The Saidye Bronfman Award was inaugurated by the The Samuel and Saidye Bronfman Family Foundation in 1977 to celebrate Mrs. Bronfman's 80th birthday.

The award is given annually to Canadian artists who are not only expert in their fields, but who teach and publish, serve on juries and participate in workshops and actively support their professional organization.

CBC ARTSPOTS has been collaborating with these talented artists to create their own CBC ARTSPOTS. You can see their work in their ARTSPOTS and find out more about them by clicking on their names.

2006 Peter Powning, Vessel & Object Making – NB
2005 Michael Hosaluk, Wood Turner – SK
2004 Maurice Savoie, Ceramics – QC
2003 Walter Ostrom, Ceramics – NS
2002 Kai Chan, Textiles – ON
2001 Leopold Foulem, Ceramics – QC
2000 Peter Fleming, Furniture Design – ON
1999 Susan Low-Beer, Sculpture – ON
1998 Marcel Marois, Tapestry – QC
1997 William ‘Grit‘ Laskin, Guitar maker – ON
1996 Steven Heinemann, Ceramics – ON
1995 Louise Genest, Designer bookbinder – QC
1994 Daniel Crichton, Glass – ON
1993 Michael Fortune, Furniture design – ON
1992 Walter Dexter, Pottery – BC
1991 Susan Warner Keene, Fibre arts – ON
1990 Dorothy Caldwell, Textiles – ON
1989 Harlan House, Pottery – ON
1988 Lutz Haufschild, Glass – BC
1987 Carole Sabiston, Fibre arts – BC
1986 Bill Reid, Metal, Wood carving & Jewelry – BC
1985 Michael Wilcox, Bookbinder – ON
1984 William Hazzard, Wood carving – SK
1983 Wayne Ngan, Pottery – BC
1982 Micheline Beauchemin, Fibre arts – QC
1981 Joanna Staniszkis, Textiles – BC
1980 Doucet-Saito, Ceramics – QC
1979 Monique Cliche-Spénard, Quilting – QC
1978 Lois Etherington Betteridge, Silversmith – ON
1977 Robin Hopper, Pottery – BC