Register for Taxes for Artists Webinars
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Visual Arts Nova Scotia is pleased to announce the return of Studio Sessions, the webinar series for artists! Starting on Wednesday, February 13, at 6pm AT, this three-part online workshop series will focus on tax essentials for artists. Each one hour session will be taught by CPA Nora Macnee and will allow artists from across the country to…
Visual Arts News Spring Issue
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Check out the Spring 2019 issue of Visual Arts News! The Expanse issue features cover art by Kym Greeley and articles on Ned Pratt, Fogo Island Arts, Stephanie Rybczyn and Sarah Lloyd, Michelle Sylliboy and more! It will be mailed to subscribers VANS members later this week and should be on newsstands soon. Or you…
Renew your membership for 2019
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Happy New Year! We are back in the office and over the break so many members renewed their VANS membership for 2019 (thanks so much)! However, there are still some who have not yet renewed, which means that their membership expired on December 31, 2018. If you haven’t yet renewed for 2019 (since October) you…
VANS Office Closure
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The VANS office, along with the rest of the Cultural Federations, will be closed for the holidays December 17 – January 1. Our last day in the office will be Friday, December 14 (so get your membership renewals in before then) and our first day back will be Wednesday, January 2, 2019. Happy holidays from…
Visual Arts Nova Scotia invites you to the New Grad Program’s Open Studio! The emerging artists in the program have been hard at work over the past three months making work in their studio, meeting with their mentor, taking weekly professional development workshops and more! Come celebrate with them at their Open Studio and see…
FRESH EYES art critique evening
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FRESH EYES: an evening art critique! 👀 👀 👀 Do you ever want some feedback on your work in progress? Head down to VANS 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 your…
The Susan Wood Award
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In November 2018 Visual Arts Nova Scotia announced our fundraising campaign to support the Susan Wood Award, to be distributed by the Nova Scotia Talent Trust. Artist Susan Wood was a long-standing member of VANS and had served on our Board of Directors since 2014 until her passing earlier that year. Susan was committed to…
You’re invited to our Open House!
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The staff of Visual Arts Nova Scotia, along with Craft NS, The Writers’ Federation, Dance NS, Theatre NS, Strategic Arts Management, The Association of NS Museums, and the NS Choral Federation, invite you to the Cultural Federations of Nova Scotia Holiday Open House! The event will take place at the CFNS, 1113 Marginal Road in…
Art Talks Gallery Tour
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Join Visual Arts News for ART TALKS free bus tour of K’jipuktuk/ Halifax galleries featuring talks with indigenous artists and curators: Carrie Allison, Aiden Gillis, Tarah Hogue, Maria Hupfeld & Wanda Nanibush! This event is in partnership with the Aboriginal Curatorial Collective | Collectif des commissaires autochtones Pjilita’q Mi’kmaki: L’nuite’tmukl tan wejkuwaql naqwe’kl International Gathering…
Register for Fall Workshops!
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Visual Arts Nova Scotia has announced our Fall 2018 Professional Development Workshop Series! Taking place in Sydney, Parrsboro, Wolfville and Halifax, this series covers some of the most requested topics you identified in the VANS Workshop Survey. Join us for Grant Writing with Becka Barker (in Sydney and Halifax), Websites, Social Media, and Technology: Creating…
It’s starting to feel like autumn so that means it’s time for another round of the Peer Application Review Groups. Visual Arts Nova Scotia is facilitating an eight week peer-review process to help current members strengthen their upcoming proposals. Artists will get and give feedback by email on applications from two peers, matched based on…
After a lengthy search, the Visual Arts News hiring committee selected Shannon Webb-Campbell who will begin her work as Editor with the Spring 2019 issue. Shannon Webb-Campbell is a mixed Indigenous (Mi’kmaq) settler poet, writer, and critic. Her forthcoming book, I Am A Body of Land (Book*hug 2018) attempts to explore a relationship to poetic…
Visual Arts Nova Scotia is pleased to officially announce the participants of this year’s Mentorship Program. After receiving some great applications, the program will be supporting four dedicated emerging Nova Scotian artists. Carrie Allison, Emily Lawrence, Jenny Yujia Shi, and Katharine (Kyle) Vingoe-Cram have been individually paired with established artists and mentors: Ursula Johnson, Peter…
Take our Fall Workshop Survey!
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With the recent heatwave it’s hard to think about the fall, but we’re starting to plan the VANS Fall Workshop Series and we’re asking for feedback from members and artists. There are so many places doing great skills-based art workshops, so we focus instead on professional development workshops in support of Nova Scotian artists’ creative…
Introducing the New Grad Program!
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Visual Arts Nova Scotia is thrilled to announce the New Grad Program! This 14 week program is designed to help recent graduates navigate the transition from a full time student to a professional artist. During the program, all participants will be given the opportunity to take weekly professional development workshops on topics such as budgeting,…
JOB OPPORTUNITY: Visual Arts News Editor
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Visual Arts News magazine is seeking an Editor. Visual Arts News is the only magazine dedicated to contemporary visual art in Atlantic Canada. Published three times a year in May, September and January, every issue includes engaging essays, profiles, reviews, and in-depth features on issues facing arts professionals. Celebrating 40 years of publishing, Visual Arts…
Visual Arts Nova Scotia, in partnership with Lumière Arts Festival Association, will host a 5-week Artist in Residence program in Sydney, NS. This residency provides for the artist to work a 40 hour week. Approximately 30% of the time will be dedicated to community based work, including hands-on workshops, studio visits, talks and presentations and…
VANS Announces New Executive Director
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Visual Arts Nova Scotia is pleased to announce their new Executive Director: Becky Welter-Nolan. After a lengthy search, the VANS Board of Directors has hired Becky, who will start as the ED in July. Becky Welter-Nolan is a professional artist and administrator based in Halifax, Nova Scotia, the unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq people. Of…
The Craig Gallery, July 12 – 29. Opening: Wednesday, July 11, 6 – 8pm. Mentee Artist Talk: Saturday, July 14, 2pm. Highlighting the talents of emerging artists NAT chantel, Lux Gow-Habrich, Bree Hyland, and Karen Langlois, the Visual Arts Nova Scotia 2017-18 Mentorship Program Exhibition Conversations also includes work from mentors anna sprague, Kim Morgan,…
Apply for the Mentorship Program
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The call for applications is out for the 2018-19 Mentorship Program! The VANS Mentorship 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. Basing its structure on similar pioneer programs such as CARFAC Saskatchewan’s Visual…