IMPORTANT COVID POLICY UPDATE Please note that while masks are highly encouraged, they are not mandatory for this class. Workshop Description Get in the holiday spirit with Margaret Anne Smith and learn how to needle-felt a Santa and tiny elf! This simple technique offers endless possibilities to play with colour and texture, and make unique 4-8 inch felt figures. These little creatures make …
November 2022
Please join us for the exhibition opening celebrating new shows on Friday, November 4th at 5:00pm, our last exhibition cycle of 2022! Please note that community face masks are required. Please visit our galleries Tues-Sat 9am-5pm to enjoy these exhibitions until December 17th. Gallery visits are free (donations gratefully accepted!) Social distancing and extra sanitizing measures are in place for …
2nd Port Saint John Residency Announcement!
Artist and sculptor Fred Harrison, best known for his stunning murals in the Sussex area, has been selected for the second biannual Port Saint John Artist Residency! In 2020, Port Saint John and the Saint John Arts Centre announced a landmark sponsorship of a signature gallery space at the Saint John Arts Centre, and partnership for a biennial artist residency, …
The Art Room: Let’s Keep Painting (Jan. 2023)
IMPORTANT COVID POLICY UPDATE Please note that SJAC will continue to keep a mandatory mask policy in place for all programs (workshops, galleries, performing arts events, rental events.) Workshop Description Lily Morrow teaches painting with acrylics through weekly exercises that explore a variety of techniques such as mixed media, painting with squeegees, and brushwork. Topics like ‘polka dot pop art’ …
World of Keyboards: 2022-23 Season
SJAC is proud to partner with the Saint John Early Music Festival as they present a returning favourite series, World of Keyboards! All welcome, admission is by freewill offering. Join harpsichordist and pianist Tim Blackmore as he explores the world of Baroque and Classical keyboard instruments, their makers, and the composers and performers who created the music written for them. …
Tom Forrestall
The Sketchbooks of Tom Forrestall | City Gallery | September 9 – October 28, 2022 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. Later he established his career as …
Lynn Wigginton
Call of the Running Tide | Port Saint John Gallery | September 9 – October 28, 2022
Wayfinding
Cross Cultural Creation Residency Artists 2022 | Upstairs Galleries | September 9 – October 28, 2022 Wayfinding Where are we? Where are we going? And how will we get there? Wayfinding brings together a group of ten artists, of varied disciplines and diverse practices, all based in so-called New Brunswick. Catherine Arseneault Maryse Arseneault Angela Beek Jean-Michel Cliche Tara Francis. …
Intro to Linocut
IMPORTANT COVID POLICY UPDATE Please note that SJAC will continue to keep a mandatory mask policy in place for all programs (workshops, galleries, performing arts events, rental events.) Workshop Description Join artist Nathan Cann for this introduction to linoleum block printmaking. In this four-week course students will be designing, carving, and printing their own linocut prints! Suitable for beginners and …
The Art Room: Let’s Draw
IMPORTANT COVID POLICY UPDATE Please note that while masks are highly encouraged, they are not mandatory for this class. Workshop Description Students learn about the elements of art through a series of drawing exercises, aimed at developing their knowledge, skills and art vocabulary. Along with line, shape, colour, value, form, texture, and space, students will learn about positive and negative space, …