NSCAD in New Brunswick
Tuesday, June 3, 7 p.m. - 9 p.m. 
Alumni are invited to join us for drinks, appetizers and conversation at the Beaverbrook Art Gallery. Sarah Maloney (BFA 1988) will share the inspiration and ideas that sparked her latest exhibition Pleasure Ground: A Feminist Take on the Natural World.  Beaverbrook Art Gallery, 703 Queen St, Fredericton, NB. RSVP to campaign@nscad.ca

Award: Congratulations to Duane Jones (BDes Honours 2004) whose work with Buckets & Borders, Square Town Courts, won a Halifax Urban Design Award this week. Square Town Courts is a community project to revitalize the basketball courts of Uniacke Square. Watch the documentary, read more.

Performance: Khyber Centre artists-in-residence I’thandi Munro (BFA 2020) and Kay MacDonald are in the midst of their residency project, called and so we dance. Come see their performance on Friday, May 30 at 7 p.m. or enjoy the performance followed by an Artists' Talk and Q&A on Saturday, May 31 at 7 p.m. Want a peek behind the scenes? Request a studio visit kream@khyber.ca. Khyber Centre for the Arts, 1880 Hollis St., Halifax, NS. Read more.

Festival: imagineNATIVE Film + Media Arts Festival is the world’s largest festival showcasing films, videos, audio, and digital + interactive media made by Indigenous creators. Programming includes Endless Cookie the animated documentary by Pete and Seth Scriver (BFA 2002). 
June 3 - 15. The festival features live and virtual experiences. Read more.

Jurors: Congratulations to Heather Igloliorte (BFA 2003) and Sarah Milroy (1982-1983) on being named to the jury of the Salt Spring National Art Prize (SSNAP). Offering $52,000 in awards, SSNAP is one of Canada’s largest celebrations of contemporary art. Read more.

Book launch: Congratulations to Harold Skaarup (BFA 1974), a former army intelligence officer whose illustrations have been featured in four aviation and two military history books published over the last year. Books featuring Skaarup's work are available in libraries and online including Sic Itur Ad Astra: A Chronological History of Canadian Civil and Military Aviation. Read more.

In the News: Street photographer 
Clayton Patterson (BFA 1997) has spent more than 40 years living, working and socializing in 161 Essex, his building in New York's Lower East Side. In that time, Patterson has accumulated an extensive collection of photos, paintings and other objects depicting his neighbourhood’s conflicts and characters. This month, 
The New York Times ran a feature about Patterson's life and experiences with street culture and his community. 
Read more.

Exhibition: a Room for a While is an exhibition of new sculpture works by Lunenburg School of the Arts Artist-In-Residence Ada Denil (BFA 2023). Her work during this residency focused on steel hollowware plant forms, 
integration of wind-activated sound-producing components into both rural and urban landscapes, as well as
integration of electrical components. 
Artist Talk & Opening Reception: 
May 29th, 7 p.m. Runs until June 12. Lunenburg School of the Arts, 6 Prince St., Lunenburg, NS. Read more.

Exhibition: Curated by Denise Lawson and Angela Somerset (MFA 1993), Together Apart/Under One Roof, explores themes around feminist art practice, the creative power of relationships, and the interplay between human and non-human. Featured artists Aganetha Dyck, Reva Stone, and Diana Thorneycroft have been studio neighbours for over 30 years. Runs until July 27. MSVU Art Gallery, 166 Bedford Hwy, Halifax, NS. Read more. 

Exhibition: Hooked Works in Paint and Fibre by Susan Tooke (BFA 1980). “Inspired by wilderness and motivated by the continued degradation of the environment, my work is focused on the celebration of the natural world," Tooke says. The imagery in these works of fibre art is a further abstraction of shapes and patterns found in her landscape paintings. The title references both the hooked rugs and the artist’s deep attachment to natural spaces. Artist Reception: May 31, 2 p.m. - 4 p.m. Until July 4. Sivarulrasa Gallery, 34 Mill St, Almonte, ON. Read more.

Exhibition: Portrait is a result of transformations in Judith Berry’s (BFA 1983) oil painting practice from singular landscapes into abstracted forms, still lives, and now, into human and animal life. Berry has a notable interest in fusing and deconstructing forms, proven by her longstanding investigation into the dynamic between abstraction and figuration. Runs until June 2. Galerie Art Mûr, 5826, rue St-Hubert, Montréal, QC. Read more.

