BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//Visual Arts Nova Scotia//NONSGML v1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH X-WR-CALNAME:Visual Arts Nova Scotia X-ORIGINAL-URL:http://www.visualarts.ns.ca X-WR-CALDESC:Events for Visual Arts Nova Scotia X-WR-TIMEZONE:America/Halifax BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120602T120000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20120602T183000 DTSTAMP:20120518T054559 CREATED:20120516T124411 LAST-MODIFIED:20120516T124411 UID:4436@http://www.visualarts.ns.ca SUMMARY:VANS Annual General Meeting DESCRIPTION:The Annual General Meeting (AGM) begins with a catered lunch at Noon in the MSVU Faculty Lounge where members and non-members alike can socialize before the meeting begins at 1pm.  Following the annual general meeting\, there will be an artist tour at MSVU Art Gallery with Sara Hartland-Rowe at 4pm. At 6:30pm\, there will be a  social dinner at Foggy Goggle in Downtown Halifax. Please RSVP your attendance to the AGM and AGM activities\, by completing the attached registration form electronically and emailing it to vans@visualarts.ns.ca or by printing and mailing it back to Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS) at 1113 Marginal Road Halifax\, NS B3H 4P7. To purchase a catered boxed lunch\, visit the VANS Shopping Cart. LOCATION:166 Bedford Hwy URL:http://www.visualarts.ns.ca/event/vans-annual-general-meeting/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111129T190000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111129T210000 DTSTAMP:20120518T054559 CREATED:20111125T122008 LAST-MODIFIED:20111125T122008 UID:3276@http://www.visualarts.ns.ca SUMMARY:Creative Occupations talk with Max Haiven DESCRIPTION:In concert with Visual Arts Nova Scotia’s (VANS) Fall 2011 workshop series\, VANS is excited to invite you to a free\, public talk with Max Haiven titled Creative Occupations: Art\, Creative Labour\, and the Occupy Movement on Tuesday\, November 29th at 7pm at the Culture Federations of Nova Scotia in Halifax\, Nova Scotia. The free talk will deconstruct the word “occupation”\, alongside the visual arts\, creative professional practices and transnational social movements. Read more about the Creative Occupations talk. LOCATION:166 Bedford Hwy URL:http://www.visualarts.ns.ca/event/creative-occupations-talk-with-max-haiven/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111104T160000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20111104T180000 DTSTAMP:20120518T054559 CREATED:20111025T154132 LAST-MODIFIED:20111027T160105 UID:3128@http://www.visualarts.ns.ca SUMMARY:Invitation: Canada Council for the Arts - Information Session DESCRIPTION: Invitation: Canada Council for the Arts - Information Session Coincidently and in perfect tandem with Visual Arts Nova Scotia's (VANS) Fall 2011 Workshop Series\, currrently on until the end of November. VANS and Canada Council for the Arts are pleased to invite you to the mainspace of the Cultural Federations of Nova Scotia at 1113 Marginal Road in Halifax\, NS on Friday\, November 4th from 4pm-6pm for a free information session concerning Canada Council for the Arts grant programs\, preparing a grant application and how Canada Council for the Art grant applications are assessed. As part of VANS workshop series in the Fall and Spring of each year\, VANS coordinates various information sessions on opportunities for\, and information available to artists\, and other cultural workers.In Nova Scotia. For more information on Canada Council for the Arts\, please visit http://www.canadacouncil.ca. For more information on Visual Arts Nova Scotia\, please visit http://www.visualarts.ns.ca/ or contact VANS Programming Coordinator\, Becky Welter-Nolan at communicate@visualarts.ns.ca.   INVITATIONInformation Session for Professional Artists and Arts Organizations Dance ● Inter-Arts ● Media Arts ● Music ● Theatre ● Visual Arts ● Writing and Publishing   Séance d’information pour les artistes professionnels et les organismes artistiques Arts médiatiques  ● Arts visuels ● Danse ● Inter-Arts ● Lettres et édition ● Musique ● Théâtre The Canada Council for the Arts\, in collaboration with Visual Arts Nova Scotia\, is pleased to invite you to attend a FREE information session.  Friday\, 4 November 2011 4:00 pm – 6:00 pm Cultural Federations of Nova Scotia Main Space 1113 Marginal Rd. Halifax\, N.S.   