The Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery will announce and celebrate this year, the 25th winner of the Winifred Shantz Award for Ceramics. The Award was founded and funded by Winifred Shantz (1923-2012) who, with her husband Keith Shantz (1916-1992), set up an endowment fund, The Keith and Winifred Shantz Fund for the Arts, held at Waterloo Region Community Foundation to assure the perpetuity of the Award. Winifred worked during the day as a secretary for insurance companies in Waterloo, Ontario, and after work, she was throwing vases, teapots and bowls. She also started a pottery supplies business locally and was involved in multiple art projects. With Ann Roberts and Aggie Beynon, Shantz spearheaded the idea of a national gallery devoted to clay and glass in Waterloo with the support of Ceramist Canada and the Glass Art Association of Canada. On August 3, 1982, they incorporated The Waterloo Gallery for Clay, Glass and Enamel Arts as a not-for-profit organization. As the project developed, with a building design by Patkau Architects, the name evolved to The Canadian Clay & Glass Gallery.