Information on general happenings (past, present and future) from the Foundation
The Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation (SHMF) is pleased to award the Association of Artist Run Centres of the Atlantic (AARCA) with a Signature Grant towards the presentation of Flotilla/Flottille, a bilingual contemporary arts event that will take place in Charlottetown, P.E.I September 17-24, 2017. SHMF is proud to partner with AARCA to provide many New[…]
The deadline application for the Nel Oudemans Award has been extended to June 30, 2017
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[…]
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
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[…]
THE NATURE OF NATURE: THE PHOTOGRAPHS OF THADDEUS HOLOWNIA, 1976-2016 February 4, 2017 to May 28, 2017 Curators: David Diviney and Sarah Fillmore The Nature of Nature celebrates forty years of production from one of Canada’s leading photographers, the New Brunswick-based Thaddeus Holownia. This exhibition offers insight into Holownia’s art-making from the late 1970s to[…]
Strathbutler artist, Linda Rae Dornan joins Mathieu Léger in a New Brunswick Performance Art Tour. Moncton, N.B., January 13, 2017 – Between 20 January to 28 February 2017, Galerie Sans Nom presents PERFform, a Performance Art Tour in the province of New Brunswick. This tour will feature two New Brunswick artists who have established practices[…]