Apply for our Mentorship Program
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Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s 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…
Highlighting the talents of emerging artists Carrie Allison, Emily Lawrence, Jenny Yujia Shi, and Katharine (Kyle) Vingoe-Cram, group effort also includes work from mentors Ursula Johnson, Peter Dykhuis, Charley Young and Karin Cope. Learn more about the artists and their work. group effort Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s 2018-19 Mentorship Program Exhibition The Craig Gallery, June…
Artist Survey
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Visual Arts Nova Scotia wants your feedback! Take our survey by July 15, 2019 to help shape the future of our programming and membership, and help us understand the needs of artists. This survey will take 10-15 minutes to complete. Responses will only be used by VANS, to inform our work and help us to…
Come to our AGM!
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Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s Annual General Meeting is Saturday, June 22, 2019 at the New Dawn Centre for Social Innovation, 37 Nepean Street, Sydney, NS. There will be a free workshop on Entrepreneurship for Artists from 10am – 12pm (in Suite 205 at the New Dawn Centre, accessible only by stairs) given by our Board…
Sign up for the New Grad Program
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Sign up for Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s 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, applying for…
You can still register for workshops!
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There are still a couple of workshops left in our spring series! Websites, Social Media and Technology is now full, but you can still register for the always popular Marketing for Artists workshop will take place on Sunday, June 2, 1 – 4pm in Tatamagouche. This workshop, taught by writer, artist and marketing expert Stacey…
Subsidized Studio Program in Sydney!
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Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s Subsidized Studio program is accepting applications from our members for subsidized studio space in downtown Sydney! Member artists can apply to rent space for 2 – 3 months from September 1, 2019 – November 31, 2019.There is no expectation of work to be completed during the studio rental. It is an…
Re-launching Open Grants
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After the fantastic projects that the Open Grants program was able to fund for VANS 40th Anniversary, we updated the criteria and eligibility requirements of the program. We are now accepting proposals from groups, galleries and/or collectives to create new programming or enhance existing programming in their community. We have expanded the Open Grants program…
Michelle Sylliboy Book Launch & Reading
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Visual Arts News presents the Halifax launch of Michelle Sylliboy’s new book of photography and Mi’kmaq (L’nuk) hieroglyphic poetry: Kiskajeyi – I Am Ready. Join us April 11 at the Halifax Central Library’s 2nd floor BMO Community Room from 6:30-8:30pm for a Komqwej’wikasikl (Mi’kmaq hieroglyphic language) art performance by Sylliboy, in collaboration with musicians Lindsay…
VANS Spring Workshops
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We have announced VANS Spring Workshop Series! With workshops around the province in Tatamagouche, Truro, Peggy’s Cove and Halifax, this season’s workshops will cover topics like Pricing Your Work, Grant Writing, Critical Art Writing (new!), Writing Your Artist Statement and Bio, Marketing, and Websites, Social Media and Technology. As usual, these workshops will be taught…
Peer Application Review Groups are back!
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Want some feedback on your next application? Get a fresh perspective with Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s Peer Application Review Groups. VANS 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 the type of…
Please take our workshop survey
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Visual Arts Nova Scotia offers professional development workshops to artists across the province. Each season we program the location and topics of the workshop series based on feedback from members, artists and art organizations. What workshops would help your professional development? Let us know what you would like to see VANS offer by clicking on…
Send us your news!
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Send us your updates for the spring edition of Members’ News! Members’ News is emailed to members quarterly and updates your peers on what you’ve been doing lately. Perhaps you have an upcoming exhibition or residency, or you are offering an interesting class. Let other VANS members know what’s up with you and your art practice.…
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…