We’re looking for volunteers to join the VANS programming committee and juries. Committee volunteers help shape how our programs work, our application processes and selection committees. They currently oversee our Mentorship Program, New Grad Program, workshops, Open Grants, and can initiate short term projects like our Hear Tell Podcast Training Initiative for the Arts or…

TAKE OUR WORKSHOP SURVEY We’re starting to plan the VANS Fall Workshop Series and we’re asking for feedback from members and artists. We are focusing on professional development workshops in support of Nova Scotian artists’ practice and we are offering the entire series online (likely over Zoom). Let us know what you would like to see…

We are thrilled to announce the artist who has been selected for this summer’s VANS in Residence.  Carley Mullally is a textile artist and researcher currently based out of K’jipuktuk / Halifax, but was born and raised in New Glasgow, Nova Scotia. Her work focuses on the versatility of off-loom textile processes such as rope-making,…

Meet our new Social Media Coordinator, Emily Lawrence! Emily is excited to help promote some of the wonderful things happening in the arts community here and on our other social media channels. Emily currently works as a professional artist and promotions specialist in Halifax. She began working with arts organizations throughout her education at NSCAD…

You are invited to the 2019-20 Mentorship Program Exhibition, Remote Probabilities, at The Craig Gallery July 8 – August 2, 2020.  Join emerging artists Jack Wong, Andrea Tsang Jackson, Hila Peleg and Annik Gaudet and their mentors Steve Higgins, Frances Dorsey, Marilyn McAvoy, and Becka Barker in celebrating their hard work in the program this…

Visual Arts Nova Scotia is taking appropriate precautions during the Coronavirus outbreak. Staff will be working remotely, and the office will be closed to the public until further notice. We have many programs and services that are still accessible online and we will be active on our social media sharing opportunities as usual. Please don’t…

Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s Professional Development Workshop Series is presented in an effort to keep artists informed of best practices, methods and opportunities to develop artistically and professionally. This year, due to the pandemic, we will be offering all workshops online using Zoom. We are offering Pricing Your Work, Writing Your Artist CV and Resume, Online Marketing…

Even the weather agrees that spring is almost here so we’re starting to plan the VANS Spring Workshop Series and we’re asking for feedback from members and artists. As usual, we are focusing on professional development workshops in support of Nova Scotian artists’ practice. Let us know what you would like to see VANS offer by…

The VANS slide library is ending. In the age of print photography, the slide library used to be a way members could safely store duplicate documentation of their work safe from fire and flood, but now with the Artist Pages accessible to every member (and with so many members having their own website or social media…

UNFORTUNATELY, THIS EVENT HAS BEEN CANCELLED. Join us for the second Third Thursday in our series. This month’s theme is based on the NSCAD Lithography Workshop: Contemporary Editions exhibition at the AGNS. At 7pm, following our discussion, attend the talk with artist Amy Malbeuf as she shares her experiences as an artist participating in the…