Please join us for Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s 2013 Annual General Meeting & Opening Reception for NARC MINE
Saturday, June 1st, 2013
Celtic Circle, New Glasgow, NS

Learn all about VANS’ activities over the past year and our direction for the future.

Join the board, staff and artists for lunch from 1:00 – 2:00pm at the Celtic Circle, giving  members an opportunity to meet and socialize before the  Annual General Meeting.  The AGM will begin immediately following lunch at 2pm where members can vote on Agenda Items.

Following the meeting, please join us for the opening reception of the VANS Region 7 exhibition, NARC MINE, from 4:00pm – 6:00pm. The reception is open to the public, please feel free to invite family and friends to the opening.  A complete list of activities programmed for the AGM is listed below.

Please RSVP your attendance to the AGM and lunch by May 24 to vans@visualarts.ns.ca or call (902) 423-4694, toll-free 1-866-225-8267.

AGM Schedule

11:30am  – 12:45pm

Upon your arrival to New Glasgow, please drop in to Open Studios:

Dawn MacNutt www.dawnmacnutt.com
5226 Little Harbour Rd
Directions from New Glasgow:
Go to Little Harbour Road (off Almont Ave.), drive straight down to the T at Harbour Beach Market; turn right and a few hundred feet is the 5226 Little Harbour Road marker for our house. If you see the Little Harbour Church, you’ve gone too far. (10 minutes from town…probably 10 km).

NSCAD Community Studio Residency
Jimy Sloan  www.jimysloan.blogspot.ca
Tyler Durbano www.tylerdurbano.blogspot.ca
Katie Hagan
New Glasgow Fire and Rescue
188 Dalhousie St. New Glasgow

1 – 2pm – Lunch at The Celtic Circle, 195 Forbes St, open to all VANS members, please RSVP by May 24. Carolyn Bedford will also begin gestural drawing on large paper hung on the wall. Everyone is invited to spend a moment capturing the forms and lines of members during lunch, drawings made throughout the day will become part of the NARC MINE exhibit.

2 – 3:30pm  – Annual General Meeting, open to all VANS members, please RSVP by May 24. See agenda for meeting items.

3:30  – 4pm  – PAINTS and Mentorship Program information tables. Becky and Andrea will be available to answer any questions regarding these programs.

4 – 4:30pm – Opening remarks and performance by the Carillon Singers at the Trinity Church, 151 Temperance St. (5 min walk from the Celtic Circle)

4:30 – 6pm –  Reception for NARC MINE, Region 7 exhibition at The Celtic Circle.

The Celtic Circle is located at 195 Forbes Street, New Glasgow, NS. For locations and driving directions, please consult Google Maps (http://maps.google.ca).

Visual Arts Nova Scotia
1113 Marginal Road Halifax, NS B3H 4P7
t: (902) 423-4694, 1-866-225-8267, f: (902)422-0881
vans@visualarts.ns.ca