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.
Written by Gretchen Kelbaugh Gert Harding. Photo: Courtesy of the artist. My mom’s favourite aunt, Gert Harding (1889-1977), from Welsford, NB, spent six exciting years as a member of the militant suffragettes of Great Britain. Ever since I read Auntie Gert’s memoirs, I’ve been driven to spread her story: as a biography, an award-winning screenplay
Fredericton, May 9, 2023 – The New Brunswick Arts Board (artsnb) has published revised program guidelines on its website. Effective immediately, applicants must read and follow the new revised guidelines before applying to artsnb programs. In harmony with its 2022-2027 Strategic Plan, the New Brunswick Arts Board has begun a multi-phase revision of its funding
Written by Amélie Richard artsnb FEATURED ARTIST SERIES – AMÉLIE RICHARD From a very young age, I was quickly introduced to music through Acadian folklore. Born and raised in Sainte-Anne de Kent in a family of artists, I was always surrounded by inspiration. During the last few years, I flourished in my passion for music
Written by Nat Cann Photo: Forlorn Visitations, Memory. Collagraph 14.75″ x 52.5″, set of 4 variable editions. Fox jaw courtesy of taxidermist Cheryl Johnson w/ installation of a cottage kitchen. Photo credit: Sarah Fuller. Exhibited this past fall at Winnipeg’s Martha Street Studio, Forlorn Visitations is a detailed series of repetitious print-made investigations into the depths
The New Brunswick Arts Board (artsnb) is looking for a Web Programmer to help develop and maintain an existing web project built with PHP and MySQL. The deadline to submit your interest is March 31, 2023. Responsibilities As contract Web Programmer, you will help develop new features and will be responsible for maintaining existing components
Are you interested in setting up an artistic creation project? Participating in an artist residency? Or developing your artistic career? artsnb’s grant programs can help you achieve your goals! The New Brunswick Arts Board (artsnb) will meet the artists in your community. Artists of all disciplines from the Tracadie, Campbellton and Edmundston regions, come and
Fredericton, February 22, 2023 – The New Brunswick Arts Board (artsnb) is pleased to announce the creation of a fourth Lieutenant Governor’s Award for High Achievement in the Arts: The Indigenous Artist Award. Starting in 2024, the New Brunswick Arts Board will add a fourth award created specifically to celebrate the achievements of an Indigenous
The New Brunswick Arts Board (artsnb) is looking for a graphic designer to create bilingual promotional materials to help promote the organisation’s programs and to create its 2022-2023 Annual Report (the chosen candidate may work in English and/or French). The deadline to send a submission is March 20, 2023 at 11:59pm. Responsibilities: artsnb Poster and
Come meet representatives from artsnb and the Canada Council for the Arts as they tour New Brunswick Indigenous communities. Learn everything you need to know about public arts funding (assistance with CVs, profiles, and online applications). These are drop-in sessions, you do not need to register to attend. You would like to know more? Reach
Written by Starlit Simon “Ankweywitew, Matues” dress exhibited at the Saint John Art Centre as part of the group show “Wayfinding.” Canvas, paint, porcupine quills, sinew, button snaps. 2022. Photo: Naomi Peters. What Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls (MMIWG) amplifies for me is the dehumanization of Indigenous people and that Indigenous women and