membership

You can apply for a Membership Bursary

If you want to renew your VANS membership for 2024 but find the membership fee out of reach right now, consider applying for a Membership Bursary. Membership Bursaries provide artists in need of financial support with a VANS membership (which runs from January 1 – December 31). There’s no deadline to apply and applications are confidential.…

Blue square with darker blue geometric shapes in the background with the works Membership Renewal Time in white in the middle with the VANS logo underneath.

Time to renew your membership

As the end of the year approaches, remember to renew your VANS membership before it expires on December 31! If you selected an automatically renewing membership when you joined or renewed last time, then it will automatically charge your 2024 membership fees on December 1, 2023. No need to set a reminder – the website will automatically…

Apply for a Membership Bursary

Membership Bursaries provide artists in need of financial support with a 2022 VANS membership (which runs from January 1 – December 31, 2022). The deadline to apply for a 2022 Membership Bursary is January 7, but we will continue to accept applications until all the bursaries have been given away. Applications are confidential and are reviewed…

It’s Membership Renewal Time!

As the end of the year approaches remember to renew your VANS membership before it expires on December 31, 2021! If you selected an automatically renewing membership when you joined or renewed last year, then it will automatically charge your 2022 membership fees on December 1, 2021. No need to set a reminder – the website will…

Membership Survey

Take our new survey!

Visual Arts Nova Scotia wants your feedback! We are working with Louise Adongo of Inspiring Communities to develop a strategic plan that addresses the needs of artists during the post-pandemic recovery. Take our survey by November 9 to help shape the future of our programming and membership, and help us understand the needs of artists.…

Renew your VANS Membership today!

In our 40th year, VANS celebrated by bringing more programming around the province. As 2017 winds down and you are thinking about renewing your VANS membership, here’s a look back at the last year. Perhaps you enjoyed Lewis Hyde’s lecture on The Public Life of the Imagination, or the panel discussion Moving Forward, Looking B(l)ack:…

Harry Hamm, "The Half Full Glass". Oil on board 9 ½” x 7 ½”

2015 Annual Report

Visual Arts Nova Scotia is approaching its’ 40th year of providing advocacy and support for artists practicing in Nova Scotia. As President this past year, I have had the privilege of participating in navigating new growth and change for the governance model for the Board. Important to this has been laying the ground for how we work together and maintain active participation. A core value as we proceed, has been attention to how we engage the full diversity of the artists we represent in Nova Scotia. This is no small task as we are all aware artists in this province include a wide range of artistic practices, mediums, educational backgrounds, culture, ages and place of residence.

CALL FOR NOMINATIONS: 2013-14 VANS BOARD OF DIRECTORS

The VANS Board of Directors is seeking nominations for new regional representatives to serve on our Board of Directors starting June 1st in La Baie Ste. Marie/Yarmouth and Darthmouth/Fall River/Sackville. Any nominees who put their name forward will stand for election by the membership at VANS Annual General Meeting on Saturday, June 1, 2013 in…

Celebrations of Light – VANS South Shore Members Exhibition

Celebrations of Light South Shore Region Members of Visual Arts Nova Scotia Lunenburg Art Gallery November 10 – December 2, 2012 Opening: Saturday November 10, 2-4pm Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS), in conjunction with the Lunenburg Art Gallery, is pleased to announce an exhibition mounted by the artist members of Nova Scotia’s South Shore. Celebrations…