You will have the opportunity to: learn about the Canada Council for the Arts gain advice on how to prepare a grant application understand how applications are assessed This free session will be in English\, but we will be happy to answer your questions in French. RSVP and Information Seating is limited. Please confirm your participation with: Melisa Kamibayashi\, Information Officer 1-800-263-5588 (toll free)\, ext. 4033 TTY: 1-866-585-5559 contact@canadacouncil.ca The event location is wheelchair accessible at the main space entrance. The Canada Council for the Arts is committed to equity and inclusion\, and welcomes applications from diverse Aboriginal\, cultural and regional communities\, including people with disabilities. Le Conseil des Arts du Canada\, en collaboration avec Arts visuels Nouvelle-Écosse\, vous invite à assister à une séance d’information GRATUITE.  Le vendredi 4 novembre 2011 de 16 h à 18 h Cultural Federations of Nova Scotia Espace central 1113\, rue Marginal Halifax (Nouvelle-Écosse) Vous aurez l’opportunité de : mieux connaître le Conseil des Arts du Canada recevoir des conseils pour faire une demande comprendre comment les demandes sont évaluées   Veuillez noter que la session sera proposée en anglais\, mais nous serons disponibles pour répondre en français à vos questions. RSVP et information Nombre de place limité. Veuillez confirmer votre participation à l’atelier avec :   Melisa Kamibayashi\, agente d’information 1-800-263-5588 (sans frais)\, poste 4033 ATS : 1-866-585-5559 contact@conseildesarts.ca   Il est possible d’accéder à l’èndroit de la séance en chaise roulante par l’entrée à l’espace central. Le Conseil des Arts du Canada\, engagé à respecter l’équité et l’inclusion\, accueille les demandes provenant des diverses communautés autochtones\, culturelles et régionales\, y compris les personnes handicapées.       Melisa Kamibayashi Information Officer | Agente d'information Arts Services Unit | Services aux arts Canada Council for the Arts | Conseil des arts du Canada ( 613-566-4414 | 1-800-263-5588 x 4033 TTY |  ATS: 1-866-585-5559 www.canadacouncil.ca| www.conseildesarts.ca   LOCATION:166 Bedford Hwy URL:http://www.visualarts.ns.ca/event/invitation-canada-council-for-the-arts-information-session/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110831T190000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110831T210000 DTSTAMP:20120518T054559 CREATED:20110830T102349 LAST-MODIFIED:20110830T102349 UID:2873@http://www.visualarts.ns.ca SUMMARY:Artist Talk with Ruth Marsh DESCRIPTION:As an extension of the x2: 2010-11 VANS Mentorship Program exhibition\, currently on view at Eyelevel Gallery until September 3\, 2011\, Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS) is excited to invite you to the artist presentation of 2010-2011 participating program apprentice\, Ruth Marsh at Eyelevel Gallery on Wednesday\, August 31st\, at 7pm. Ruth Marsh is an artist currently based in Halifax\, Nova Scotia. She graduated from NSCAD University in 2006 with a BFA in painting and art history. The last four years have seen the solo exhibition of four series of encaustic paintings. Recently\, she has shifted her practice towards a multidisciplinary approach with a focus on community engagement. In 2011\, Marsh received a grant through the Nova Scotia Department of Communities\, Culture and Heritage\, allowing her to expand her practice into the public exhibition of drawings\, miniature sculptures and projects in installation and performance\, she also received a Media Arts Scholarship through the Centre for Art Tapes. In recent years her work has dealt with loss\, absence and longing in the context of living creatures and the natural world. Bees in particular have held prominence\, first as a symbol of warning and mediation and later as a representation of the magical/spiritual transformation from living creature to holy relic. Fulfilling all of these roles\, bees have formed the thematic “connective tissue” of Marsh’s work\, giving her practice its united direction; this manifests most specifically in the poetic narratives surrounding their disappearance. Read more about the artist presentations here. LOCATION:166 Bedford Hwy URL:http://www.visualarts.ns.ca/event/artist-talk-with-ruth-marsh/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110830T190000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110830T210000 DTSTAMP:20120518T054559 CREATED:20110830T100916 LAST-MODIFIED:20110830T101315 UID:2872@http://www.visualarts.ns.ca SUMMARY:Artist Talk with Matthew Carswell DESCRIPTION:As an extension of the x2: 2010-11 VANS Mentorship Program exhibition\, currently on view at Eyelevel Gallery until September 3\, 2011\, Visual Arts Nova Scotia (VANS) is excited to invite you to the artist presentation of 2010-2011 participating program apprentice\, Matthew P. Carswell\, at Eyelevel Gallery on Tuesday\, August 30th\, at 7pm.   