NaAC X Won Lee Prize
Applications for the 2025 NaAC x Won Lee Prize are now closed.
In partnership with the family of the late artist Won Lee, the award commemorates his legacy and celebrates creative excellence among Canadian visual artists living with developmental, physical, and/ or acquired disabilities.
Applications for the 2025 Prize are now closed.
To qualify for the NaAC X Won Lee Prize, candidates must be entered through a nomination process. Nominations for the Won Lee Prize will be accepted from arts administrators, educators, scholars, critics, curators, or other established arts professionals. This year, artists are also welcome to self-nominate; and this may be done either by the artists or with the assistance of a peer, caregiver, or support worker.
After an initial review of applications, an independent jury of arts professionals from across Canada will select the prize winner.
The 2025 NaAC X Won Lee Prize recipient will be announced and honoured at a prize ceremony in Calgary, Alberta, on November 27.
All nominees must meet the following eligibility criteria:
- Be a Canadian resident identifying as having a developmental, physical, and/or acquired disability.
- Be a practicing, emerging, or mid-level career artist working in a visual art medium.
- Be 18 years of age or older.
Nomination Guidelines:
- A completed nomination form
- A nomination statement (500 words max.)
- An artist bio (500 words max.)
- An artist statement (200 words max.)
- The artist’s CV
- Maximum 10 support images of the nominee’s artwork from within the last 5 years (complete with image details: title, year, size, medium, image credit)
- Artist headshot (complete with image credit)
- A signed media consent form
