The Arts & Letters Club Salutes . . .
We welcome the following distinguished artists during their term of residency at the Club:
OUR CURRENT ARTS & LETTERS AWARD RECIPIENT
Barbara Klunder
Visual and textile artist
THE E.J. PRATT HONORARY MEMBER FOR LITERATURE
To be announced
THE ERIC ARTHUR HONORARY MEMBER FOR ARCHITECTURE
Dave LeBlanc
Dave LeBlanc is an architecture lover, a Toronto advocate, and a contributing writer for the Globe and Mail. He has written for the Toronto Star, Montreal Gazette, Spacing, Canadian Architect and Wallpaper. Dave is an authority on Modernist architecture.
THE SIR ERNEST MACMILLAN HONORARY MEMBER FOR MUSIC
Larry Beckwith
Conductor, violinist, singer, writer, educator, and programmer, Larry is a creative contributor to the musical life of Toronto and beyond. His most recent project is Confluence Concerts.
THE J.E.H. MacDONALD MEMBER FOR VISUAL ART
Sarah Milroy
A distinguished art curator, museum director, and writer, currently the executive director and chief curator of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, Ontario. Most recently, she has curated Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment (2021) for the McMichaeo, and co-edited (with Ian Dejardin) Tom Thomson: North Star (2023).
THE JOHN COULTER MEMBER FOR STAGE
Ted Dykstra
A highly respected actor and director who has performed across Canada, Ted is also the co-founder and co-artistic Director of Toronto’s acclaimed Coalmine Theatre.
Arts & Letters Award Recipients
- 2023 Barbara Klunder, Visual Arts
- 2021 Keith Barker, Stage
- 2019 Alexina Louie, Music
- 2018 Margie Zeidler, Architecture
- 2017 R.H. Thomson, Stage
- 2016 Michael Albano, Music/Stage
- 2015 Dennis Reid, Visual Arts
- 2014 Richard Gwyn, LIterature
- 2013 John Beckwith, Music
- 2012 Neil Crory, Music
- 2011 Marlene Smith, Theatre
- 2010 Joe Gill, Architecture
- 2007 Roger Hill, Visual Arts
- 2006 George Brough, Music
- 2005 Stephen Ralls and Bruce Ubukata, Music
- 2004 Robert Stacey, Visual Arts
- 2003 Susan Coyne and Albert Schultz, Stage
- 2002 Rollo Myers, Architecture
- 2001 Ernestine Tahedl, Visual Arts
- 2000 Giuseppe Macina, Music
- 1999 Tom Kneebone, Stage
- 1998 Mary Lou Fallis, Music/Stage
We welcome the following distinguished artists during their term of residency at the Club:
OUR CURRENT ARTS & LETTERS AWARD RECIPIENT
Barbara Klunder
Visual and textile artist
THE E.J. PRATT HONORARY MEMBER FOR LITERATURE
Anne Michaels
Esteemed poet and novelist and former poet laureate of the City of Toronto
THE ERIC ARTHUR HONORARY MEMBER FOR ARCHITECTURE
Dave LeBlanc
Dave LeBlanc is an architecture lover, a Toronto advocate, and a contributing writer for the Globe and Mail. He has written for the Toronto Star, Montreal Gazette, Spacing, Canadian Architect and Wallpaper. Dave is an authority on Modernist architecture.
THE SIR ERNEST MACMILLAN HONORARY MEMBER FOR MUSIC
Larry Beckwith
Conductor, violinist, singer, writer, educator, and programmer, Larry is a creative contributor to the musical life of Toronto and beyond. His most recent project is Confluence Concerts.
THE J.E.H. MacDONALD MEMBER FOR VISUAL ART
Sarah Milroy
A distinguished art curator, museum director, and writer, currently the executive director and chief curator of the McMichael Canadian Art Collection in Kleinburg, Ontario. Most recently, she has curated Uninvited: Canadian Women Artists in the Modern Moment (2021) for the McMichaeo, and co-edited (with Ian Dejardin) Tom Thomson: North Star (2023).
THE JOHN COULTER MEMBER FOR STAGE
Ted Dykstra
A highly respected actor and director who has performed across Canada, Ted is also the co-founder and co-artistic Director of Toronto’s acclaimed Coalmine Theatre.
