Awards
  • January 2008. Juried Artist for an exhibition of contemporary Latvian Art from around the world. Ila’s piece "Spirit" will travel for 2 years to different Latvian provincial museums.
  • June 2007. Ontario Arts Council Grant. Gallery 129 Ossington Ave. Toronto, Ontario. For: “Sweetgrass”
  • April 2006. First Place Winner at the Blue Mountain Foundation For The Arts. For the painting “Tibetan Song.”
Spirit Sweet Grass Tibetan Song- Sold

 

Ontario Arts Council

On January 23, 2009 Ila received a grant of $7500.00 from the Ontario Arts Council to continue her research into Canadaian petroglyphs. She will use the grant to create 6 drawings (regional) of petroglyphs and have an exhibit of her art works in 2010 in Toronto.

On February 2009, brought further news from the Ontario Arts Council through the McLaren Art Centre in Barrie, Ontario in the form of an Exhibition Assistance Grant for the March show in Flesherton, Ontario.