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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News

Vistek invites the Applied Arts community to the 15th annual ProFusion Expo!

Vistek invites the Applied Arts community to the 15th annual ProFusion Expo!

October 22, 2024

Join us for ProFusion Expo 2024 – Canada’s largest, most engaging and completely unforgettable pro imaging expo! This exclusive annual two-day-only event has become a magnet for emerging and established professionals for the past 15 years ...

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Design Army Creates Holiday Drama

Design Army Creates Holiday Drama

October 16, 2024

Washington, DC-based powerhouse design studio and multi-year Applied Arts Design Awards winner Design Army collaborated with Hollywood photography/director Greg Swales to create a wildly tongue-in-cheek, eye-popping campaign that celebrates holiday g ...

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Taking the pulse with Esteban Arango

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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Art In A Click:

Art In A Click:

October 3, 2024

Anna Goodson is founder & president of Montreal-based Anna Goodson Illustration Agency. If an Algorithm Generates Art, is it Art? As the founder and president of Anna Goodson Illustration Agency, I represent illustrators and motion graphics a ...

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Current Issue

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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