Come check out the participants for year’s Fest Forward!
The artists showcasing are:
Happy Al
Iguanodon
Katie Schurman
Michelle Morrison
Ouwi7
Vice Rose
Doors: 7 p.m. Showtime: 7:30 p.m.
$15 advanced. $20 at the door.
As part of our ARTreach programming, FEST FORWARD is aimed at moving NB musicians forward by providing useful professional development opportunities as they embark on their music careers. The goal of FEST FORWARD is to foster connectivity and creativity for participating musicians and to provide an experience that will accelerate their growth and development as artists. Musicians work with seasoned veterans of the music industry via practical and skill-building workshops and participate in a professional photoshoot and recording session.
Join us in celebrating Solo Chicken’s newest cohort of Level 1 improvisers in an evening of fun and fast short-form improv games!
When: Doors open at 7:00 PM, show starts at 7:30 PM
Where: The Charlotte Street Arts Centre Auditorium (top floor). Note that the auditorium is wheelchair accessible and is equipped with an elevator.
Tickets are pay-what-you-wish, with a recommended donation of $10 per person! Feel free to pay less or more depending on current ability to support our programming!
Join our Level 3 Improv grads as they take to the stage and tackle long-form improv for the first time!
Come out and support this amazing cohort as they come to the end of Solo Chicken’s improv program!
When: Doors open at 7:00 PM, show starts at 7:30 PM
Where: The Charlotte Street Arts Centre Auditorium (top floor). Note that the auditorium is wheelchair accessible and is equipped with an elevator.
Tickets are pay-what-you-wish, with a recommended donation of $10 per person! Feel free to pay less or more depending on current ability to support our programming!
Fredericton artist Stephanie Weirathmueller’s latest exhibition Presence opens in the Charlotte Glencross Gallery on June 20. Presence is a celebration of life’s simplistic beauty and a reminder to appreciate each fleeting moment.
Passarim is a reunion of four Brazilian musicians and songwriters who share a love for Brazilian music, specially the Bossa Nova of Antonio Carlos Jobim and João Gilberto.
The project started in 2017 as a tribute to the 30th anniversary of Jobim’s first gold album Passarim (1987). From São Paulo’s intense indie music scene, João Leão, Tika, Kika and Igor Caracas carefully adapted the album’s original vocal and orchestral arrangements into a reduced formation with unique style, arriving at a renewed Bossa Nova vibe with vocal effects, electric guitars, synths and a touch of psychedelia. The performance is classy, captivating and magnetic.
Other Jobim masterpieces are also added to the show, which has showcased with great success throughout the main jazz venues and theatres in and around São Paulo since 2017, often featuring very special guests such as Jaques and Paula Morelenbaum, two of the original members from Jobim’s ensemble. In 2024, the group proudly presents its first international tour through Canada.
Eleven second-year photography/videography students emerge from the walls of the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design to exhibit new work as part of The View Finders photography exhibition at the Charlotte Street Art Centre on May 2, 2024.
Calvin Aranas, Connor Beers, Curtis Brewster, Alex Bustard, Andressa Cutini, Or David, Bella Doherty, Germán García, Fabián Otero, Cori Swan, and Eryn Trevors are the names behind the works, featuring individual perspectives through a variety of photographic media on display in the Charlotte Glencross Gallery and Penny Gallery at the Charlotte Street Arts Centre. The title of the exhibition is a play on the word viewfinder, a small window on every camera that helps a photographer compose their view, their perspective, and ideas. The theme of this exhibition is the unique point of view that each photographer has developed and continues to explore.
Some techniques in this exhibition date back to the invention of photography in the mid-1800s, while others use modern technology. Throughout the year, photographers could be seen on campus and in other parts of our great country, and province, using a variety of cameras: large format (4”x5” sheet film), medium format (120 roll film), 35mm, digital cameras, and Polaroid. In this exhibition they’re exploring nature photography, landscapes, New Brunswick, still-life, fine art portraits, fashion, and more to tell stories as complex as life itself.
When they started their journey together in the fall of 2022, four of the eleven students arrived from Colombia, Philippines, Brazil, and Mexico, bringing unique experiences and perspectives. Two years later, many have had work published, created thematic series, explored techniques, been guest speakers at Photo Fredericton, been in group exhibitions, and many have created solo exhibitions at NBCCD. Now, they’re ready to meet the public.
The View Finders Photography Exhibition opens on May 2, 2024, from 4:30 to 6 pm and runs until June 17. The exhibition is free and open to everyone.
As part of the Art Dealer’s Association of Canada’s National Art Hop, join us for an artist’s talk with respected New Brunswick ceramist Karen Burk in her new show, Clay • Colour • Gesture • Fire on Sunday, April 28th at 3 pm.
Discover Burk’s process through years of experimentation with glazes, forms, and firing. Learn all about her evolving approach to ceramics as she draws inspiration from expressionist painters of the 1960s, such as Helen Frankenthaler and Joan Mitchel. We look forward to welcoming your friends and family!
Greville Tapes Music Club returns to the Charlotte Street Arts Centre April 13 One of Atlantic Canada’s most important collaborative music projects returns to CSAC for an evening of performances featuring The Olympic Symphonium, Wolf Castle, DenMother, Pallmer and more.
With collaboration as its guiding principal, the Greville Tapes Music Club has been pairing up musicians and ensembles from around Atlantic Canada to share influence, trade ideas, and make original music since 2016. Founded by artist manager and promoter Peter Rowan, the GTMC has proven to be an important incubator for new ideas, forging new connections between musicians and audiences across the region. The project’s full third season of releases arriving April 5 features original music by The Olympic Symphonium and Wolf Castle, DenMother and Dumpster Cub, and Pallmer and Keeper. E. Listen to the first two singles HERE. The release will be supported by a series of live performances which includes a stop at CSAC on April 13. This is an all-ages event.
Dave Gunning and J.P. Cormier are two of Canada’s outstanding roots singer-songwriters. Great friends, frequent collaborators, and co-writers, Dave and J.P. are coming back to Fredericton in support of their much-anticipated second album, ‘Leather and Dust’.
Featuring original songs and rare covers, the album is filled with lush guitars and tight harmonies while showcasing these two immensely talented songwriters, interpreters, guitar players, and singers at the peak of their creative powers.
