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THIRD SHIFT: TRAVERSE

Aug 19 – 22

THIRD SHIFT is a free, all-ages annual festival of public contemporary artworks in Saint John, New Brunswick.

From August 19th through 22nd, this bubble-friendly art festival will turn Uptown Saint John into an outdoor contemporary art gallery for four days! You can look forward to visiting over 20 temporary public art installations scattered around the Uptown area as well as a series of small in-person and online art presentations and artist talks. Stay tuned for the installation map and schedule of events! Want a sneak peek? Read about the artworks and artists here:

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HOST: A Virtual Contemporary Art Project

HOST is a borderless project. Part art exhibition and part walking simulator game, it exists entirely online. With animated walls, interactive navigation, and hyperlinked portals, HOST brings together works by eleven contemporary artists who offer glimmers of reciprocity by caring for the places where mutual understanding, appreciation, and hope take root amid the tangle of contemporary issues.

Featuring artwork by: rudi aker, Anna Binta Diallo, Séamus Gallagher, Maggie Higgins, Emily Kennedy, Caroline Monnet, respectfulchild, Lou Sheppard, Rachel M Thornton, Winnie Truong, and KC Wilcox. Curated by Amy Ash. Follow @host_project_ on Instagram

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Get your copy of Shorelines at these shops!

Shorelines: Climate Concern & Creativity is a collaborative project that promotes an ongoing dialogue between environmental action and artistic practice in New Brunswick. The publication was conceived and realized by two non-profit organizations, the community-based environmental organization, ACAP Saint John, and Third Space Gallery, Saint John’s artist-run centre for contemporary art.

Shorelines focuses geographically on the Saint John area and communities that extend along the Bay of Fundy, including Grand Manan Island and Sackville. Contributors include Patrick Allaby, Amy Ash, Jack Bishop, Bailey Brogan, Katie Buckley, Nathan Cann, Chris Donovan, Sara Griffin, Hailey Guzik, Sarah Jones, Jericho Knopp, Jamylynn McDonald, Christiana Myers, Ben Peterson, Bethany Reinhart, Graeme Stewart-Robertson, Kate Wallace, Laura Watson, and KC Wilcox.

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Member Spotlight: Sofia Cristanti

Sofia Cristanti is an Indonesian Canadian artist. She emigrated to Canada in 2010. She is based in Saint John, NB. She holds a BFA major in Painting, and MBA from Institute of Technology Bandung (ITB), Indonesia.

Her works focus on contemporary art with evolving style and medium. She believes that research and planning is imperative in art making, the process determines what medium, style, and technique that suits to develop and embody the subject matter for her artworks. Having a big life transition during her immigration in Canada, it has brought her exploring the artworks with subject matter that speaks out her voice as a first generation immigrant. She has received Cultural Diversity Awards and grants from Edmonton Art Council, ArtsNB, and other awards in Canada and abroad.

She has exhibited her art in groups and solo at the Capitol Art Gallery Moncton (2019), The Beaverbrook gallery Fredericton (2019), Multicultural Association of Fredericton (2019), McMullen Gallery Edmonton (2018), SkirtsAfire Festival (2018), Edmonton Convention Centre (2017-2018), The Works Art and Design Festival (2017), CARFAC Alberta Artist Run Centres (2017), and also in Indonesia.

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Struts Gallery and the Owens Art Gallery are pleased to present Breathing Room, an immersive installation by Corner Brook, Newfoundland-based artist Marcia Huyer. Breathing Room consists of a series of inflatable structures that have been installed at 8 Squire Street, an empty home currently under construction. Audiences are encouraged to explore and move through the space, on view, July 2^nd to 4^th  (see below for viewing times). This project is the latest work to be realized in the Umbrella Projects series, a partnership between the Owens and Struts Gallery presenting off-site, in-print, online, and onscreen programming during the COVID-19 pandemic.  

Built specifically for the architectural elements of 8 Squire Street, the inflatables respond, inhabit, and explore the spatial elements of the home. Viewers are confronted physically, bringing into question the real and imagined boundaries that we negotiate—domestic/industrial, interior/exterior, organic/unnatural—contorting and challenging our perceptions of space. According to Huyer, “There is an ever-present tension found in the inflated form between the constant pressure of the air within and the material that holds it back that has intrigued me for many years.” 