Arts & Letters Award Recipients
- 2023 Barbara Klunder, Visual Arts
- 2021 Keith Barker, Stage
- 2019 Alexina Louie, Music
- 2018 Margie Zeidler, Architecture
- 2017 R.H. Thomson, Stage
- 2016 Michael Albano, Music/Stage
- 2015 Dennis Reid, Visual Arts
- 2014 Richard Gwyn, LIterature
- 2013 John Beckwith, Music
- 2012 Neil Crory, Music
- 2011 Marlene Smith, Theatre
- 2010 Joe Gill, Architecture
- 2007 Roger Hill, Visual Arts
- 2006 George Brough, Music
- 2005 Stephen Ralls and Bruce Ubukata, Music
- 2004 Robert Stacey, Visual Arts
- 2003 Susan Coyne and Albert Schultz, Stage
- 2002 Rollo Myers, Architecture
- 2001 Ernestine Tahedl, Visual Arts
- 2000 Giuseppe Macina, Music
- 1999 Tom Kneebone, Stage
- 1998 Mary Lou Fallis, Music/Stage
Order of Canada: Companions
Lincoln Alexander
Louis Applebaum
Eric R. Arthur
Charles S. Band
Marius Barbeau
Mario Bernardi
Claude Bissell
Floyd S. Chalmers
Donald G Creighton
Robertson Davies
Maureen Forrester
Northrop Frye
Lawren Harris
A.Y. Jackson
Arthur Lismer
Hugh MacLennnan
Ernest MacMillan
Vincent Massey
Marshall McLuhan
Mavor Moore
Betty Oliphant
Christopher Plummer
Peter Russell
Healey Willan
J. Tuzo Wilson
Order of Canada: Officers
Anthony Adamson
Harry Adaskin
Edmund Charles Bovey
Harry J. Boyle
Ian Burton
Jack Bush
Alfred J. Casson
Charles F. Comfort
Thomas Cullen Daly
Richard E.G. Davis
Dora de Pedery-Hunt
H. Lovat Dickson
Arnold Edinborough
Barker Fairley
Clarence B. Farrar
Victor Feldbrill
James Fleck
Kenneth K. Forbes
Harry Freedman
Herman Geiger-Torel
Arthur E. Gelber
William Glassco
Jack Granatstein
Richard Gwyn
Donald Harron
Robert Hall Haynes
Thomas Hendry
Walter B. Herbert
John W. Holmes
Hugh Hood
Cleeve Horne
Robert Hamilton Hubbard
Arthur Irwin
Elmer Iseler
Marsh Jeanneret
John Francis Leddy
David S.R. Leighton
John B. Macdonald
J.Keiller McKay
Kenneth McNaught
Edwin Mirvish
William O. Mitchell
Mary Morrison
Louis Boyd Neel
Walter George Pitman
Arthur Porter
Gerald Pratley
Laure E. Rièse
Roderick Robbie
Richard H. Rohmer
Malcolm M. Ross
Robert Sharpe
Lister S. Sinclair
Arnold Cantwell Smith
Hamilton Southam
Edward E. Stewart
Vincent Tovell
Peter Trueman
Tommy Tweed
Arnold Walter
Herbert Whittaker
Joyce Wieland
Order of Canada: Member
William Aide
Lanfranco Arnato
Paul Rodney Arthur
Gerald Bales
John Beckwith
Stan Bevington
Clare Bice
John Burgon Bickersteth
David Blackwood
Michael Bliss
John F. Brook
G. Allan Burton
Douglas Campbell
Humphrey Stephen Mumford Carver
Christopher Martin Chapman
H. Spencer Clark
Austin Clarke
Kenneth H.J. Clarke
John Robert Colombo
J. Douglas Crassly
Jon Dellandrea
Brian Doherty
Jack M. Dow
J. Alexander Edmison
Sorel Etrog
Robert Farnon
George Fierheller
Charles Henry Foss
John Anderson Fraser
Gregory Gatenby
Sheldon Jay Godfrey
Helen Frances Gregor
Nona Macdonald Heaslip
Lyman G. Henderson
George William Bligh Hostetter
Kirk Howard
James Nairn Patterson Hume
Martin Hunter
David Jaeger
Richard Johnston
Franc R. Joubin
Tom Kneebone
G. Blair Laing
Heath Lamberts
John Barker Lawson
Bruce Jarvis Legge
Reginald William Lewis
Marion Bell MacRae
Leon Major
Charles A.G. Matthews
Graeme Donald McDonald
Frank F. McEachren
John Duncan McKellar
Alasdair J. McKichan
Robert McMichael
Ruby Mercer
Robert N. Munsch
John Neville
Will Ogilvie
Marietta Orlov
Charles Pachter
Patricia Parr
Charles Peaker
Kati Rekai
Roseann Runte
Ezra Schabas
