The Treasure Project – Hallie Watson
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Artist Hallie Watson exhibits her work, which combines images and text to to present a portrait of the everyday objects in our lives.
Anna Horsnell Wade – Artist Profile
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Anna Horsnell Wade has been painting for over 40 years. Since returning to her home province in 1988, she has been actively involved in the arts community leading various community art projects, co-founding several arts groups, writing about art, and teaching children. She exhibits regularly in group and solo shows, as well as various commercial…
Peer Application Review Groups
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Get a fresh perspective on your next application with Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s Peer Application Review Groups. Visual Arts Nova Scotia is facilitating an eight week peer-review process to help members strengthen their upcoming proposals. Artists will receive and offer feedback on applications from two peers, matched based on the type of application that is…
Studio Sessions Webinar Series to Launch February 24 Visual Arts Nova Scotia is excited to announce the launch of Studio Sessions, a new Webinar Series for artists. This three-part online workshop series focusing on professional development for artists in the internet age, will debut its first installment on Wednesday, February 24, at 6:00 pm AT.…
Memory Series – Lydia Hunsberger
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Emerging artist Lydia Hunsberger exhibits her recent series of photographs that examine the theme of memory in relation to space. Hunsberger has documented locations in which she has allowed a thin white veil to blow through or partially cover the landscape seen by the camera lens. Memory Series is on view in the Corridor Gallery…
PAINTS deadline January 30th
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The next PAINTS Deadline for schools to apply is coming up January 30th, and since that falls on the weekend, you get until Monday, February 1st to submit your application! All schools with students in grade Primary to 12 are eligible for support. Bring a practicing visual artist into your classroom. Make plans to make…
Corridor Gallery Accepting Submissions
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The Corridor Gallery (located inside the Visual Arts Nova Scotia office) is now taking submissions for 2016! Artwork will be considered on a first-come, first-serve basis and applicants must be members of VANS. The Corridor Gallery is located at 1113 Marginal Road in Halifax, Nova Scotia and is open Monday through Friday, 9am-5pm. Deadline for…
Membership Reminder
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You can become a VANS member or renew your membership online without logging in to the website. Membership has its perks. Just click on the Membership button on the homepage to read more about it.
Miya Turnbull- Artist Profile
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Miya Turnbull is a multi-disciplinary artist, working in a variety of media including mask making, painting, printmaking, felting and animation. She grew up on a third generation family farm in Alberta but has lived in Halifax since 2002. She completed her Bachelor of Fine Arts at the University of Lethbridge in 1999 and lived in…
Visual Arts Nova Scotia offers professional development workshops to artists across the province based on feedback from members and artists. These workshops focus on professional development in support of the artist’s creative practice across commercial and public sectors. Let us know what you would like to see VANS offer by completing the Spring 2016 Workshop…
PAINTS Deadline for Schools- January 30
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PAINTS (Professional Artists In The Schools) is a program that helps schools in Nova Scotia bring professional visual arts into their classrooms. There are more than 60 artists that are part of PAINTS living and working in every part of NS. Projects can range from 3 hours to 12 hours, and can involve artists working…
Anna Syperek
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Anna Syperek, born in England of Polish and English parents and raised in Oshawa, Ontario, moved to Antigonish, Nova Scotia in 1971. She graduated with a BFA in painting and printmaking at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design in 1980. Anna then settled back in the Antigonish area with her husband, a film-maker,…
Urban Paper- Frankie Macaulay
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Emerging artist Frankie Macaulay creates carefully executed composite images through the collection of images of decay. Through this process of collection, Macaulay constructs imagined spaces, and makes them real through building physical three-dimensional objects then placing those objects in situ through photographs. This exhibition will be on display from November 9 through December 10 and is curated by…
JOB CALL: Programming Coordinator
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This is a permanent full-time position at 35 hours/week. Reporting to and working with the Executive Director, the Programming Coordinator will facilitate and deliver programs including but not limited to the Mentorship Program, Professional Development workshops, discussions and panels as well as managing our in-house gallery space, the Corridor Gallery. This position requires a highly motivated and organized individual with a keen attention to detail and strong interpersonal skills; a person who manages multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.
Visual Arts News in partnership with the Art Gallery of Nova Scotia is pleased to announce our first-ever Emerging Critical Art Writer-in-Residence. Merray Gerges recently completed her undergraduate degree in art history and journalism. She also co-founded CRIT, a free biannual publication curating contemporary criticism in partnership with The Khyber Centre for the Arts.
Alexandra McCurdy is a graduate of NSCAD university (BFA) and the Cardiff Institute of Higher Learning in Wales. A ceramist/printmaker/independent curator, Alexandra works in porcelain making highly decorative, one-of-a-kind, colourful pieces, informed by her longstanding interest in textiles. Alexandra was recently inducted to the Royal Canadian Academy of the Arts and has a celebratory show at the David Kaye Gallery in Toronto Ontario from October 01 through 25.
Sign up for Fall 2015 Workshops
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This season’s professional development workshops feature topics such as Taxes, Marketing, Grant Proposals, Writing and Networking for artists. Running October to November in Halifax, Annapolis Royal, Lunenburg and Tatamagouche, the series features the expertise of instructors Katie Belcher, Carol Bruneau, Stacey Cornelius, Nora Macnee, and Sarah Maloney.
Halifax based emerging artist Kyle Alden Martens exhibits an installation of 80 cut silicone swimming caps exposing a subversive and ambiguous sexuality. Studies of Intercourse and Water is on view in the corridor gallery October 6 – 28.
Visual Arts Nova Scotia is facilitating a seven week peer-review process to help members strengthen their upcoming proposals. To participate in a Peer Application Review Group, members can sign up on our website by October 13.
Visual Arts Nova Scotia is partnering with The Antigonish Town & County Library and The ASAP Artist Run Centre to provide a five-week residency. It will involve the artist in both their own work, and in workshops, talks and open studios with community members. We are excited to announce that Hannah Minzloff has been selected to take on this opportunity.