts (Emerging)
Raúl A. Pinto

Performing Arts (Established)
Andrew Gaboury

Music – Group (Emerging)
The Boneheads

Music – Group (Established)
U.N. Jefferson

Music – Instrumental (Emerging)
Adhithi Baskar

Music – Instrumental (Established)
The Snake Charmer – Archy Jay

Music – Solo Vocalist (Emerging)
Jenna

Music – Solo Vocalist (Established)
Bree Taylor

Visual Arts – Multimedia Arts (Emerging)
Sima Naseem

Visual Arts – Multimedia Arts (Established)
Viraj Ponkshe

Visual Arts – Traditional Forms (Emerging)
Treasure Fatile

Visual Arts – Traditional Forms (Established)
Jangmee Park

Community Award Winners

Laurie Pallett Patron of the Arts Award
Colin Tyler

Hazel McCallion Volunteer Award
Mary Ellen Koroscil

Lifetime Achievement Award
Rob Boniface

29th Annual Mississauga Arts Awards – FINALISTS

Community Arts Group of the Year
drumIN
Mississauga Music
Portuguese Cultural Centre of Mississauga Inc.
Studio.89
Visual Arts Mississauga

Festival of the Year
Lakeview Village InSitu Multi-Arts Festival: The Lost Edition, presented by CreativeHub 1352
Living with Wellness Arts Festival
Mississauga Italfest Inc.
Mississauga Polish Day
Portugalo Fest

Film/Video Arts (Emerging)
Sabrina Narzoles Aly
Arjun Dinakar
Srinivas Kasturi
sARTaj Punia
Zain Rao

Film/Video Arts (Established)
Gordon Culley
Shazia Javed
M. H. Murray
Anubhav Singh

Literary Arts (Emerging)
Anjula Evans
Andrea Josic
Dr. Carol-Ann Lane
Tahira Rajwani
Caterina Sauro

Literary Arts (Established)
Paul Edward Costa
Sneha Subramanian Kanta
Susan Ksiezopolski
Sabyasachi Nag
Wali Shah

Performing Arts (Emerging)
Amlan Das
DDA Canada
Pardeep Kumar
Raúl A. Pinto
Meeka Shah

Performing Arts (Established)
Jade Jager Clark
Amanda Cleghorn
Andrew Gaboury
Shadow Entertainment

Music – Group (Emerging)
The Boneheads
The Pull of Planets (TPXPS)

Music – Group (Established)
Fiddlestix
The Savoy Band
U.N. Jefferson

Music – Instrumental (Emerging)
Adhithi Baskar
Natalie G Music
ZyRuP

Music – Instrumental (Established)
Gaby Al Botros
Celebrity Symphony Orchestra
The Snake Charmer – Archy Jay

Music – Solo Vocalist (Emerging)
GOODBADUGLY
Jenna
Hypre Holiday
Sangeet Mcan
Saumya Sharma

Music – Solo Vocalist (Established)
CMAGIC5
gee.
Mauve
Oleyada
Bree Taylor

Visual Arts – Multimedia Arts (Emerging)
Shehzar Abro
Isabel Hughes
Sima Naseem
Ishleen Singh

Visual Arts – Multimedia Arts (Established)
Khurrum
Viraj Ponkshe
Sauga City

Visual Arts – Traditional Forms (Emerging)
Treasure Fatile
Hyunjung Lee
Sierra Peca
Sasha Shevchenko
Sofia Sue-Wah-Sing

Visual Arts – Traditional Forms (Established)
Katrina Abrahams
Angela Chao
Tina Ding
Tylor Key-Carr
Jangmee Park

MARTYS News

And the winners are….Full house honours local artists for creative excellence at the 29th Mississauga Arts Awards (The MARTYS)

And the winners are….Full house honours local artists for creative excellence at the 29th Mississauga Arts Awards (The MARTYS)

Mississauga’s new Mayor Carolyn Parrish excited 500 artists and supporters at The MARTYS gala awards…

Tickets ON SALE for the 29th Annual Mississauga Arts Awards!

Tickets ON SALE for the 29th Annual Mississauga Arts Awards!

Tickets are ON SALE NOW for the 2024 MARTY Awards on June 26, 2024 – Get yours before they are gone!

Entertainment announced for the 29th Mississauga Arts Awards!

Entertainment announced for the 29th Mississauga Arts Awards!

Mississauga Arts Council (MAC) announces the host and performers for the 2024 MARTY Awards Show.

Celebrating the 2024 MARTYS Sponsors

Champion Sponsors:

Resounding Sponsor:

Award Sponsors:

Thank you to award sponsors Laurie Pallett and Ellen McGreggor.
The Lifetime Achievement Award is sponsored by Mississauga Arts Council’s Board of Directors.

Friends of the MARTYS:


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