Saint-Quentin native wins 8000 Fred Ross Scholarship in Visual Arts. The Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation is pleased to announce the 2017 winner of its annual Fred Ross Scholarship. Justin Roy, a native of Saint- Quentin was selected as the outstanding applicant in 2017 and will be awarded the 4-year Fred Ross scholarship to support his[…]
Justin Roy, who will graduate from Ecole secondaire Polyvalente Alexandre J. Savoie in June, is a young entrepreneur currently producing films locally through his video production company J.R. Visuels. He has won the provincial 2017 francophone competition Programme Le Maillon and the2016 regional competition of Radio Route 17. He is a photographer and musician and[…]
Thaddeus Holownia: Walden Revisited April 15 – July 30, 2017 Heckscher Museum of Art Huntington NY Headlighting: Photographs by Thaddeus Holownia April 1, 2017 – May 14, 2017 Spencer Museum of Art Lawrence Kansas
Elizabeth Grant of Saint John will be working towards a Masters of Arts in Art Business at the Sotheby’s Institute of Art in New York. The jury noted that Ms. Grant is a gifted painter and critical writer with a deep and thoughtful commitment to art and visual culture. Her commitment to critical discourse answers[…]
Jessica Arseneau of Tilly Road is pursuing a Master’s of Fine Art in Leipzig, Germany, concentrating in performance art. The jury characterized her work as a sustained conceptual and formal investigation of contemporary art. Biography Jessica Arseneau is an Acadian artist working in performance, video, drawing and installation. She received a Bachelor’s degree in visual[…]
Patrick Allaby, a 2015 graduate of Mount Allison University, will enter the University of Waterloo to pursue a Masters of Fine Arts. His distinctive work as a cartoonist and illustrator impressed the jury as rich in creative promise Biography Patrick Allaby, originally a Fredericton native, has been working in Sackville since his graduation from Mount[…]
Strathbutler artist Janice Wright Cheney featured in Canadian Art Magazine … Wright Cheney’s bears are implied to be living out a gendered grief, culturally ascribed, one that seems more human than animal—though on the other hand, grief is a wild emotion, one that may well turn us into some bearish version of ourselves … The[…]
Application Deadline for 2017 Scholarship Applications Approaches The Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation will be accepting applications for both the Fred Ross Scholarship and the Sheila Mackay Advanced Studies Scholarship until March 1, 2017 The $4,000 Fred Ross Award rewards a student graduating from secondary school in New Brunswick who intends to pursue post-secondary studies in[…]