Luciana Fernandes
Luciana received the 2011 Canada Games Young Artist of Excellence Award in 2016. She completed her undergrad at Dalhousie University, then relocated to British Columbia to pursue her MFA in directing at UBC.
Luciana returned to Halifax in 2018 to participate in Neptune Theatre’s Chrysalis Project, which provides practical experience and mentorship to emerging theatre artists.
Devin Huang
Devin began playing piano in 2013 at the age of seven, and has won both awards and competitions since then.
He was the 2017 recipient of the first ever Gordon Murray rising Star Award, and one of the winners of the 2017/18 Chebucto Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, an honour which gave him the opportunity to perform with the Orchestra in the spring of 2018.
Ian Parsons
Ian received Talent Trust scholarships to pursue studies in dance. He trained at the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts in Halifax, then attended Canada’s National Ballet School.
Ian began teaching ballet after touring with CATS in 2013, and relocated from London, UK back to Canada three years later.
Charley Young
Born in Alberta, Charley moved to Nova Scotia to pursue her BFA at NSCAD University. She received the Charlotte Wilson-Hammond/Visual Arts Nova Scotia Award and the Lieutenant Governor Award.
Charley is a practing artist who teaches drawing and printmaking at NSCAD University and Mount Allison University in New Brunswick.
Lee Yuen-Rapati
Lee received the Talent Trust 2011 Canada Games Award in 2017, the year he began the MA Typeface Design program at the University of Reading in the UK, which is considered by many in the design industry as the best in the world.
He completed his Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Design at NSCAD University, where he taught as a guest lecturer for two years prior to beginning his MA.
Shanice Skinner
Shanice, a soprano born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University with an Honours Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance in 2017.
Shanice was Nova Scotia’s alto selection for the 2014 National Youth Choir, and soprano for the 2016 National Youth Choir tour in Alberta. She won the Talent Trust Portia White award in 2016, and received a scholarship in 2018 to continue her voice studies.
2024 Scholarship Recipients
Nova Scotia Arts Endowment Fund Scholarship Recipients
Austin Webster-Perks, Halifax NS ● Violin
Devon Pennick-Reilly, Halifax NS ● Film
Georgia Wachter, Cape Breton NS ● Writing & Poetry
Mea Tonet, Cape Breton NS ● Theatre
Stan Tonin, Halifax NS ● Contemporary Dance, Ballet
CN Community Fund Scholarship Recipient
Janelle Lavesque, Halifax NS ● Poetry
Anne-Marie Woods Travel Scholarship Recipient
Mubarak Salaam, Halifax NS ● Playwrighting, Acting
100+ Women Who Care Halifax Scholarship Recipients
Liz Shmuilov, Halifax NS ● Film Production
Louisa Morris, Halifax NS ● Musical Theatre Performance
Nova Scotia Talent Trust Scholarship Recipients
Dance
Jenica Boutilier, Kentville NS ● Contemporary
Isabella Brennan, Halifax NS ● Ballet
Minuet Charron, Halifax NS ● Contemporary, Choreography
Leya deBruyn, Otter Brook NS ● Ballet, Contemporary
Lara Frame, Prospect NS ● Ballet
Joel Lawrence, Maitland NS ● Contemporary
Gigi Johnson, Truro NS ● Ballet, Contemporary
Sahara Nyathi, Halifax NS ● Ballet, Contemporary
Sienna Nyathi, Halifax NS ● Ballet, Contemporary
Elena Mason, Halifax NS ● Ballet
Shannon Mullally, Halifax NS ● Ballet, Modern
Aparna Sriram, Timberlea NS ● Bharatanatyam
Stan Tonin, Windsor Junction NS ● Ballet, Contemporary
Aidan Vaudreuil-Wakeham, Lower Sackville NS ● Ballet
Film
Brooklyn Campbell, Cape Breton NS ● Media Arts
Caroline MacKeen, Guysborough NS ● Film Production
Devon Pennick-Reilly, Halifax NS ● Film Production
Liz Shmuilov, Halifax NS ● Film Production
Literary Arts
Kiahna Brennan, Amherst NS ● Classical Writing
Tedi Buffett, Halifax NS ● Journalism, Creative Writing
Janelle Lavesque, Halifax NS ● Poetry
Erin MacKinnon, Inverness NS ● Creative Writing
Georgia Wachter, Cape Breton NS ● Writing, Poetry
Music
Jenny Chen, Halifax NS ● Piano
Hailey Coates, Mount Uniacke NS ● Flute
Chloé Dionne, Halifax NS ● Vocal Performance
Lucas Goudie, Halifax NS ● Drum Kit
Devin Huang, Bedford NS ● Piano
