The International and Toronto Club of Printing House Craftsmen (IAPHC) Gallery of Excellence Annual Awards Night took place Thursday evening April 9 at the elegant Duncan House of Fine Dining in Toronto. The event was hosted by Bill Kidd, President of the Toronto Club of Printing House Craftsmen. The Toronto Chapter donates Graphic Communications Scholarships annually totaling over $10,000 in support of Canada’s future workforce in the printing and graphic arts industry.
The evening, as always, featured a sumptuous menu as visitors made new friends and said hello to old acquaintances. But it was the numerous well-deserved awards won by both printers and students in dozens of categories during 2014 that were the highlights of the evening. Special mention to Ryerson University’s RyeTAGA group, who received $1,000 from IAPHC to help finance its trip last month to Albuquerque, New Mexico to attend TAGA’s 67th Annual Technical Conference and present its 2015 Journal. We congratulate all the winners and the IAPHC under Bill’s leadership for its hard work. Here are the Toronto and International Gallery of Superb Printing Awards Winners for 2014:
Toronto Gallery of Excellence Awards Winners
(Canadian-Sponsored Awards for Exceptional Reproduction)
• Heidelberg Canada’s Best of The Show 2014 – won by C.J. Graphics for its Until The Last Child Limited Edition Box Set.
• Taniguchi Ink (Canada) Co. Ltd. Best Use of Ink 2014 won by The AIIM Group for its Tools For Life Large Poster Flipchart.
The Toronto Club of Printing House Craftsmen Best Use of Bindery 2014 won by Colour Innovations for its CPC Empress of Ireland 100th Anniversary Collection.
Gallery of Excellence Quality Awards – Toronto Gallery
- C.J. Graphics (9 Gold, 8 Silver, 10 Bronze, 2 Honourable Mentions)
- Colour Innovations (6 Gold, 2 Silver)
- Polytainers (2 Gold, 2 Silver, 1 Bronze)
- RP Graphics Group (1 Gold, 1 Bronze)
- The AIIM Group (3 Gold, 1 Silver, 1 Bronze)
- Wellington Printworks (1 Gold, 3 Silver, 1 Bronze)
Toronto Craftsmen Student Chai Tse Awards
- Christophe Blythe, Centennial College, The Centre for Creative Communication
- Kerin Bethel-John, Central Technical Secondary School
- Angelo Roldan, George Brown College School of Design
- Marilyn Gregory, Georgian College Design and Visual Arts
- Khalid Ahsan, Humber College Advertising & Graphic Design
- Melissa Binsted, Ryerson University School of Graphic Management
- Aeshin Yeo, Seneca College School of Creative Arts and Animation
Graphic Challenge Awards – Post Secondary
- Waqas Mohammed Khan, Seneca College School of Creative Arts and Animation
- Chow A. I. Khalid Ahsan (runner-up), Humber College Advertising & Graphic Design
Graphic Challenge Awards – Secondary Schools
- Helen Zhou, Central Technical Secondary School
- Ben DePaul (runner-up), Central Technical Secondary School
