University of Guelph and Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery

national prize: The national prize comes with a $25,000 award, according to CBC. Originally from Manila, the 28-year-old piece Time allergy beat out projects from across the country. A masters of fine art student at the University of Guelph has 25,000 reasons to smile after winning the 17th annual RBC Canadian Painting Competition last week. Kitchener Waterloo Art Gallery seeks founders "My piece is heavily decorated. The name of the painting is a reference to a Filipino filmmaker named Lav Diaz who makes movies that are six or eight hours long because he perceives time to be a manmade concept brought forth to his country by colonizers. I use a wide range of colours," the artist explained. "It a very chaotic painting." Cruz said he made the painting quickly, relying on a variety of layers, patterns and textiles for his artistic influence. (www.immigrantscanada.com). As reported in the news.