{"id":324,"date":"2017-10-11T16:31:17","date_gmt":"2017-10-11T16:31:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/?p=324"},"modified":"2017-11-20T20:05:03","modified_gmt":"2017-11-20T20:05:03","slug":"alcuin-society-awards-evening-in-toronto","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/?p=324","title":{"rendered":"Alcuin Society Awards Evening in Toronto"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On October 2, the <a href=\"http:\/\/alcuinsociety.com\/\">Alcuin Society<\/a> held their annual ceremony honouring the winners of the 2016 Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada. The evening took place at the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto, and featured not only the lovely award-winning books, but also a talk by celebrated illustrator and book designer, Frank Viva. <em>DA<\/em>\u2019s Don McLeod was on hand to take some photos.<\/p>\n<div id=\"attachment_326\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-326\" class=\"size-large wp-image-326\" src=\"http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_02-e1507738738529-480x608.jpg\" alt=\"David Phillips\" width=\"480\" height=\"608\" srcset=\"http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_02-e1507738738529-480x608.jpg 480w, http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_02-e1507738738529-237x300.jpg 237w, http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_02-e1507738738529.jpg 704w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-326\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">David Phillips, president of the Arts and Letters Club of Toronto, greets attendees at the Alcuin awards evening.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_327\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-327\" class=\"size-large wp-image-327\" src=\"http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_01-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Chester Gryski\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_01-480x320.jpg 480w, http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_01-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_01-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_01.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-327\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Host Chester Gryski recognizes some of the winning book designs<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_328\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-328\" class=\"size-large wp-image-328\" src=\"http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_04-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Frank Viva\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_04-480x320.jpg 480w, http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_04-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_04-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_04.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-328\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Designer and illustrator Frank Viva gave the keynote speech.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_329\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-329\" class=\"size-large wp-image-329\" src=\"http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_03-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Book designers Peter Ross and Linda Gustafson\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_03-480x320.jpg 480w, http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_03-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_03-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_03.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-329\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Book designers Peter Ross and Linda Gustafson of Counterpunch Inc.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_330\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-330\" class=\"size-large wp-image-330\" src=\"http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_05-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Grant Hurley, Linda Gustafson, Frank Viva, and Chester Gryski\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_05-480x320.jpg 480w, http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_05-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_05-768x512.jpg 768w, http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_05.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-330\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Grant Hurley, Linda Gustafson, Frank Viva, and Chester Gryski at the Alcuin awards evening.<\/p><\/div>\n<div id=\"attachment_331\" style=\"width: 490px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-331\" class=\"size-large wp-image-331\" src=\"http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_06-480x320.jpg\" alt=\"Alcuin winners\" width=\"480\" height=\"320\" srcset=\"http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_06-480x320.jpg 480w, http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_06-300x200.jpg 300w, http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_06-768x511.jpg 768w, http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2017\/10\/alcuin2017_06.jpg 1200w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 480px) 100vw, 480px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-331\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">A smiling group: Kate Hargreaves, Beno\u020bt Tardif, Frank Viva, Chester Brown, Beth Oberholtzer, Anouk Pennel, Marlene MacCallum, Daniel Canty, Branden Douglas, Esm\u00e9 Shapiro, Rapha\u00ebl Daudelin.<\/p><\/div>\n<p><em>EDIT: An earlier version of this post incorrectly reported the names in the final image, confusing Pennel and Daudelin. Our apologies for the mix-up!<\/em><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-122\" style=\"float: left;\" src=\"http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/portrait.jpg\" alt=\"portrait\" width=\"150\" height=\"161\" \/>A huge congratulations to all! Be sure to check out <a href=\"http:\/\/alcuinsociety.com\/awards\/2016-winners\/\">the full list of Alcuin Award winners<\/a> and browse the lovely designs.<\/p>\n<p>Cheers,<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-123\" style=\"float: right;\" src=\"http:\/\/devilsartisan.ca\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2015\/07\/sig.jpg\" alt=\"sig\" width=\"147\" height=\"75\" \/><\/p>\n<p><br clear=\"all\"\/><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On October 2, the Alcuin Society held their annual ceremony honouring the winners of the 2016 Alcuin Society Awards for Excellence in Book Design in Canada. 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