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.
A celebratory group show, the 60th Anniversary Exhibition, of the work of artists, art instructors, artisans and former students who have been part of the Sunbury Shores story, will be launched Friday, September 6 at 5:00 pm.
Special guest is John Leroux, Collections Manager at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery and recipient
of the 2024 Order of New Brunswick.
The exhibition highlights 60 years of the artistic excellence and creativity of the arts community in Charlotte County and New Brunswick as well as the work of artists from Canada and the United States.
Deanna Musgrave: Water Witness
The theme of celebrating and exploring water and weather has dominated the Saint John-based artist’s work for nearly 20 years. This new body of work uses a channelled language to give a voice to water, the sea, and the sky. When giving a voice to water, the artist highlights that water is a consciousness, thus bringing into question how we treat it and environmental concerns around it. This language is meant to be transpersonal so that it will connect with anyone and engage them with a unique message for each viewer.
Mimi Lucas: The weather was important.
In this series of artworks, the Saint John artist’s ultimate painting goals are to compose happy, yet serious and ambiguous work. This exhibition consists of small- and large-scale paintings that consider how our environment significantly controls our lives. With the current prevailing tendency toward extreme weather, our world has experienced diverse displays of excess rain and flooding, wildfires, hurricanes, and rising temperatures. Lucas’ paintings evoke rather than describe. They are presented in an abstracted landscape that is more a personal narrative than a perceived truth.
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Newfoundland-based artist Christine Koch will be Artist in Residence at Sunbury Shores from April 13 – 27, 2024. Koch is a well-known and respected printmaker and painter and her residency will take place in the Print Studio.
Christine’s artistic practice over the past two decades has led her to travel throughout northern Canada and work with geologists in Nunatsiavut and Nunavut, with geographers on the glaciers of the Torngat Mountains (Nunatsiavut), with northern ecologists in the Yukon, and with oceanographers and marine biologists in the Labrador Sea, Baffin Bay, and the Northwest Passage.
The result of her expeditions is a collection of images based on the remote and dramatic landscapes she saw, while her artwork portrays the beauty and vulnerability of the environments she explored.
There will be a Meet the Artist with Christine on Saturday, April 27 from 10:00 am – 12:00 pm.
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This 4-day acrylic painting and drawing workshop will focus on how an observed landscape can be abstracted through colour and form. Short field trips will guide participants to observe the landscape, make preliminary sketches in situ, and then develop paintings in the studio. This course is recommended for participants with experience working in acrylics or watercolours at an intermediate level or more. Upon registration, participants will receive a list of course materials. Note: This is a scent-free workshop.
A prolific artist, curator, and writer, Jay Isaac will share examples of his work, and the work of contemporary and modern artists to illustrate the use of landscape and its components as starting points for abstraction.
Opening Reception, Friday, April 5, 5 – 7 pm
This series of paintings draws upon family research, familial archives, and personal memory to create large format portraits that explore the many aspects of identity. The artist was born in Moncton to a single mother and adopted by a Catholic couple in Quebec. The artist appropriates images, stories, links and sometimes even ancestors who become an important source of inspiration in her work. They connect her childhood to the present.
Through his artistic practice, Moncton-based artist Rotchild Choisy explores his quest for identity and the social, economic, and political relationships people have with their environment. From his point of view, it’s impossible to understand and know another person without knowing oneself. In his work, he often uses expressive drawing; he also reinterprets Haitian and African symbolic figures to make a correlation between masks, emotions and the environment.
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Paddlefest is a Music & Nature Festival in the small community of St. Andrews By-the-Sea, New Brunswick. The annual 4 day festival combines music, art, recreational activities and environmental events for a long weekend of fun for music lovers and adventure seekers alike.
The 2024 lineup includes Boy Golden Jenn Grant, Ariel Posen, Ellevator, The Slocan Ramblers, Julian Taylor, Morgan Toney, Zamani, Motherhood, Wolf Castle feat. The Olympic Symphonium, Jessica Rhaye, Gordon Gets Lost, Ross Neilsen, Kylie Fox, Dee Hernandez, The Hello Crows, La Patente, a seamless set from Marian & Chillteens and more!
Join us at Sunbury Shores on Friday, March 8, 2024, from 5:00 – 7:00 pm for the double opening for “The Great Kind Mystery” by Ella Morton and “The Adventure of Rivet Boy” by David Norris.
Photographer, Ella Morton’s exhibition of photographs captures the transcendent, mysterious, and fragile qualities of landscapes in Newfoundland. Artist and musician David Norris’ animated musical film uses constructed scenes to evoke a sense of nostalgia for adults while accessible and enchanting for younger viewers.
World Premier of “The Adventures of Rivetboy” at 6pm!
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Paddlefest is a Music & Outdoor Recreation Festival in the small seaside community of St. Andrews, New Brunswick. The 4 day festival combines music, art, recreational and environmental activities such as kayaking, hiking & beach clean ups for a long weekend of fun for music lovers and adventure seekers alike!
Music • Kayaking • Canoeing • Paddle-Boarding • The Wharf to Wharf Fun Run • Kids Events • Hiking • Yoga • Beach Clean Ups • Environmental Talks & Presentations • Live Art & Art Installations • Food Vendors Craft Beer • The Paddlefest Craft Market & more!
Catherine MacLellan Christmas
at Hunstman Marine Science Centre, Saint Andrews NB, Thursday, Dec 15th, at 7:30pm and
at Charlotte Street Arts Centre on Friday, Dec 16th at 8PM (doors 7:30)
JUNO Award-winning singer-songwriter Catherine MacLellan is bringing her Christmas Show to the Maritimes this year. Sharing beloved classics, self-penned holiday songs and some rare gems, Catherine will be accompanied on stage by special guest Tanya Davis and guitarist Nick Gauthier.
Catherine says, “I’ve always loved the music of Christmas, and the fun times singing in kitchens with friends and family over a glass of eggnog. That is the energy I’ll be bringing with me, hoping that people sing along and catch some of that holiday spirit!”
Last year, Catherine released her first Christmas album, a self-engineered and self-produced EP, which includes the original single (“Calling You Home (for the Holidays)”) and three beloved classics (“In The Bleak Midwinter”, “Blue Christmas”, and “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”).
“I love the coziness of winter, it’s a time for introspection but also a time for gathering around fires and feasts. Christmas shows bring in all of that for me, the balance between joyful silliness and the sacred. It makes me feel like a child again,” says Catherine.