Location: 8 Squire Street, Sackville, NB
 
The installation is open to public at the following viewing times:
 
Friday, July 2, 6 to 9pm
Saturday, July 3, 12 to 5pm
Sunday, July 4, 12 to 4pm

Capacity is limited to 4 people at a time and strict public safety guidelines will be enforced. Masks are required; names and phone numbers will be collected for contact tracing.

For more information, or to schedule a interview with the artist or gallery staff, please contact: info@strutsgallery.ca

Venue Access
This venue is not wheelchair accessible. The entrance into the house is located on the first floor, with a single step. The exit is on the lower level and is down a flight of stairs. There are no washrooms available on site. We sincerely apologize for these barriers.
 
Artist Bio
Marcia Huyer is a sculpture installation-based artist living and working in Corner Brook, NL. She studied at the University of Victoria and the Ontario College of Art and Design (now OCADU). Her work has been shown in several festivals and public institutions across Canada. In the summer of 2013, she and Robert Hengeveld participated in the Struts residency program and enjoyed the Friday BBQ’s and community swims at Silver Lake. The last place Marcia traveled to pre-pandemic was to Sackville, for A Handmade Assembly, 2019. Sackville will be the first place Marcia travels to since the pandemic. Later this summer, Marcia will be participating with the Bonavista Biennale 2021, in Duntara, NL. 
 
You can find more of Marcia’s work at marciahuyer.com.

This summer, Galerie d’art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen presents Give Me Shelter, a touring exhibition organized by the Confederation Centre Art Gallery.

This exhibition is composed of the works of 13 emerging artists of St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador, whose pieces show unusual ways of representing their own realities. Pan Wendt, curator, explains: “St. John’s, which for many of these artists is an adopted home, seems particularly hospitable to autonomous, creative, sometimes makeshift solutions. Perhaps this is because it is a place where modernity runs out of steam, where one knows the fragility of inhabitation, and of the constant need to make, remake, and protect the worlds that surround us. What artists are doing in St. John’s can inform us as we face an uncertain reality that demands imaginative and constructive energy.”

Give Me Shelter is organized and circulated with the support of the Canada Council for the Arts. The exhibition will open on Saturday, June 26, and run until October 3, 2021. Admission is free and all are welcome.

Galerie d’art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen of the Université de Moncton is supported by the Canada Council for the Arts and the Department of Tourism, Heritage, and Culture of New-Brunswick.

Information: Nisk Imbeault, Director-Curator, Galerie d’art Louise-et-Reuben-Cohen: (506) 858-4687 / nisk.imbeault@umoncton.ca
405 Université Ave / Post: 18 Antonine-Maillet Ave, Moncton, NB, E1A 3E9 / (506) 858-4088 / galrc@umoncton.ca / umoncton.ca/umcm-ga

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28 June to 31 August 2021

Curated by 3E Collective
Emma Hassencahl-Perley, Emilie Grace Lavoie, Erin Goodine
 
The work of New Brunswick artist Alexandrya Eaton is an emotional tribute to the self, working mothers, and women everywhere who have experienced the loss of significant maternal figures. Sharing moments of joy, pain, and sadness, this exhibition comments on personal histories, experiences of motherhood, social notions of femininity, and the power of self-discovery and self-determination. Everything that makes up life is celebrated in beaming colour. Eaton’s superpower has always been her radical expressions of love as she navigates the world with an open heart and confidently proves there is strength in vulnerability. Everything in Between is a retrospective exhibition that revisits Eaton’s paintings, rug hookings, and weavings from the past thirty years. Curated by 3E Collective—a curatorial collective made up of Emma Hassencahl-Perley, Emilie Grace Lavoie, Erin Goodine—the exhibition is accompanied by a full-colour publication funded with a grant from the New Brunswick Arts Board. This impressive book and career survey explores the breadth of Eaton’s art practice and includes 3E Collective’s insightful observations on art-making, motherhood, and femininity.
 
