Author: Réanne Cooper

Winners of the 2017 Lieutenant-Governor’s Awards for High Achievement in the Arts

(This article has been translated from the original in French). Creation is my life. Painting, postal art, installation, performance, photography; I have long explored the visual arts. Yes, with thirty-five solo exhibitions and over a hundred and twenty collective ones, I have exhibited plenty, both in Canada and in parts of the United States, Haiti,

Hi there, my name is Lilian and I am this summer’s student intern at artsnb. After working at artsnb for nearly a month, it’s time to introduce myself!

Pauline Young, Mi’kmaq Artist


Wednesday June 21, 2017

I was exposed to traditional art at a very young age. One of my first memories with my father Philip Young was running around on paper with my feet dipped in yellow paint. 

Greetings from Sarah Beth


Friday June 16, 2017

Greetings ! Sarah Beth here, I am the new Program Officer at artsnb. Having been here for 3 months now, I think it’s about time I officially introduced myself to our blog readers. 🙂 A few things about me: – I’ve been a New Brunswicker for almost 7 years now. Before coming here I lived

(This article has been translated from the original in French). Discovery I don’t know what attracted me, but I bought myself an accordion for the first time almost twenty years ago.

The Beautifully Drowned – Jon Dewar


Thursday April 20, 2017

I was a late bloomer to film. For a long time I told myself I was just a film fan. That I only wanted to write about and critique films. That I had no desire to direct. All of this was a defense mechanism to shield my own intimidation of the medium. It wasn’t until

I grew up on the West Coast of Newfoundland, and my formative years were enriched with family, music, books, and the majestic beauty of ‘The Rock.’ Words took me on journeys through time and around the world. My father quietly shared stories of his family and their life in Nunatsiavut, and my mother and her

It has always been a dream of mine to visit the “end of the world”, where frigid temperatures lift the spirits into a hue of vapors, in the faraway land of the North, where ice is larger than buildings, where the view has no end. This expedition, the great voyage, took place in June 2015

New Year, New Horizons


Thursday January 12, 2017

by Benjamin Broucke, Content Manager On this day, one year ago, I was wondering if moving to Canada would be a good idea. I was born in and spent most of my life in France. Moving to this side of the Atlantic had always been my wildest dream, but when my visa got approved by