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Nov. 3-5, 2017
7th Annual ArtsLink NB Forum and AGM
Sackville
ArtsLink NB is busy putting the final touches on the program for its 2017 Forum and AGM, our largest and most important event of the year.
Book your room at the Coastal Inn Sackville under ArtsLink for a reduced rate of $99/night. Offer ends Oct. 4th:Β (506) 536-0000
DESCRIPTION
GOING CRITICAL:
Going Critical is a multidisciplinary forum engaging critical discourse, exploring its role in the careers of artists, promoting cross-pollination between artistic practices, and fostering deeper engagement with critical dialogue for artists of all disciplines in the Maritimes. This year features:
- Keynote Talk byΒ Wanda Nanibush,Β Indigenous and Canadian Art Curator of the AGO
- Keynote byΒ Beaverbrook Gallery Critic-in-ResidenceΒ Brane KoviΔ
- How to PitchΒ workshop byΒ Dance CurrentΒ editor Emma Dornan
- Panel discussions on the hows and whys of engaging your work in the national discourse
- Mulitple professional development workshops to connect new opportunities
- Idea Market session to establishing peer critiqueΒ networks
SHEDULEΒ OF EVENTS:
FridayΒ Nov.Β 3Β 2017, Owens Art Gallery
4:00 pm ARTSNB GRANT & SCHOLARSHIP PROGRAMS: presented by Sarah Beth Shiplett
5:30 pm: BRANE KOVIC ARTIST TALK:Β Promoting workΒ boradly.
6;30 pm; βWHYβ INTERDISCIPLINARY PANEL DISCUSSION:Β Featuring: Brane Kovic, Emma Dornan, Facilitator: Sarah Jones
SaturdayΒ Nov.Β 4Β 2017, Daytime,Β Purdy Crawford Centre for the Arts
9: am: Warm up;
10:15 am: AGM; (ArtsLink NB Members only).
12:00 pm: LUNCH and tourΒ of PCCA
1:15 pm: KEYNOTE ADDRESS;Β Β WANDA NANIBUSH:Β Indigenous Curator Art Gallery of Ontario
2:30 pm: WORKSHOP; Pitching Emma Doran- Editor of Dance Current MagazineΒ *sponsored by the Town of Sackville
SaturdayΒ Nov.Β 4Β 2017, Evening, Sackville Commons
6-9 pm: Cocktails/Ideas Market
Registration is free to ArtsLink members; $80 for non-members. ArtsLink memberships start at just $25/year:Β join now!
For more information, please contact us:Β Julie@ArtsLinkNB.comΒ | 506.646.1832 |Β www.artslinknb.com
We would like to acknowledge the supportΒ fromΒ our partners and sponsors:
The Province of New Brunswick
The Town of Sackville
Gooselane Editions
The Beaverbrook Art Gallery
Mount Allison UIniversity