We’ll be hosting free, drop-in online writing rooms leading up to our April 30th submission deadline!
An opportunity to join a supportive and vibrant artistic space; through weekly prompts, mini-lessons and discussion-led writing circles facilitated by Notable Acts board member, educator and emerging artist Louis Anthony Bryan.
We’ll be hosting rooms over Microsoft teams on:
March 11th, March 18th and March 25th at 2 pm AST!
For more information and the meeting link, please email: anthonybryan093@gmail.com
The 2023 Songwriter’s Intensive is a professional development opportunity for emerging and intermediate level songwriters in New Brunswick and is made possible by the generous support of the City of Fredericton.
With the pending release of his latest album Adrift, we are thrilled to have Andrew Sisk back this year as our lead songwriter. Andrew uses songwriting whenever he can: to shake off the darkness of winter, or mend a broken heart, to capture a beautiful moment, or to teach children. Songs have always been his work. Through the act of creating music, Sisk has built a life filled with lovely talented friends and collaborators while making joyful memories of recording music. His surreptitious career spanning 20+ years has lead to his songs appearing in Radio, Television, and film, as well as, having songs covered by other artists like songstress Christina Martin with Blue Rodeo’s Greg Keelor. Perhaps most notably his songs were recorded with the release of a tribute album, “We Have the Same Lights Overhead“(2013), by the Acadian Embassy label which featured many of his celebrated peers recording versions of his songs.
Most recently, Sisk composed the film score for the NFB Documentary short “Paula“. He was commissioned to perform a musical tribute to Canadian Poet Alden Nowlan for the 2020 Shivering Songs Music Festival as a multidisciplinary performance piece.
What to expect…
We will be hosting a one day workshop for emerging songwriters and another for intermediate level songwriters.
AX is pleased to welcome Arianne Des Rochers, Jo-Anne Elder, shalan joudry, and Sonia Malaborza to the gallery for an AX Literary Series first—The Art of Translation. These four prolific translators will be joined by moderator and poet Vanessa Moeller to discuss the relationship between the translator and the author, and the translated text as a piece of creative writing. The translators will each read an excerpt from their work, and will then take questions from the audience.
There will be a bookseller on hand, and sales and book signings will take place after the even
Join the New Brunswick College of Craft and Design’s Entrepreneurship Studio to learn about grant opportunities, artist residencies, creative career business management, and the craft community here in New Brunswick!
Sessions are free of charge and open to any aspiring or established craftsperson, artist, or maker.
Friday, February 24, 1 – 4pm at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery RBC Room. Cultural Human Resources Council presents “The Art of Managing Your Career” This free workshop is led by the Cultural Human Resources Council (funded by the Canada Council for the Arts) and is tailored for emerging artists & students who want to solidify their career in an artistic discipline (Crafts, Dance, Digital Media, Film & TV, Music, Theatre, Visual Arts, Writing).
The Art of Managing Your Career is a guide developed by artists and cultural workers, providing emerging self-employed artists and cultural workers with pertinent and practical information to better manage their careers.
Friday, March 17, 1-4pm at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery RBC Room Hot Tips for Grant Writing & Residencies ArtsNB, Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design, CraftNB ArtsNB will share their hot tips for grant writing, Cape Breton Centre for Craft and Design unveils their many residency opportunities, and CraftNB shares their residency, exhibition, and show opportunities, as well as the opportunity to connect with others in the crafts community here in NB.
Monday evenings, 6-9pm, February 27 – April 10, 2023.
Cost: $370 + tax ($425.50 total).
Includes materials- up to one bag of clay, kiln firings, glazes, & use of apron and tools. No need to invest hundreds of dollars in tools! Additional clay may be purchased for $30 per bag.
Learn the basics of throwing on the wheel, as well as trimming (removing the excess clay), and a little hand-building. This class is suitable for absolute beginners, as well as those with some experience. The projects are designed to expand your skills, no matter what your experience level. We will explore decoration techniques, and students will glaze their pieces in the last class. You should not expect to make great pots in this short time … it takes LOTS of practice to get good at it.
Small class-size of 5 students max. Each student has their own pottery wheel to use.
Last 25 minutes of class is for clean-up.
Work will be glaze-fired after the course is complete, to be picked up at a later date.
Unfortunately we cannot guarantee the quality or serviceability of fired work.
If class is cancelled due to extreme weather, it will be made up on another evening. If you miss a scheduled class, however, it will not be made up, so please check your availability.
Come join us for five drawing workshops hosted by ALMAG and fine Canadian artists.
Colin Smith: Thursday, February 9th, 6:30-7:30pm Nick Walsh: Thursday, February 16th, 6:30-7:30pm William Forrestall: Saturday, February 25th, 11am-12pm Jennifer Stead: Saturday, March 4th, 11am-12pm Stephen Hutchings: Thursday, March 9th, 6:30-7:30pm
We’re announcing that our next One 2 One session, “Canada Council Grants: Explore and Create,” will be on February 27th, 2023.
Information Session
There will be a one-hour information session, which doesn’t require pre-registration, followed by One 2 One time slots that can be booked. These sessions are for ArtsLink NB members. If you don’t already have a membership, you can sign up here.
The one-hour information session is open both to participants of the One 2 One sessions and anyone else who is interested. Join us on Monday, February 27th, at 12pmAST.
This One 2 One session will have you working with program officers from the Canada Council for the Arts to help demystify the Canada Council granting process and figure out which grants you are eligible to apply for. Sessions will be designed to support research, development, creation, and production of work for artists.
All supplies provided. Each class differs between still-life creations to follow along instructional. Be prepared for the unexpected, and over-all, enjoy the joy of painting! Every Sunday in February, join Cass at InterAction School of Performing Arts (enter at Queen St side entrance) and let your creative vibes flow.
Cassandra is a Saint John born artist who uses art to reconnect with themself, and to help better identify a sense of culture in this crazy world. They strive to create a fundamental outlet for those who believe that art and creating is for the select few- helping break narratives that anyone can create- and being that helpful guide that can bring them to the happiness that comes with celebrating a creative outlet and lifestyle.
Magic Shrink Plastic with Vanessa Blackier Wednesday 18 January 7-9 PM
After three years on pause, we are thrilled to relaunch our MAKER MAKER workshop series! Join us as we kick off our 2023 program with Sackville artist, Vanessa Blackier, and discover the magic of shrink plastic.
At this workshop, you will learn tips and tricks for working with shrink plastic. We’ll have everything you’ll need to get started;shrink film, Sharpies, and scissors. Draw and cut out your designs and pop them into one of our portable toaster ovens, then watch in amazement as they shrink to half their original size. Turn your small-scale creations into charms, pendants, pins and more!
Vanessa Blackier is a crafter and connoisseur of cute tiny things, so naturally shrink plastic is her medium of choice. Finding inspiration anywhere from the garden to the thrift store, she designs colourful jewellery pieces for quirky and kitschy souls. You can find her handcrafted accessories at @veebeeshoppee on Instagram.
MAKER MAKER is a monthly program of seriously small after-hours art workshops. Led by diverse Maker Mentors, each workshop introduces a pocket-sized art project that can be made in two hours or less. Designed for accomplished and aspiring makers alike, MAKER MAKER is for anyone interested in making small things by hand with friends and fellow makers. This informal workshop series explores how working small can be practical, portable, and playful, economical, sharable, and even wearable.
While the hot chocolate and cookies are still on hiatus, we are so looking forward to gathering with you again! Masks are required at the Owens and in all buildings at Mount Allison University.
MAKER MAKER is free and all materials are provided; no registration required.
