For the seventeenth 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 who completed this

Zeeboaten   |  City Gallery  |  March 17 - April 28, 2023 Artist Statement Oddment artist K MacLean creates sculptural works using oceanwood, wire, clock mechanisms, industrial surplus, and found objects that are interpretations of WW2 warships fused with fantastic vessels reminiscent of those imagined by Jules Verne. The inspiration for the sculptures in Zeebooten

Forty Shades of Saint John  |  Port Saint John Gallery  |  March 17 - April 28, 2023 Biography Kyla Chung is a Saint John-based visual artist. She received her Bachelor of Fine Arts at Ontario College of Arts and Design University, where she received the Fredrick Hagan “Passion in Paint” award at the Annual Graduation

First Time for the Last Time  |  Library & Rotunda Galleries  |  January 13 - March 10, 2023 In the summer of 2022, Saint John Arts Centre had the wonderful opportunity to partner once again with Sculpture Saint John to offer workshops to the public during the International Sculpture Symposium. With the assistance of generous

Processing Cedar  |  City Gallery  |  January 13 - March 10, 2023 Artist Statement During the pandemic my artistic practise led me to an investigation of the cedar trees along the shores of the Belleisle Bay in Erbs Cove and the Dutch Point Trail in Hampton. In these past years of turmoil, tragedy, and despair

Time Machine  |  Port Saint John Gallery  |  January 13 - March 10, 2023 Biography Kevin was born in Saint John. He trained as a designer in the 1980’s, when art was a part of the curriculum, particularly drawing. He then worked most of his career on computer, and only in 2014 started to draw

Stay Solid or Move West  |  Canada Games Gallery Curated by Christiana Myers Biography Chris Donovan is a documentary photographer and educator currently based between Saint John and Toronto. Born in Saint John (1995), his work focuses largely on issues of industrial capitalism and the intersection of communities and industrialization, influenced by his hometown. He

The Sketchbooks of Tom Forrestall  |  City Gallery  |  September 9 - October 28, 2022 [columnize] About the Exhibition Tom Forrestall, one of Canada’s leading artists, established his early career in New Brunswick; first as a student at Mount Allison University, then as a curator hired by Lord Beaverbrook for his art gallery in Fredericton.

Call of the Running Tide  |  Port Saint John Gallery  |  September 9 - October 28, 2022 [columnize] Artist Statement Observing and interpreting the built and natural world of where I live has been a life-long commitment. Call of the Running Tide is a series of paintings depicting an area shaped and determined by the