Pauline Bourque is the former Executive Director, as well as the former President of the Board of Directors, of the New Brunswick Arts Board. In an open letter to the artists of the province she describes what is at stake with ArtsNB being absorbed by the Department of Tourism, Heritage, and Culture. Continue reading A Letter To Professional Artists In New Brunswick
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The Premier Needs To Meet With ArtsNB
This week a social media campaign was organized by the Shiftwork Collective in Fredericton in response to the New Brunswick provincial government’s recent decision to cut funding to ArtsNB, the province’s semi-autonomous arts granting body, while having its duties assumed by the Department of Tourism, Heritage, and Culture. Continue reading The Premier Needs To Meet With ArtsNB
ArtsNB Stripped Of Funding, Autonomy, Dignity
This week the Provincial Government of New Brunswick issued their Groundhog Day budget for 2016, and with it a prediction of at least two more years of winter for the New Brunswick Arts Board. Continue reading ArtsNB Stripped Of Funding, Autonomy, Dignity
Shivering Songs And The Pursuit Of Winter Happiness
Mid-winter in the downtown core of Fredericton has a capricious disposition: the windchill flickers between pacific and caustic, the sidewalks are littered with icy pitfalls, and and our doses of heavy snowstorm seem wildly irregular. In spite of all this, the weather held at a moderate breeze over the weekend, and the temperature seemed to rise a few degrees for those of us who took in this year’s Shivering Songs festival. Continue reading Shivering Songs And The Pursuit Of Winter Happiness
New Music: The Galpines ‘Truck’
The Galpines album, Truck, will appeal to two types of people: those who appreciate irony and those who think that irregardless is a real word. If you’re reading this I hope you’re the former, otherwise you’re about to get right pissed at me. Continue reading New Music: The Galpines ‘Truck’