The New Brunswick Arts Board is an arm’s length arts funding agency with a legislated mandate to facilitate and promote the creation of art as well as administering funding programs for professional artists in the province.
In this issue of artsnb February 2021 newsletter you will find: Details about artsnb upcoming grant deadlines; artsnb most recent board meeting with special guests; Marcia Dysart, dancer, choreographor and educator, revealing the power of collaboration in her practice; News from our strategic partners: workshops to raise awareness to the artistic realities of Indigenous artists
Featured artist series – Marcia Dysart How collaboration deepens the questioning to release the truth. Written by Marcia Dysart It’s a mysterious unfolding that brings forth the bones of a piece. An initial question or curiosity can branch in many directions. Being open to more questions is the beginning of finding the work’s truth. Collaboration
Have you received a grant from artsnb recently? Do you have high-quality images documenting a project that was funded through an artsnb grant? artsnb is seeking high-quality images from recent grant recipients for the following project. About the project Selected images will be featured on artsnb Communications Cards. The Communications Cards are a new initiative
In this issue of artsnb January 2021 newsletter you will find: Details about artsnb upcoming grant deadlines The artistic path of Martin Daigle and why he believes the mind is like a parachute! News from our strategic partners: playwriting workshops coming up with the AAAPNB, the annual cross-cultural residency: a partnership between ArtslinkNB, the AAAPNB
Featured artist Series – Martin Daigle Martin Daigle is an interdisciplinary artist who is heavily involved in research and creation within audiovisual art forms. Having received several scholarships from artsnb over the years, he recently completed his Master’s degree program in classical music at McGill University in Montreal, and is currently enrolled in McGill’s Schulich
The Holidays are coming and we hope that this season fills your home with joy, your heart with love, and your life… with art! artsnb staff will also be taking a short break to enjoy the season; please note that our operations will take a short pause from December 25th until January 1st. We will
Featured artist series – Dawn Steeves Dawn Steeves is a visual artist based in Fredericton, New Brunswick with a background in fibre arts, graphic design, digital art, and printmaking. Dawn currently works in ink and oil paint concentrating on portraiture and the human figure while exploring both physical and ideological tensions on the natural world
artsnb is always thrilled to present about the grant and scholarship programs is offers to professional and emerging artists in NB. They allows us to meet the artists and answer their questions and concerns. For those attending our presentations, it give them the tools and resources to make their next application to an artsnb program
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE The New Brunswick Arts Board elects Alain Boisvert as its new Chair November 12, 2020 (Fredericton) – At its annual meeting held in Florenceville-Bristol, the New Brunswick Arts Board (artsnb) elected Alain Boisvert as its new Chair. Mr. Boisvert succeeds Carol Collicutt, who served in this role with distinction for nearly four
Featured artist series – Mathieu Laprise While at L’inis (the National Institute of Sound and Image), I had the opportunity to create a 3×5 minutes web series titled “Utukku” (script: Edith Kabuya, production: Fanny Bissonnette). This horror comedy tells the story of Vielda, a young girl who decides to take revenge on her worst enemy.