Alexandrya Eaton is a contemporary Canadian painter and textile artist who lives and works in Sackville, New Brunswick. After completing studies at Mount Allison University, she received early recognition when she was invited to participate in the Symposium de la Jeune Peinture au Canada. From there, she went on to be the youngest of fifteen international artists included in the exhibition TERRE TERRE (Art Museum of the Americas, Washington, DC, 1992). Since then, she has presented forty-five solo exhibitions, and her work has been included in significant group exhibitions, including Anecdotes and Enigmas: The Atlantic Art Exhibition, curated by Hermenegilde Chiasson (Hart House Gallery, Toronto, 1996), BLISS, curated by Shauna McCabe (Confederation Centre Art Gallery, 2002), and HOT POP SOUP: Neo-Pop Trends in Contemporary New Brunswick Art, curated by Terry Graff (Beaverbrook Art Gallery, 2012). Eaton’s most recent body of work, Becoming, took four years to complete and was featured in a solo travelling exhibition first curated by Christina Thomson (Beaverbrook Art Gallery, 2018). The Becoming series figures prominently in Everything in Between. www.alexandryaeaton.com

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Admission to the Owens is free, but all visitors are asked to pre-book a free, one-hour time slot for their visit. This can be done either online or by calling (506) 364-2574. Safety measures are in place to keep both you and the Owens’ staff safe.

Book your visit online

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Venue Access

The stairs to the Owens from the entrance nearest the University Chapel have a handrail. There is also ramp access at this entrance, however, the ramp is steep. The stairs to the Owens entrance off York Street also have a handrail, but there is no ramp. The main floor of the Owens is wheelchair accessible. Our second-floor gallery is not accessible. Two flights of stairs lead to the second floor. The Owens welcomes guide dogs and other service animals.

Bathrooms

Gendered bathrooms are located in the basement and are not wheelchair accessible. Two flights of stairs lead to the basement.

Parking

There are two, reserved, accessible parking spaces on the York Street side of the Gallery and one in the circular driveway adjacent to the Gallery. All parking on campus is free. See the Campus Map for all visitor parking.

If you have any questions about your visit, please email owens@mta.ca or call (506) 364-2574

Monday, June 28, 7pm Atlantic 

Join moderator Natasha Blackwood and a panel of incredible Indigenous women musicians, artists and creators from across Atlantic Canada: Maggie Paul, Jenelle Duval, Joanna Barker, Meagan Musseau, and Stephanie Joline, as they discuss music, culture, tradition, and industry. 

This event is presented by Music Nova Scotia in partnership with First Light, Atlantic Presenters Association, and Women in Music Canada – Atlantic Chapter, and made possible thanks to FACTOR, the Government of Canada, and Canada’s Private Radio Broadcasters.

Watch LIVE on Facebook at 7pm on June 28!

Panelists:

Maggie Paul is an Indigenous Passamaquoddy elder, teacher and song carrier who has travelled around the world to share Maliseet and Passamaquoddy culture.She has been a sweat lodge keeper for more than 15 years. As a gifted singer, she uses song throughout the ceremonies and as a way to mentor young people who are looking to find their voice. She had made two CDs that have captured the traditional songs of the Passamaquoddy and Maliseet people. Paul’s contribution and dedication to song has inspired a new generation of singers to maintain their culture. A true inspiration to people through song, Paul is also an invaluable supporter to those in her community who are struggling. As a strong believer in keeping people’s traditions alive like she has done on the east coast, she has travelled to Paris, Venezuela, Mexico and Belize to share and learn from their cultures.

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Jenelle Duval is L’nu and currently works as an Arts and Culture Coordinator at the First Light St. John’s Friendship Centre, where she has been creating artistic spaces and opportunities for the community and arts professionals since 2012. She is the Artistic Director of Spirit Song Festival, an annual celebration of Indigenous Arts and Culture in St. John’s, Newfoundland and Labrador. Jenelle is on Newfoundland and Labrador Folk Fest programming committee, Newfoundland Quarterly’s Editorial Advisory Committee, and City of St. John’s Arts and Culture Advisory Committee. She also sits on the Board of Directors at Eastern Edge Gallery. She is the recipient of YWCA’s Women of Distinction Award (2019) for her work in Arts and Heritage, a founding member of EMCA-winning group Eastern Owl, and a tireless advocate for the preservation and revitalization of cultural arts and music. In 2019 Jenelle was acknowledged with a nomination for Indigenous Songwriter of the Year through the Canadian Folk Music Awards and in 2020, was awarded the annual Achievement Award from the APA for her contribution to Indigenous arts presentation in Newfoundland and Labrador. Jenelle is rooted in her home territory of Ktaqmkuk, where she shares her life with her amazing daughter Kassidy. 

