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.
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
Meet the New Program Officer! Kristen Atkins, Program Officer As the newest addition to the artsnb team, I figured it appropriate to introduce myself. My name is Kristen Atkins and I have been a program officer with artsnb since May 1, 2015. With only one month under my belt, I have dove straight into the
Art Daily Linda Rae Dornan – Guest Blogger So you are sitting in your studio, or at the kitchen table, or occupying a table at your favourite café, and you are trying to concentrate on a new art project. As a visual artist, you are probably alone, deep into your thoughts working through how you
Sometimes all you need is a circle of friends with coffee and tea please. Natalie Sappier, Aboriginal Outreach Officer WOW! I am hitting my 2 year mark as being an artsnb Aboriginal Outreach officer and the journey has been nothing but a positive learning experience. I feel as though I have all these new
A New Puppeteers Association is Born! Mélanie Léger, guest blogger Hello! I’m pleased to participate as a guest blogger on this artsnb platform! I would like to talk about a new initiative that might interest New Brunswick artists: Atlantic Canada Puppetry Association! The aim is to bring together artisans of puppets and create a place
32 festivals to attend in New Brunswick this summer Tilly Jackson, artsnb summer intern 2015 As a proud inhabitant of New Brunswick, I thought I had an idea of what a thriving arts community we have here. However, the more research I do, the more I realize all I had was a very small idea
Thoughts on a Toronto Art Fair Sarah Jones, visual artist I recently participated in The Artist Project, a contemporary art fair held at the Better Living Centre, Toronto, February 19-22, 2015. This was my first foray into the art fair world, and into the Toronto art world as well. An unnerving undertaking of product creation,
Paying It Forward Jade Ansley In the summer of 2010, through chance and circumstance, I ended up finding the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design, hidden among all the larger universities and colleges. It didn’t take long before I packed up, left my hometown of Canmore, Alberta and found myself living with five musicians
Advocating for the Arts: An Artist Responsibility Nathalie Rayne, Director of Communications, Marketing & Translation As an organization who promotes the creation of art by funding professional artists, artsnb staff spends countless hours contributing to the advancement of our artists’ careers and supporting artistic excellence in New Brunswick culture through: Capacity building through direct funding