The full text of “Impacts and Challenges of Cultural Venues in New Brunswick” is now available online.

This is the final report of a major research project into the impacts and post-pandemic challenges of the arts, culture, and heritage of New Brunswick, a project that started in early 2023.

Research activities included:

• A statistical profile of the 2,700 professional artists in New Brunswick in 2021.
• A summary of a survey of 71 cultural venues.
• A summary of 13 interviews with senior staff members of cultural venues.
• An analysis of other data on the arts and culture of the province.

The report was authored by Kelly Hill of Hill Strategies Research.

The project partners are ArtsLink NB, Association acadienne des artistes professionel.le.s du Nouveau-Brunswick (AAAPNB), and the Owens Art Gallery at Mount Allison University. The project’s Steering committee includes Julie Whitenect of ArtsLink NB, Anne-Cécile Grunenwald of AAAPNB, and Emily Falvey of the Owens Art Gallery. Laurence Dubuc (AAAPNB) and Emma Hassencahl-Perley (visual artist, curator, and educator) also contributed to the earlier stages of this project.

If you missed the report presentation by author Kelly Hill of Hill Strategies Research, with Carman Gibbs of the AAPNB, Emily Falvey of the Owens Art Gallery, and Julie Whitenect of ArtsLink NB, you can view the video by selecting the button below.

We are conducting a survey to gather information about what kind of equipment and resources our members would like to borrow through our Lending Library.

To view our current lending library offerings, please visit our Lending Library catalogue.

Call for Artists, Artisans, and Arts Organizations!

Are you an artist, artisan, arts organization, or in the cultural industry? We invite you to participate in the Arts Atlantic Symposium Marketplace, Saturday, 19 October, 2024 at the Crowne Plaza Moncton!

This is a great opportunity to connect with a diverse and engaged audience, including industry professionals, art enthusiasts, and cultural leaders.

Calling all packrats! Do you have any art supplies, books, or magazines gathering dust in the corner of your studio? Did you inherit a collection that you’ll never get to using? Did you buy a giant floor loom thinking that this was the year you’d finally get into weaving only to leave it untouched for half a decade?

If this oddly specific scenario (or the more general one) applies to you, keep reading!

Join us in welcoming Erin MacKenny to ArtsLink NB as our Administration Support.

Erin MacKenny has been a nonprofit leader for the past decade and loves to help teams achieve their potential.

Join us in welcoming Neomi Iudit to ArtsLink NB as our Programming Intern.

Neomi will be working with us until the end of August with a focus on administration of our ArtsLink NB programs such as the CATAPULT Arts Accelerator, One 2 Ones, The Lending Library, and the Mentorship Program.

Hill Strategies Research has released a new report entitled “Culture Is Made to Share” based on in-depth discussions with senior staff members of 13 cultural venues in NB.

This project is in partnership with the Owens Art Gallery and L’Association acadienne des artistes professionnel.le.s du Nouveau-Brunswick (AAAPNB).

ArtsLink NB turns 15 this year – where does the time go?! – and you’re invited to the celebration!

We were founded in 2009 – a year when the best playlists were mixed CDs, jeans were low-rise, “unfriend” was a new addition to the Oxford Dictionary, and an agricultural-simulation game (FarmVille) caught surprising hold of attention spans across social networks, while Nickelback won the Juno for Best Group – and we’ve all come a long way since then!