HEAR TELL Community Conversations
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Visual Arts Nova Scotia is designing an accessible podcast training program for artists and arts workers in Atlantic Canada and we’d love your input.
For anyone with prior experience or a future interest in becoming involved with podcasting for the arts, we invite you to attend one of our community conversations taking place across New Brunswick, Newfoundland, Nova Scotia, and Prince Edward Island.
Take our Spring Workshop Survey
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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…
Closing VANS Slide Library
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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…
Third Thursday in March
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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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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. Annik Gaudet, Hila Peleg, Andrea Tsang Jackson, and Jack Wong have been individually paired with established artists and mentors Becka Barker, Marilyn McAvoy,…
The 2019 New Grads!
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We are pleased to introduce the 2019 VANS New Grad Program participants! Over the next 14 weeks of the program, all of the participants will receive weekly professional development workshops and info sessions, meet with their mentor Eryn Foster, have studio visits from curator Julie Hollenbach and 24 hour access to a shared studio at…
Call for pitches
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Visual Arts News has put out a call for pitches for the Spring 2020 issue. Visual Arts News magazine is creating our first ever call for submissions based on the theme of Architecture for the Spring 2020 issue. We’re looking for pitches, ideas and stories about how architecture influences/affects art, or art influences/affects architecture in…
Apply for our Subsidized Studio in Sydney! We have one 3-month slot left for our studio located on the 3rd floor of the New Dawn Centre for Social Innovation from September 1 to November 30, 2019. Maybe you’re working on a project for Lumière or you just need to work somewhere other than your home for…