Legacy giving through the Community Foundation

The Saint John Arts Centre believes in creating a lasting legacy and has established a permanently endowed fund with the Greater Saint John Community Foundation. All donations to the ‘Saint John Arts Centre Endowment Fund’ will be held in perpetuity by the Community Foundation. Annual earnings gifted by the Foundation to the Arts Centre will be used, at the discretion …

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Welcome, Maggie!

All of us here at SJAC are thrilled to welcome Maggie Higgins to our full-time staff! She’s been a member of the SJAC family in many roles for over a decade, and will now bring her expertise and enthusiasm to the new role of Education and Outreach Coordinator. Maggie will also be taking on some administrative duties from our business …

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Summer Classics Series 2018

Saint John Arts Centre and the Saint John Early Music Festival are proud to present this series of lunchtime classical concerts, Wednesdays in July & August at 12:15pm. All are welcome, admission is by freewill offering. Special thanks go to our sponsors: Emera New Brunswick, The City of Saint John Community Arts Funding, and Province of New Brunswick Department of Tourism, …

What’s in the Box? 2018: A Look Back

The works generously donated by our supporting artists for ‘What’s in the Box?’ 2019 are starting to arrive – take a fun look back at the slideshow below from ‘What’s in the Box’ in 2018! We’ll be adding this year’s ‘sneak peek’ soon – get your tickets now, April 18th is coming up fast!

Summer Classics Series 2017

Saint John Arts Centre and the Saint John Early Music Festival are proud to present this series of lunchtime classical concerts, Wednesdays in July & August at 12:15pm. All are welcome, admission is by freewill offering. Special thanks go to our sponsors: Emera New Brunswick, the Community Foundation, and Province of New Brunswick Department of Tourism, Heritage, and Culture. This summer’s featured …

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Rughookers’ Canada 150 project

Our very own resident fibre arts guild, the Carnegie Rughookers, were featured on CBC Morning Live! Their amazing Canada 150 project is on display right now in the rotunda, be sure to visit and see this incredible piece of art in person. Special thanks go to CBC producer Meg Banks and to our invaluable co-op intern, Alexandra Garin Nichol for …

SJAC Newsletter

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Summer Classics Series 2016

Saint John Arts Centre and the Saint John Early Music Festival were proud to present the first season of the Summer Classics Series of lunchtime classical concerts, Wednesdays in July & August of 2016. Thank you to our sponsors, The MacMurray Foundation and Uptown Saint John, the performers, and all who attended and supported the program through freewill offerings. Featured concerts were: …

Early Music Studio

SJAC is proud to work with the Early Music Studio of Saint John, hosting regular performances and the Early Music Festival in May. Its mission is to provide educational and performance programs which stimulate interest in, and increase appreciation of, renaissance, baroque and classical music of the historical period dating from the first voyage of Jacques Cartier (1534) to the arrival …