Strathbutler Artist Freeman Patterson to be honored with the Sunbury Shores Eidlitz Award. On Saturday July 19th at 7:30pm, Freeman Patterson will accept the Eidlitz award at the newly renovated Sunbury Shores Arts and Nature Centre. The award, named after Sunbury Shores’ founder Mrs Dorothy Meigs Eidlitz, celebrates individuals or organizations whose work exhibits a[…]
Dan Steeves Wins First Prize in the Open Studio National Printmaking Awards. (from Open Studio) Toronto, ON – May 16, 2014 — Open Studio, Canada’s leading printmaking centre, is pleased to announce the winners of the seventh annual Open Studio National Printmaking Awards, presented last night at Open Studio’s 29th annual 100 Prints fundraising event[…]
A former dairy farmer who had worked with wood all his life, Dunphy turned to fine crafts in 1981. New Brunswick artisan Gordon Dunphy, whose wood-turned vessels are held in collections in Canada and abroad, died in hospital Thursday after a battle with cancer. He was 74. He turned stumps and burls into smooth, often[…]
Strathbutler artist Andre Lapointe to open new exhibition. Thursday, January 23 New Brunswick Museum’s Market Square exhibition centre.
Book launch for Patterson’s new book Embracing Creation Thursday November 21 at 7pm and it will feature a Q&A with Mike Landry.
Suzanne Hill’s LABYRINTH to open at the Ingrid Mueller Gallery, Fredericton An invitation to attend the opening of Suzanne Hill’s LABYRINTH on November 22 at 5pm. The artist will be present. Check the Facebook event for updates and more information (https://www.facebook.com/events/332015013603838/)
Stratbutler artist, Freeman Patterson, receives Order of New Brunswick. The award honours current or former long-time residents of New Brunswick who have demonstrated a high level of individual excellence and achievement in any field, having made outstanding contributions to the social, cultural or economic well-being of New Brunswick and its residents. For more info: http://www2.gnb.ca/content/gnb/en/corporate/promo/order_of_new_brunswick/2013_recipients.html
Strathbutler artist, Janice Wright Cheney, receives 2013 Lt. Governor’s excellence award: “My creatures, whatever they are and whatever they are made of, must be life-size,” says Janice Wright Cheney of her current textile-based sculptures, which include grizzly bears, coyotes, rats and cockroaches. Accuracy in form and scale matter, she insists; she wants the viewer to[…]