
John Greer
John Greer Artist John Greer is a retired Full Professor of Visual Art and a recipient of the Canadian Governor Generals Award. His thinking and
John Greer Artist John Greer is a retired Full Professor of Visual Art and a recipient of the Canadian Governor Generals Award. His thinking and
Richie Wilcox Richie Wilcox Wilcox is an educator, a fiercely queer artist, and a creative collaborator. He is the founding artistic director of the live
Deonie Hudson Photo: Jaime Vedres Deonie (she/her) has been working in theatre for more than 20 years. She attended the University of Lethbridge where she
Aaron Collier Photo: Stevey Hunter Aaron Collier (he/him) was born in Prince Edward Island in 1981 and is an award-winning multi-talented musician/composer, sound and video
Andrew Steeves Andrew Steeves was born in Westmorland County, New Brunswick. After taking degrees in Criminology and English, he settled near Kentville, Nova Scotia, and
Alexander MacLeod Alexander MacLeod is a writer and a professor of English and Atlantic Canada Studies at Saint Mary’s University in Halifax, Nova Scotia. His
Neil Forrest Neil Forrest is an internationally exhibiting ceramic artist and professor at NSCAD University. He has participated in a number of international residencies and
Laurie Swim Laurie Swim, over 45 years has employed textiles as her medium. A Portia White Prize winner, her works grace public and private collections
Jordan Bennett Mi’kmaq- Stephenville Crossing Ktaqamkuk (Newfoundland) BFA, MFA Jordan’s ongoing practice utilizes painting, sculpture, video, installation and sound to explore land, language, the act
Biography Ursula Johnson has exhibited work nationally and internationally since graduating from NSCAD in 2006. A major focus of her practice is based in performance
Biography Basma Kavanagh is a poet, visual artist, and letterpress printer who lives and works in Nova Scotia, in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory
Biography Charlotte Wilson-Hammond, RCA* In 1971, Charlotte Wilson-Hammond, aged thirty, emerging as a professional artist with work in an avant garde Toronto gallery, forsook her
The Nova Scotia Masterworks Awards Foundations operates in Mi’kma’ki, the ancestral and unceded territory of the Mi’kmaq People. This territory is covered by the “Treaties of Peace and Friendship,” which Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) people first signed with the British Crown in 1725. The treaties did not deal with the surrender of lands and resources but recognized Mi’kmaq and Wolastoqiyik (Maliseet) title and established the rules for what was to be an ongoing relationship between nations. We are all treaty people.
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