Author: shmf
2015 Sheilas announced
The Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation is proud to announce the 2015 recipients of “The Sheilas”. The 2015 facilitation grants were dedicated to the assistance of organizations with the delivery of programs dedicated to the creation, presentation and promotion of the visual arts. Four dynamic art centres were selected from among many applicants, based on a[…]
2015 Advanced Studies Scholarship
Press Release Congratulations to Moncton native, Samantha Noseworthy, 2015 recipient of the $5000 Sheila Mackay Advanced Studies Scholarship. Ms. Noseworthy will enter the MFA program at Western in September. The SHMF is grateful for the expertise of the members of the 2015 scholarship jury, Sarah Jones, Martha Ailish Moore and Phillip Savage. Jury Statement Noseworthy’s[…]
Work of André Lapointe
My work is like a hunter. I go to a place and I try to have a strategy for doing a form or an image with the elements of the place … it’s ephemeral.
2015 Scholarship Jury
Juror bios Sarah Jones is an emerging visual artist based in Saint John, NB. Sarah received a Master of Arts degree in Art History from Queen’s University in 2009. She now lectures occasionally and pursues her own visual art practice. Her work and research have received numerous grants, citations and awards, and her visual art projects[…]
Work of Dan Steeves
… Dan Steeves’s work suggests the fragility of life in the ceaseless flow of time… Steeped in the traditions of printmaking, his innovative work challenges our notions of stability and permanence …
Work of Anna Torma
I move between figuration and abstraction, between the decorative and the literal in texts, images and narratives of my digital prints on fabric and hand-stitched wall hangings …
Work of David Umholtz
My interest in cartography represents the human need to map place and record events, but so often this is an elusive task as one’s perception can easily shift, and change is always occurring. I hope these images will be regarded as a visual song …