For over 35 years, Applied Arts Media has been the go-to destination for creative advice, insight and inspiration. The Applied Arts Awards celebrate innovative creativity, and capture the current visual arts landscape in Canada and beyond.
Command the attention your work deserves
The Applied Arts Awards honour creativity in the visual communications sector. Since 1992, the awards have helped advertising agencies, design firms, photographers, illustrators, and emerging artists gain exposure across the industry, leading to collaboration and a sense of community in Canada and beyond.
Judged by an International jury of award-winning creative professionals in the advertising and design industries. All judges are currently working in the industry.
The winning work is published in Applied Arts magazine, available online in the Winners Gallery and archive, and shared across social media.
Note: To current students completing their secondary, post-secondary or graduate level - you are ONLY ELIGIBLE to enter the Student Awards Competition where work is judged alongside your peers at a similar level of experience.
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Vistek invites the Applied Arts community to the 15th annual ProFusion Expo!
October 22, 2024
Join us for ProFusion Expo 2024 – Canada’s largest, most engaging and completely unforgettable pro imaging expo! This exclusive annual two-day-only event has become a magnet for emerging and established professionals for the past 15 years ...
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Design Army Creates Holiday Drama
October 16, 2024
Washington, DC-based powerhouse design studio and multi-year Applied Arts Design Awards winner Design Army collaborated with Hollywood photography/director Greg Swales to create a wildly tongue-in-cheek, eye-popping campaign that celebrates holiday g ...
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Taking the pulse with Esteban Arango
October 3, 2024
Graphic Designer and Audiovisual Creative Bradian Esteban Arango—a two-time Young Blood Design Awards winner—2023 & 2024. Esteban graduated from the Media Arts Fundamentals program at St. Lawrence College in 2022, and has been freelan ...
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Art In A Click:
October 3, 2024
Anna Goodson is founder & president of Montreal-based Anna Goodson Illustration Agency. If an Algorithm Generates Art, is it Art? As the founder and president of Anna Goodson Illustration Agency, I represent illustrators and motion graphics a ...
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DEI Down But Not Out. Will Novosedlik returns as Editor of the summer issue to discuss the whereabouts of Diversity, Equality and Inclusion in the creative industry – was it just lip service, as in merely performative? Dive into the Summer 2024 issue for an assessment of where things stand.
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