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Joanna Barker is an L’nu musician, songwriter, performer and music educator from Qapskuk, Ktaqmkuk (Grand Falls-Windsor, NL). She chairs the board at Girls Rock NL, is a member of Eastern Owl, and fronts the band John. In 2018 Joanna was awarded a YWCA Women of Distinction Award, in 2019 she received the Arts in Education Award from Arts NL, and in 2020 she was the recipient of the Music NL Music Educator of the Year. Joanna is now living on the coast of Labrador in Natuashish where she is the Music Teacher at the Mushuau Innu Natuashish School. Joanna hosts a monthly radio show on Miawpukek First Nation Radio called Mawpile’n: Tie it together, and produces a podcast made by her students at the school where she teaches.

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Meagan Musseau is a Mi’kmaw (L’nu) artist from Elmastukwek, Ktaqmkuk territory (Bay of Islands, western Newfoundland). She nourishes an interdisciplinary practice by working with customary art forms and new media, such as basketry, beadwork, land-based performance, video and installation. She focuses on creating artwork, dancing, learning Mi’kmaw language, and facilitating workshops as a way to actively participate in survivance. Musseau’s work has been exhibited nationally at Open Space, Victoria; grunt gallery, Vancouver; Ociciwan Contemporary Art Centre, Edmonton; AKA Artist-run, Saskatoon; Ace Art Inc., Winnipeg; VOX, centre de l’image contemporaine, Montreal; and internationally at Canada House, London, UK. She has performed at Spirit Song Festival (2019), Bonavista Biennale (2019), Ursula Johnson’s ITHA shopping network (2017), #THIRDSHIFT (2017), as well as in landscapes across Turtle Island. Her work has been featured in publications such as Canadian Art, Border Crossings, and Visual Arts News. Musseau’s practice has been supported by awards such as an Aboriginal Arts Development Award, First Peoples’ Cultural Council (2016), Atlantic Canadian Emerging Artist, the Hnatyshyn Foundation (2018), and the Sobey Art Award longlist (2021).

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Stephanie Joline is an Indigenous filmmaker and artist based in Halifax/Kjipuktuk, Nova Scotia/Mi’kma’ki. Her Indigenous roots come from her mother who is Inuit from Labrador, her father is French Acadian from the South shore of Nova Scotia/Mi’kma’ki. Stephanie’s work provokes conversation, breaks boundaries, and is deeply rooted in inclusivity and feminism. Her feature films include Night Blooms (2021), a gritty coming-of-age story set in the 1990s; Stream Me (2021), about an Indigenous teen who immerses herself in online gaming; and her debut Play Your Gender (2016), a documentary that pulls back the curtain on gender bias in the music industry, featuring interviews with Patty Schemel, Melissa Auf Der Maur, and Sara Quin. In 2020 she was awarded the Irving Avrich Award from TIFF recognizing rising Canadian talent. Stephanie has also made several short films, and created music videos for Nicole Ariana, Nathan Wiley, and Gabrielle Papillon among others.

Moderator:

Natasha Blackwood is the coordinator of First Light Centre for Performance and Creativity in St John’s. She is of mixed Irish, English and Mi’kmaq ancestry, and has extensive experience as a music educator, technician, and arts administrator. Blackwood is well known in the arts community in St. John’s, Newfoundland as a force behind successful projects such as Eastern Owl, Jazz East, and Spirit Song Festival, as well as a prolific multi-instrumentalist, vocalist, and songwriter. She is the recipient of Music NL’s Volunteer of the Year Award (2019), as well as the East Coast Music Association’s (ECMA) award for Indigenous Artist of the Year (2020) with Eastern Owl. Natasha’s debut solo album `Ease Back’, is a concept album about the stages of grief as navigated by a mother, which was nominated for both MusicNL’s Jazz/Blues album of the year, and ECMA’s Inspirational album of the year (2021). She is the mother of three beautiful children and an adopted beagle, and has spent her life dedicated to community, family, and art.

