Mentorship Program Call for Applications
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Acknowledging that artists in rural and urban areas have very different experiences and needs, the Mentorship Program will run two pilot versions: in 2025-26 VANS will only accept applications from emerging artists in or near Halifax. In 2026-27 VANS will only accept applications from rural artists (location TBD). The deadline for the 2025-26 Mentorship Program…
2018-19 Mentorship Program
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Mentees: Carrie Allison Carrie Allison is an Indigenous mixed-race visual artist born and raised in unceded and unsurrendered Coast Salish Territory (Vancouver, BC). Situated in K’jipuktuk since 2010, Allison’s practice responds to her maternal Cree and Metis ancestry, thinking through intergenerational cultural loss and acts of resilience, resurgence, resistance, and activism, while also thinking through…
At the 2017 Creative Nova Scotia Awards Gala, Susan Gibson Garvey was awarded the Portia White Prize, which recognizes cultural and artistic excellence on the part of a Nova Scotian artist who has attained professional status, mastery and recognition in their discipline. The $25,000 prize consists of a primary recipient who is an established artist…
2017-18 Mentorship Program
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Mentees: NAT chantel NAT chantel is an African Nova Scotian emerging artist in multimedia, textiles and sculpture. Collections of written language influence and direct her to recount historical experiences of oppression, silence, and marginalization, that draw into question the narratives of racial and feminist ideologies. Her work speaks to imposed societal structures that inform identity,…
Visual Arts Nova Scotia is pleased to officially announce the participants of this year’s VANS Mentorship Program. After receiving a many excellent applications, the program will be supporting four dedicated emerging Nova Scotian artists. Alexis Vessey, Ben Mosher, Kate Grey and Ryan Josey have been individually paired with established artists and mentors: Sarah Maloney, Craig…
How We Are Talking is at The Craig Gallery, June 30 – August 7. Opening: Wednesday, June 29, 7 – 9 pm Artist Panel: Saturday, August 6, 1 pm Highlighting the talents of mentees Anna Taylor, Sophie Paskins, Alice MacLean and Claudia Legg the Visual Arts Nova Scotia 2015-16 Mentorship Program Exhibition How We Are…
The VANS Mentorship Program pairs emerging artists with established artists to take part in a ten-month mentorship from September to June. Focusing on supporting the goals and ambitions of emerging artists throughout the province, mentors may be asked to provide support in any one or more of the following areas: proposal development for exhibitions, grant writing…
Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS) releases the 10th annual call for applications for our Mentorship Program. As part of the tenth anniversary of the program, we strongly encourage applications from emerging and established artists living in rural Nova Scotia communities to participate in this year’s program. The VANS Mentorship Program pairs emerging artists with established…
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.
Visual Arts Nova Scotia is delighted to present, in collaboration with Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre, artist talks by emerging Nova Scotian artists: Judy Arsenault, Wes Johnston, and Christine Waugh of the VANS Mentorship Program. Please join us at the gallery, 7 Lorne St. in Sackville, New Brunswick on Saturday June 15 at…
The Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS) Mentorship Program pairs emerging artists with established artists to take part in a 10-month mentorship. The program is designed to support the individual artistic methods and professional ambitions of emerging artists in Nova Scotia by providing access to the skills and experience of selected mentors. VANS is delighted…
James MacSwain wins Portia White Prize and selects VANS Mentorship Program as secondary recipient
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October 31, 2011 – On Friday, October 28th at the sixth annual Creative Nova Scotia Awards Gala, hosted at the Cunard Centre in Halifax, Nova Scotia, Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS) member and artist, James MacSwain won the Portia White Prize, naming the VANS Mentorship Program as the prizes secondary recipient. Born in Amherst, Nova…