For the fifteenth straight year, the Saint John Arts Centre has offered an 18-week Portfolio Development Program to high school students in this part of the province. This program, which is unique in New Brunswick, is designed for students who are dedicated to the pursuit and study of visual art. The students selected for this

Different Layers of the Same Water City Gallery: March 12 - April 30, 2021 [accordion] [accordion_item title="'Different Layers of the Same Water' Artist Statement"] Different Layers of the Same Water is comprised of selections from three new bodies of work which speak to the fluidity of matter and perception. Different Layers of the Same Water

Becoming: The Stories We Tell Port Saint John Gallery - March 12 - April 30, 2021 [accordion] [accordion_item title=" 'Becoming: The Stories We Tell' Artist Statement"] For the past two decades, my studio practice has concentrated on a body of work titled ‘Busy Woman’, which began as an exploration into self-identity yet evolved over time

Something for Everyone Port Saint John Gallery | Nov. 6 - Dec. 18, 2020 A Collins 'Decameron' - essay by Robert Barriault We live in a dark time. Not perhaps as dark as that of the 14th century plagues that beset Europe from Florence to London, but enough of a dark time to make it

“I am Making Art” refers to a video created in 1971 by the American conceptual artist John Baldessari. With John’s passing earlier this year, we have framed our studio show for 2020 around the premise that he will be remembered for his assertion that the making of art is subjective, and is defined by the

[accordion] [accordion_item title="Melissa May 'Wildlife in Focus' Artist Statement"] Wildlife in Focus l am completely self-taught as an artist and I love to paint animals as it is a way to facilitate a long-forgotten connection with the world around us. These creatures are separate individuals and my hope is to capture the unique qualities of

[accordion] [accordion_item title="Alanna Baird 'Pentamerism' Artist Statement"] Pentamerism Pentamerism - state of being pentamerous, the most familiar type of radial symmetry. Where the “penta” indicates five rays of an organism are arranged around a central point or axis. A new word for me, one which aptly describes a current focus in my work, a focus

Featuring young artists from the Grade 11 and Grade 12 International Baccalaureate Art classes at Saint John High School. Featured artists in the Class of 2020 are: Marine Bramat, Emily Butler, Adam Chappel, Amy Cui, Jonah Dysart, Nataliia Fylypchuk, Aurora Hattie-Beyea, Camryn MacInnes, Gabrielle Maisonneuve, Kailyn Mask, Zainab Najm, Lacey Nickerson, Lydia Paterson, Julie Seaward,

[accordion] [accordion_item title="Portfolio Development Class of 2020 - About the Exhibit"] For the fourteenth straight year, the Saint John Arts Centre has offered an 18-week Portfolio Development Program to high school students in this part of the province. This program, which is unique in New Brunswick, is designed for students who are dedicated to the

Selected Works of Arthur Bourke Warwick Art was born in Moncton, New Brunswick, but was raised in an apartment building on Main Street in the North End of Saint John. He started drawing as a young boy at his mother’s kitchen table while he was supposed to be doing his homework. He began his career