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.
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 ! 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.
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
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
By Louis Grant, workshop participant Last Thursday, I was told by my grandmother about a writer’s workshop being held at the Riverside Resort. When she mentioned it, the writer inside me instantly wanted to go. I told her that I’d love to go, seeing as I’ve never been to a writers workshop before and thought
The 2016 Petapan Indigenous Arts Symposium was held June 17-19
By Mariah Sockabasin and Corrina Merasty-Gallant, Workshop Facilitators We had a successful Indigenous Visual Arts & Fine Craft Workshop in St. Andrews this past month, hosted at the Sunbury Shores Arts & Nature Centre. ‘Outside the Box’ was the first of a series of 6 workshops artsnb has been planning in conjunction with the Department