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*"‚TD Canada Trust Award for the Arts Organization of the Year: $3,000 to the Frye Festival in Moncton for developing young audiences for the literary arts.

*"‚Arts Municipality of the Year Award: $10,000 to the City of Fredericton to commission a work of public art for the new convention centre that will open in 2010.

*"‚The J.D. Irving Arts and Cultural Partnership Award: $5,000 for a public or not-for-profit arts or cultural organization of the winners' choosing was given to three Edmundston entrepreneurs, Parise Côté, Lori-Ann Cyr and Sylvain St-Onge, who provided funding that enabled the establishment of the St. Paul Centre for Arts and Culture.

*"‚The Caisses populaires acadiennes Arts and Cultural Management Award: $5,000 for a not-for-profit arts or cultural organization to be chosen by winner Tim Yerxa, executive director of the Fredericton Playhouse, for managing a diversified, dynamic artistic program at the theatre.

*"‚The Charlotte Glencross Scholarship for Professional Development in the Arts: $1,000 to enable Fredericton artist Whitefeather Hunter to pursue studies at the School of the Art Institute of Chicago and incorporate different sculptural techniques into her artwork.

*"‚The Nel Oudemans Memorial Scholarship for Advanced Studies in Fine Craft: $1,000 was awarded to Heather Urdang for her studies in surface design at the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design.