The myth of home
Jerry Ropson’s powerful exploration of loss
Jerry Ropson’s to kiss a goat between the horns is a memorial to a cultural vernacular and way of life that has already left us—his grandfather's rural Newfoundland culture.
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Ursula Johnson: Weaving history
"You begin to weave and it’s almost as if the wood is telling you what direction to move in"
Johnson is concerned that Mi’kmaq baskets will become obsolete, referenced only in archives or glanced at as artifacts on the dusty shelves of art collectors.
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Unearthing buried histories of African Nova Scotian artists
Our research intern takes us on a dig through the archives to 90s Halifax
"Chris! I have been secretly waiting for this email for decades! Talk to me."
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Amery Sandford: Master of ceremonies
Exploring our complex relationship with Newfoundland identity
Amery Sandford draws upon the history of touristic paraphernalia, such as postcards and brochures from the early 20th Century that depicted North America as a pristine escape from the cultural and economic troubles of one’s homeland—a new frontier.
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In This Place: The lasting impact of Nova Scotia’s first exhibition of Black artists’ work
Our research intern revisits a powerful 1990s exhibition and asks why we're not seeing more Black artists in galleries
Why In this Place was a groundbreaking exhibition for Black artists in Nova Scotia
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Looking back, Looking forward
Get to know our new research intern
Meet Visual Arts News' new research intern, who's going to be trawling through our archives revisiting all the stories we've told about the visual arts scene in Atlantic Canada over the past 40 years.
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Walking With Our Sisters pays homage to missing and murdered Indigenous women
Community members commemorate each individual life lost: "They are sisters, mothers, aunties, daughters, cousins, grandmothers, wives and partners. They have been cared for, they have been loved, they are missing and they are not forgotten."
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Exploring the landscape with Samuel Thulin’s “situated composition”
Samuel Thulin employs granular synthesis to create a sound art piece for Songlines
For me, sound and landscape go hand in hand. We travel through life being highly influenced by the sounds in our environment. Although hearing is not at the highest point of the sensual hierarchy, the sensuous space of sound is a powerful knowledge position to work from. Sound is used in medicine to determine the...
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Christopher Boyne blurs lines between ‘artist’ and ‘non artist’ actors
Songlines’ resident artist explores an intimate relationship with the ocean
Christopher Boyne’s practice often revolves around maritime life and the sea. Born and raised on the east coast of Nova Scotia, his relationship with the ocean is intimate.
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Tracing the gestures: Marie-Line Leblanc and Sara Dignard find everyday wonder on the Magdalen Islands
Songlines’ resident artists conduct a ‘geopoetic survey’ of local knowledge
Marie-Line Leblanc and Sara Dignard were to deny the Google Maps or other formal ways of mapping the area and seek the unwritten in the unexpected.
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Disappearing Terrain
Rilla Marshall maps our lost landscapes
There’s a soft delicacy in the works that comprise Rilla Marshall’s Liminal Project, which makes the realization of its decidedly uncomfortable subject matter all the more jarring and arresting.
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Q + A: Jordan Bennett
Mi’kmaq artist bringing traditional Beothuk and Mi’kmaq art into contemporary discourse
Visual Arts News was excited to feature the work of artist Jordan Bennett in our Fall 2015 issue. In this online installation of her interview series, Current Conditions & Forecasts, Eryn Foster chats with Bennett about everything ranging from his experiences representing Newfoundland in Venice to his work bringing traditional Indigenous art forms into contemporary art discourse. ERYN FOSTER: You...
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