Jacob MacDonald, Upper Kennetcook NS ● Cello
Victoria MacDougall, Sydney NS ● Voice
Sophia Maskine, Halifax NS ● Classical Voice
Oakley Moser, Wolfville NS ● Fiddle
Shaw Nicholson, Halifax NS ● Trumpet
Abigail Sinclair, Halifax NS ● Classical Voice
Kiran Steele, Halifax NS ● Percussion Performance
Xintong Rong, Bedford NS ● Voice
Austin Webster-Perks, Halifax NS ● Violin
Anqi Wen, Middle Sackville NS ● Piano
Alex Yang, Bedford NS ● Piano
Visual Arts
Cuba Fisk, Dartmouth NS ● Photography Street Art
Cate Harper, Halifax NS ● Painting, Drawing
Sarah Hutten, Lakeville NS ● Painting, Printmaking
Oscar Jarsky, Dartmouth NS ● Printmaking
Kaya Panthier, Halifax NS ● Painting
Hannah Reinhart-Smith, Caledonia ● Visual Arts
Liana Rizatdinova, Halifax NS ● Painting, Drawing
Andi Syme, Hantsport NS ● Drawing
Clarisse Villanueva, Halifax NS ● Illustration
Louisa Morris, Halifax NS ● Musical Theatre
Annika Murray, Greenhill NS ● Musical Theatre
Anisa Sobhani, Dartmouth NS ● Musical Theatre
Mea Tonet, Sydney NS ● Musical Theatre
Solène Gadbois, Halifax NS ● Musical Theatre
Antonina Katarzynska, Truro NS ● Acting
Kaitlyn McQuillan, Fall River NS ● Musical Theatre
Judith A. Grant Bursary Recipients
Jeremie Boudreau, Halifax NS ● Composition
Benjamin Fraser, Hatchett Lake NS ● Composition
Edwin Hull, Middle Sackville NS ● Voice, Guitar
Karina Matys, Halifax NS ● Classical Voice
Katya McBeth, Halifax NS ● Violin
Naomi Sney, Dartmouth NS ● Classical Voice
William Austin, Pictou NS ● Classical Voice
Sarah Bradford, Nine Mile River NS ● Contemporary Voice
Cian McCarron, Wolfville NS ● Piano
Matthew Mulvihill, Albert Bridge NS ● Trumpet
Ethan Walter, Dominion NS ● Clarinet
Jahquoia Blake, Halifax NS ● Singing, Songwriting
Katey Aucoin, Stellarton NS ● Violin
River Gosney, Stillwater Lake NS ● Voice: jazz
Lydia MacDonald, Georgefield NS ● Violin
Hannah Stilwell, Lower Sackville NS ● Voice: opera
Emma Toope, Dartmouth NS ● Voice
Indi Tisoy-Morales, Dartmouth NS ● Violin
Luciana Fernandes
Luciana received the 2011 Canada Games Young Artist of Excellence Award in 2016. She completed her undergrad at Dalhousie University, then relocated to British Columbia to pursue her MFA in directing at UBC.
Luciana returned to Halifax in 2018 to participate in Neptune Theatre’s Chrysalis Project, which provides practical experience and mentorship to emerging theatre artists.
Devin Huang
Devin began playing piano in 2013 at the age of seven, and has won both awards and competitions since then.
He was the 2017 recipient of the first ever Gordon Murray rising Star Award, and one of the winners of the 2017/18 Chebucto Symphony Orchestra Concerto Competition, an honour which gave him the opportunity to perform with the Orchestra in the spring of 2018.
Ian Parsons
Ian received Talent Trust scholarships to pursue studies in dance. He trained at the Maritime Conservatory of Performing Arts in Halifax, then attended Canada’s National Ballet School.
Ian began teaching ballet after touring with CATS in 2013, and relocated from London, UK back to Canada three years later.
Charley Young
Born in Alberta, Charley moved to Nova Scotia to pursue her BFA at NSCAD University. She received the Charlotte Wilson-Hammond/Visual Arts Nova Scotia Award and the Lieutenant Governor Award.
Charley is a practing artist who teaches drawing and printmaking at NSCAD University and Mount Allison University in New Brunswick.
Lee Yuen-Rapati
Lee received the Talent Trust 2011 Canada Games Award in 2017, the year he began the MA Typeface Design program at the University of Reading in the UK, which is considered by many in the design industry as the best in the world.
He completed his Bachelor of Interdisciplinary Design at NSCAD University, where he taught as a guest lecturer for two years prior to beginning his MA.
Shanice Skinner
Shanice, a soprano born in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia, graduated from Wilfrid Laurier University with an Honours Bachelor of Music in Vocal Performance in 2017.
Shanice was Nova Scotia’s alto selection for the 2014 National Youth Choir, and soprano for the 2016 National Youth Choir tour in Alberta. She won the Talent Trust Portia White award in 2016, and received a scholarship in 2018 to continue her voice studies.
