Succeeding Carol Caollicutt’s nearly four-year-long tenure as the New Brunswick Arts Board’s (artsnb) Chair, Alain Boisvert has been elected to the position at the arts organization’s annual meeting, held in Florenceville-Bristol, New Brunswick. Continue reading New Brunswick Arts Board Elects Alain Boisvert as New Chair
Category Archives: Paint
The One Hundred Birds of Kaitlin Hoyt
Setting goals for yourself is helpful at the best of times. During a quarantine lockdown, those goals can become a whole way of life. When Fredericton-based wildlife illustrator Kaitlin Hoyt had her plans cancelled for a series of shows, including an artist’s residency at KIRA – all thanks to COVID-19 – she found herself a way to keep focused and feel productive while waiting for life to be unpaused. In April she challenged herself to paint a series of birds, one a day, for 100 consecutive days, creating a body of work delightful reminiscent of flipping through an Audubon Nature Encyclopedia. Continue reading The One Hundred Birds of Kaitlin Hoyt
Spicer Merrifield Gallery – Saint John Gets a New Gallery in an Old Location
Saint John is about to get a new fine art, craft and jewelry gallery, or an old one, depending on how you look at it. Today, it was announced that Spicer Merrifield Gallery would be taking up residence in Saint John’s Old City Hall building at 116 Prince William Street, bringing a part of the city’s art scene full circle. Continue reading Spicer Merrifield Gallery – Saint John Gets a New Gallery in an Old Location
Handworks Gallery Prepares for Reopening in Saint John as Province Enters ‘Orange Phase’
It’s been nearly two months since Handworks Gallery in Saint John, New Brunswick shut their doors. Like all non-essential businesses, the COVID-19 pandemic left the art gallery with no other option but to close to the public and seek out new methods for conducting their business. Now, with the province of New Brunswick entering the “Orange Phase” of their COVID-recovery plan and easing restrictions, Handworks Gallery is preparing to reopen with several new precautionary measures in place. Continue reading Handworks Gallery Prepares for Reopening in Saint John as Province Enters ‘Orange Phase’
Peer Review: The Best Art of 2019
Art is subjective. So very dangerously subjective that we find it’s safest to determining who produced the best artwork of 2019 by leaving it to the experts. As is our annual tradition, we asked some of our favourite artists from around Atlantic Canada to name their favourite pieces from other Atlantic Canadian artists. Here is the best they came up with. Continue reading Peer Review: The Best Art of 2019