Gallery On Queen is pleased to invite you to our upcoming exhibition “Wabanaki” showcasing various Indigenous artists and mediums. We are proud to have this opportunity to feature works from many Indigenous artists in New Brunswick. This exhibition celebrates the heritage, the strength and the variety of forms that these artists create. Join us for the “Wabanaki”s opening event Friday, June 18th from 5:30 – 7:30 pm with an introductory ceremony hosted by Chief Alan (Chicky) Polchies. Lieutenant Governor Brenda Murphy will also be attending the opening of the show. The show will feature works by Audrey Arsenault, Katie Augustine, Kennlin Barlow, Braelynne Cyr, Brian Francis, Frannie Francis, Tara Francis, Charlie Gaffney, Tim Hogan, Chantal Polchies, Justin Sappier, Alan Syliboy, Garry Sanipass and Pauline Young. We will also be featuring work from the collections of Ned Bear, Roger Simon, and more! All are welcome to join across the street on the green of the Justice Building for the opening ceremony and make way to the Gallery for a masked COVID-19 friendly event. We encourage anyone who cannot make it to the opening to come see this exhibition while it displays until July 10th, 2021 For more information, click here.

40% Discount until the 21st of June

12th to the 15th of July | Online

This will be a unique opportunity to develop your skills in Directing Actors with one of today’s most versatile directors. You will have an educational experience of excellence in a small and intimate group of only 25 participants, with BAFTA winner Pete Travis, who directed films such as Omagh, Endgame, Dredd and Vantage Point. Pete Travis is a director specially skilled in directing actors. Pete has directed actors such as Dennis Quaid, Forest Whitaker, Matthew Fox, Sigourney Weaver, William Hurt, Riz Ahmed, Billie Piper, Chiwetel Ejioford, Gerard Butler, and many more. He will share his knowledge along four days in a small intimate group for what surely is a great opportunity. This 4 days intensive workshop is  limited to 25 participants, so we advise to register fast to guarantee your place. The workshop fee is 499EUR, but we are offering a special Discounted fee until the 21st of June, costing only 299EUR.  The workshop will take place online. FEST FILM LAB has always been a project of high-level knowledge sharing and networking, on the next few months we will be hosting the workshops online, however we will maintain not only the standard of quality you came to expect with the best experts available, but also the networking and interactivity of the workshops: – The workshop group will have a limited number of participants, we will not host more than 25 participants. – We will maintain the tailor made aspects, with the possibility of troubleshooting projects you have been involved or challenges you are facing. We will introduce new tools to enhance the interactivity between participants. – We have rearranged the workshop sessions,  now taking place on 4 days instead of the typical 2 days, so that the workshop is less overwhelming, as the typical two full days online would impact the capacities of the participants to absorb the content. CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

Established director and BAFTA winner Pete Travis actually had a late start in his filmmaking career: before becoming a director, Pete Travis was a social worker. However, inspired by Alan Clarke and Costa-Gavras, he decided to take a post-graduate course in filmmaking. Soon after graduation he acquired the rights to Faith, a short story written by Nick Hornby, and presented his first short film at the London TV Festival, in 1997.

Later, he directed episodes of Cold Feet (1999) and the TV series Other People’s Children (2000), as well as The Jury (2002) mini-series, and the TV movie Henry VIII (2003), featuring Helena Bonham-Carter and Mark Strong.

Impressed with his work, Paul Greengrass (director of Captain Phillips), sent Travis a script that he co-wrote with Guy Hibbert – Omagh. The film premiered in 2004 at the Toronto International Film Festival, where it won the Discovery Award. The film also won the 2005 BAFTA Award for Best Single Drama.

Vantage Point, was his first major motion film, starring Dennis Quaid and Matthew Fox. It was released in the USA, in 2008. Just one year later, in January of 2009, Pete Travis took to Sundance to premiere Endgame, which dramatizes the last days of Apartheid in South Africa and stars Chiwetel Ejiofor, William Hurt, Jonny Lee Miller and Mark Strong.

