Furniture maker Brent Comber and fashion designer Pam Baker among recipients of Sam Carter Award in Applied Art + Design
The BC Achievement Foundation also recognized jeweller Meghan Weeks and ceramics artist Robin DuPont in its 20th annual program
Brent Comber.
Pam Baker.
THE BC ACHIEVEMENT Foundation has announced the recipients of the 20th annual Sam Carter Award in Applied Art + Design. The program honours British Columbians who excel in creating functional art and design.
The winners are Meghan Weeks, a jewellery maker and member of Sucker Creek First Nation in Treaty 8 territory who was named Judson Beaumont Emerging Artist and who is the creative force behind MDW Jewelry; Pam Baker, a Squamish-Kwakiutl fashion designer from West Vancouver who blends ready-to-wear and haute couture designs with her Coast Salish, Kwakiutl, and Tlingit heritage; Robin DuPont, a ceramics artist from Winlaw who has done extensive research into new ceramic surfaces, clay bodies, and kiln design; and Brent Comber, a renowned furniture maker from North Vancouver who works with wood, distinct tree forms, and light and who won the Award of Distinction.
Meghan Weeks.
Robin DuPont.
The artists will be celebrated at a presentation and exhibition reception on November 21, an event that is open to the public. (Tickets are available online.) They will be featured in two short films highlighting their creative accomplishments.
The BC Achievement Foundation is presenting a combined exhibition featuring this year’s recipients of the Sam Carter Award in Applied Art + Design and the Polygon Award in First Nations Art at the Roundhouse Community Arts and Recreation Centre from November 18 to 24. 
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