11/08/2025
CONGRATULATIONS to everyone! What a spectacular show! There were some absolutely show-stopping performances last night at the 2025 Chillies Awards, presented by Andmar!
We'll be updating you with photos and video from last night as soon as we can, courtesy our wonderful partners, Alex Harte Photography, and VBN Virtual Broadcast Network, but for the moment, we wanted to congratulate all the nominees, the performers, and the recipients of their 2025 Chillies Awards, provided by Sapphire Creative, our highly creative Awards Partner!
HERE ARE YOUR RECIPIENTS, in order of presentation at last nights awards program...
ACT I
• VISUAL ARTS EXCELLENCE - Nikki LaRock, Fashion Design, 2025 chillcouture (presented by Johnston Meier Insurance)
• PUBLIC ART OF THE YEAR – Silvana Kulyk, "Gifts of Nature", The Molson Mural (presented by VBN, Virtual Broadcast Network)
• BEST FILM or VIDEO SERIES – BAWAH, “From Mauvey to a BAWAH” (presented by CIFF)
• TOP WRITER – Merlin Bunt, “Boom Times in Chilliwack” (presented by Chilliwack Cultural Centre)
• ARTS EDUCATION CHAMPION, Individual – Jill Solven, Chilliwack Middle School Music Dept., (presented by Chilliwack Arts Council)
• ARTS EDUCATION CHAMPION, Group or Organization – Chilliwack Arts Council (presented by Kal Tire, Eagle Landing, Chilliwack)
• EMERGING ARTIST of the YEAR - Maddi K (presented by River Crest Contracting Ltd.)
ACT II
• CULTURAL ACHIEVEMENT AWARD – 2025 Chilliwack Pride Festival (presented by Shandhar Hut Indian Cuisine - Chilliwack) who incidentally blew the roof off the Cultural Centre with an absolutely wonderful catering of the VIP Party for our nominees.
• BEST COMEDY or MUSICAL PERFORMANCE, Individual – Deanne Moore, “Matilda” (presented by Chillsounds)
• BEST COMEDY or MUSCAL PERFORMANCE, Group or Organization – “Matilda”, Chilliwack Players Guild Producer (presented by Chilltv)
• BEST DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE, Individual – Graham Archer, “Hector” (presented by Chilliwack Progress)
• BEST DRAMATIC PERFORMANCE, Group or Organization – “Macbeth”, UFV Theatre Dept. (presented by Sapphire Creative)
• MUSICIAN OF THE YEAR – The Maybelles (presented by Master Painting and Renovations)
• UBER-ACHIEVER AWARD – Clint Hames (presented by ANDMAR)
Thank you to everyone who voted. Thank you to everyone who attended. Thank you to all our volunteers. Thank you to all the presenters, who shared personally in the spotlight as they announced the new CLASS OF 2025 Chillies recipients.
Thank you to our performers and their astounding performances taking The Chillies stage last night.
Thank you to our outstanding Host Cliff Prang (are we in for a THREEpeat in 2026?), who wittily crafted the evenings program, and the Bob Tarr Trio, performing wonderful jazz accompaniment to the entire evening, when not comedically assaulting the host (who knew Bob was so funny? Apparently, Bob did!).
Thank you to the entire staff of The Chilliwack Cultural Centre for being such gracious hosts.
Thank you to the host of The chillsounds 2025 Chillies After Party, the beautiful Vineyard Centre, where the party continued well into the night with sound provided by Andre at Odd Owl Studios.
Thank you to our generous partners, both in resources, and in spirit, without which the Chillies Awards would simply not be possible!
DIAMOND TITLE SPONSOR: ANDMAR
SAPPHIRE AWARDS SPONSOR: Sapphire Creative
GOLD SPONSOR: our "Official Flavour of the Chillies", Shandhar Hut!
GOLD SPONSOR: River Crest Contracting Ltd.
SILVER SPONSOR: Master Painting and Renovations
SILVER SPONSOR: Kal Tire Chilliwack Locations
SILVER SPONSOR: VBN Sports
BRONZE SPONSOR: Johnston Meier Insurance Chilliwack
BRONZE SPONSOR: Alex Harte Photography
This was brought to you by our "Founding Five" partners, The Chilliwack Arts Council, The Chilliwack Progress, The Chilliwack Cultural Centre, chillTV, & chillsounds! It is so great working with you all.
Thank you to everyone that supports local art, it truly means something.
Recognizing and rewarding the creatives, performers and arts educators in our community is the goal of The Chillies Awards. Stay tuned for more information about The 2026 Chillies Awards, and for the recordings from last nights show! CHEERS TO THE ARTS!
