Attention: Due to COVID-19, all applications should be submitted via email (artsnssubmissions@novascotia.ca) until further notice. Please see our news page for updates.
Attention: Due to COVID-19, all applications should be submitted via email (artsnssubmissions@novascotia.ca) until further notice. Please see our news page for updates.
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Posted May 8th, 2020
In response to COVID-19, Arts Nova Scotia is hosting an online Q&A for individual artists living in Nova Scotia.
Sign-up using the link below to receive an email invitation to the online Q&A.
To help things run smoothly, we're asking you to submit questions and concerns in advance. We've also included some optional questions to help us understand the impact that COVID-19 has had on Nova Scotian artists and how we can best serve you.
Posted May 7th, 2020
In response to public health recommendations, travel-based activities and presentations with large in-person gatherings are not eligible at this time.
Posted April 28th, 2020
As we adjust to working remotely, we ask that you submit your Arts Nova Scotia applications via email. We have developed a few resources to ease the transition to emailed applications. Instructions are also included on our program pages.
Posted April 3rd, 2020
The May 15th Grants to Individuals Deadline will be going forward as usual. Please see below for information on eligible activities.
Posted March 15th, 2020
With the recent COVID-19 developments, we are extending the deadlines for Grants to Organizations and Small Groups and the Arts Equity Funding Initiative until Monday, March 23rd, 2020.
Please do not bring your application to our office. You may send your application in via Canada Post or email it to artsnssubmissions@novascotia.ca
Posted March 12th, 2020
Arts Nova Scotia is aware that potential applicants and grant recipients may be impacted by the COVID-19 outbreak. If you have plans to travel abroad, Arts Nova Scotia encourages you to make informed decisions in order to minimize risk and protect your health. The risk to Canadian travelers of exposure to COVID-19 will vary depending on the destination.
Posted November 3rd, 2019
Nova Scotia is home to many talented and skilled artists. This evening, Saturday, Nov. , 2, they were celebrated for their excellence in artistic achievement at the annual Creative Nova Scotia Awards Gala in Halifax.
Posted October 30th, 2019
Acadian touring artist, musical and artistic director, and educator Daniel LeBlanc is the 2019 recipient of the Prix Grand-Pré. The Prix Grand-Pré is part of the 14th Creative Nova Scotia Awards Gala being held by Arts Nova Scotia and the Creative Nova Scotia Leadership Council at the Halifax Central Library on Nov. 2.
Posted October 21st, 2019
Arts Nova Scotia and the Creative Nova Scotia Leadership Council will celebrate The Bus Stop Theatre as part of the 14th Creative Nova Scotia Awards Gala, to be held at the Halifax Central Library, Saturday, November 2, 2019.
Posted October 10th, 2019
Arts Nova Scotia and the Creative Nova Scotia Leadership Council will celebrate artists Amy Brandon, Carol Bruneau, Raven Davis, Lindsay Dobbin, Ariella Pahlke, and Arielle Twist as part of the 14th Creative Nova Scotia Awards Gala, to be held at the Halifax Central Library, Saturday, November 2, 2019.
Posted October 8th, 2019
Latest acquisitions of the Nova Scotia Art Bank now on at the Anna Leonowens Gallery.
Exhibition runs until Wednesday October 16th, 2019.