Later, Travis directed a film adaptation of the popular UK comic book series, Dredd (2012). In Travis’ feature film, Karl Urban takes on the role of judge Dredd with Olivia Thirlby playing his young accomplice. The film quickly gathered a cult following.

Pete Travis most recent film work stars Riz Ahmed and Billie Piper: City of Tiny Lights (2016) – a crime thriller film, written by Patrick Neate and based on his own novel of the same name.

You can find his full list of credits on IMDb.

Pete Travis’ workshop will focus on a diversity of topics relating to the art of directing actors for film.

You will have the chance to not only receive this knowledge from a very revered professional, but also to interact strongly, as the group will have up to 25 participants, making it extremely practical and interactive. You will also have the opportunity to assess the issues you encountered on your films, and receive the feedback to unblock situations in the future.

The workshop will also cover the following:

– PRE-PRODUCTION –
Introduction to “acting” / How do actors work?;
The Actor/Director relationship;
Letting the actors build their own characters;
The Actor’s tools and methodologies;
The director in a casting;
What is a character?;
The importance of the story through the eyes of the character;
Planning Rehearsal – What to Rehearse and Why;
Rehearsal Tools;
Directing The Character;

– ON SET –
How to communicate with actors;
Staging the Scene and Blocking the Action;
How the camera affects performance;
Business and endowment;
Keeping performances dynamic and the actors engaged;
Keeping the set as a creative environment;
What to ask for in a new take;
Maintaining Continuity – Emotional and Physical.

CLICK HERE TO REGISTER

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Participant Profile

The workshop is designed for: Directors, Assistant Directors, Film Sutdents, and anyone serious about a career in the Film Business on the area of Directing Actors.

Practical Information

Duration: 4 days

Dates: 12 – 15 July, 2021

9:30AM – 1:30PM BST (London)
10:30AM – 2:30PM CET (Brussels)
12:30PM – 4:30PM Gulf Standard (Dubai)
6:30PM – 10:30PM EST (Sydney)
4:30PM – 8:30PM CST (Beijing)

Location: Online

Price: 499EUR (299EUR with 40% discount until the 21st of June)

Number of participants: 25

Is your child between 6-12 years olds?   Do they LOVE art?  Are you searching for full fun days of crafts and activities for your child this summer?   If so we may be the perfect fit for your family!  Visit our website now at www.esteyart.com for more information and to register your child!   If you have any questions please don’t hesitate to reach out to us at (506) 474-2430, we would be happy to help 🙂 We’ll see you all soon !!! Sincerely, The Estey Art Team

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The Estey Art Initiative is a transformational art program that is offered to children all over New Brunswick. Students will gain self confidence, sense of pride, and a sense of accomplishment through the direction of our talented Art Instructors.

In each session, the student artists will draw a new subject, and are encouraged to make their art intuitively and unique to their personalities with the use of the many art mediums that we use. Art instructors teach the curriculum step by step, breaking down concepts to make the overall picture achievable.

Not only do the student artists learn how to draw the subject in steps but then are also provided with a live demonstration of how to use a specific art medium to get the best results for their art from professional artists. That is when the student artists can unleash their potential and creativity to make their art their own. In this program encourages self expression, mindfulness, and gives children a lifelong coping skill.

SARAH JONES | JUNE 17 – JULY 4, 2021

harbourworks presents new paintings by Saint John-based visual artist, Sarah Jones. Sarah returns to a favourite subject – the Saint John harbour – for a series of large-scale works examining the city’s port structures, iconography of industry, and trading culture.

Newsletter subscribers will receive a sneak peek of the exhibition before the opening.

Opening days:

Thursday June 17 – 12-4 PM

Friday June 18 – 12-4 PM

Saturday June 19 – 10 AM-12 PM

(Artist will be present for the opening days.)

