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.
The following is an open letter written by indigenous multi-disciplinary artist Samaqani Cocachq to Minister of Tourism, Heritage and Culture Bill Fraser. The views and opinions expressed in this letter are her own and do not necessarily reflect those of the New Brunswick Arts Board. The letter is presented in its original form and has not been
Dear professional artists, Yesterday, April 7th 2016, we, a group of concerned citizens and artists, met with Minister, Bill Fraser, over the drastic cuts at ArtsNB. He came to the meeting accompanied by the Deputy Minister as well two of his directors and the MLA for Moncton. We made our case and they made theirs.
Note: The following letter was submitted by Germaine Pataki-Thériault to the Telegraph Journal. It is published in its original form here with her permission. This is an open letter to Hon. Bill Fraser, Minister of Tourism, Heritage and Culture I would like to add an arts business perspective to the many voices concerned about
This letter of support was published on Tuesday, March 2nd 2016 by Ignite Fredericton. The original letter can be found here: https://ignitefredericton.com/en/news/artsnb-letter-of-support/ The following letter is in regards to artsnb’s recent funding cut of $400,000 over two years and the decision to move the Arts Board inside government. As the economic development agency for the
artsnb Community Consultation Survey
Results have been released for artsnb’s consultation survey
artsnb has compiled three essential documents for the understanding of the program structures at artsnb and the Department of Tourism, Heritage and Culture
This letter to Minister Bill Fraser was published in the February 12th edition of the Telegraph Journal. It is published here with permission from the author. Letter to Tourism, Heritage and Culture Minister Bill Fraser There is an old saying: He who pays the piper calls the tune. The changes proposed for the New
This public letter by Virgil Hammock was published in the Moncton Times & Transcript. It is published, as written, below: 7 February 2016 Sir, I am dismayed and disappointed by the move by the provincial government in its recent budget to reduce funding to artsnb (Arts New Brunswick) by $400,000 over the next two
ALDEN: Against All Odds by Maurice Arseneau With the French production of Rick Merrill’s Alden: Against All Odds, translated by Mélanie Léger and which I have had the pleasure of directing, the Théâtre Populaire d’Acadie’s 42nd season will see it produce its fifth translation in a decade. As the Artistic Director of the TPA, I
Upcoming Craft Exhibitions By Claire Shiplett, Project Manager, NB Crafts Council The New Brunswick Crafts Council/Conseil des métiers d’art du Nouveau-Brunswick (NBCC/CMANB) is thrilled to present two traveling craft exhibitions for 2016. The first is the NBCC Biennale, curated by Bronwyn Gallagher, titled Spectrum. This is a group exhibition that will showcase contemporary fine craft from