The Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation Special Project Funding 2014. Each year, the Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation provides one grant cycle to assist in the promotion and development of visual arts within the province of New Brunswick. Phase 1: Concept Letters The Board of Directors invites concept letters outlining a proposal for funding between $2000 and[…]
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/)
The Fred Ross Scholarship, valued at $8000, is available to a graduating New Brunswick student entering post secondary studies in visual art or fine craft at a recognized institution. This is a 4 year renewable scholarship. An initial payment of $2000 will be awarded on entrance to a recognized institution. It will be renewed annually[…]
The Sheila Mackay Advanced Studies Scholarship is available annually to New Brunswick residents entering a recognized graduate or doctoral program in either studio based work or in academic studies in Art History, Art Education or Art Gallery and Museum Studies. A maximum of $5000 is awarded on the recommendation of an independent jury of art[…]
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[…]
2012 Sheila Hugh Mackay Advanced Studies Scholarship Recipient It is the recommendation of this jury that Jared Peters of Saint John be awarded the 2012 Sheila Hugh Mackay Scholarship. As noted by his referees, Suzanne Hill and Michael Landry, Peters has had significant recognition as an accomplished painter being named a national finalist in the[…]