Ehryn Torrell is a London-based Canadian painter visiting the province to present her solo exhibition Self Similar at the Cape Breton University Art Gallery this fall. Torrell’s large scale paintings and drawings incorporate visual elements of collapsed and derelict structures, and of remembered cityscapes. Using the lens of the built environment to explore personal and universal conditions of human experience, Ehryn Torrell’s work in painting examines empathy, contingency, loss and vulnerability.
Fall 2013 Workshop Series SOLD OUT
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The workshop series is built from feedback from members and the public, if you missed your chance to take one of the Fall 2013 workshops, let us know what you would like to see offered in your area by completing our Spring 2014 Workshop Survey online now.
Nancy Stevens – October Artist Profile
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Nancy Stevens left a safe and successful career to explore ideas and methods which resulted in HORIZON PAINTINGS, a solo exhibition of abstract paintings at the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia. After a 15-year career of teaching drawing and painting, creative and critical thinking, Stevens now lives and works in Antigonish County where her studio overlooks her vineyard, Cote St. George.
Delineations – Colin Canary
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Halifax based emerging artist and recent grad Colin Canary exhibits a series of brightly coloured abstract paintings exploring spatial cues.
Mia Rushton and Eric Moschopedis will be presenting a collaborative project at this year’s Nocturne: Art at Night festival on October 19. During their visit to the province, the artists will give a presentation about their practices in Wolfville, NS as part of Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s En Route Artist Talk Series. Mia Rushton & Eric Moschopedis are Calgary based artists who use public intervention, performance and radical crafting to interrogate day-to-day life.
Visual Arts News is requesting proposals from Atlantic Canadian artists interested in creating original work for a two-page spread in the Spring Issue of Visual Arts News. Interested applicants should submit their proposals by October 1.
This artist book was published as part of the Re-Focus Sustainable Art Residency in collaboration with the Ecology Action Centre and the Khyber Centre for the Arts. Introductions by Briony Carros (Executive Director, Visual Arts Nova Scotia) and Daniel Joyce (Artistic Director, Khyber Centre for the Arts), as well as an interview with D’Arcy by James MacSwain.
Bonnie Baker – September Artist Profile
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Bonnie Baker has always engaged in some form of cultural work. As a full time artist in Annapolis Royal, she explores the rich overlap between drawing, painting and printmaking while experimenting with the natural form.
Brights in Series: VANS in the Hub
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Visual Arts Nova Scotia presents Brights in Series, the 6th edition of VANS in the HUB featuring a broad range of artworks by Nova Scotian visual artists: Ellen Moershel, Violet Rosengarten, Jacqueline Steudler, and Kate Stinson.
Ed Huner – August 2013 Artist Profile
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Born in the Netherlands and raised in southern Ontario, Edward Huner holds a BFA(’76) degree from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Ed is an elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists and is a founding member of the Professional Living Artists of Nova Scotia. He regards his work as figurative and representational and enjoys the disparate placements of objects and environments.
Visual Arts Nova Scotia is delighted to officially announce that the 2013-14 VANS Mentorship Program participants are emerging artists: Andrew Maize, Annalise Prodor, and Sera Senakovicz. Apprentices have been individually paired with established artists and mentors: Michael Fernandes, Eleanor King, and Ericka Walker.
Neon Signs – Craig Budovitch
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In my current series of paintings, I project an amalgamation of iconography from seasonally touristic destinations and places I have lived. Neon signs function in my work as landmarks for a community while also representing a historic relic or tourist attraction.
Visual Arts Nova Scotia is delighted to present an artist talk by preeminent media and performance artist, Rita McKeough on Monday August 12 at 6:00pm, in Sydney, NS. In collaboration with Cape Breton University Art Gallery, and the Dalhousie Art Gallery, this artist talk is offered as the first installment of Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s En Route Artist Talk Series.
Living on the Edge – Region 5 Exhibition
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Eastern Shore Artists engage the edge of the land/sea daily. Because we live on this edge- of the province, of the Atlantic Ocean, we have a deep sense of the metaphor of being on the edge of a beautiful but untrustworthy entity.
Andrew Maize – July 2013 Artist Profile
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Andrew Maize is an emerging artist, art educator, and coordinator of the White Rabbit Residency and Festival. He is curious about the transference of energies, the obscenity of obsolescence and consumption, and inspired by craftsmanship and the possibilities and processes of working with materials.
Visual Arts News seeks a web intern
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Visual Arts News seeks a sharp, self-motivated web intern with a solid grasp of art history and critical theory, who’s passionate about generating critical discussion about the work of artists in the Atlantic Region.
As part of our mandate, Visual Arts Nova Scotia offers professional development workshops to artists around the province. These workshops discuss interrelationships of topics across commercial and public sectors and in relation to the self-employed artist’s creative practice. Let us know what you would like to see VANS offer by completing the Fall 2013 Workshop…
2012-13 Mentorship Program Exhibition
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Apprentices this year have created works investigating dominant forms of knowledge, the transference of power, and wilderness as refuge. Highlighting the talents of emerging artists Judy Arsenault, Wes Johnston, and Christine Waugh the exhibition will also include work from their individual mentors Janice Leonard, Ilan Sandler, and Steve Higgins.
VANS in the Hub is a peer juried exhibition open to VANS members twice annually. The Hub Gallery is located at The Hub, a creative and innovative, work inspired office and meeting space that attracts innovative self-employed professionals, small businesses, and other professionals.
This series began with paper-based ephemera – such as personal lists, envelopes and notes – that were cut-and-pasted onto clipboards, then overlaid with maps and images and, as sequenced works of art, posted onto the walls of the Gallery.