Donation will create the Philip B. Lind
Emerging Artist Commission
TORONTO, Dec. 22, 2014 /CNW/ - Rogers Communications is
donating $125,000 to Presentation
House Gallery to create the Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist
Commission. Presentation House Gallery is the only
gallery in Western Canada
dedicated to photography with an emphasis on contemporary Canadian
work. The donation will allow the Gallery to select an artist from
the graduating class of post-secondary institutions in Vancouver to produce a significant piece to be
featured in a Presentation House Gallery exhibition.
Phil Lind announced his
retirement from active management at Rogers Communications
December 2014 but continues working
at the company in an advisory capacity and as a member of Rogers'
Board of Directors and with the Rogers Control Trust. With his 45
years at the company working alongside company founder Ted Rogers, Mr. Lind has been instrumental in
building Rogers into Canada's
largest communications and media company.
Mr. Lind has been a long-time significant supporter and
collector of Vancouver based-art.
While a resident of Toronto, Phil
spends a significant amount of time in Vancouver and is involved in the local arts
scene as a patron and a collector and sits on the Board of
Directors of the Vancouver Art Gallery.
As a thank you for his years of service and contribution to the
company and the communications industry, Rogers is making this
donation to honour his legacy and to celebrate his passion for the
Vancouver art scene.
"I am honoured to have Rogers recognize my interest in art with
this gift to Presentation House Gallery" said Phil Lind. "The Gallery is a favourite of mine
and I'm impressed with their focus and look forward to watching the
up-and-coming artists that will benefit from this programme."
In acknowledging the gift, Presentation House Gallery Director
Reid Shier expressed the Gallery's
pride in honouring Phil Lind's
legacy by celebrating the artists he cares deeply about, in a
community he celebrates: "With this extraordinary gift, we are able
to establish the Philip B. Lind Emerging Artist Commission, which
aims to embody the atmosphere of mentorship that Phil
advocates for the arts, and act as a tribute to a his great
enthusiasm for and support of British
Columbia's visual artists."
About Rogers Communications
Rogers Communications is a
diversified Canadian communications and media company. We
are Canada's largest provider of wireless voice and data
communications services and one of Canada's leading
providers of cable television, high speed Internet and telephony
services. Through Rogers Media we are engaged in radio and
television broadcasting, televised shopping, magazines and trade
publications, sports entertainment, and digital media. We are
publicly traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange (TSX: RCI.A
and RCI.B) and on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE: RCI). For
further information about the Rogers group of companies, please
visit rogers.com.
SOURCE Rogers Communications Inc.