2017-18 Mentorship Program
-
Posted by
Mentees: NAT chantel NAT chantel is an African Nova Scotian emerging artist in multimedia, textiles and sculpture. Collections of written language influence and direct her to recount historical experiences of oppression, silence, and marginalization, that draw into question the narratives of racial and feminist ideologies. Her work speaks to imposed societal structures that inform identity,…
Highlighting the talents of mentees Alexis Vessey, Ben Mosher, Ryan Josey, and Kate Grey, the Visual Arts Nova Scotia 2016-17 Mentorship Program Exhibition The Initial Show also includes work from mentors Sarah Maloney, Craig Leonard, Bryan Maycock and Andrea Dorfman. Emerging artists in this year’s program present new work on view at The Craig Gallery…
Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s 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…
“Booth & Blitz” – Bryan Maycock
-
Posted by
Inspired by Charles Booth’s Poverty map of London (1889) and the London Fire Brigade’s map of bomb damage (1941), Bryan Maycock exhibits a series of 10 works layered in medium and meaning. While each Booth or Blitz work signifies an area of London particular to Maycock’s family history, his contribution has been to bring together canvas,…
Ericka Walker – Artist Profile
-
Posted by
Walker received a BS from the University of Wisconsin-Madison, and an MFA from the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. She currently teaches studio coursework in printmaking as an assistant professor in the Fine Arts Division at the Nova Scotia College of Art and Design. Walker’s work has been included in numerous domestic and international exhibitions and biennials,…
Retuned – Zeqirja Rexhepi
-
Posted by
Established artist Zeqirja Rexhepi exhibits his colourful abstract paintings, which carry the message of everyday life through parallel symbols and metaphors. His exhibition, Retuned, is on view in the Corridor Gallery July 5 – 28, 2016. Describing the work on view, Rexhepi explains: The work represents my achievements and personal story, painted on canvas by…
How We Are Talking is at The Craig Gallery, June 30 – August 7. Opening: Wednesday, June 29, 7 – 9 pm Artist Panel: Saturday, August 6, 1 pm Highlighting the talents of mentees Anna Taylor, Sophie Paskins, Alice MacLean and Claudia Legg the Visual Arts Nova Scotia 2015-16 Mentorship Program Exhibition How We Are…
Anna Horsnell Wade – Artist Profile
-
Posted by
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…
Anna Syperek
-
Posted by
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,…
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.
Nadine Belliveau
-
Posted by
Nadine Belliveau is a visual artist from the Baie Sainte-Marie, Digby County, Nova Scotia where she has been creating professionally since 1971. A graduate of NSCAD, Université de Moncton & Université Sainte-Anne, her contribution to the arts has been as an artist, educator and organizer. Her paintings explore the essence of nature by means of abstraction and decorative expression and unveil the mysterious, immersive qualities of nature presenting their inviting and warm environments through textural, layered and large-format acrylic on canvas.
STILL LIFE SPECTRA – Nancy Stevens
-
Posted by
Antigonish-based painter Nancy Stevens exhibits a series of paintings examining the substance of colour. STILL LIFE SPECTRA is on view in the corridor gallery September 2 – 29.
Highlighting the talents of mentees Angela Glanzmann, Kate Walchuk, and Stephanie Yee the Visual Arts Nova Scotia 2014-15 Mentorship Program Exhibition Meet Local Women also includes work from mentors Barbara Lounder, Eryn Foster, and Wilma Needham. Emerging artists in this year’s program present work examining loneliness, the artist stereotype, and contemporary settlement in Nova Scotia, on view at the Craig Gallery July 9 – August 1.
Visual Arts Nova Scotia is delighted to present an artist talk by visiting artist Nicole Pietrantoni from Washington, USA, in collaboration with the Anna Leonowens Gallery and the Cape Breton University Art Gallery. Taking place Thursday July 9th, 5:30pm at the Cooperative Study Club, Suite 104 of the New Dawn Centre for Social Innovation in Sydney, NS, this free artist talk is offered as part of Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s En Route Artist Talk Series.
Geoff Butler – May Featured Artist
-
Posted by
Geoff Butler is an artist and writer in Granville Ferry, NS. His work is a mixture of realism and fantasy commenting on the human condition. Recently he has been an artist-in-residence with Fogo Island Arts in Newfoundland, and with the Labrador Institute & Grenfell Campus Art Gallery in North West River, Labrador. His recent work will be exhibited at the Annapolis Region Community Arts Council in August.
Lynn Rotin – March Artist Profile
-
Posted by
Lynn Rotin started her career as a photographer for choreographers and independent theater in Toronto. After moving to Halifax in 1989 she decided to enroll at NSCAD has been a practising artist since. She has received grants from the Canada Council, and her work is collected by the Nova Scotia Art Bank. Her drawings and paintings on paper use mixed media, building on layers of mark making.
Visual Arts Nova Scotia is delighted to present an artist talk by visiting artist Jean-René Leblanc of Calgary, AB, in collaboration with Viewpoint Gallery and the NSCC Truro’s 14th annual Animediafest. Taking place Friday, March 6th, from 3:30-5:00pm at the NSCC Truro’s McCarthy Hall, this free artist talk is offered as part of Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s En Route Artist Talk Series.
Dartmouth artist and VANS mentor Wilma Needham exhibits a photocollage series with accompanying sculptural objects which respond to challenges of parenting, on view in the corridor gallery February 5 – 26, 2015.
Sarah Saunders will give an artist talk at the Antigonish Town & County Library, Tuesday October 21 at 7pm in collaboration with ASAP Artist Run Centre. Saunders is visiting Nova Scotia for her exhibition Between Presence and Absence at ARTsPLACE Artist-run Centre in Annapolis Royal, on view until October 19, 2014.
Henri Fabergé will give a presentation exploring the social rules, rituals, and hierarchal structures we inherit at the Lunenburg School of the Arts in Lunenburg, NS, Monday October 20th at 7pm. Fabergé is visiting Nova Scotia as a Nocturne Anchor Project artist and presenting work with Eyelevel Gallery.