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.
Guide for Bringing Artwork into Canada from the US Andrew Kierstead, Saint John Arts Center A current exhibition at the Saint John Arts Centre by the Plein Air Painters of the Bay of Fundy, brought to light the need for a host gallery to be able to inform American artists of the process required for
Online Shift – Part 2 Applying online for a grant by Joss Richer, Program Officer (This blog post is part of a series of tutorials to familiarize you with our new—and evolving—online application system.) Did you know that since December 2014, you can apply online for a grant? We hope to have all of our
Online Shift – Part 1 Setting up an account to apply online for a grant by Joss Richer, Program Officer (This blog post is part of a series of tutorials to familiarize you with our new—and evolving—online application system.) Did you know that since December 2014, you can apply online for a grant? We hope
Artsnb’s Digital Transition Tutorial Series Kristen Atkins Artsnb is currently going through a digital transition for online grant applications. What this means is that within the year all artsnb applications will be done through an online account system. This follows a worldwide cultural shift in all types of organizations who have been adapting their services
Upcoming workshops for Aboriginal Artists! Natalie Sappier This past year we traveled to Tobique First Nation for a workshop on documenting art with Mark Hemmings; we also had a chance to visit Metepenagiag and St Mary’s with AAAPNB and Artslink where we gathered in a circle to share and discuss their path, their struggles, and
Meet our summer intern! Alec Wyllie, artsnb summer intern 2015 My name is Alec Wyllie. After being at artsnb for over a month, it’s time to introduce myself. I was hired in May 2015 for the summer position of Administrative Arts Intern. My main responsibility this summer has been to digitize several decades’ worth of
New Faces! Tilly Jackson, Executive Assistant There’s been a lot of turnover here at artsnb in the last few months: from Program Officers to interns to Executive Assistants, we’ve had plenty of new faces, and mine’s one of them! As of two weeks ago, I have moved into the busy position of artsnb Executive Assistant,
Professional Development communications meeting Nathalie Rayne, Communication, Marketing and Translation Specialist A few weeks ago I attended my first professional development meeting as a communication and marketing director at artsnb. I was able to meet my national communication and marketing colleagues from the arts boards across the country. We met at the beautiful new Canada
Creative Residency: New Brunswick and Quebec Alec Wyllie, artsnb intern 2015 Brigitte Clavette is a New Brunswick silversmith, jewelry-maker and an instructor at the NB College of Craft and Design. She is also a recipient of the NB Excellence Award for Craft. Chantal Gilbert is a world-renowned knife-maker in Quebec who seeks to explore the
Summer in Fredericton = Theatre Len Falkenstein, guest blogger On Sunday at Memorial Hall, UNB, two gangs of young men and women viciously attacked each other with weapons that included flashlights, police batons, a framing square, a taser, a longboard, and a can of spray paint turned flamethrower with the aid of a lighter. Later