Join the Peer Review Group!
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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. It’s time for another round of the Peer Application Review Groups. Visual Arts Nova Scotia is facilitating this six-week peer-review process to help current members strengthen their upcoming proposals. Artists will get and give feedback by…
Take our workshop survey!
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VANS will be offering online and in-person workshops for our Spring Workshop Series in March and April. We’d love to get your feedback about which professional development workshops we should offer and when. Let us know what you would like to see VANS offer by completing the Spring 2023 Workshop Survey, here. Then we would really appreciate it if you’d share this…
Wednesday, February 15 from 6 – 7:30 pm Free Advocacy Letter Writing Zoom Event to Refuse the proposed $300,000.00 budget cut to Arts Grants Advocate for the arts in HRM and write a letter urging your District Councillors to refuse the potential $300,000.00 Parks and Recreation budget cut to Professional Arts Grants in this facilitated…
VANS In Residence
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Deadline: Monday, February 13, 2023, 11:59 pm AST Visual Arts Nova Scotia in partnership with the Annapolis Valley Regional Library will host VANS In Residence this spring at the Kentville Library. VANS in Residence provides a stipend to support the artist, a studio space, as well as support from VANS and The Kentville Library to help…
Help shape the future of Visual Arts Nova Scotia by submitting an expression of interest to join one of our committees Deadline: Monday, January 30, 2023, 11:59pm AST Committee volunteers help shape how our programs work, our application processes, and selection committee. These volunteers are essential to help us create a future where a career…
VANS Strategic Plan
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Over the last year, the VANS Board and Staff have been working hard to develop a new style of strategic plan. We’re excited to share our new values based objectives – a plan that will be continually updated in order to meet the changing needs of artists. We would like to thank the Nova Scotia…
Membership Bursaries
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Membership Bursaries provide artists in need of financial support with a one year VANS membership.
VANS Fall Workshop Series
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VANS Fall Workshop Series has been announced! Check out our workshops page on the VANS website to see what workshops we have programmed, as per your request. We have a couple of favourites returning, including Grant Writing with Becka Barker and Taxes for Artists with Natalie Slater. Plus, Critical Arts Writing with Julie Hollenbach, How to…
Meet the 2022-23 Mentorship Program
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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 artists in Nova Scotia. AGLENNCO, Sonia Chow, Gabrielle Theano, and Julie Rosvall, have been individually paired with established artists and mentors Andrea Dorfman, Leesa Hamilton, Frances…
Join the Peer Review Group!
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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. It’s time for another round of the Peer Application Review Groups. Visual Arts Nova Scotia is facilitating this six-week peer-review process to help current members strengthen their upcoming proposals. Artists will get and give feedback by…
Take our workshop survey!
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VANS will be offering online and in-person workshops for our Fall Workshop Series in October and November. We’d love to get your feedback about which professional development workshops we should offer and when. Let us know what you would like to see VANS offer by completing the Fall 2022 Workshop Survey, here. Then we would really appreciate it if you’d share this…
Apply for the Mentorship Program
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The VANS 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 exhibitions, grant writing assistance, artist statement…
Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s 2021-22 Mentorship Program Exhibition The Craig Gallery, June 30 – July 31, 2022 Opening: June 30, 2022, at 5:30 pm Emerging Artist Talk (in-person): Saturday, July 9, 2 pm Highlighting the talents of emerging artists Jessie Fraser, Boma Nnaji, Jeighk Koyote, and Nancy Chiasson, …From The Start also includes work from…
The Summer 2022 issue of Visual Arts News it’s out in the world! Published in Mi’kma’ki, Visual Art News is an ongoing conversation inspired by the artistic vision of emerging and established artists and writers who are pushing the boundaries of art and culture in Atlantic Canada. Featured artists include Tyshan Wright and Shauntay Grant…
VANS 2022 AGM
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Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s Annual General Meeting will take place over Zoom on Wednesday, June 8, 2022. Join us at 7 pm to find out about VANS’ accomplishments this year. Please register by June 6 to get your Zoom link here: https://us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZAtdeuhqzgtGd3kQwMzgsLNXvzwR2PD5HMq After registering, you’ll receive a confirmation email containing the link you can use to…
Visual Arts Nova Scotia releases the Artists In Mind: Report on Artists’ Mental Health and Wellbeing in Nova Scotia – a research initiative examining the mental health experiences of artists of multiple disciplines (including visual and media arts, craft, theatre, music, dance, writing, circus, and others) living within the province of Nova Scotia. With funding…
VANS Seeks Board Nominations
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Do you want to help shape the future of Visual Arts Nova Scotia? We’re looking for creative and engaged individuals who are looking to develop new skills in arts leadership and make an impact on cultural policy in Nova Scotia. Visual Arts Nova Scotia is seeking 1 – 4 individuals engaged with the arts in Nova Scotia…
Call for Pitches
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Open call for our Fall 2022 Issue of Visual Art News! We are curious to hear from writers, artists, and critics in order to expand, respond and deepen conversations inspired by the artistic vision of emerging and established artists who are pushing the boundaries of art and culture in the Atlantic. For our open call,…
The Spring 2022 issue of Visual Arts News has been sent out to members and subscribers and it should be on newsstands soon! This issue looks at this theme of Connection through the lens of art and art practices in Mi’kma’ki. Featured artists include Arjun Lal on the cover, Acadian artist Mario LeBlanc, Shary Boyle,…
VANS Spring Workshop Series
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VANS Spring Workshop Series has been announced! Check out our workshops page of the VANS website to see what workshops we have programmed, as per your request. We have a couple of favourites returning, including Pricing Your Work with Stacey Cornelius and Exhibition Prep and Installation with David Dahms. We also have three new workshops including Teaching an Online Art…