Jones Gallery, 1 Charlotte Street, Saint John, NB, E2L 2H3, Canada

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UPDATE ON GALLERY HOURS AND APPOINTMENT VIEWING

Over the last year, we have worked on growing the consultation side of our business. Caleb (our gallery director) is now an appraiser with the International Society of Appraisers and consults on art collections around Atlantic Canada, and we’re creating more professional development resources and webinars for artists, and we have other curatorial and design projects on the go. All that to say, hah, we are very busy! We know our open hours have been reduced during the pandemic, but we are often still in the gallery/office. If you would like to visit the gallery during one of the closed times, please just send us an email or give us a call. We are working to find the right balance as the pandemic lifts between open hours/public access and consultation/office time. Thank you for your patience as we proceed and adjust and grow!

CURRENT HOURS: Thursday 12-4, Friday 12-4, and Saturday 10-12. After-hours happily by appointment.

The Jane LeBlanc Legacy Fund was created in memory of Jane LeBlanc. The fund is in place to assist emerging New Brunswick resident filmmakers, writers, actors, visual artists, singers, and musicians.

Jane was a multidisciplinary artist and adventurer who traveled the world at a young age. She was a writer, photographer, singer, musician, videographer, and visual artist. She lived life to the fullest and courageously took action in making her dreams a reality.

Jane LeBlanc Music Award. (February 25 and June 25th deadlines annually)

Sponsors and Supporters for this music award are Cat LeBlanc Music, Dan Hill, Eastern Hive Studio, Colin Fowlie Music, Joshua Sangster, She Said Feck! Records, Duncan L. MacDonald Chartered Professional Accountant, Donna Davies (Ruby Tree Films), Jo Jo Sween, Eric and Suzanne Megarity, Danny Thebeau, Hemmings House, Brittany Kerr (Brass Door Productions Inc.), KenLar Productions, Karen Ruet Photography, 2007 films, NB Film Co-op, Music•Musique NB, and the Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick

This IN-KIND award is valued at $5,000

Deadline: February 25, 2021

Deadline: June 25, 2021

By Peer Jury

The Jane LeBlanc Legacy Fund has created an award for New Brunswick resident composer-singers or composer-singers who are also musicians to assist them in the recording and mastering of one of their original songs as well as helping them to create their album art and brand to distribute their mastered track to all online music platforms.

If the music jury selects you, you will receive:

• Full assistance with recording and mastering (Eastern Hive Studio) and marketing and distribution costs (Cat LeBlanc Music).
• 1 to 2 session musicians, if needed, for the professional studio recording. (We select)
• One-year membership with the NB Film Co-op, Music•Musique NB, and the Writers’ Federation of New Brunswick.
• One-on-one professional development session with Kate Butler of She Said Feck! Records and Colin Fowlie of Colin Fowlie Music.
• One-on-one consultation with iconic singer/songwriter Dan Hill (was just inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame).
• Assistance with album art and logo brand creation (Cat LeBlanc and Colin Fowlie Music).
• Assistance with production of a music video (KenLar Productions).

What You Need to Do:

• Submit one draft vocal and music recording (for composer-singers who are musicians) or one draft vocal recording for (composer-singers only) of your original song for consideration.
• Please send us two short paragraphs talking about your creative hopes and dreams and what your music means to you, and what you want to do career-wise. Please tell us something about your background in music up to this point to gauge your background and what you have done.

Two awards will be given out annually through the fund.

Eligibility:

This in-kind award is for any emerging composer-singer or composer-singer who is also a musician who has never had the opportunity to work with a studio and release their original work professionally through online music distribution platforms.

All submissions can be emailed to catmaryleblanc@gmail.com.

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Jane LeBlanc Photography Award (July 1 deadline annually)

The sponsors for this award are: Cat LeBlanc Music, Maureen LeBlanc, Jo Jo Sween Productions, Montelibretti Pictures, Greg and Mary Beth Merzetti, Brian Atkinson

This award is for any New Brunswick photographer who wants to further their development with mentorship and masterclasses. This award is open to photographers at all levels. No formal experience is required to apply.

This award is open to students.

Please send some of your work along with a letter explaining what formal mentorship opportunity you will use the award for. (masterclass, workshop, mentorship with a photographer you admire, etc.). A letter from your mentor confirming their involvement and info on any workshop, masterclass, and event is needed as well.

