The YVR Art Foundation is proud to have awarded over 80 Scholarships to young BC and Yukon First Nations artists:
2018
Emma Frank, K'omoks, Namgis, Eh-ChoDene
Sage Nowak, Tahltan, Vuntut Gwitchin
Sesyaz Saunders, Nuxalk
Yvonne Starr, Gitxsan
Cora-Leigh Stelmaschuk, Tsimshian
Veronica Rose Waechter, Gitxsan
Skil Jaadee White, Haida
2017
Austin Harry, Squamish
Jamie Nole, Tahltan/Nisga'a
Atheana Picha, Kwantlen
Kelsey Sparrow, Musqueam
Towustasin Stocker, Haida
Veronica Rose Waechter, Gitxsan
Joshua Watts, Nuu'chah'nulth/Lake Cowichan (Frank O'Neill Award Recipient)
2016
Jay Bellis, Haida/Kootenae
Violet Gatensby, Tlingit
Jamie Nole, Tahltan/Nisga'a
Sesyaz Saunders, Nuxalk
Teresa Vander Meer-Chasse, White River First Nation
Asia Youngman, Cree/Carrier/Iroquois
Erik Prytula, Haida (Frank O'Neill Award Recipient)
2015
Jay Bellis, Haida/Kootenae
Shoshannah Greene, Haida
Harrison Hemeon, Squamish
Kelsey Jules, Shuswap
Edwin Neel, Kwakwaka'wakw
Cole Speck, Kwakwaka'wakw
Danika Naccarella, Gwa'sala-nakwaxda'xw/Nuxalk (Frank O'Neill Award Recipient)
2014
Kelli Clifton, Tsimshian
Charlene Johnny Wadsworth, Cowichan
George Lawson, Gitxsan
Raven Pearson LeBlanc, Haida
Skil Jaadee White, Haida
Sage Paul, WSÁNE´C (Frank O'Neill Award Recipient)
2013
Kelli Clifton, Tsimshian
Charlene Johnny-Wadsworth, Cowichan
David Jones, Haida
Sherrell Hutchingson (Frank O'Neill Award Recipient)
Thomas Wamiss (Nakamgalisala), Kwakwaka'wakw
2012
Cody Lecoy, Coast Salish
Ariane Medley, Haida
Danielle Morsette, Sto:lo
Raven Pearson, Haida
Nathan Wilson, Haisla
Cori Savard, Haida (Frank O'Neill Award Recipient)
2011
Cherish Alexander, Tsimshian
James Harry, Squamish (Coast Salish)
Bryan Joe, Salish
Cody Lecoy, Coast Salish
J. Hjalmer Wenstob, Tla-o-qui-aht
2010
Cherish Alexander, Tsimshian
Stephanie Anderson, Wet'suwet'en
Tony Charlie, Ahousaht
Geoffrey Gwaliga Hart, Haida
Latham Mack, Nuxalk
Ariane Medley, Haida
Todd Stephens, Nisga'a
Lacy Morin-Desjarlais, Saulteaux (Frank O'Neill Award Recipient)
2009
Sophia Beaton, Tsimshian/Heiltsuk
Neil Goertzen, Haida
Morgan Green, Tsimshian
Latham Mack, Nuxalk
Bryce Williams, Tsawwassen (Coast Salish), Haida
Clyde Tallio, Nuxalk (Frank O'Neill Award Recipient)
2008
Sophia Beaton, Tsimshian/Heiltsuk
Juanita Ens, Haida
Bryan Hunt, Kwakwaka'wakw
Dustin Rivers
Erika Stocker, Haida
Robert Long, Haida (Frank O'Neill Award Recipient)
2007
Juanita Ens, Haida
Cori Savard, Haida
Marika Swan, Tla-o-qui-aht
Allan Keshane Weir, Haida (Frank O'Neill Award Recipient)
2006
Raymond Boisjoly, Haida
Nykiya Graham, Squamish (Coast Salish)
Morgan Green, Tsimshian
Kelvin Redvers, Chippewa Nation
Chrystal Sparrow, Musqueam (Coast Salish)
2005
Kwiaahwah Jones, Haida
Tamara Skubovius, Tahltan
Lianna Spence, Tsimshian