Paul Siren
Taylor Statten
Clair Cuthbert Stewart
Grant Strate
Mary Alice Stuart
Dennis Sweeting
Alan Miller Thomas
Tony van Bridge
J. Bryan Vaughan
Herman Voaden
Karen Weiler
William J. Withrow
Elwy Yost
Order of Canada: Officers
Anthony Adamson
Harry Adaskin
Edmund Charles Bovey
Harry J. Boyle
Jack Bush
Alfred J. Casson
Charles F. Comfort
Thomas Cullen Daly
Richard E.G. Davis
Dora de Pedery-Hunt
H. Lovat Dickson
Arnold Edinborough
Barker Fairley
Clarence B. Farrar
Victor Feldbrill
James Fleck
Kenneth K. Forbes
Harry Freedman
Herman Geiger-Torel
Arthur E. Gelber
William Glassco
Jack Granatstein
Eva Grunfeld
Richard Gwyn
Donald Harron
Robert Hall Haynes
Thomas Hendry
Walter B. Herbert
John W. Holmes
Hugh Hood
Cleeve Horne
Robert Hamilton Hubbard
Arthur Irwin
Elmer Iseler
Marsh Jeanneret
John Francis Leddy
David S.R. Leighton
John B. Macdonald
J.Keiller McKay
Kenneth McNaught
Edwin Mirvish
William O. Mitchell
Mary Morrison
Louis Boyd Neel
Walter George Pitman
Arthur Porter
Gerald Pratley
Laure E. Rièse
Roderick Robbie
Richard H. Rohmer
Malcolm M. Ross
Robert Sharpe
Lister S. Sinclair
Arnold Cantwell Smith
Hamilton Southam
Edward E. Stewart
Vincent Tovell
Peter Trueman
Tommy Tweed
Arnold Walter
Herbert Whittaker
Joyce Wieland
Order of Canada: Member
William Aide
Lanfranco Arnato
Paul Rodney Arthur
Gerald Bales
John Beckwith
Stan Bevington
Clare Bice
John Burgon Bickersteth
David Blackwood
Michael Bliss
John F. Brook
G. Allan Burton
Douglas Campbell
Humphrey Stephen Mumford Carver
Christopher Martin Chapman
H. Spencer Clark
Austin Clarke
Kenneth H.J. Clarke
John Robert Colombo
J. Douglas Crassly
Jon Dellandrea
Brian Doherty
Jack M. Dow
J. Alexander Edmison
Sorel Etrog
Robert Farnon
George Fierheller
Charles Henry Foss
John Anderson Fraser
Gregory Gatenby
Sheldon Jay Godfrey
Helen Frances Gregor
Nona Macdonald Heaslip
Lyman G. Henderson
George William Bligh Hostetter
Kirk Howard
James Nairn Patterson Hume
Martin Hunter
David Jaeger
Richard Johnston
Franc R. Joubin
Tom Kneebone
G. Blair Laing
Heath Lamberts
John Barker Lawson
Bruce Jarvis Legge
Reginald William Lewis
Marion Bell MacRae
Leon Major
Charles A.G. Matthews
Graeme Donald McDonald
Frank F. McEachren
John Duncan McKellar
Alasdair J. McKichan
Robert McMichael
Ruby Mercer
Robert N. Munsch
John Neville
Will Ogilvie
Marietta Orlov
Charles Pachter
Patricia Parr
Charles Peaker
Kati Rekai
Roseann Runte
Ezra Schabas
Paul Siren
Taylor Statten
Clair Cuthbert Stewart
Grant Strate
Mary Alice Stuart
Dennis Sweeting
Alan Miller Thomas
Tony van Bridge
J. Bryan Vaughan
Herman Voaden
Karen Weiler
William J. Withrow
Elwy Yost
Order of Canada: Companions
Lincoln Alexander
Louis Applebaum
Eric R. Arthur
Charles S. Band
Marius Barbeau
Mario Bernardi
Claude Bissell
Floyd S. Chalmers
Donald G Creighton
Robertson Davies
Maureen Forrester
Northrop Frye
Lawren Harris
A.Y. Jackson
Arthur Lismer
Hugh MacLennnan
Ernest MacMillan
Vincent Massey
Marshall McLuhan
Mavor Moore
Betty Oliphant
Christopher Plummer
Peter Russell
Healey Willan
J. Tuzo Wilson
Companion insignia,
credit: Sgt. Johanie Maheu
Order of Canada: Officers
Anthony Adamson
Harry Adaskin
Edmund Charles Bovey
Harry J. Boyle
Ian Burton
Jack Bush
Alfred J. Casson
Charles F. Comfort
Thomas Cullen Daly
Richard E.G. Davis
Dora de Pedery-Hunt
H. Lovat Dickson
Arnold Edinborough
Barker Fairley
Clarence B. Farrar
Victor Feldbrill
