The VANS Board of Directors is seeking nominations for new regional representatives to serve on our Board of Directors starting June 1st in La Baie Ste. Marie/Yarmouth and Darthmouth/Fall River/Sackville. Any nominees who put their name forward will stand for election by the membership at VANS Annual General Meeting on Saturday, June 1, 2013 in…
Annual General Meeting 2013
-
Posted by
Please join us for Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s 2013 Annual General Meeting & Opening Reception for NARC MINE Saturday, June 1st, 2013 Celtic Circle, New Glasgow, NS Learn all about VANS’ activities over the past year and our direction for the future. Join the board, staff and artists for lunch from 1:00 – 2:00pm at…
Atlantic Symposium – SOLD OUT
-
Posted by
Feel free to join us for a reception at the Khyber Centre for the Arts Saturday April 20, from 6-9pm.
The Symposium on Art Writing will begin with a keynote lecture by Sylvie Fortin. Sessions will consist of a series of presentations by invited writers, editors, and curators, followed by a conversation between the presenters and symposium participants.
Spring 2013 Workshop Survey
-
Posted by
CALL FOR INPUT – SPRING 2013 PROFESSIONAL DEVELOPMENT WORKSHOP SERIES As part of our mandate, Visual Arts Nova Scotia offers professional development workshops to artists around the province. These workshops discuss interrelationships of topics across commercial and public sectors and in relation to the self-employed artist’s creative practice. Let us know what you would like…
Visual Arts News kicked off 2013 by Launching a New Website to connect you with easy-to-access art news and criticism from the Atlantic Region. We’re working hard to create a magazine that speaks to artists and art lover across borders, which is why we’re asking you for your feedback – please take some time to…
Visual Arts News’ Launch Party!
-
Posted by
Visual Arts News invites you to a launch party at the Khyber on Friday, February 1, 7 pm – 9 pm, featuring a set by DJ Swayback. We’re thrilled to be celebrating the much anticipated launch of our new website www.visualartsnews.ca and the Spring 2013 edition of the magazine. We’re proud to continue…
VANS Activates the Artist Emergency Fund
-
Posted by
VANS Artist Emergency Fund will accept applications starting January 21, 2013. We are pleased to announce the activation of the Artist Emergency Fund for the New Year. Our 60-day campaign to raise $1000 to kickstart the fund has come to a close and thanks to the generous support of our members, artists and the public,…
Visual Arts Nova Scotia is excited to announce the launch of our new E-Studio online video tutorial. This step by step guide takes viewers through the process of creating and updating their E-Studio page on our website. The E-Studio Directory provides a web page on our website to post up to six images, an artist…
Activate the VANS Artist Emergency Fund
-
Posted by
Visual Arts Nova Scotia is kicking off its campaign to raise $1000 in 60 days to activate the Artist Emergency Fund. With the generous support of our members, artists and the public, we have raised $4000, but we must reach a goal of $5000 before the fund is active. In 2010, VANS established the Artist…
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…
Fall 2012 Workshop Series
-
Posted by
Registration now open for the Visual Arts Nova Scotia Fall 2012 Workshop Series Visual Arts Nova Scotia is excited to launch its Fall 2012 Workshop Series, running October to November with registration commencing on Tuesday, September 18th, 2012. Workshops in the Fall 2012 series include the ever popular Grant and Exhibition Proposals workshops in addition…
VANS Introduces Online Member Benefits
-
Posted by
With the launch of VANS’ new website in June 2011 and the launch of the new public VANS Matters newsletter in May 2012, it is becoming increasingly apparent that VANS can create more efficient means for communicating with public audiences about VANS activities and our members about opportunities supporting artists, and the sectors advancement in…
The 2012 Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday, June 2nd, was a wonderful day filled with many discussions on the advancement of the visual arts as reviewed in the 2012 Annual Report and through various networking and socializing opportunities made available to VANS members throughout the day. At the AGM,…
With a 36-year history, Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS) programs, services, members and publications have positively impacted thousands of individuals in Nova Scotia, nationally and internationally. In order to ensure that VANS programs and services are recognized, VANS has recently launched the first monthly VANS Matters newsletter this week. The free e-newsletter promises to inform any…
VANS 2012 Annual General Meeting
-
Posted by
Please join us on Saturday, June 2nd for the VANS 2012 Annual General Meeting at Mount Saint Vincent University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Learn about all that VANS was able to achieve in the last fiscal year and help contribute to VANS direction into the future. All those attending the actual meeting must be current…
Halifax, NS – Recognizing the growing interests and shifts in the presentation of visual art in the public sphere inside and outside of Nova Scotia by Nova Scotia artists, through public art festivals such as Lumiere, Nocturne and Antigonight in Nova Scotia to Art in the Open in Charlottetown and Scotiabank Nuit Blanche in Toronto,…
Please note the below package offer is no longer available. image courtesy of Mass MoCA Halifax, NS., March 5, 2012 – Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS) is excited to offer a one-of-a-kind travel package – the Oh (VANS) Trip! – to Massachusetts from May 24th to May 27th, 2012 for the highly anticipated opening of…
(i)Pad 3 – Andrew Maize with a.corn inc
-
Posted by
Giving members of Visual Arts Nova Scotia an opportunity to create an exhibition of their work. (i)Pad 3 Advertisement (i)Pad 3 Andrew Maize with a.corn inc March 5 – 29, 2012 The installation of (i)Pads by a.corn inc reconstructs the Corridor Gallery to display newly designed conceptual crafts from March 5 – 29, 2012. Describing…
LIMITED OFFER, SUBSCRIBE AND SAVE BIG UNTIL DECEMBER 15TH, 2011 December 1st, 2011 – In perfect tandem with new year to do lists and reflections of 2011, the spring 2012 issue of Visual Arts News will be distributed in January 2012 and features reviews, responses, reflections of and re-considerations on our states of being, among…