All submissions can be emailed to catmaryleblanc@gmail.com.

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Jane LeBlanc Storytelling Award (July 1 deadline annually)

The sponsors for this award are: Cat LeBlanc Music, Writers’ Federation of NB, Jan Miller, Atlantic Media Works, Montelibretti Pictures and Cathy Goodfellow

Cash Award: $400

Deadline: July 1, 2021

By Peer Jury

This award is open to New Brunswick emerging resident writers of poetry (5-10 pages), short plays (5-10 pages), short stories (5-10 pages), and short screenplays (5 to 10 pages). Your submission must be unpublished work in the development stages. The jury will be made up of Canadian and US peer creatives.

Criteria:

• Include a title(s) for your work.
• Ensure your work is formatted correctly.

Include a short paragraph telling the jury about yourself and your journey as a writer. Include your specific objectives if you receive this award (mentorship opportunity with a recognized NB writer, screenwriter, or poet, workshop, or masterclass, purchase of software or materials that will contribute to the success of your work, etc. Include associated costs.).

All submissions can be emailed to catmaryleblanc@gmail.com.

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Jane LeBlanc Visual Art Award (August 1 deadline annually)

The sponsors for this award are: Cat LeBlanc Music, Maureen LeBlanc, Jo Jo Sween Productions, and Jean Rooney

Cash Award: $500

Deadline: August 1, 2021

By Peer Jury

This award is for any New Brunswick visual artist who would like to further their development with mentorship and masterclasses. This award is specific to the following art forms: drawing and painting. No formal experience is required to apply.

Please send some of your work along with a letter explaining what formal mentorship opportunity you will use the award for. (masterclass, workshop, mentorship with an artist or painter you admire etc.). A letter from your mentor confirming their involvement and info on any workshop, masterclass, and event are needed as well.

All submissions can be emailed to catmaryleblanc@gmail.com.

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Jane LeBlanc Music Composer Award (August 1 deadline annually)

The sponsors for this award are Cat LeBlanc Music, Maureen LeBlanc, Jo Jo Sween Productions, and Thom Fitzgerald

Cash Award: $450

Deadline: August 1, 2021

By Peer Jury

This cash award was created to help New Brunswick music composers strengthen their education and mentorship.

Eligible activities:

Mentorships (paying for any costs associated with the mentorship, including a fee for your mentor).

Workshop & Lab Intensives (costs related to the workshop whether in person or online).

Artist-in-Residence (costs related to the residency).

Memberships (costs associated with joining a composer organization).

Educational Material (costs related to the purchase of any educational material).

Submission criteria:

• Bio or resume.
• Letter describing what you are applying for and the specific costs and your challenges as an emerging or seasoned music composer.

All submissions can be emailed to catmaryleblanc@gmail.com.

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Jane LeBlanc Filmmaker Award. (September 1 deadline annually)

The sponsors for this award are: Cat LeBlanc Music, Maureen LeBlanc, Gretchen Kelbaugh, Lorna Kirk, Janet Crawford, Bob Paul, Mary Conlon, Kathy Eagan, and Sophie Lavoie

Cash Award: $800

In-kind services and resource help

Deadline: September 1, 2021

By Peer Jury

The NB Film Co-op proudly announces the Jane LeBlanc Filmmaker Award for 2021. In honour of a woman who lived life to the fullest and courageously took action in making her dreams a reality.

A message that will hopefully inspire the winner of this award in realizing his/her dream of making films a reality.

The Jane LeBlanc Filmmaker Award has increased for 2021. It is now valued at $2,080.00 (for first or second time NB resident filmmakers)

• $200 in workshops/training from the NBFC (2022)
• $800 cash from The LeBlanc Family and generous donations
• $1000 in equipment and post services from NBFC
• $80 (full membership for two years) from the NBFC
• Workshopping of winning screenplay

Presented by the New Brunswick Filmmakers’ Co-operative and the LeBlanc Family.

Submit a 4-5 page script for video poem, experimental, drama, or comedy along with a short paragraph talking about your hopes and dreams; what the project means to you, and why the grant is essential for you to apply to by September 1, 2021, midnight to info@nbfilmcoop.com.