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The Applied Arts Awards competition is an international recognition of creative excellence for professional, personal/unpublished and student work. Applied Arts is Canada's leading voice for visual communicators, so being published as a winner is your best opportunity to promote your work across Canada and beyond.
For 30 years the Applied Arts Awards competition have recognized the creative work and set the bar for creative excellence in visual arts, including creative advertising, design photography, illustration, and interactive.
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PROPAGANDA: From Conflict To Commerce
March 23, 2023
Illustration: Will Novosedlik They say the first victim of war is the truth. No one understood this better than wartime president Woodrow Wilson, who can rightly be credited as one of the fathers of propaganda. The biggest plank in Wilson&# ...
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A Q&A Alfredo Film's Partner & Executive Producer Alexander Henry
March 17, 2023
Image taken from 2022 Applied Arts winning film Black and Abroad by Alexander Henry The word pivoting has been very popular over the last few years —Yes, the pandemic—BUT don't worry, this post isn't about COVID. It is about pivoting, ...
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#EmbraceEquity with judge Jenny Vivar
March 13, 2023
In recognition of this year's International Women's Day (#EmbraceEquity) we wanted to celebrate all the talented hard-working women in our industry and so, we approached the women jurors of our three 2023 Awards competitions – Photography ...
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Revealing the 2023 Photography & Illustration Winners
March 10, 2023
Our 2023 Photography and Illustration Awards winners used unparalleled talents, be they with a lens or pens (or stylus, brush, collage...), mirroring the world around us and conveying the experiences within us with skill and craft befitting our award ...
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Be amazed by this year's 2022 Applied Art Advertising and Student Awards winners. This year's winners have proven that there are no limits to creativity. They continue to test new boundaries and explore new technology.
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