For over 35 years, Applied Arts Media has been the go-to destination for creative advice, insight and inspiration. The Applied Arts Awards celebrate innovative creativity, and capture the current visual arts landscape in Canada and beyond.
It's time to be recognized for your hard work
The Applied Arts Awards offer creative individuals, emerging artists and creative firms a place to showcase their outstanding creative work in one of our five awards competitions. All work is judged by a panel of industry experts of renowned designers, art directors and creative professionals from across Canada and beyond.
Show us the exceptional work you have been working on over the past year. Winning an Applied Arts Awards can bolster your career, attract new clients or lead to new career opportunities. Whether you are an art director, designer, illustrator, photographer, emerging artist, or creative firm you can find a competition or category to help you stand-out.
Note: To current students completing their secondary, post-secondary or graduate level - you are ONLY ELIGIBLE to enter the Student Awards Competition where work is judged alongside your peers at a similar level of experience.
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Taking the pulse with Esteban Arango
October 3, 2024
Graphic Designer and Audiovisual Creative Bradian Esteban Arango—a two-time Young Blood Design Awards winner—2023 & 2024. Esteban graduated from the Media Arts Fundamentals program at St. Lawrence College in 2022, and has been freelan ...
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That's a Wrap! Unveiling the 2024 Advertising Winners
October 3, 2024
2023 Applied Arts Advertising Awards winning entry "Truss Rolling Wrapping Papers by Courage. The Applied Arts Awards have been celebrating creative excellence since 1992. This year's winners are no exception. We are excited to unveil the 34 winni ...
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Taking the Pulse with Michael McKay
October 1, 2024
Michael McKay is a Digital Web Designer and an award-winning freelance photographer. The aerial footage he captured of the aftermath of the BC forest fires earned him his first award—as a multi-category winner—in the nature/Landscape ...
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Welcome To The Digital Sausage Factory
September 26, 2024
By Will and Aria Novosedlik It is a timeworn cliche that if we knew what went into the hot dog we’re eating we wouldn’t want to eat it. Turns out the same thing goes for the Internet. In a video by indie documentary filmmaker R ...
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DEI Down But Not Out. Will Novosedlik returns as Editor of the summer issue to discuss the whereabouts of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion in the creative industry – was it just lip service, as in merely performative? Dive into the Summer 2024 issue for an assessment of where things stand.
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