Exhibition: Between the Current and the Echo, by Z’otz* Collective, a multidisciplinary trio composed of 
Nahúm Flores, Erik Jerezano, and Ilyana Martínez (BDes 1991). They merge drawing, painting, ceramics, and animation to create playful, storytelling-driven works that blend Latin American tradition with contemporary experimentation. Lunch and Learn, June 11, 12:30 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. Runs until Sept. 1. Varley Art Gallery of Markham, 216 Main Street Unionville, Markham, ON
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Survey: Call for art teachers! Robin Jensen (BFA 1996) is conducting this survey as a research project for her thesis in NSCAD's Master of Art in Art Education program. The survey aims to explore the following research question: How do teachers of visual art, employed in Nova Scotia’s public schools, describe their demographics, employment conditions, teacher training, and pedagogical practices, and what might their reflections reveal about the landscape of visual art education in the province? Read more. 

Award: NSCAD University is excited to announce the recipients of this year’s Price Awards for Excellence in Teaching. Full-time faculty and 
Assistant Professor in Art Education, 
Dr. Nicole Lee, and Part-time instructor in Painting and Drawing, Kizi Spielmann Rose (BFA 2014). The award recognizes NSCAD faculty members for their ongoing contributions to enhanced learning and dedication to student success. “In a time when the world feels increasingly fractured and exclusionary, creating communities of practice where each person is beheld and seen becomes an ethical responsibility,” says Lee. “Art education holds a unique capacity to celebrate difference, foster meaningful connection, and build sustainable relationships.” Read more.

Honorary Doctorate: NSCAD University awarded an honorary doctorate to iconic multimedia artist Joan Jonas at our convocation ceremony on May 13, 2025. Jonas is a world-renowned artist whose work is an eclectic mix of video, performance, installation, sound, text, and sculpture. She explores themes around feminism, self-image and human existence, mythology, and our relationships to animals and nature. Read more about Joan Jonas here. 

Award: Painter and queer artist Charlotte Perry (BFA 2025) won the 2025 Student Art Award for her painting The Cycle, a visual representation of the intense feeling of mania, typically followed by a deep sorrow when someone is struggling with mental health—an experience with which Perry is intimately familiar. 
“I hope others can resonate with how mental health is such a huge subject and we’re only just scratching the surface,” Charlotte said. Congrats to Charlotte and all the finalists for their amazing work. Read more. 

MAYHEM Recap: Is MAYHEM giving you FOMO? We've got you covered! 
Catch the action with photo highlights from MAYHEM, NSCAD's 
year-end showcase and Spring Festival:
1. Spring Maker's Market
2. Design exhibition: In Assembly
3. Academy Showcase and Open House
4. Sculpture and Ceramics Exhibition
5. Student Art Award
6. Fashion Show
7. Graduate Exhibition
8. Convocation Ceremony

In the News: CTV Morning Live Atlantic recently featured an interview with NSCAD's 2025 Graduation Exhibition student co-curators Nina-Simone Kellman and Alice Shirtliffe. This year's show, called Something Sentimental, featured the work of 80 graduating students See more.

Book Release: piyyut is a long-form poem by Solomon Nagler that assembles stories and fables from the Jewish Diaspora, attempting to unsettle refugee migration stories while exhuming poetic, prophetic voices in post-holocaust Europe. Each verse is accompanied by hybrid vector-based and hand-rendered images by artist Angela Henderson (MFA 2016, Faculty). Read more. 

Exhibition: ATLANTIC ABSTRACTION a new exhibition featuring the work of three abstract artists - Ron Shuebrook (former faculty), Tim Forbes (former student) and Leya Evelyn (former faculty) with the sensuous blown glass of Brad Copping. The private gallery is curated and managed by Carver Hain Art + Design. Contact for a private visit. True Colours Gallery, Muir Hotel, 1709 Lower Water St, Halifax, NS. Read more. 

Exhibition: A Roadmap to Stardust, is an immersive installation featuring new site-specific work by artists Neil Forrest (former faculty) and John
Roloff, The duo is known as OortCloudX. Drawing on antiquarian images of the heavens, origin stories, and myths of early civilizations, the work is a modern inquiry into the cosmos and humankind’s eagerness to explore distant planets. Runs until Sept. 14. Museum of Craft and Design, 2569 Third Street, San Francisco, CA. Read more.

Festival: NSCAD alumni, faculty and students played key roles at the 14th Animation Festival of Halifax that ran in early May. The festival screened three dozen experimental animation films. Artist and filmmaker Siloën Daley (BFA 1997) is the festival’s founder and film curator. She was joined by fellow organizers Becka Barker (BFA 2000), Jessica Winton
(BFA 1997, MFA 2016), and Jenna Marks (BFA 2013). NSCAD students helped with on-the-ground support and as participants in the films. Read more.

In Memorium: NSCAD mourns the loss of former faculty member Al Green 1941-2025, who taught at the school during the early 1970s. Al credited his parents as the inspiration for his art, a civil engineer father and a mother who combined colours and textures in patchwork quilt and flower gardens. A member of the renowned 
Hairy Who art group and imagists who became icons in the Chicago art scene. Al continued to paint throughout his life. Read more.