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Winter 2025 Artists in the CATAPULT Arts Accelerator Announced

🔥 We’re announcing he artists who have been accepted into the the CATAPULT Arts Accelerator for the Winter 2025 session! 🔥

Congratulations to these artists! We look forward to working and learning with you in the new year!

Amanda Balistreri ⚬ Visual Art

Louis Anthony Bryan ⚬ Theatre

Audrey Favre ⚬ Visual Art

Sabrina Goupil ⚬ Music

Ramneet Kalra ⚬ Photography

Sylvia Loomis ⚬ Photography

Jen Pilon ⚬ Ceramics

Garry Sanipass ⚬ Visual Art

CATAPULT Launch Day: Fall 2024 🚀

Join us as we celebrate the achievements of the latest cohort of CATAPULT Arts Accelerator grads from the fall of 2024!

We will hear pitches from Tina Antle, Ranz Jaren Bontogon, Max Brown, Alina Karmadanova, Janie McLaughlin, Sabarah Pilon, April Pyne, and Jasmine Violette.

Afterward, there will be a chance to chat with the artists as we will gather for some snacks and celebratory conversation.

🗓️ Saturday, December 7th
🕑 2-4pm
📍 Brix Experience, 245 St. George Street, Moncton NB

RSVP

Space is limited, so please RSVP by selecting the button below if you plan to attend.

Applications Now Open for CATAPULT Arts Accelerator: Winter 2025 ❄️

ArtsLink NB’s CATAPULT Arts Accelerator gives artists the tools to be prolific and build sustainable careers. It’s business skills training, career development, workshops, and mentorship – all in one program – and applications for the Winter 2025 cohort are now open!

Details

📍 The Winter 2025 session will be online, with Launch Day taking place in-person in Saint John.
🕘 Saturdays, 9am – 4pm
🗓️ January 11 – April 26, 2025
📂 Applications are now open!
💥 Apply by: December 15, 2024

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CATAPULT Arts Accelerator Launch Day: Winter 2024 🚀

Update: Due to inclement weather, we’ve decided to postpone this event until Sunday, April 14. We will still be at the Saint John Arts Centre at 2pm to celebrate our latest CATAPULT Arts Accelerator grads.

Jacqui Clydesdale, Ella Christison​​, Duncan Ireland, Ronnie Stanley, Janine Daigle, Nadine Lipton, Ryan Cubberley, and Catherine Arseneault will be presenting their pitches about their artistic practice — where they’ve been and the direction they plan to take.

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Federal and Provincial Governments Announce a Total of $142,000 to Support the CATAPULT Arts Accelerator

February 21, 2024
Imperial Theatre
, Saint John, NB

This morning at the Imperial Theatre in Saint John, we were joined by Wayne Long, Member of Parliament for Saint John–Rothesay, who announced a federal contribution of $92,000 for ArtsLink NB through the Regional Economic Growth through Innovation (REGI) program. The announcement was made on behalf of the Honourable Gudie Hutchings, Minister of Rural Economic Development and Minister responsible for the Atlantic Canada Opportunities Agency (ACOA).

(From left to right: Wayne Long, MP for Saint John Rothesay; Julie Whitenect, Executive Director of ArtsLink NB; NB Minister of Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour, Greg Turner; and Jeri Knopp, ArtsLink NB’s Programming Director)

Also joining us was New Brunswick’s Post-Secondary Education, Training and Labour Minister Greg Turner, who pledged $50,000 on behalf of the province of New Brunswick.

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CATAPULT Applicant Info Session for 2023

Are you an artist needing help on how to be purposeful and organized about the business side of your practice? Artists need the work habits that would allow any entrepreneur or small business owner to succeed in their field. Over an 8-week period, CATAPULT participants receive training in fundamental entrepreneurial skills.

CATAPULT Applicant Info Session

Apply for the Fall 2023 session by September 4th!

Have questions about CATAPULT and/or the application process? Sign up for an online information session on Wednesday, August 16 @ 12pm via Zoom.

Can’t make the date? No problem, let us know by selecting the sign up button we will send you a copy of the session.

CATAPULT Pitch Day: Winter 2023 🎈

ArtsLink NB is excited to announce our first in-person CATAPULT Arts Accelerator Pitch Day and Reception in two years!

Meet the artists! Sunday, April 2, 2023. 1:30pm - 4:30pm. Charlotte Street Arts Centre Auditorium, Fredericton, NB. CATAPULT Arts Accelerator

Join us in celebrating the amazing work of our artists as they pitch the business aspects of their practice with all the new skills they’ve learned in CATAPULT.

The pitches will be followed by light refreshments, yummy bites, and scintillating conversation at a lively reception and networking event with CATAPULT alumni, where they can mingle with other artists and arts organizations.

RSVP today to secure your spot and support the excellence and vitality of New Brunswick’s arts culture.

Date: Sunday, Apr 2, 2023
Time: 1:30pm – 4:30pm
Location: Charlotte Street Arts Centre, Auditorium
732 Charlotte Street
Fredericton

Our artists this session are:

Kelly Baker
Melissa Kennedy
Amber Carter
Joëlle Martin
Erin Goodine
Jill McNair
Helen Hillis
Laura Boudreau