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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[…]
The Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation is pleased to announce Emily McCumber as the recipient of the 2016 Nel Oudemans award. A recognition of excellence in an emerging New Brunswick artist practicing a métier in fine craft, the $2000 award will be presented at the New Brunswick Fine Craft Festival on June 15th, 2016 at the[…]
He celebrates a medium that has been crafted by human hands for function, beauty and ceremony since primitive times. I started shaping wood at age ten, first on my own with a pocket knife and scavenged scraps of wood sticks and then with power tools and guidance at the KV Carvers Club in Quispamsis. At[…]
Rebecca Bickerton, a graduate of Belleisle Regional High School was presented with the $8000 Fred Ross Scholarship at the opening reception of summer exhibitions at Saint John Arts Centre. Bickerton was highly recommended for the scholarship by Andrew Kierstead, Director of the centre’s James Venner Russell Portfolio Development Program. The jury took particular note of[…]
The Fred Ross Scholarship is a recognition of a young artist with drive and potential. An independent jury selected Rylee Hayes, a Simonds High School graduate, as a Fred Ross scholar commenting that “her portfolio exhibits the passion and confidence of a committed artist deeply engaged with life around her. Her dynamic photography, fresh and[…]
Art is not created within a mental vacuum. It is shaped by what has preceded it and the world and time in which the artist lives. By absorbing these influences, and adding to them, something new is created. – Paul Mathieson 2015
Allison M.H. Green In selecting Allison M.H. Green as the recipient of the 2014 Nel Oudemans Award, the members of the jury celebrate the adventurous creative spirit of this emerging artist. Her diversified portfolio showed great strength in research and conceptual design, as well as a wide experimentation with materials Her artistic vision and dedication[…]