Ed Huner – August 2013 Artist Profile
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Born in the Netherlands and raised in southern Ontario, Edward Huner holds a BFA(’76) degree from the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Ed is an elected member of the Society of Canadian Artists and is a founding member of the Professional Living Artists of Nova Scotia. He regards his work as figurative and representational and enjoys the disparate placements of objects and environments.
Visual Arts Nova Scotia is delighted to officially announce that the 2013-14 VANS Mentorship Program participants are emerging artists: Andrew Maize, Annalise Prodor, and Sera Senakovicz. Apprentices have been individually paired with established artists and mentors: Michael Fernandes, Eleanor King, and Ericka Walker.
Neon Signs – Craig Budovitch
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In my current series of paintings, I project an amalgamation of iconography from seasonally touristic destinations and places I have lived. Neon signs function in my work as landmarks for a community while also representing a historic relic or tourist attraction.
Visual Arts Nova Scotia is delighted to present an artist talk by preeminent media and performance artist, Rita McKeough on Monday August 12 at 6:00pm, in Sydney, NS. In collaboration with Cape Breton University Art Gallery, and the Dalhousie Art Gallery, this artist talk is offered as the first installment of Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s En Route Artist Talk Series.
Living on the Edge – Region 5 Exhibition
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Eastern Shore Artists engage the edge of the land/sea daily. Because we live on this edge- of the province, of the Atlantic Ocean, we have a deep sense of the metaphor of being on the edge of a beautiful but untrustworthy entity.
Andrew Maize – July 2013 Artist Profile
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Andrew Maize is an emerging artist, art educator, and coordinator of the White Rabbit Residency and Festival. He is curious about the transference of energies, the obscenity of obsolescence and consumption, and inspired by craftsmanship and the possibilities and processes of working with materials.
Visual Arts News seeks a web intern
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Visual Arts News seeks a sharp, self-motivated web intern with a solid grasp of art history and critical theory, who’s passionate about generating critical discussion about the work of artists in the Atlantic Region.
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 to see VANS offer by completing the Fall 2013 Workshop…
2012-13 Mentorship Program Exhibition
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Apprentices this year have created works investigating dominant forms of knowledge, the transference of power, and wilderness as refuge. Highlighting the talents of emerging artists Judy Arsenault, Wes Johnston, and Christine Waugh the exhibition will also include work from their individual mentors Janice Leonard, Ilan Sandler, and Steve Higgins.
VANS in the Hub is a peer juried exhibition open to VANS members twice annually. The Hub Gallery is located at The Hub, a creative and innovative, work inspired office and meeting space that attracts innovative self-employed professionals, small businesses, and other professionals.
This series began with paper-based ephemera – such as personal lists, envelopes and notes – that were cut-and-pasted onto clipboards, then overlaid with maps and images and, as sequenced works of art, posted onto the walls of the Gallery.
Based in Dartmouth, Hannah Minzloff is a respected member of the arts scene in Nova Scotia, where she is a documentary photographer creating community portraits.
The 2013 Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS) Annual General Meeting (AGM) on Saturday, June 1st at the Celtic Circle in New Glasgow was an eventful occasion filled with fantastic artworks by VANS Members and great conversation about the achievements of the organization outlined in the 2012-13 Annual Report.
The VANS Mentorship Program pairs established artists with emerging artists to take part in a ten-month mentorship from September to June.
LITTLE THINGS – Jack Wong
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Emerging artist Jack Wong presents a series of lithographs depicting everyday objects of significant personal value.
From my studio on the Shubenacadie River, I am a daily observer of the powerful Fundy tides, the change of the seasons and the cycles and rhythms of the land.
Visual Arts Nova Scotia is delighted to present, in collaboration with Struts Gallery & Faucet Media Arts Centre, artist talks by emerging Nova Scotian artists: Judy Arsenault, Wes Johnston, and Christine Waugh of the VANS Mentorship Program. Please join us at the gallery, 7 Lorne St. in Sackville, New Brunswick on Saturday June 15 at…
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…
NARC MINE Visual Arts Nova Scotia Region 7 Exhibition Opening Reception June 1 4-6pm 2013 With the Carillon Singers at The Celtic Circle Whether turning their gazes to subjects outside themselves or seeing their inner gaze via a technique outside their own realm, the Artists in this show are revealing powerful turning point works. Playing…
Annual General Meeting 2013
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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…