In This Place SJAC is proud to host this 17th annual exhibit featuring young artists from the Grade 11 and Grade 12 International Baccalaureate Art classes at Saint John High School.
Frank D. Allison
A Travelling Artist Returns Home Biography of Frank D. Allison from A Dictionary of Canadian Artists by Colin S. MacDonald Born in Saint John, N.B. in 1883, son of Frank Octavius Allison and Mary Sara Bonsall Kaye, Frank Drummond Allison studied painting under Wilfred Molson Barnes in Montreal; John F. Carlson, Woodstock, New York; and George Elmer Browne in Europe. …
Colin H. Smith
Fresh Start Artist’s Biography Since leaving England at 16, Colin Hugh Smith lived in the United States, the Bahamas, and Jamaica, but for the last 50 years he has called New Brunswick home. On his journey he’s been a Registered Interior Designer, a restaurateur, a journalist, a published fiction writer and an art promoter, but these days his creative energies …
SSJ Stone Carving Workshops 2018
Finding Form: Creations from Sculpture Saint John Stone Carving Workshops In the summer of 2018, 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 funding by the Sheila Hugh Mackay Foundation and Canaport LNG, SJAC presented a …
Laura Lamey
Fissures and Faults Artist Biography Laura Lamey has been teaching high school for over 20 years in Riverview, NB and continually advocates for the arts in the school and community. She has recently recommitted to her own practice following a one year educational leave and the completion of the Advanced Studio Practice program through NBCCD. The momentum Laura has built …
Third Space 2019
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SAQA 2019
Transitions Every life, every city, every human interaction undergoes change; combine this with nature’s changing seasons and landscapes, and a plethora of transitional episodes occur. With a combination of fabrics and threads, along with embellishments in lace, embroidery floss, wool, and found items, including dyeing, painting, colouring or stamping, the artist have hand-stitched or machine quilted their interpretation of the …
Read about our exhibits!
As we work to repair our website menus, please use this handy guide to our exhibits opening Friday, Nov. 2nd! Frazee Gallery: Kathy Hooper City Gallery: Ian McEachern Canada Games Gallery: Kyla Chung Library Gallery: Karen Knight and Helen Stanley Rotunda Gallery: Francis Riley
Francis Riley
Francis Riley: Paintings, Drawings, and Prints Francis was born in Sheffield, England in 1936. He loved painting and drawing from an early age, but first studied part time at the Sheffield College of Art. He soon became a full time student, and upon his graduation, won a place in the Slade School of Fine Art, UCL in London. After he …
Karen Knight and Helen Stanley
Shop Talk Artists’ Statement Two artists meet over tea in handmade pottery mugs, of course, for a never-long-enough conversation about life with clay. For fifteen years these two friends have shared their passion for creating in the same medium while expressing that passion in contrasting ways. A second cup is filled to celebrate a brilliant success, a shoulder is offered …