It’s Been A Year

Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s 2023-24 Mentorship Program Exhibition
The Craig Gallery, July 3 – July 28, 2024
Opening: Thursday, July 4, 2024, from 6 – 8 pm
Emerging Artist Talk (in-person): Sunday, July 28, 1 pm 

Highlighting the talents of emerging artists Barbara Brown Conrod, Kordeena Clayton, Kristi Farrier, and Pam Juarez, It’s Been A Year also features their mentors Susan Tooke, Duane Jones, Onni Nordman, and Eryn Foster. Learn more about the artists and their work.

Since the Mentorship Program’s inception in 2006, Visual Arts Nova Scotia has successfully paired emerging artists with established artists to take part in a 10-month mentorship. The Mentorship Program provides an exceptional opportunity for emerging artists to develop both their creative process and professional skills, thus building the foundation for a successful career in the visual arts. The program also offers established artists an opportunity to pass on their experience, resources, knowledge, and insight. For information on the program visit: visualarts.ns.ca/program/mentorship-program/.

Visual Arts Nova Scotia gratefully acknowledges core funding for the Mentorship Program and exhibition from The Craig Foundation.

The program is also supported by the Nova Scotia Department of Communities, Culture and Heritage, the Halifax Regional Municipality, Canada Council for the Arts, and The Craig Gallery.

The Craig Gallery is located at Alderney Landing, 2 Ochterloney St. in Dartmouth, NS. The gallery is open to the public Tuesday – Friday: 10 – 5 pm, Saturday: 9 am – 1 pm, and Sunday: 11 am – 3 pm, Monday: closed. For further information on The Craig Gallery, please click here.

Want to learn more about the Mentorship Program? There will be a Mentorship Program info session over Zoom on Monday, July 8, 2024, at 7 pm AT. Register in advance for this meeting: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZYqd–tqD4pE9ajziQoRKWHykbfHBaHuFvF.

For more information on this exhibition or the Mentorship Program contact:

Carri MacKay
Programming Coordinator
Visual Arts Nova Scotia
communicate@visualarts.ns.ca

Image details (clockwise from top left): Pam Juarez, Las ? De ?, Doublewoven linen dyed with cochineal and marigold, printed with acrylic printing base and pigments, 10″ x  20.5″, 2023. Kristi Farrier, Ragged and Roaring at the Skyline (detail), handmade cotton rag paper, willow, metal, 36” x 26” circumference, 2024 [photo: Corey Katz]. Barbara Brown Conrod, Untitled (detail), Mixed Media on Canvas, 22″ x 22″, 2024. Kordeena Clayton, Wade inna water (detail), Acrylic on canvas, 27cm x 25cm, 2022.