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It’s very important to give something so the next generation can really believe in something. I think the artist works for himself for the most part. Every artist goes through stages of fear and love or whatever it is and has to fight day after day to survive like everyone else. Art is a form of satisfying yourself and satisfying others. We want to be good and belong. That goes through history; we’re striving for it.

Gershon Iskowitz Foundation

GERSHON ISKOWITZ FOUNDATION

The Gershon Iskowitz Foundation is a private, charitable foundation dedicated to the advancement of the visual arts in Canada.

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GERSHON ISKOWITZ PRIZE

The Gershon Iskowitz Prize is to be given to a professional Canadian visual artist who has achieved maturity and a measure of success as an artist, and who is on the verge of using their creative energy to produce a significant body of work, or to continue their research.

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