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Artist Pat Martin Bates receives Oak Bay’s first Acorn award

Artist Pat Martin Bates received a pin from Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen on Thursday as the first recipient of the Acorn Arts award, honouring outstanding contributors to the arts in the municipality.

Artist Pat Martin Bates received a pin from Oak Bay Mayor Nils Jensen on Thursday as the first recipient of the Acorn Arts award, honouring outstanding contributors to the arts in the municipality.

Bates’ print-making techniques, involving deep embossing and piercing of the paper, have brought her many honours, including the Gold Medal at the International Biennale of Prints in Norway.