Ann Thomas, retired Senior Curator of Photographs and Interim Chief Curator, National Gallery of Canada will present her research on Dorothy Meigs Eidlitz, the founder of Sunbury Shores.
Eidlitz’s extraordinary life as a feminist, activist for people with mental illness, international traveller, photographer, art collector, philanthropist and summer resident in St Andrews will be presented in
the public talk.
As part of the Art Dealer’s Association of Canada’s National Art Hop, join us for a curator’s talk with Gallery 78’s very own Véronique Thériault in the gallery’s group show, Paper | Papier on Saturday, April 27th at 3 pm.
Featuring work of over 15 artists, we celebrate the versatility and complexity of paper as the foundational material for watercolours, original multiples, photography, drawings, and more. Discover the fascinating history of this ancient material and learn about modern preservation techniques in this exciting talk. We look forward to welcoming your friends and family!
Join us at Imago on April 11 at 5pm for a presentation by artist Christine Koch, who is in residence at Imago from March 26 to April 12. The presentation will be in English, starting around 5:30pm.
Newfoundland-based printmaker and painter Christine Koch has participated in numerous artist residency programs in Canada and the USA. Additionally, for the past two decades, she has been a guest artist with several scientific research teams in the North — Nunavut, Nunatsiavut, the Yukon, and on a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker in the high Arctic — and as a result, her practice focuses on the remote, often spectacular, often vulnerable landscapes in which she has worked.
While at Imago, she is working on a suite of images from Kluane National Park, Yukon Territory, where she was an Artist in Residence in 2023.
https://christinekoch.com/
The UNBSJ Faculty of Arts is honoured to unveil new work by Tara Francis. April 11, 1:30pm – 2:30 pm in the Hazen Hall Foyer of UNBSJ in Saint John.
All are welcome.
Please join Tara Francis and Elder Ramona Nicholas for a celebration and unveiling of artwork recently commissioned by the UNB Saint John Faculty of Arts. In this new work, Tara represents interconnected and intergenerational histories of the Menahkwesk harbour through her contemporary take on the Mikmaq style and tradition of porcupine quill art, sharing and connecting with ancestors who have moved across the Waponahki homelands with and among their many relatives with comfort and ease.
On April 11, visit with the artist and share in a discussion of the collaborative process through which this piece was conceptualized. All are welcome, and light refreshments will be served. This event is supported by students through the UNBSJ Indigenous Advisor. For more information about this event, contact rachel.bryant@unb.ca
Background image of silk scarf © Tara Francis at https://indigeneast.com
Join us at the Saint John Arts Centre on Sunday, April 14, at 2pm for the Launch Day celebration of our latest CATAPULT Arts Accelerator grads.
This presentation discusses my artistic journey from 2016 to 2023 and the various projects I have mounted based on my interests in figuration, gesture, neo-expressionism and automatic techniques; my approach to memory and genre scenes through archival images and image banks. I hope to highlight the themes and conceptual models that run through my work in drawing, painting, printmaking, sculpture and media art.
Bio: Rotchild Choisy is an emerging multidisciplinary artist who holds a Baccalauréat en arts visuels (2022) from the Université de Moncton. Between April and June 2022, he presented his work in a series of solo exhibitions at the Alliance Française cultural salon, Galerie d’art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen and Galerie Sans Nom’s Salle Sans Sous, all in Moncton. He has also been awarded several leadership scholarships, as well as the Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation Merit Scholarship in 2020. He recently presented his work in a solo exhibition at the Capitol Theatre Art Gallery entitled E.S.M.I, in the 7th edition of the Sudbury Alternative Art Fair and in a group installation at Académie Sainte-Famille as part of Dialogues Riopelle, celebrating the artist’s 100th birthday.
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Zarafshan is an Iranian Canadian artist who is based in Alberta. She uses a variety of media and materials to create images, objects, and spaces that explore the relationships among different systems of power such as politics, religion, and culture. Currently she is exploring the concept of “loss” in her research and art.
She has exhibited in Winnipeg with aceartinc, Hamilton with Hamilton Artists Inc, Winnipeg with La Maison des artistes, and Montreal with Art Mur’s Fresh Paint / New Construction among others. She has been the recipient of awards such as Undergraduate Research Award University of Manitoba 2015, Manitoba’s provincial winner of BMO 1st Art 2016, Entrance Award (for Academic Excellence) University of Waterloo 2017, Ontario Graduate Scholarship University of Waterloo 2018, and Silvia Knight Scholarship in Fine Arts University of Waterloo 2019.
The Atlantic Art at Night Festivals Alliance is hosting 3 front-facing workshops for the public to attend this summer that are themed around participating in art festivals. They are having a workshop/artist talk coming up this week entitled Collaborative Projects – June 8, 5:30 AST with Robert Hengeveld, Marcia Huyer & Serina Tarkhanian.
Register for this workshop and the others through the “Registration” button below.
Come a for an informal artist talk with Amy Dryer about her newest body of work
PLACE.
At the Spicer Merrifield Gallery
Opening: May 5, 4pm-7pm
Artist Talk: May 6, 2pm-3pm
Come a for an informal artist talk with Amy Dryer about her newest body of work
PLACE.
At the Spicer Merrifield Gallery
Opening: May 5, 4pm-7pm
Artist Talk: May 6, 2pm-3pm