My work is rooted in questions of spirituality and morality. Compositions are calculated, controlled and attempt to reach perfection. They are resolved. Conflict has been removed. They are intended to act as a counterpoint to our chaotic society and the lack of control I have as an individual struggling with my place.
Low Relief – Christine Waugh
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Halifax based ceramicist Christine Waugh exhibits a series of niche sculptures emerging from meditative processes, on view in the corridor gallery from September 5 – 25.
Chris Reid artist talk at The Craig Gallery, 1pm on Saturday, September 13, 2014. Chris Reid is an artist based in Brandon, Manitoba exhibiting at the Cape Breton University Art Gallery. Her work uses drawing, soft sculpture, pysanky and folktale characters to examine the changing dynamics in her rural, culturally diverse community.
Emerging artists Angela Glanzmann, Kate Walchuk and Stephanie Yee have been individually paired with established artists and mentors: Barbara Lounder, Eryn Foster and Wilma Needham.
Internship Opportunity Fall 2014
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This internship is perfect for those looking to develop practical skills and experience in arts administration.
Judith Leidl – August Artist Profile
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Judith Leidl has taught printmaking at NSCAD and Nunavut Arctic College, Baffin Island. Judith has also worked for several years at the world renowned Uqqurmiut Centre for Arts and Crafts in Pangnirtung, Baffin Island as Artistic Advisor to the Pangnirtung Community Print Collection. She has also been a faculty member at Acadia University since 1998, teaching both drawing and painting. Judith Leidl’s art work is included in many private and public collections nationally and internationally.
Talks With Sweet – Erin Jaeger-Freeborn
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Emerging Halifax based artist Erin Jaeger-Freeborn exhibits a series of tactile landscapes narrating the pastimes of suburban life in the corridor gallery from August 6 – 29.
Take the Fall 2014 Workshop Survey
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The survey takes less than a minute to complete and helps us to build programming based on the needs expressed by artists and art organizations provincially. Deadline to complete the survey extended to August 18, 2014.
Annual Report 2013-14
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Its been a big year for Visual Arts Nova Scotia, full of changes and new priorities. Read all about it here in our 2014 Annual Report.
Past mentee Barbara Schmeisser began her full-time practice after graduating from NSCAD in 2005. Working largely in steel, Schmeisser reveals familiar things about and around us that are not always visible. Ironic contrasts, humour and visual metaphor are common elements.
Portia White award winning visual artist and arts advocate, Charlotte Wilson-Hammond exhibits a series of mixed media works reflecting on marsh landscapes from an aerial perspective, on view July 7 – 29.
2013-14 Mentorship Program Exhibition
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Emerging artists in this year’s program present work questioning notions of time and space, definitions of femininity, and the relationship between human mark making and architecture. On view at the Craig Gallery June 25 – July 26.
Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS) releases the 9th annual call for applications for the VANS Mentorship Program. The VANS Mentorship Program pairs established artists with emerging artists to take part in a ten-month mentorship from September to June.
Bethany currently shares a studio at Wonder’neath Studio where she produces functional pottery as Bread and Butter Pottery; she an instructor at the George Dixon Centre and the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia; and shares a collaborative practice with Ella Tetrault- together they facilitate the Fuller Terrace Lecture Series, a community-based project in Halifax’s North End.
VANS AGM – Proposed Changes to By-laws
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With a more effective governance structure, the Board of Directors will be better able to oversee the larger purpose of the organization, the mandate, and support VANS in its continued relevance. We are confident that the proposed shift will allow us to represent the interests of artists in our province.
M.E. Sparks – Image
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Emerging New Glasgow based painter M.E. Sparks exhibits a series of drawings derived from Google Image searching a previous work, on view in the corridor gallery from June 5 – 26.
Register for the 2014 VANS AGM
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Please join VANS on Wednesday, June 25 for our Annual General Meeting at The Wooden Monkey Restaurant, 40 Alderney Drive, Alderney Landing (2nd floor), Dartmouth, NS. RSVP online here.
Visual Arts Nova Scotia presents a discussion on the role of commercial galleries with Deborah Carver of Studio 21, Dave Hayden of (((Parentheses))) and Christopher Webb of Pavia Gallery, Thursday May 22, 6:30-9pm.
Karen Langlois – May Artist Profile
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After a 20-year career in Early Childhood Education Karen Langlois walked through the doors of Toronto School of Art and never looked back. Three years later she left Ontario to pursue her other long-neglected dream: a house in the woods in Nova Scotia. For the past seven years she has been making art and gardening in Port Medway.
What Was Here – Sera Senakovicz
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Emerging Halifax based printmaker, Sera Senakovicz exhibits a series of silkscreens revealing people’s relationships with historic buildings, on view in the corridor gallery May 6 – 29.