Festival Inspire continued strong this summer by bringing in artists from all over the world to paint Dieppe and Moncton for its fifth year. The week long event saw many visitors who enjoyed watching the progression of the pieces from start to finish. In addition to the murals giving local buildings a facelift, this year several large, but far more portable, paintings were also included in the festival which will be auctioned off later, and a new hotel will soon be revealing some very special pieces that were completed before its opening.
Each year, Arts Nova Scotia brings together a committee of professional Nova Scotian artists and arts professionals to recognize some of the exceptional art of their province with their Creative Nova Scotia Awards Gala in Halifax. Based on professional recognition and ranging from local to as far as international accreditation, these awards come highly esteemed and see over $90,000 put towards arts funding. Here are the 2018 Arts Nova Scotia award recipients. Continue reading Arts Nova Scotia Announce Their 2018 Award Winners→
On Tuesday, December 19, 2017, Canada lost one of its foremost figurative painters, and one of the most notable visual artists to have come out of Prince Edward Island. At age 65, Brian Burke left behind an impressive legacy—a prodigious body of work that is powerfully haunting and impactful, tinged with black humour in its resolute dedication to the truthful representation of the timeless existential predicament of the human condition. Continue reading The Artistic Legacy of Brian Burke→
As an occasional lecturer at Mount Allison University, co-founder of SappyFest and a devoted father and artist, Jon Claytor is a regular feature of Sackville, New Brunswick. His work ranges from watercolours and traditional paintings to filmmaking and all fits into a uniquely Claytor narrative. His most recent project, ‘Take My Breath Away,’ is a collection of watercolours, bringing in characters from Sackville in a unique book; it’s a hybrid of visual ethnography, philosophy, music and humour. At the core of it is a family album exploring the intricate nature of love. So why does the artist appear throughout the book wearing a bear suit? Continue reading The Artist In The Bear Suit: The Watercolours of Jon Claytor→
Since 2014, Festival Inspire has been delivering colour to the streets of Riverview, Dieppe and Moncton in an annual week-long event. This year’s festival brought a total of 13 new murals to these streets and continued toward Festival Inspire’s goal to turn Greater Moncton into a visual wonderland for all to enjoy.
While every mural and art piece created at Festival Inspire this year demonstrated outstanding talent, we chose some of our favourite murals to highlight for those who may have missed out on the action.Continue reading Our Favourite Murals From Festival Inspire 2017→
