Today, Christopher joins Global Morning’s Alyse Hand to talk about what's happening in the Visual Arts across the Maritimes. Click here to watch the segment (it will re-direct you to the video on Global Morning) or scroll below to see more info about what was discussed in today’s segment!
With so much happening in the Maritimes it’s always difficult to pick just a few things…but here they are!
Duane Jones ~ ArtPaysMe.com
WHAT: A visual artist who has created a brand called, ‘Art Pays Me’. You can find out more about Duane online!
WHERE: Based in HALIFAX, Nova Scotia…but available globally! He creates, he lectures, and more!
WHEN: All the time.
SOCIALS:
web: https://artpaysme.com/
instagram: @artpaysme
facebook: @artpaysmeface
twitter: @artpaysme
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ3hv7Y54NQd_Qztx_n4Z4Q/
Jones started Art Pays Me in 2011 as a way to express his creativity through clothing. Since then, it's grown into so much more. Most of the ideas he expressed were related to creative empowerment and in 2015, he embraced that concept fully and rebranded as Art Pays Me to focus on uplifting fellow artists.
His mission is to break the "starving artist" mentality and show artists that we make the world a better place and it's ok to get paid while doing it. Art Pays Me is based in the vibrant creative community of Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada.
‘Victor Cicansky’ ~ Confederation Centre of the arts
WHAT: ‘Victor Cicansky - The Gardener’s Universe’
WHERE: Confederation Centre for the Arts, Charlottetown, PEI
WHEN: Until April 26th, 2020
SOCIALS:
web: https://confederationcentre.com/whats-on/victor-cicansky-the-gardeners-universe/
instagram: @confedcentre
facebook: @ConfedCentre
twitter: @confedcentre
youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Confedcentre
The artistic universe of Regina artist Victor Cicansky is firmly rooted in his garden. For over fifty years, ideas for sculptures in ceramics and bronze have grown out of his intimate relationship with the plants and trees of his back yard. His approach embraces both the immigrant knowledge of his Romanian-Canadian family and more contemporary concerns around urban ecology and environmental sustainability. Rooted in local realities, his work speaks to the wider world of the joys and trials of supporting life in an urban prairie space.
This retrospective exhibition brings together over 100 ceramic and bronze works that present a richly layered picture of Cicansky’s career.
‘ Wabanaki’ ~ Gallery on Queen
‘Wabanaki’
An exhibition of new works at Gallery on Queen in Fredericton, NB
WHAT: ‘‘ Wabanaki’ - An exhibition of new works by indigenous artists from the Wabanaki Confederacy
WHERE: Gallery on Queen, Fredericton, NB
WHEN: Opens February 28th, 2020
SOCIALS:
web: https://www.galleryonqueen.com/
instagram: @galleryonqueen_fineart
facebook: @galleryonqueen
The Wabanaki Confederacy are a First Nations and Native American confederation of five principal nations: the Mi'kmaq, Maliseet, Passamaquoddy, Abenaki, and Penobscot. This exhibition features artists of the Wabanaki including: Charlie Gaffney, Justin Sappier, Emma Hassencahl-Perley, Katie Augustine, Tara Francis, Braelynne Cyr, Tim Hogan, Gina Brooks, Susan Sacobie and more! Curated by Gallery owner Nadia Khoury, the gallery also represents over 30 professional artists.
ALSO MENTIONED DURING THE SEGMENT:
Michael Fernandes wins the Governor General’s Award in Media & Visual Arts. Click here to see more about the artist:
web: https://en.ggarts.ca/michael-fernandes
Justin Sappier describes himself as East Coast Indigenous, Family Man, Artist, Traditional Wood Carver, Hunter/Gather. Proud to be Peskotomuhkatiq/Wolastoqiyik For more information on Justin Sappier visit
instagram: @justinsappier
Studio 21 Fine Art in Halifax
web: studio21.ca/
instagram: @studio21fineart
Cut for time but not forgotten!
‘One Winter Afternoon’ ~ Saint Mary’s university Art Gallery
‘One winter afternoon’
Works from the Permanent Collection
WHAT: ‘One Winter Afternoon’ - and exhibition of works from the SMU Gallery’s permanent collection WHERE: Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, Halifax, NS
WHEN: Until March 22nd, 2020
SOCIALS:
web: http://smuartgallery.squarespace.com/
instagram: @smugallery
facebook: @SMUartgallery
twitter: @SMUgallery
Snap out of the January doldrums and come see one winter afternoon, a selection by Assistant Curator Pam Corell of works from the permanent collection of Saint Mary’s University Art Gallery, inspired by the poem by e e cummings. An elegant nocturne of subtle monochromes in the Main Gallery; an eye-popping festival of colour in the Side Gallery.
The exhibitions includes drawings/prints/paintings/sculptures by: Arthur Handy; Glynis Humphrey; Andrew Hunt; Kristiina Lahde; Susie Major; John Neville; Jacqueline Riemer; Ron Shuebrook; Bruce Taylor; Brent Wadden; Matt Wedel; Mitchell Wiebe; Ward Williamson; Hilda Woolnough, and more!