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Claudia Mannion – Dear Diary: Selected Excerpts

October 8 – November 1, 2007 Dear Diary: Selected Excerpts Claudia Mannion Small pencil drawings on paper from Claudia Mannion’s daily sketch diary. The images vary from abstract to representational influenced by Mannion’s state of mind or events of the day.

Undercurrents: summer, 2007

Undercurrents: summer, 2007 Publication by Briony Carros, Bruce Campbell, Suzanne Crowdis, Ingrid Jenkner Producer: Co-published by Visual Arts Nova Scotia and MSVU Art Gallery Production/Release Date: July 2008 Classification: Catalogues 36 pages, 35 colour illustrations, Introduction by Briony Carros; Essays by Bruce Campbell, Suzanne Crowdis, Ingrid Jenkner. Documents three exhibitions Figuring in the Figure, In Here Out There and Elegies and Effigies, organized by Nova Scotian university…

Veith Street Gallery: Selected Members Works

July 3 – August 24, 2007 Veith Street Gallery: Selected Members Works Peter Blackwell, Greg Brumwell, John Carson, John Cookson, Michelle Cookson, Kristine Erglis, Jack Merrell, Kemi Morrison, Mike Parsons, Anna Quon, Lisa Richard, Michael Seary, Sheila Smith and Patsy Wallace. Veith Street Gallery Studio (VSG) and Pedway Picture Gallery (PPG) are venues where artists…

VANS Honour Roll – 2007

Founding Members and 1st Board of Directors of Visual Arts Nova Scotia Tom Bauld, Wayne Boucher, William Creighton, Hugh Eamon, Barrie Fraser, Alex Gigeroff, Joyce Hanson, Andrea MacIvor, Craig Mooney, Don Pentz, Ed Porter, Royce Porter Hatti Prentiss,  Felicity Redgrave , Ron Shuebrook, Marina Stewart and Charlotte Wilson-Hammond.

Paintings – Colleen Galloway

April 23 – May 14, 2007 Paintings Colleen Galloway “I am interested in painting diverse subject matters which are inspired by my life experiences,” states Colleen about her work. “I am drawn to nature’s unique beauty whether it be traveling deep inside a beautiful flower or capturing the luminosity of the Atlantic, Provencal or Tuscan…

InHereOutThere

Cape Breton University Art Gallery Curated by Suzanne A. Crowdis June 8-August 25, 2007 I would like to thank Briony Carros, Executive Director of Visual Arts Nova Scotia, for extending the opportunity to participate in this exciting celebration of VANS’s thirtieth anniversary. I also wish to acknowledge the other curators involved in the Undercurrents project,…

Catherine Poole – Port and Starboard Tacks

March 20 – April 13, 2007 Port and Starboard Tacks Catherine Poole Catherine’s work explores floral, nautical, landscape theme. This show has a variety of paintings in watercolours, acrylic and oil which focus on nautical subject matter.

Colette Fontaine – The Ocean and Nature

February 12 – March 9, 2007 The Ocean and Nature Colette Fontaine “The ocean fascinates and terrifies me. I’m in awe of its powerful and dangerous energy and yet I can never get enough of its colors and moods,” states Colette Fontaine. “It is much like the human spirit: dark and dreadful at times, warm…

Suzanne Gauthier – Fox River Diaries

January 8 – February 2, 2007 Fox River Diaries Suzanne Gauthier A selection of graphite drawings made from notes and sketches written and executed over a one year period during sporadic stays in a 100 year old house in the village of Fox River, Nova Scotia, overlooking the Bay of Fundy. Originally, Suzanne wanted to…

Art in a Box: July 10 – October 30, 2006

Work from the Folio exhibition of Artists Books by the following artists from the Annapolis West and La Baie Ste. Marie/Yarmouth regions: Sarah Reesor, Cecil Day, Helen Brown, Bonnie Baker, Deb Kuzyk, Francois Gaudet, Brad Hall, Susan Tileston, Sarah Petite, Dan Earle, Louise Chisholm, Verilea Warren, Ruth Rideout, Giselle Beauchamp, Wayne Boucher, Sharon Trueman, Helen Opie,…

PARADE!

June 19 – August 25, 2006 PARADE! Group show by Visual Arts Nova Scotia members A variety of work that revolves around the theme of PARADE!, whether in recognition of the centennial anniversary of the changing of the guard at the Citadel, or in response to the spectacle of a parade.