Each year, SHMF awards funding for impactful, timely initiatives that advance opportunities in exhibition, creation, education and art appreciation. In 2024, SHMF invites Sheila grant requests from New Brunswick visual arts organizations and collectives within the range of $10,000 to $20,000 in two categories: Infrastructure projects (physical, digital or human resources) that will build the[…]

SHMF announces a $20,000 Signature Grant to Craft Alliance Atlantic, a pan-Atlantic trade association working to support the development of the craft industry in Atlantic Canada.  This grant supports the participation of six New Brunswick artists in the upcoming Collect Art Fair in London, UK from February 28 through March 3, 2024. Selected by a[…]

                In the course of the foundation’s work throughout the province, the Board of Directors has contact with remarkable individuals who have made substantial contributions to the visual arts of New Brunswick  province.  During the annual SHMF gala celebration of visual art in our province, three remarkable women,[…]

                    SHMF is pleased to announce that Alisa Arsenault has won the 2023 International Creative Residency.  Ms Arsenault, curator of community engagement at the Galerie D’Art Louise et Reuben Cohen.  A multi-disciplinary artist, curator and arts advocate, Arsenault has been invited to participate in the Cow[…]

SHMF is proud to announce a $30,000 grant to support a unique collaboration of New Brunswick arts centres to showcase and mentor young visual artists throughout the province.  Nine provincial arts centres, the Beaverbrook Art Gallery and the Neqotkuk Art Studio, Tobique First Nation  will receive funding to allow each centre to host high school[…]

Editor James Mullinger describes his quarterly magazine, [EDIT]  as a “celebration of where we are and of those who create, inspire and uplift”  Since 2017 he and co-founder Pamela Mullinger have dedicated themselves to  covering the best of Atlantic Canada.  Spanning  print, digital, video content and live events, the award winning Edit Media team  is[…]

            Artist, curator, critic and administrator, John Murchie has been chosen to receive the SHMF 2023 Strathbutler Award in recognition of his multi-faceted career in visual art. Since 1991, Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation celebrates the vital contributions of visual artists to New Brunswick’s cultural life through this award.  Murchie was[…]

The Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation Signature Grants are made at the discretion of the Board of Directors to support exceptional needs and opportunities in growth and appreciation of visual art in New Brunswick,  SHMF is proud to honor Strathbutler artist, Freeman Patterson by a contribution of $20,000. 00 to Unfolding Pictures Inc to realize a[…]