Re/collections is a free, community group installation that invites the public to experience an interactive exhibition that charts and catalogs Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s forty-eight years of cultural impact across Mi’kma’ki. Taking place at the Corridor Gallery, located within the Cultural Federations of Nova Scotia (1113 Marginal Rd, Halifax, NS B3H 4P7), Visual Arts Nova…
Emerging Artist Talk on July 28!
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Come to the Emerging Artist Talk for It’s Been A Year: the VANS 2023-24 Mentorship Program exhibition. Kristi Farrier, Pam Juarez, Kordeena Clayton, and Barbara Brown Conrod will be at The Craig Gallery in Dartmouth, Sunday, July 28 at 1 pm to talk about their work and their experience in the Mentorship Program. The exhibition closes…
It’s Been A Year Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s 2023-24 Mentorship Program Exhibition The Craig Gallery, July 3 – July 28, 2024 Opening: Thursday, July 4, 2024, from 6 – 8 pm Emerging Artist Talk (in-person): Sunday, July 28, 1 pm Highlighting the talents of emerging artists Barbara Brown Conrod, Kordeena Clayton, Kristi Farrier, and Pam Juarez,…
Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s 2022-23 Mentorship Program Exhibition The Craig Gallery, June 28 – July 30, 2023 Opening: Wednesday, June 28, 2023, from 6 – 8 pm Emerging Artist Talk (in-person): Saturday, July 15, 2 pm Highlighting the talents of emerging artists AGLENNCO, Sonia Chow, Gabrielle Theano, and Julie Rosvall, In Combination also includes work…
Visual Arts Nova Scotia, in partnership with the Annapolis Valley Regional Library, hosted VANS In Residence artist Mallory Gorman this spring (April 2023) at the Kentville Library. The time in residence was split between the artist’s own work and community engagement. Mallory Gorman is a visual artist located in Halifax, NS. Her work is inspired…
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…
Emerging artist Natasha Verbeke presents an ensemble of abstract oil paintings in her exhibition Jumping with a Foot on the Ground. Verbeke’s recent work embodies a sense of being thrown into newness and growth, yet caught by a heavy, small point. These vibrant paintings embrace energy, movement, and gesture through thin washes of paint and…
“Flattening the Curve” by Curtis Botham
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In his latest exhibition, Flattening the Curve, artist Curtis Botham shows recent charcoal and conté drawings that are part of his series exploring everyday pandemic life. Come see Flattening the Curve in the Corridor until January 28, 2022. Can’t make it to the Corridor in person? Check out the video tour of the exhibition on YouTube:…
Take a look at the New Grad Program participants’ recent work in this online exhibition. The 10 emerging artists who participated in the 2021 New Grad Program are Katelynne Cagliostro, Elise Campbell, Holly Clark, Belle DeMont, Ace Duguid, Emma Jordan, Annie MacDonald, Monique Silver, Cydnee Sparrow, and Mary Brantnall. Click the link to visit the…
In her exhibition Historia Atlantica – Wunderkammers, Lunenburg artist Su Rogers displays miniature assemblages of curiosity inside reworked vintage cabinets. Focusing on the history, traditions, religious values, and material culture of the Maritime fishing communities, these wunderkammers contain historical relics from the fishery. See Historia Atlantica – Wunderkammers in the Corridor Gallery November 2 –…
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…
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…
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,…
Established artist Zeqirja Rexhepi created this series of paintings through the various phases of the COVID-19 pandemic. Creating art in this challenging time has been an essential outlet for the artist. His studio has functioned as a sanctuary while there is so much uncertainty and pain in the world. Make an appointment to see COVID-XIX…
“Working Girls” by Liam Ross
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Working Girls is a series of instant photographs by artist Liam Ross that explore the ephemeral labour of drag performers in Halifax. Backstage moments, rather than stage performances, are emphasized: preparing makeup and costumes, travelling to gigs, breaks between acts, and dressing room antics. The resulting photographs are at times compelling, intimate, and revealing. Make…
“Through the Trees” by Lynda Shalagan
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The last Corridor exhibition of 2020 is Lynda Shalagan’s delightful miniature nature paintings. These imagined landscapes and wild bird portraits use a unique reverse painted glass technique, sometimes layered over an oil painting, to give the work another dimension and shadows. Make an appointment to see Through the Trees in the Corridor Gallery November 9…
“Mythos” by Michael Greer
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Painter Michael Greer’s show of new, richly layered figurative oil paintings, entitled Mythos, explores personal and social themes through metaphor, narrative or implied narrative, along with a good dose of ambiguity. Don’t miss Mythos in the Corridor Gallery by appointment until September 30. Not able to visit the exhibition in person? Watch a video of…
Emerging artist Rachel Anzalone shows her new minimalist landscape paintings inspired by her travels with friends across the province. In this series, Anzalone is documenting her visits and creating memories linked to these Nova Scotian locations. The Greens Are Breathing was scheduled to be up in the Corridor Gallery March 3 -30, but since the…
Textile artist and printmaker Julie Rosvall exhibits new prints, alongside tiny works from the print exchange Return to Sender, in the Corridor Gallery this month. Organized by the PRNT Collective in Barrie, Ontario, the Return to Sender print exchange was inspired by the tradition of stamp collecting. Tasked with the challenge to edition a mini-print…
“Aerial Abstraction” by Kelly Markovich
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Artist Kelly Markovich developed this series of drawings from a collection of satellite images taken from online weather sites. Having collected the images over a 5-year period, Markovich, an interdisciplinary photo-based artist, recently began drawing again as a part of her creative process. In these watercolour, acrylic and graphite drawings Markovich is exploring our connections…