Nocturne: Art at Night is an annual festival bringing art and energy to the streets of Halifax between 6:00 p.m. and midnight on Saturday, October 15, 2011. The completely free event, now in its fourth year, showcases and celebrates the exciting visual arts scene in Halifax. The Nocturne program, map, and walking tours guide residents…
August 10, 2011 – The summer has ushered in many changes at Visual Arts News. We bid farewell to editor, Sue Carter Flinn and welcomed Lizzy Hill onboard as our new editor. Since 2003, Sue has provided Visual Arts News readers with timely and relevant coverage of the visual arts scene in Atlantic Canada and…
July 29, 2011 – From July 8 – 10, 2011, the 2010-11 VANS Mentorship Program participants and VANS personnel went to Windhorse Farms in New Germany, NS for a program retreat-intensive. Windhorse Farms is a unique community providing group accommodation, workshop facilities, meditation instruction, recreational activity, all in an effort to encourage reflective work in…
Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS) is accepting applications for a contract, Project Coordinator. The position is a 4-month, 30hrs/week, $12/hr contract that will start August 1st, 2011 and end December 1st, 2011. Reporting to the Executive Director, the Project Coordinator will coordinate event and funding logistics for an artist residency and symposium that aims to…
On Saturday, June 4th, at the Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS) Annual General Meeting in Lake Charlotte, NS, the organization launched a fresh and modern design to their website – https://www.visualarts.ns.ca. Now, two weeks later, and on the first day of Summer, VANS proudly announces it publically. VANS’ new website – created by Dean Gallant…
Make-Do, VANS Regional Exhibition
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Artists Making and Doing, by Making-Do: A Visual Arts Nova Scotia Regional Exhibit The rugged spirit of Nova Scotias’ resourcefulness is showcased in an upcoming group exhibit featuring 23 Eastern Shore artists, all of which are members of Visual Arts Nova Scotia. Subtitled “recycle, repurpose, reuse, revisit, reinvent, recreate”, the show opens to the…
Corridor Gallery 2012 – 2013
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VANS has exhibition openings in the Corridor Gallery in 2012-2013. The Corridor Gallery is a member gallery space located at 1113 Marginal Road, Halifax, NS in the office of Visual Arts Nova Scotia and is open Monday through Friday 9am-5pm. The Corridor Gallery is a non-juried space, and is available for our members on a first…
The Chosen Ones, Pat Sollows
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Giving members of Visual Arts Nova Scotia an opportunity to create an exhibition of their work. The Chosen Ones Pat Sollows June 2 – 29, 2011 Pat Sollows’ paintings encircle the Corridor Gallery at Visual Arts Nova Scotia from June 2 – 29, 2011. With regards to her oil painting practice, Sollows’ states that My…
Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS) is excited to release the 5th call for applications for the VANS Mentorship Program. Since 2006, the VANS Mentorship Program has paired established artists with emerging artists (not necessarily young artists, but those at the beginning of their artistic careers) to take part in a ten-month long mentorship from September…
VANS Programming Coordinator
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This is a 1-year, full-time contract position (with possibility of renewal) commencing June 7, 2011 with a annual salary of $22,000. Applications must be received by Friday, May 20, 2011. Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS) works for the advancement and rights of the visual arts and artists of Nova Scotia. VANS is a provincial artist-run…
Visual Arts Nova Scotia welcomes the public to This is Me – VANS Regional Exhibition at the Fraser Cultural Centre in Tatamagouche. Select members of Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS) living in the Cumberland, Colchester and East Hants County will be exhibiting their work at the Fraser Cultural Centre from June 17- July 6th, 2011. The regional exhibition…
This is Me, VANS Regional Exhibition
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April 26, 2011 -For the first time since 2004, Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS) members living in the Cumberland, Colchester and East Hants County (Region 6) will be exhibiting their work together at the McCarthy Hall Gallery, Nova Scotia Community College, 36 Arthur St., Truro, NS from May 6 – May 31, 2011. This is…
For Immediate Release: VANS in Residence with Halifax Public Libraries Aprill 21, 2011 – Professional Artists in the School (PAINTS) program artist Pat Loucks has just completed Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s (VANS) first ever half-time residency with Halifax Public Libraries at the Captain William Spry Library in April. Over the last 4-weeks, Loucks has spent 20 hours…
2011 Annual General Meeting
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Join VANS on Saturday, June 4, 2011 at Memory Lane Heritage Village in Lake Charlotte for the 2011 VANS AGM. Saturday’s activities will commence with the VANS Annual General Meeting at 1pm followed by a Tour of Memory Lane Heritage Village at 3pm. At 5pm, there will be an opening reception of the Eastern Shore…
The Hub Gallery – Spring 2011
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Following the successful inaugural collaboration between the Hub and VANS in 2010, which culminated in an off-site exhibition space for VANS’ members, both VANS and the Hub are now excited to launch the first of two exhibitions in 2011. This spring 2011, VANS in the HUB (aka The Hub Gallery) will feature large-scale 2 dimensional…
Spring 2011 workshop series
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Visual Arts Nova Scotia is excited to launch its Spring 2011 Workshop Series. The workshop series runs between April and May and serves the professional development of visual artists across Nova Scotia. VANS’ workshop series discusses inter-relationships of topics across commercial and public sectors and in relation to the self-employed artists’ creative practice, including both Professional…
Activating Space – Ellen Moershel
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Giving members of Visual Arts Nova Scotia an opportunity to create an exhibition of their work. Activating Space Ellen Moershel April 5 – 25, 2011 Ellen Moershel activates the Corridor Gallery at Visual Arts Nova Scotia from April 5 – 25, 2011. Moershels’ abstract work plays on the interactions and conversations caused by variation in…
New installation – Art in a Box
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Showcasing the work of artists who reside in Nova Scotia. Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS) is pleased to announce the new installation at Art in a Box. The exhibit, which opened on March 18th, 2011, features work by VANS members, Ellen Moershel, Briana Corr Scott, Lio Lo, Kim Aerts and Jennifer Marlow. This installation captures a complimentary mixture of representational and…
Paris Salon – The Craig Gallery
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Paris Salon featured VANS members from Dartmouth, Bedford, Sackville & the Fall River area. The VANS regional exhibition took place at the Craig Gallery in Dartmouth, NS from February 4th – 27th, 2011.
Paris Salon, VANS Regional Exhibition
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Paris Salon Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS) Regional Group Exhibition February 4-27, 2011 Opening Reception: Thursday, February 3, 7-9 pm Paris Salon is an exciting mid-winter event to be hosted at the Craig Gallery at Alderney Landing from February 4th to 27th. This unique art exhibition is fashioned after the original art exhibits of the…