January 2019

Register for Taxes for Artists Webinars

Visual Arts Nova Scotia is pleased to announce the return of Studio Sessions, the webinar series for artists! Starting on Wednesday, February 13, at 6pm AT, this three-part online workshop series will focus on tax essentials for artists. Each one hour session will be taught by CPA Nora Macnee and will allow artists from across the country to…

Visual Arts News Spring Issue

Check out the Spring 2019 issue of Visual Arts News! The Expanse issue features cover art by Kym Greeley and articles on Ned Pratt, Fogo Island Arts, Stephanie Rybczyn and Sarah Lloyd, Michelle Sylliboy and more! It will be mailed to subscribers VANS members later this week and should be on newsstands soon. Or you…

Renew your membership for 2019

Happy New Year! We are back in the office and over the break so many members renewed their VANS membership for 2019 (thanks so much)!  However, there are still some who have not yet renewed, which means that their membership expired on December 31, 2018. If you haven’t yet renewed for 2019 (since October) you…

“Effluence” by Curtis Botham

Since his artist residency in New Glasgow, emerging artist Curtis Botham has been making a series of large scale charcoal drawings that deal with the industrial history of Nova Scotia. Effluence shows the aesthetic of industry in Nova Scotia and gives context to its historical, and often destructive, roots. See Effluence in the Corridor Gallery…