In 1988, in celebration of our 50^th anniversary, we established Fellows of the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design. Since that time, this certificate has been awarded to more than 60 individuals who have made a significant contribution to the development and well being of the college and the people who work there.

Ray Cronin2025 NBCCD Fellow

Ray Cronin is a writer and curator based in Nova Scotia and New Brunswick, on the traditional unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq and the Wəlastəkewiyik (Maliseet) Peoples.

In 2023, he was appointed Curator of Canadian Art at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. Previously, he served as both Curator and Director/CEO at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia from 2001 to 2015. He is also the founding curator of the Sobey Art Award.

Ray is the author of fourteen books on Canadian art, including Alan Syliboy: Culture is Our Medicine (Gaspereau Press), Our Maud: The Life, Art and Legacy of Maud Lewis (Art Gallery of Nova Scotia), Halifax Art & Artists: An Illustrated History (Art Canada Institute), and Nova Scotia Folk Art: An Illustrated Guide (Nimbus Publishing).

Photography Credit: Steve Farmer, RAW Photography

Learn more

NBCCD Fellow Recipients

2014 - 2024

2024	Bernard Burton
2023	Andrew Kierstead
2023	Joe Arbeau
2022	Honourable Brenda Murphy
2021	Marilyn Luscombe & Ellen Woolaver
2020	Linda Kelly
2019	Brigitte Clavette
2018	Harriet Taylor
2017	Peter Gross
2017	Karen Burk
2017	Jane Geurts
2016	Kathryn McCarroll
2015	Linda Mayhew
2015	Paul Simmonds
2014	Peter Larocque

2013 - 2004

2012	Anne Reynolds
2011	Trudy Gallagher
2009	Dave Seabrook
2009	Ralph Kirkbride
2008	Gwen Bear
2008	Steve Goudey
2007	Gallery Connexion
2007	Inge Pataki
2007	Ingrid Mueller
2006	Sue Lawrence
2006	Honourable Margaret McCain
2005	Brian Atkinson
2005	Rick Burns
2005	Marie Maltais
2004	Bernard Riordon

2003 - 1994

2003	Luc Paulin
2003	Senator Marilyn Trenholme-Counsell
2003	Mathius Oustermann
2002	Peter Thomas
2001	Dale Brooks
2000	Amin Kalaf
2000	Monte Lewis
1999	Peter Salmon
1998	Peter Powning
1998	Christina Sabat
1997	Freeman Patterson
1997	Brigid Toole-Grant
1996	John Thompson and John Little
1996	Susan Vida Judah
1995	Charlotte Glencross
1995	Sheila Mckay Dick
1994	Colleen Gilmore
1994	Rolande and Fernande Gervais
1994	Roderick Stears

1993 - 1988

1993	George Fry
1992	Robert Doyle
1992	Shirley Bear Clair
1992	Anne Fawcett
1991	Nel Oudemans
1991	Barbara Smith
1991	Gertrude Duffie
1990	Molly Lamb Bobak
1990	Alan Kowalski
1990	Jeannine Dugas
1989	Marilyn Brooks
1989	Helen Frances Gregor
1989	Erica Deichman Gregg
1988	Allan Crimmins
1988	Dr Ivan Crowell
1988	Lois Etherington Betteridge