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Arts Nova Scotia and the Creative Nova Scotia Leadership Council congratulate Aquakultre, who has been selected to receive the 2025 Black Artist Recognition Award.
Aquakultre
Aquakultre is the artistic voice of Lance Sampson — an uncommonly versatile rapper, songwriter, performer, and storyteller from Halifax, NS. Since winning the 2018 CBC Searchlight competition, Aquakultre has released two Polaris-nominated albums and numerous genre-diverse, multi-media collaborations. He presented his debut installation Matriarchs as an Anchor Artist at Nocturne in 2024; he is creator, writer, and host of the TV series GeneratioNS: Black Memories of Nova Scotia, and is currently developing The Aquakultre Project in collaboration with the award-winning 2b Theatre. Through all his works, Aquakultre is on a mission to share his love for his unique and beautiful corner of the Black diaspora.
WEB: aquakultre.com
IG: @aquakultre
About the Award
In 2020 Arts Nova Scotia and the Creative Nova Scotia Leadership Council announced the creation of a new Black Artist Recognition Award. The Black Artist Recognition Award is open to artists of African descent who have emerged from their initial training and development to become recognized, established artists in Nova Scotia. This award helps to showcase the recipients’ work to residents of the province and to people beyond our borders. This visibility is meant to encourage artistic and economic well-being for the recipients and contribute to the health of Nova Scotia’s artistic sector in support of a well-rounded community. The award is funded by the Nova Scotia Arts Endowment Fund and carries a cash value of $5,000.
The prize will be presented at the Creative Nova Scotia Awards on November 2, 2025.
