Together We Bloom & Shadows | City Gallery | January 12 – March 8, 2024 Artist Statement: Together We Bloom Canada’s thirteen provincial floral emblems symbolize the range of habitats and regional identities of our country. Together they represent the nation’s diversity as well as being symbols of strength, adaptation and unity. Shown with great acclaim at The Beaverbrook Art Gallery …
Patricia Tingley
Rearrangements | Library Gallery | January 12 – March 8, 2024 Without doubt, finding beauty in nature is a universal experience. In creating these paintings, I have discovered the beauty in its remaining fragments: the sinuous curve of the stem of a fallen leaf, the dramatic swoop of a frond of dried seaweed, the elaborate filigree of sun-bleached lichen found …
Kenneth Scott
A time, A place, Our gaze: Re-framing the Subaltern | Curated by Kenneth Scott Saint John Arts Centre | Rotunda Gallery | January 12 – March 8, 2024 Introduction The A time, A place, Our gaze exhibit is a collection of rare portraits, snapshots, and vernacular photographs taken by unknown African-descended photographers. These life-affirming photographs bring renewed visibility to the …
David Meek
Art Re-emerging | Rotunda Gallery | November 3 – December 20, 2023 Artist Statement I loved to paint and draw as a child. Then, after a half-century gap, art became a major passion again as I adjusted to life after Paediatric Neurology. Although my childhood paintings are all lost, I do have some small wooden sculptures from that time. I like to …
Kathy Hooper
Mountains of Wonder and Tangles of Truth: Kathy Hooper, a retrospective | Port Saint John and City Galleries | November 3 – December 20, 2023 Kathy Hooper’s remarkable career spans six decades of curiosity and creation, and demonstrates what it means to confront our fear and our delight in equal measure. Leading by example, she bravely honours the fullness of …
Carnegie Rughookers (2023)
Then & Now | Canada Games & Library Galleries | November 3 – December 20, 2023 Group Biography The Carnegie Rughookers began meeting in 2004 in the beautiful Carnegie building, formerly known as the Saint John Free Public Library, currently the Saint John Arts Centre. Coming into our 20th year, we continue to be inspired by the art exhibits that …
Super-vision
Super-vision: Painters Mentored by Herzl Kashetsky | Upstairs Galleries | September 8 – October 27, 2023 Under the watchful supervision of artist Herzl Kashetsky, two groups meet once a week to paint, receive guidance and share their love of painting. There is no specific curriculum, and each person is encouraged along their own personal path of development. All are engaged …
Lorraine Roy
Woven Woods | City Gallery | September 8 – October 27, 2023 Artist Statement In the top six inches of the forest floor lies a vast and flourishing communication system as old as photosynthesis itself. This is where we find an exquisitely balanced symbiotic relationship between mycorrhizal fungi and tree roots which provides a network of channels for resources and messages between …
Fred Harrison
Inside the Port: Port Saint John Residency 2023 | Port Saint John Gallery | September 8 – October 27, 2023 Saint John Arts Centre and Port Saint John are pleased to announce an exhibit opening of 16 paintings featuring the Port of Saint John and people working in the port environment in the Port Saint John Gallery September 8th, 2023. …
The Morning Club
The Morning Club: Students of Fred Harrison | Canada Games Gallery | July 7 – September 1, 2023 When our group needed a new location to continue meeting, Andrew Keirstead offered to host us at the Arts Centre. It has proven to be a most inspiring experience. Not only do we have a home, but the constant influence of changing …