VANS will be offering Studio Sessions 3-part webinar series again this winter – this time the topic is Writing Professional Proposals! Each of the hour-long webinars will be instructed by artist and gallery director Melanie Colosimo, who has taught our workshop on the same topic in VANS’ regular workshop series. The webinars will allow artists…
PAINTS School Deadline is January 30
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The next deadline for schools and teachers to apply for PAINTS projects is coming up quickly. Professional Artists in the Schools (PAINTS) helps schools in Nova Scotia bring together professional visual artists, educators and students. We provide support for schools throughout the province to bring professional artists into their classrooms to lead workshops, give artists…
The Creative Kick – Member Profile
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The Creative Kick is about inspiring the creatively driven, in particular commercial and visual artists. They believe that artists flourish best in the company of others, so they run events that encourage social interactions. When people feel supported by a community, they are more likely to stay in Nova Scotia and pay that support forward.…
Textile artist and printmaker Julie Rosvall exhibits new prints, alongside tiny works from the print exchange Return to Sender, in the Corridor Gallery this month. Organized by the PRNT Collective in Barrie, Ontario, the Return to Sender print exchange was inspired by the tradition of stamp collecting. Tasked with the challenge to edition a mini-print…
Taxes for Artists Webinars
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2019 WEBINAR SERIES This three-part online workshop series focused on tax essentials for artists. Each one hour session was taught by CPA Nora Macnee and allowed artists from across the country to learn the ins and outs of their taxes – all from the comfort of their home or studio. This webinar series was designed…
More info on 2020 Membership Changes
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We have made some changes to VANS Memberships for 2020. An Artist Page for every member Every member now gets an Artist Page (formerly an E-studio) included with their membership fees. The Artist Page used to be an additional benefit offered for a $10/ year fee and was used by 25% of our membership. With…
VANS in Residence in Bridgewater
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Call for artists: VANS, in partnership with the DesBrisay Museum, will host a 4-week Artist Residency in Bridgewater, NS this winter. This program provides a stipend to support the artist to work full time for 4 weeks. 70% of the time will be dedicated to the artist’s own work (creation, research or both) and 30%…
An Artist Page for Every Member!
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We are now including an Artist Page (formerly known as an E-studio) with EVERY membership! Artists say this is one of our most valuable membership benefits, and with everyone on board it will be THE destination to find Nova Scotian artists online. The Artist Pages provide a page on our website where artists can post…
PAINTS Artist Deadline is December 1
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The Professional Artists in the Schools (PAINTS) program brings together professional visual and fine crafts artists, educators, and students. It provides support for schools throughout Nova Scotia to bring professional artists into their classrooms to work directly with students. Our roster includes artists from all over the province working in different media in and in…
The Cultural Human Resources Council (CHRC) project, Respectful Workplaces in the Arts, addresses harassment in the workplace, including sexual harassment, bullying, discrimination and violence. As a part of this initiative, this workshop will ensure that artists and arts organizations across Canada have the tools, resources and training to prevent harassment of any kind, and build…
FRESH EYES Art Crit Returns
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NEW DATE: Thursday, November 21, 7pm. Do you ever want some feedback on your work in progress? Head down to VANS (1113 Marginal Road, Halifax) to chat with your fellow artists for this evening of friendly, constructive art critique. Working alone in the studio can be isolating, so if you want to get out of…
Cash – Artist Profile
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Cash is a dog and artist, originally from Ohio, now living and working in Halifax, Nova Scotia. He identifies as a mutt and his current part time position is office dog, mascot, pats promoter, and greeter at the Visual Arts Nova Scotia office. Working in a variety of media, Cash’s previous art projects include being…
“Aerial Abstraction” by Kelly Markovich
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Artist Kelly Markovich developed this series of drawings from a collection of satellite images taken from online weather sites. Having collected the images over a 5-year period, Markovich, an interdisciplinary photo-based artist, recently began drawing again as a part of her creative process. In these watercolour, acrylic and graphite drawings Markovich is exploring our connections…
New Grad Program Open Studio!
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The VANS New Grad Program participants invite you to their Open Studio! Join us in supporting these 9 amazing emerging artists and see what they have been working on during the program, chat with them, and see some great art. The Open Studio is on Wednesday, November 6 from 6 – 9pm in their 2nd…
How We Build: On Craft and Blackness
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Visual Arts News, in partnership with Nocturne Art at Night and MSVU Art Gallery, presents the panel discussion How We Build: On Craft and Blackness. Based on curator Pamela Edmond’s quote “I am no longer interested in a seat at the table. I now want to build my own table” this panel will focus on…
“Passages” by Natan Nevo
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Longtime VANS member Natan Nevo’s acrylic paintings are in the Corridor Gallery this month. With its unfailingly bright colours Nevo’s work is painted in his signature modern, geometric style. Included in this exhibition is his Life series, which chronicles the stages in a life. See Nevo’s exhibition, Passages, in the Corridor Gallery October 2 –…
Fall Workshops from VANS!
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VANS has announced our Fall 2019 Professional Development Workshop Series! This season we have workshops in Truro, Port Williams, Lunenburg, Sydney and Halifax on some of your most requested topics. New this year is Community Connection and Collaboration (addressing how to be engaged in the local community through art workshops, volunteering, open studios, and how…
Be part of a Peer Review Group
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Sign up for a Peer Application Review Group! VANS Members who are writing a grant or a proposal can get feedback on their writing (via email) with this program. Any member can sign up, we group the artists according to what type of grant they are applying for, then each artist submits a draft to…
Call for Members’ News
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VANS Members: send us your news! Have you been making and showing new work? Teaching or taking some great classes? Up for an award or in an exhibition? Send your updates and accomplishments to us for the fall edition of Members’ News! VANS members are often involved in some great projects, and your fellow artists…
“Repeat Patterns” by Jessica Lynn Wiebe
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Jessica Lynn Wiebe’s exhibition includes sketches and drawings of Jiu Jitsu movements, which serve as a point of reference as she builds complex repeat patterns in her paintings. The figurative patterns in these sketches are then repeated across the canvas and are further abstracted, creating a more colourful pattern, reminiscent of camouflage. See Wiebe’s exhibition,…