Matthew P. Carswell received a BA in French from Acadia (2006) and a BFA in Film from NSCAD University (2009). He resides in Halifax\, Nova Scotia\, Canada where he is involved with a number of not for profit\, Halifax-based\, artist run centres\, including the Khyber\, Eyelevel Gallery and the Centre for Art Tapes. He has a varied practice and a checkered past. Carswell collects and appropriates various materials for DIY projects\, often motivated by combating premature obsolescence and stunting the passing of time. Processes and performances are self-documented artifacts generated to preserve their ephemeral origins or re-purposes. His beard work navigates personal and cultural identity and began as an extension of his hermitical hoarding habits. Read more about the artist presentations here. LOCATION:166 Bedford Hwy URL:http://www.visualarts.ns.ca/event/artist-talk-with-matthew-carswell/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110629T190000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110629T210000 DTSTAMP:20120518T054559 CREATED:20110602T065135 LAST-MODIFIED:20110602T065135 UID:2090@http://www.visualarts.ns.ca SUMMARY:Program Information Session - Mentorship Program DESCRIPTION:With the next deadline for applications being July 15th\, 2011 at 5pm for the 2011-12 Mentorship Program\, there will be a Program Information Session on Wednesday\, June 29th\, 2011 between 7pm-9pm at Visual Arts Nova Scotia with current program participants. The information session will appeal to artists interested in applying to the program and/or anyone who has questions about the program. Click here to view the full call for applications. Since 2006\, the VANS Mentorship Program has paired established artists with emerging artists (not necessarily young artists\, but those at the beginning of their artistic careers) to take part in a ten-month long mentorship from September to June. Over the last 4 years\, the VANS Mentorship program has tailored to meet individual artistic concerns\, concepts\, working methods and ambitions for emerging visual artists (apprentices). Ambitious emerging artists were each individually paired with an established senior or mid-career artist (mentors) who helped shape the program with their individual skills and experiences. Visual Arts Nova Scotia is located inside the Cultural Federations of Nova Scotia office at 1113 Marginal Road across from the NSCAD Port Campus at the Halifax Seaport. For additional questions\, please contact Crystal Melville\, Programming Coordinator at t:902.423.4694 1.866.225.8267\, communicate@visualarts.ns.ca. LOCATION:166 Bedford Hwy URL:http://www.visualarts.ns.ca/event/program-information-session-mentorship-program/ END:VEVENT BEGIN:VEVENT DTSTART;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110604T130000 DTEND;VALUE=DATE-TIME:20110604T220000 DTSTAMP:20120518T054559 CREATED:20110512T104706 LAST-MODIFIED:20110512T104706 UID:223@http://www.visualarts.ns.ca SUMMARY:2011 Annual General Meeting DESCRIPTION:Join VANS on Saturday\, June 4\, 2011 at Memory Lane Heritage Village in Lake Charlotte for the 2011 VANS AGM. Saturday's activities will commence with the VANS Annual General Meeting at 1pm followed by a Tour of Memory Lane Heritage Village at 3pm. At 5pm\, there will be an opening reception of the Eastern Shore VANS Regional Exhibition\, which is also open to the public. Following the reception\, there will be a VANS members' supper at 7pm\, (guests are welcome\, but also must register) featuring menu specials of Fresh Bread\, Baked Haddock with parsley potatoes\, steamed carrots\, and garden salad. Pickles. Gingerbread and topped off with a delectable dessert of homemade ice cream & rhubarb sauce. Dinner will be followed by an after dinner social from 8pm-10pm. To end the VANS' AGM this year in Lake Charlotte\, there will be a VANS Picnic on Sunday\, June 5th at Clam Harbour Beach at Noon. Attending the delicious supper? The cost of dinner is $16.00/per person. You can register through the mail or in person: MAIL/EMAIL: Confirm your participation through email or by regular mail and send a cheque (if attending Members' Supper) to Visual Arts Nova Scotia at 1113 Marginal Road \,  Halifax \, NS B3H 4P7 IN PERSON: Drop by our offices during regular business hours to register and pay in person. Please note\, we can only accept cash and cheque in the office. We will also accept payment on the weekend of the AGM\, but we would appreciate you letting us know in advance if you will be attending to get a sense of our numbers. SCHEDULE OF EVENTS SATURDAY JUNE 4\, 2011 1:00pm Annual General Meeting 3:00pm Tour of Memory Lane Heritage Village 5:00pm Opening reception of the Eastern Shore Exhibition\, Make Do (cash bar) 7:00pm VANS Members' Supper (guests are welcome\, but also must register) followed by a Members’ Social 8 – 10pm. SUNDAY JUNE 5\, 2011 2:00pm VANS Picnic at Clam Harbour Beach. ACCOMMODATIONS VANS will post a list of accomodations shortly. LOCATION:166 Bedford Hwy URL:http://www.visualarts.ns.ca/event/2011-annual-general-meeting/ END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR