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CATAPULT APPLICATIONS OPEN
Applications for Online CATAPULT (Spring 2021) are officially OPEN!
CATAPULT Spring 2021 will run from March 12 to May 8. Sessions will run on Fridays from 6-9 pm and Saturdays from 9-5. They will be run virtually via Zoom, so we encourage artists from all across the province to apply!
MENTORSHIP: Thanks to the support of Canada Council for the Arts, this year’s two CATAPULT sessions will be able to take advantage of an enhanced mentorship opportunity: artists will be paired with an established artist in their field and will be provided with guidance and connections, as well as funding to travel to meet them in person (following COVID guidelines).
The deadline to apply is March 1, 2021.
www.artslinkcatapult.com
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Cross-cultural Creation Residency Deadline!
Today, Friday February 26th, is the last day to apply to the Cross Cultural Creation Residency!
This year’s residency will be a return to the roots of creation, bringing ten artists together in Kouchibouguac National Park to create art in a low-technology setting.
The paid residency, which will take place from May 31 to June 9, 2021, is now accepting applications for artists of any discipline who are interested in leaving their high-tech set up behind and spending ten days surrounded by the beauty of New Brunswick’s Acadian Coast.
Ten artists will be selected: three Anglophone artists, three Francophone artists, and three Indigenous artists, as well as one jury’s choice. Artists of all disciplines are welcome to apply as long as their proposed work fits within the limitations of the setting (no ultra high-tech setups that need the internet and multiple plug ins).
The residency is a collaboration between ArtsLink NB, the Association acadienne des artistes professionel.le.s du Nouveau Brunswick (AAAPNB), and Mawi’Art: Wabanaki Artist Collective. Applications are open until midnight Friday, February 26, 2021.
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Environmental Exhibits Open at the UNB Art Centre
The UNB Art Centre re-opens on March 7 with two new exhibits Trees for Life by Nova Scotia artist Nancy Stevens and From Harm to Harmony: The Healing Power of Nature, a group exhibition in partnership with the Conservation Council of New Brunswick (CCNB) and the International Centre of Art for Social Change (ICASC) as part of their FUTURES/forward program. FUTURES/forward — funded in part by the McConnell Foundation — is a mentorship program that embeds community-engaged artists, as artists-in-residence, in organizations to enhance and empower social change agendas.
From Harm to Harmony: The Healing Power of Nature will be on view in the East Gallery and Trees for Life will be on view in the West Gallery from March 7- April 18 in the UNB Art Centre at Memorial Hall on the UNB Fredericton campus.
The office of the UNB Art Centre is currently closed but the galleries will be open Sundays from noon until 5 pm by appointment. Please follow our exhibits and programs on-line and sign up for viewing.
https://artslinknb.com/blog/2021/02/24/environmental-exhibits-open-at-the-unb-art-centre/
ARTS AND CULTURE HAVE ALWAYS BEEN THERE FOR US. NOW WE NEED TO BE THERE FOR ARTS AND CULTURE.
In challenging times, we rely on our cultural identity and creative communities even more. Indeed, our province’s artists and creators have worked to connect and inspire us throughout the COVID-19 crisis particularly in the early months of lock dow —with virtual performances, exhibitions, and readings, and by offering insight into their creative processes. Like our provincial tourism industry, cultural and creative sectors are among the most affected by the COVID-19 crisis. Performance art and performing venues have been among the hardest hit. Until we can return to life as we knew it, let’s show our artists and creators the same love and support they offered all of us, at an especially difficult time.
To that end, the department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture is launching a campaign that celebrates our cultural industries—notably art, music, literature, craft, and performing arts— and encourages New Brunswickers to show their support.
March Break at Sunbury Shores
Instructor: Chantal Vincent
Date: Februray 27 – March 5, 2021 | Saturday, Monday – Friday | Feb 27, Saturday, 12 – 2pm / Mar 1-5, Mon-Fri, 10 – noon
Cost: $20.00 per class (We do not charge HST) – materials included (*Outreach/Kids of the Bay subsidised)
SSANC Members may use their discount. Bursaries available, please contact us for more information if interested.
Minimum/Maximum No of Students: 8
Experience level/Ages preferred: 5 – 13
Materials Required by students: None
https://sunburyshores.org/product/marchbreak/
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SHMF Nel Oudemans Award Increased to $4000
The Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation’s juried Award programs recognise the vital importance of visual art in the cultural fabric of New Brunswick. This year the foundation is proud to announce that it has doubled the value of the Nel Oudemans Award. Established in 2002, as a mark of respect of the many contributions of Strathbutler artist Nel Oudemans, this annual juried award recognizes the pursuit of excellence in the fields of fine craft and design by emerging New Brunswick artisans. It is intended to support creative growth of artists in the early stages of their careers.
In conjunction with the $4,000 award, the recipient of the Nel Oudemans Award is eligible for additional funding to support an approved educational conference. 2021 application regulations and deadline (June 1, 2021) can be found at: https://sheilahughmackay.ca/how-to-apply/
THE UNB ART CENTRE CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY
Over the course of this past year, the UNB Art Centre has been mining its collection for its hidden gems and finding a way to bring these works to light without the walls of traditional art gallery spaces. The UNB Art Centre embarked upon Revelations from the UNB Permanent Collection in response to the COVD-19 lockdown and reimagined the exhibit as an online experience.
The final installment of this project features a series of interviews that shine the spotlight on 7 women artists whose work is part of the UNB Permanent Collection. In celebration of International Women’s Day, artists Jean Rooney, Jennifer Pazienza, Amy Ash, Nancy King Schofield, Karen Ruet, Ann Manuel and Vita Plume talk about their work, their creative process, and their experience as a woman artist in the 21st century.
The first interview will be released on Monday, March 8, International Women’s Day, as part of a collective celebration of the achievements of women. Interviews will be released on Wednesdays throughout the month of March until April 14. These interviews can be viewed online at https://www.unb.ca/cel/enrichment/art-centre/events.html.
The UNB Art Centre gratefully acknowledges the support of the Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation through a Signature Grant and the Province of New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture for a COVID-19 Special Project Grant. These grants made it possible to profile over 50 New Brunswick artists in our online and social media gallery spaces, connecting not only with our local community but with the larger global community as well.
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CAREER DEVELOPMENT PROGRAM | Deadline March 1st
The Career Development program is designed to recognize and encourage arts professionals who have demonstrated exceptional artistic talent and potential, and who are pursuing a career in the arts. The program is divided in four components:
- The Arts by Invitation component is for assistance to present work by invitation in established arts events.
- The Artist in Residence component is for assistance for participation in residency opportunities of three (3) months and less. The artists in residence are to contribute to the promotion and understanding of the arts by means of the artists’ contact with the clientele of the establishments.
- The Professional Development component is for assistance for professional development scholarships for studies and mentorships.
- The Professionalization and Promotion component is designed to assist artists to produce tools related to the promotion of the artist’s work and career with a view to broadening the dissemination network for their work and diversifying their sources for funding.
https://artsnb.ca/web/programs/career-development/
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Check out these opportunities!
Calls to artists
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CALL FOR ARTISTS TO CREATE A MURAL AT NBEX HORSE BARNS
The Fredericton Trails Coalition, in partnership with the New Brunswick Provincial Exhibition (NBEx), has just released a call for artists to create a mural along the two south-facing walls of the NBEx horse barns which run parallel to the City’s Valley Trail (between Smythe st and Rookwood, across from the Superstore parking lot).
The main goal of the mural is to address the ongoing graffiti and tagging of the walls and provide a safer, and more user-friendly experience for the neighbourhood and those using the City of Fredericton’s Valley Trail. We are aiming to have the mural completed by September 10, 2021.
The call for artists is being done in two phases: the first phase, which closes on March 31 2021, will qualify a maximum of five artists or artist collectives. At the second phase, the selected artists will be asked to submit a proposed design for the mural. A $500 honorarium will be paid to phase two artists. The winning proposal will be announced in early June, and the start date for painting the mural will be in July.
If you are, or know of, an artist or designer with experience creating murals, and would like to participate in this process, go to:www.frederictontrailscoalition.com to find more about the scope of the project and submission details. Application guidelines are found here: mural-application-guidlines.pdf (ipage.com)
THIRD SHIFT Call for Proposals
We are thrilled to announce that for the first time ever, THIRD SHIFT will have a theme! “Traverse” means to travel across or through. It refers to movement, space, and change. For THIRD SHIFT 2021, we encourage projects that transcend boundaries, create intersections, relate to space and/or movement, or that exist at the margins. THIRD SHIFT: TRAVERSE aims to create bridges and form connections between virtually anything.
THIRD SHIFT is an annual festival of public contemporary artworks that takes place in Saint John, New Brunswick & Online. THIRD SHIFT 2021 will take place from August 19 – 22, 2021.
DEADLINE FOR SUBMISSION: March 21, 2021
SUBMIT TO: thirdspacesubmissions@gmail.com with subject line THIRD SHIFT 2021
NEED HELP? Application assistance is available!
Contact:
Kathleen Buckley
Executive Director, Third Space Gallery
thirdspacesubmissions@gmail.com
506-721-2488
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The list. February 19, 2021
The List presents the events of the members of the Association des groups en arts visuels francophones ( AGAVF ), that is to say fifteen artist-run centers and galleries across Canada, and compiles calls for submissions in visual arts, media arts, performance, art. public, residences aimed at artists and curators.
The Link of February 18, 2021
The new information tool of the AGAVF network offers a mid-winter edition with:
- Podcast with Véronique Leblanc about the police station incubator,
- A virtual edition of the AGAVF Forum: components 1.1 and 1.2,
- Briefs on good moves and best practices and more. Good reading.
Imago Printmaking Workshop (Moncton)
Frédéric Gayer – WW?
January 22 to February 19, 2021
140 Botsford Street, ground floor of the Aberdeen Cultural Center
Moncton, New Brunswick
www.atelierimago.com
Le Trécarré (Pointe-de-l’Eglise)
Nadine Belliveau, Nadine Blinn, Zita Boudreau , Angélina Comeau, Annette Comeau, Denise Comeau, Noella DeMille, Alain Philippe Gérard, Jay LeBlanc, Mona McDonald, Diane Nadon, Isao Sanami-Murrill, Dany Sheehy, Dianne Surette, Jan Swaren, Claude Edwin Theriault – Isolation
until February 2021
Université Sainte-Anne, Nova Scotia
www.rendezvousdelabaie.ca/galerie-dart
Galerie Sans Nom (Moncton)
Caitlin Wilson – Finding Trees
JD Cool – Untitled
until February 19, 2021
140, rue Botsford, local 16
Moncton, New Brunswick
www.galeriesansnom.org
Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen Art Gallery (Moncton)
Christian Michaud – Auto-Sapiens
Produced with the collaboration of Jeanne Mance Cormier, curator
Curators: Paul Édouard Bourque and Tanya Eindiguer
from February 20 to April 3, 2021
Université de Moncton
Moncton, New Brunswick
www.umoncton.ca/umcm-ga
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