Sign up for workshops today!
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VANS has been offering our workshop series over Zoom for over a year now, and we have received some great feedback from participants about how it is more convenient and allows more people from all areas to take part. So, even as restrictions and gathering limits change, we will continue offering online workshops, including our…
“Form Flees Function” by Molly MacLellan
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In her exhibition Form Flees Function interdisciplinary artist Molly MacLellan shows a new painting alongside sculptural pieces made from ordinary items that explore the idea of our connection with belongings. Make an appointment to see Form Flees Function in the Corridor October 4 – 28. Can’t make it to the Corridor in person? Check out…
Meet the 2021-22 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 Nova Scotian artists. Nancy Chiasson, Jessie Fraser, Jeighk Koyote, and Boma Nnaji have been individually paired with established artists and mentors Louise Pentz, Bonnie Baker, Jan…
Call for pitches
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It’s time to pitch for the upcoming spring issue of Visual Arts News! For Spring 2022, we’re putting together an issue that looks at connection—an issue that looks at connection through the lens of art and artistic practices in Mi’kma’ki. How do we connect through the arts? What is the process by which artists create relationship, and…
Sign up for a 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…
The 2021 New Grad Program!
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VANS is pleased to announce the start of the fourth New Grad Program with ten amazing emerging artists! This year participants will get weekly professional development workshops, mentorship from artist Michael McCormack, studio visits from curator Julie Hollenbach, and studio space in the new Wonder’neath Studios in North End Halifax. The New Grad Program participants…
In Weird Scenes From The Diamond Mine photographer Gary Castle exhibits new altered photographic work that explores his lockdown environment. See Weird Scenes From The Diamond Mine in the Corridor September 3 – 29. Can’t make it to the Corridor in person? Check out the video tour of the exhibition on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Q_yQUkRGXn4. Of the…
Take our Fall Workshop Survey (please)!
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VANS has been offering our workshop series online for over a year now, and we have received some great feedback from participants about how it is more convenient and allows more people from all areas to take part. So, even as restrictions and gathering limits change, we will continue offering online workshops, including our Fall…
VANS Promotion Guide
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At VANS, we love sharing events and news from Nova Scotian arts organizations, galleries, and our members on social media or in our biweekly newsletter. When it comes to asking for people, organizations, or media outlets to share your project or event, we find there’s a way to do it to maximize your chance of…
ART RECESS!
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ART RECESS is a break, a change, time to play, to have fun – just like regular recess! You can even have a snack too, if you’d like. At VANS, we’ve been creating new space for art and engagement with artists in every way we can. ART RECESS is a collection of short, accessible workshops…
New Grad Program deadline extended!
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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 grants, writing about…
In What is left behind, textile artist Josephine Clarke exhibits a group of linen wall hangings made using modern materials, but traditional methods. Using plant-based dyes, she has modified traditional printmaking methods by using the unconventional materials of metal industrial rubbish. See What is left behind in the Corridor August 3 – 27. Can’t make it to…
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…
Upon moving to rural Nova Scotia, artist Carrie Phillips Kieser found herself disconnected from the life she had created in Calgary so she began to find comfort in discovering the plants growing in her new surroundings. This ritual of recording her findings during daily walks of investigation started to act as a daily meditative, contemplative and grounding…
2020-21 Mentorship Program Exhibition
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Something Completely Different Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s 2020-21 Mentorship Program Exhibition The Craig Gallery, June 30 – July 25, 2021 Emerging Artist Talk (over Zoom): Saturday, July 10, 2pm Highlighting the talents of emerging artists Trevor Novak, Sarah Mosher, Liam Ross and Celine Gabrielle, Something Completely Different also includes work from mentors Robin Metcalfe, Melissa Marr,…
VANS 2021 AGM
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Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s Annual General Meeting will take place over Zoom on Monday, June 28, 2021. Join us at 6pm to find out about VANS’ accomplishments this year, followed by a fun artist-facilitated project you can create with us at home through our new 15 minute Art Recess initiative! Please register by June 25…
Take the Artists in Mind Survey!
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Are you an artist, of any discipline, living in Nova Scotia? If yes, we want to hear from you! Calling all dancers, visual artists, filmmakers, writers, theatre performers, craft artists, musicians, and all other creative workers living in this province. Visual Arts Nova Scotia has launched the Artists in Mind survey to better understand the…
VANS Office Closed
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The VANS office will remain closed to both staff and the public until the end of June. All in-person programming has been suspended and Corridor Gallery exhibitions have been postponed. For more information on new provincial restrictions please see click here: https://novascotia.ca/coronavirus/restriction-updates/. The staff will be working from home, so please email us if you…
PAINTS Project Call: Art Recess
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With students across Nova Scotia now learning from home, PAINTS is responding with a new initiative: Art Recess! Artists will put together art activities that can be completed in about 15 minutes. They’ll make videos to lead students through the art activities using materials that would be readily available in most homes of school-age children.…
How to get your DeSerres discount
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As a VANS member, you qualify for an additional 10% discount at DeSerres art supply stores (both the physical location and online). You first have to join DeSerres’ Creative Club (free to join) either in person or online. You will need to demonstrate proof of your VANS membership using one of the following: Your Membership…