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.
Our next One 2 One sessions this year will be Proposal Overview with Kathleen Buckley, professional grant writer.
Project proposals are some of the most daunting parts of applying for professional opportunities, and it can be helpful to have someone to work through your ideas with.
The New Brunswick Arts Board (artsnb) has released the results of the April 1st, 2022 competitions for the Creation and Documentation programs. Grants totalling $405,133 were awarded by juries of professional artists to support their creation projects and to help the documentation of art production in New Brunswick.
The full list of recipients is here, but we wanted to congratulate those who are affiliated with ArtsLink NB and celebrate their success.
First of all, Jericho Knopp, our Programming Director, and Sarah Jones, our Curatorial and Outreach Coordinator for the Arts Atlantic Symposium, both received grants.
The following graduates of our CATAPULT Arts Accelerator program also received funding:
– Amy Ash – Matthew Elliot – Todd Fraser – Fabiola Martinez – Christina Myers – Sadie Donahue – Ji Hyang Ryu – Anne Stillwell – Abigail Smith – Caitlin Wilson
Also, congratulations to our CATAPULT mentors who received, funding, Janice Wright Cheney and Bob Morouney.
And Melissa Kennedy, who was recently an Introspect resident artist also received a grant.
Congratulations to all the recipients, and we look forward to seeing what you are able to create with the support of arts nb!
