Award to Artist in the Pontiac.  Claudette Spence, of Allumettes Island, has received the Best of Show Award in the professional artist category from the Valley Arts Council (VAC).  The Best of Show Awards are made in three categories (professional, amateur and youth) by a jury composed of persons from outside the region.  This is the third year in which the jury has judged local artists.  Established in 1983, the Council is an organization that promotes all types of art in the Upper Ottawa Valley.

Claudette Spence was given the award for her oil painting “Lady in Pink and Baby.” She has now won the award three times.  The winning pieces are currently on display at the Pembroke Public Library, and  will be moving to Arnprior and District Museum at the end of July.

Claudette Spence is also involved in the studio tour “Exposition d’art”, organized by a group of artists on Allumettes and Morrison Islands (see the end of our Pontiac page in the current edition of the Cultural Bulletin).