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 March 2021 newsletter you will find: artsnb will be in celebratory mode very soon Details about artsnb upcoming grant deadlines; The call for Lieutenant-Governor awards nominations is officially open; Thandiwe MacCarthy, poet, writes a piece about his chosen art form: to express loudly and powerfully the issues that affect him;
THINKING OF SETTING UP A CREATIVE PROJECT? PARTICIPATING IN AN ARTIST RESIDENCY? OR DEVELOPING YOUR ARTISTIC CAREER? ARTSNB’S GRANT PROGRAMS CAN HELP YOU ACHIEVE YOUR GOALS! Tuesday March 16th, from 12:15-1:15, bring your lunch and learn about artsnb programs. This FREE presentation, delivered by the artsnb Program Officer, will focus on our upcoming deadlines: Creation,
Written by Thandiwe McCarthy Featured Artist Series – Thandiwe McCarthy Well let me start by being honest. I’ve only found my identity as an artist two years ago, so I am very new to this whole community. And I’ve certainly never written a book before. Sure, I had been accepted to a national writer’s residency
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
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
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
October 2, 2020 (Fredericton) – Mawi’Art: Wabanaki Artists Collective and the New Brunswick Arts Board (artsnb) have signed a partnership agreement to collaborate closely for the benefit of Indigenous artists and arts organizations in New Brunswick and beyond. For years, artsnb has worked tirelessly to foster the development of Indigenous arts in New Brunswick. Notably, artsnb,