Amanta Scott

Amanta Scott • Awards, grants, fellowships

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In 2004 Amanta was commissioned to created a series of sculptures as part of an art/recycling initiative utilizing discarded materials provided by Public Works & Government Services Canada and Correctional Service of Canada. Entitled LockDown, the series features nine sculptures created with prison beds from Kingston Penitentiary for Women; door hardware, air diffusers, office dividers and other objects recycled from government buildings.		LockDown

O Canada	In 1995 the Canadian Trade Office in Taipei commissioned Amanta to create a sound sculpture entitled O Canada?! for exhibition at the World Trade Center in Taiwan.

In 1995/6 Amanta Scott and collaborator David Tomlinson became the first Canadian artists to be honoured with an Artist Fellowship Award from the Japan Foundation.
This award enable Amanta to research dragons across Europe and Asia before settling in Japan for a six- month residency. Amanta lived in Japan in a one-room cabin on top of a mountain in the foothills of Mount Fuji; continued her dragon research; developed Japanese language skills; practiced Zazen in the local temple at sub-zero temperatures; conducted arts workshops for local students; and created the sound sculptures for Dragon Tango and the textile work Tamashii no Kodama.

	In 1994 the Government of Japan - Agency for Cultural Affairs honoured Amanta with an Artist Fellowship Award which enabled her to live in Japan and study Japanese culture, music, art, theatre and dance - including master classes with renowned Buto Master Kazuo Ono.

2005	Multi-Arts Creation Grant: Ontario Arts Council
	Emerging Artists Grant: Ontario Arts Council (Film & Video Program)
	Exhibition Assistance Grant: Ontario Arts Council
2004	Art Commission: Public Works & Government Services Canada
	Creation/ Production Grant: Canada Council for the Arts (Inter-Arts Program)
	Program Grant: Ontario Arts Council (Arts Education Proejcts Program)
2002	Exhibition Assistance Grant: Ontario Arts Council
1999	Travel Grant: Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade
1998	Exhibition Assistance Grants: Ontario Arts Council
	Travel Assistance Grant: Canada Council for the Arts
	Travel Grant: Department of Foreign Affairs & International Trade
1996	Artist's Award: Canadian Embassy, Tokyo
1995	Artist's Award: Canadian Trade Office in Taipei
	Artist Fellowship Award Japan Foundation
1994	Artist Fellowship Award: Government of Japan - Agency for Cultural Affairs
	Exhibition Assistance Grant: Ontario Arts Council
1993	Creative Artists in the Schools Grant: Ontario Arts Council
	Exhibition Assistance Grant: Ontario Arts Council
1992	Exhibition Assistance Grant: Ontario Arts Council
	Artists’ Project Grant: Toronto Arts Council