James Fleck
Kenneth K. Forbes
Harry Freedman
Herman Geiger-Torel
Arthur E. Gelber
William Glassco
Jack Granatstein
Eva Grunfeld
Richard Gwyn
Donald Harron
Robert Hall Haynes
Thomas Hendry
Walter B. Herbert
John W. Holmes
Hugh Hood
Cleeve Horne
Robert Hamilton Hubbard
Arthur Irwin
Elmer Iseler
Marsh Jeanneret
John Francis Leddy
David S.R. Leighton
John B. Macdonald
J.Keiller McKay
Kenneth McNaught
Edwin Mirvish
William O. Mitchell
Mary Morrison
Louis Boyd Neel
Walter George Pitman
Arthur Porter
Gerald Pratley
Laure E. Rièse
Roderick Robbie
Richard H. Rohmer
Malcolm M. Ross
Robert Sharpe
Lister S. Sinclair
Arnold Cantwell Smith
Hamilton Southam
Edward E. Stewart
Vincent Tovell
Peter Trueman
Tommy Tweed
Arnold Walter
Herbert Whittaker
Joyce Wieland
Order of Canada: Member
William Aide
Lanfranco Arnato
Paul Rodney Arthur
Gerald Bales
John Beckwith
Stan Bevington
Clare Bice
John Burgon Bickersteth
David Blackwood
Michael Bliss
John F. Brook
G. Allan Burton
Douglas Campbell
Humphrey Stephen Mumford Carver
Christopher Martin Chapman
H. Spencer Clark
Austin Clarke
Kenneth H.J. Clarke
John Robert Colombo
J. Douglas Crassly
Jon Dellandrea
Brian Doherty
Jack M. Dow
J. Alexander Edmison
Sorel Etrog
Robert Farnon
George Fierheller
Charles Henry Foss
John Anderson Fraser
Gregory Gatenby
Sheldon Jay Godfrey
Helen Frances Gregor
Nona Macdonald Heaslip
Lyman G. Henderson
George William Bligh Hostetter
Kirk Howard
James Nairn Patterson Hume
Martin Hunter
David Jaeger
Richard Johnston
Franc R. Joubin
Tom Kneebone
G. Blair Laing
Heath Lamberts
John Barker Lawson
Bruce Jarvis Legge
Reginald William Lewis
Marion Bell MacRae
Leon Major
Charles A.G. Matthews
Graeme Donald McDonald
Frank F. McEachren
John Duncan McKellar
Alasdair J. McKichan
Robert McMichael
Ruby Mercer
Robert N. Munsch
John Neville
Will Ogilvie
Marietta Orlov
Charles Pachter
Patricia Parr
Charles Peaker
Kati Rekai
Roseann Runte
Ezra Schabas
Paul Siren
Taylor Statten
Clair Cuthbert Stewart
Grant Strate
Mary Alice Stuart
Dennis Sweeting
Alan Miller Thomas
Tony van Bridge
J. Bryan Vaughan
Herman Voaden
Karen Weiler
William J. Withrow
Elwy Yost
Nobel Laureates
Frederick Grant Banting
John James Richard Macleod
Knighthoods
Frederick Grant Banting
Beverley Baxter
Wyly Grier
Ernest MacMillan
William Mulock
Edmund Walker
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada: Historic Persons
Walter Allward
Sir Frederick Banting
Charles-Marius Barbeau
John Murray GIbbon
Lauren Harris
Charles William Jefferys
Arthur Lismer
George Herbert Locke
James E.H. MacDonald
Sir Ernest MacMIllan
Vincent Masssey
Peter McArthur
E.J. Pratt
George Agnew Reid
Bernard Keble Sandwell
Duncan Campbell Scott
Frederick Varley
Sir Edmund Walker
Horatio Walker
Homer Watson
Healey Willan
Nobel Laureates
Frederick Grant Banting
John James Richard Macleod
Knighthoods
Frederick Grant Banting
Beverley Baxter
Wyly Grier
Ernest MacMillan
William Mulock
Edmund Walker
Historic Sites and Monuments Board of Canada: Historic Persons
Walter Allward
Sir Frederick Banting
Charles-Marius Barbeau
John Murray GIbbon
Lauren Harris
Charles William Jefferys
Arthur Lismer
George Herbert Locke
James E.H. MacDonald
Sir Ernest MacMIllan
Vincent Masssey
Peter McArthur
E.J. Pratt
George Agnew Reid
Bernard Keble Sandwell
Duncan Campbell Scott
Frederick Varley
Sir Edmund Walker
Horatio Walker
Homer Watson
Healey Willan
